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how many of you buy used cds or record found on ebay? |
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I used to. don't anymore really. it sucks up money.. |
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Guilty. |
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i sell CD/DVD etc on half.com, which is owned and operated by ebay, just easier and less hassle. |
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I do. |
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i dont |
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I still do, but I'm usually outbid. It's not as easy to find bargains as it was a few years ago. I always check ebay/half.com before buying anything new. |
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half.com? need to check that |
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I used to, but ever since I found ameoba records I havent ever bought any albums off of ebay since. Ebay is great for getting music gear, some great deals. |
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I'm slightly afraid of the ripoff and the shady ebay police. Flashbulb made me suspicious |
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I've never been ripped off and I've made about 25 transactions. |
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Ive heard ebay horror stories too, but out of all the times I have bought things using ebay, I have never been ripped off (15 items). I think you just gotta be a smart buyer, get in contact with the seller before a buy, always, ask questions. Ebay = Yay! |
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i bought a lot of records on ebay, always great deals too. |
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I found a really nice jonny l plate on ebay |
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Anyone else find that when they deal with big sellers (those with hundreds/thousands of points) that they don't usually bother to leave feedback for you (even if you pay promptly whatever)? |
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True. Another thing that makes ebay not perfect is reserve. That's the gayest damn thing I've ever seen. If you want a minimum price for an item, SET THE MINIMUM BID AS THAT. Fuckers. But yeah, I've had bout 30 transactions, not a problem ever. I still use it. |
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My real reservation with regard to reserve is as follows: Sellers claim "no reserve" to attract more bidders. If the max bid isn't what they want they then withdraw the item from sale, usually claiming it was sold outside ebay. Some of them add "Item listed elsewhere, may be sold there, in which case item will be withdrawn." as a disclaimer in their listing. However, it's conveniantly only sold away from ebay when the max bid is low and after the auction has ended. They seem to neither know nor care that just as buyer enters into a contract to buy it buy bidding, the contract has two halves and that the seller is obliged to sell to the highest bidder unless they specify a reserve. Ebay really ought to clamp down on this. It'd never happen in a real world auction house and whilst it continues online it makes ebay second fiddle to "real" auction houses... Still, you can get some bargains on it. I just picked up Bubbah's Tum - Dirty Great Mable remixes (includes the BoC one) on 12" in mint condition for £5 :D |
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eBay will only clamp down on this if the buyers in question structurally make an issue out of this, in other words, complain everytime it occurs. |
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Problem is, very few people ever complain- you complaining means bad feedback for you which can be quite damaging, whereas only a slight dent in the companies reputation (if they have feedback of 1000s compared to your few dozen). I have seen places (often car/bike dealerships) with highish (95%) positives, but the 5% are all complaining about items being withdrawn in this way. Whilst it's only small percentage wise, it can be a fairly large number of people (say, 25-50) that have been screwed over (on what is an expensive item) and still ebay do nothing about it. I get the impression ebay don't really give a fuck and as long as there are enough people prepared to list and buy there, there's little need for them to spend a lot of resources fighting fraud (despite what they claim). Same goes for paypal. Legislation and auditing is where it's at... they should be held to account for the trading that goes on using their services. Perhaps even take a holding fee from would be sellers, which is kept by a third party (not ebay) which the seller loses if they are found to be engaging in any sort of fraud (which, whilst ebay is for many people, a bit of fun, fraud is what scamming people amounts to). |
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I'm not talking about given bad feedback - that feature is more for other users, not so much for eBay. I mean making a case out of it to eBay itself. |
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before bidding on an item i use to check if its available at amazon and for what price. it makes it much easier to decide how much i max bid on an item. by the way who of you bid me out last week? global goon AFTERLIFE ep for GBP13,50... |
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I have bought a few always cheap |
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i have only bought one cd from ebay Sven Vath "The Harlequin - The Robot, and the Ballet Dancer" |
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lots, try to get them in the shops first tho, ebay is last resort. |
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