eBay...

[PureEvil]

I just started poking about eBay recently, and I was wondering how many of you buy stuff off of eBay. Are y'all regular eBay shopper peoples, or just a thing or two from time to time?

And how have your experiences been in dealing with people over eBay? I just ordered my first eBay piece of crap last week and it's apparently in the mail on the way over, so I've no such opinions yet.

Well, I have noticed there's an awful damn lot of stuff on there (sometimes even nice new stuff) way cheaper than in the stores, but yeah... So how about you?

How you likin' that eBay shiznit?

[Dyne]

You can buy some rare stuff on it, for sure.

I usually use it as a reference when I'm buying stuff in real life. "Suikoden runs for $X amount on eBay.. ya'know!"

And I saw two Turbo-Grafx-16's for $80 each. Look on eBay.. whoa! Ripoff store. I won't go there very much anymore.

[GameMaster]

I've used eBay a couple times. It's been a good experience so far. I bought two DVDs and a Domo-Kun doll. All three items were shipped promptly. I used PayPal to pay for the items which allows the seller to receive their money faster and then they can ship your product sooner. The only annoying thing about eBay are the other bidders. Trying to win an item and get the price down simaltaneosly can be hard. The trick is to wait until the last five minutes before the auction ends. Then you make a bid to see if the other bidder(s) have set proxy bidding (where you set a maximum bid amount and eBay automatically raises it by 50 cents I think every time someone else bids). If they have, you just gotta wait it out until the last ten seconds and then bid and hope yours was the last bid counted. If they haven't set proxy bidding do the same thing, wait until the last few seconds then hit your bid.

[Jonbo298]

I'm not really an avid eBay buyer but I look at eBay all the time for computer stuff since I'm upgrading a few things in the next week or 2.

The only thing I've bought from eBay so far has been a mobo and it was from a company that was credible and the price was good.

I would use eBay more for buying things I can't find anywhere else or for great bargains, but I haven't since I only got a job recently and my first paycheck isn't until Friday...then I will hope to use it more often.

[DimHalo]

I just recently bought a video card for jeepnut off of there and so far it has been good. haven't gotten it yet. my room mate bought an ibook and got a great deal. but ebay can be dangerous.... i bid on a game without looking at the options and noticed that it was going for a lot cheaper on another auction, i'm kicking myself for that one

[Yoda9864]

Simply put, I don't trust anything off of eBay. A couple of my friends have gotten ripped off majorly. That's enough for me not to use it.

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by Bouncer

Anway, I have a question. I put my max bid in as 200 bucks. The top bid at the time was 150 (american). Well, it automatically went all the way up to 200. I was under the impression that it would climb in small increments...unless the other guy bidding set his at 195 or something. Did I do it wrong?

No, you didnt do it wrong. The thing is, you enter you max bid, and it bids as low as it can to keep you in the lead. Obviously,the guy who was winning at the time had set his max bid to something like $199, so when you entered $200, it went up to as low as it could and still be winning.

Ive only bought video games off of ebay, and I sold one once. Ive never had any trouble.

Im planning on purchasing the third season of buffy on dvd in a few days, off of ebay.

[GameMaster]

Can someone here who has sold off of eBay explain me to the costs of hosting an item on eBay.

[Vampyr]

I sold on ebay.

And I have my account set up so that they take the selling fee's directly out of my checking out (or actually my moms checking account) but its not a very high fee, at all. Im not sure if that answers your question or not. I just know that it didnt cost too much, and I didnt really worry a lot about it.

If you have any more questions, just ask, and be specific.

[GameMaster]

Does the fee for hosting an item on eBay vary depending on the product or is their a flat out rate for any item you host on there? Also, is the fee charged by the month, week, or is it just one payment to keep your item there until it sells. And if you're item sells, does eBay get a small portion of the profit?

[Vampyr]

Originally Posted by GameMaster

Does the fee for hosting an item on eBay vary depending on the product or is their a flat out rate for any item you host on there? Also, is the fee charged by the month, week, or is it just one payment to keep your item there until it sells. And if you're item sells, does eBay get a small portion of the profit?

meh...

Someone help me out here, Ive only sold once on ebay, and its been a long time.

I do remember that there is just one payment to host your item. It doesnt continue to charge for every day or week that your item is still on ebay. And I do not believe that ebay gets any of the profit. Im not sure about the "flat out rate" bit though, maybe someone else remembers...

[Stonecutter]

I bought a 30 gig ipod off of ebay, I paid for it with bidpay, before the bidpay order was approved the person I bought it from had their ebay account cancled. I wasn't charged anything, but I'm not getting my Ipod (not that way at least.)

Sucks too, I only paid $355 and $5 shipping.

[GameMaster]

How long does it usually take for people to start bidding on items you're selling?

I have some items with 6 days left and so far no bids...

Edit:

Incase you're interested...

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQ...sZsynthoidzeta

[Jonbo298]

You have 6 days left. Give it time. its nto instant. people look for the things that are ending soonest, not inbetween usually

oh..and I love the nigeria scam question :grin:

[Teuthida]

Selling MKDS.


I wonder if could can an OK price for Ikaruga.