Don't pay over the odds...

*Louise*

student100 wrote:

As we posted in this thread, the winning bidder was an experienced ebayer who deliberately bid (with a different account) in order to prevent someone else from being scammed. The seller now has bad feedback because he was quite obviously trying to con people. I think it worked out quite well really...

It certainly did work out - and saved a real bidder a lot of money.

Personally I wouldn't have paid £135 for the real pink phone...I got mine for £12.50 a month contract :rotfl:

freebie_junkie

some buyers just think that ebay=good value

they get caught up in the excitement of teh auction and its like..one more tenner and its mine...just one more.... and suddenly theyre paying well over the odds!

i bought an animal jacket in the allsports sale for £2.50 and after washing it a few times the sleeves shrunk in the wash i popped it on ebay with full info, including all measurements and it sold for £16!

mcpaul

Am I right in thinking that now the item has been sold the seller will still have to pay ebay their %. Or does it now create work for the seller to avoid ebay their money.

I have bought and sold on ebay but never had a non payer fortunately

*Louise*

mcpaul wrote:

Am I right in thinking that now the item has been sold the seller will still have to pay ebay their %. Or does it now create work for the seller to avoid ebay their money.

Haha - I never thought of that...serves them right!!!! :rotfl: :rotfl:

tylerdurden_167

Last week I sold a DVD that came free with a magazine, I was expecting £2-£3 for it. It sold for £11.50, and there were lots of identical ones for sale including one that failed to sell just 6 mins after mine at 99p!

Some people seem to get the mentality that once they've spotted something and bid for it, they fiercely do not want to lose and even if they pay over the odds for it they think they've 'won'.

I'm not complaining though!

manhattan

the seller was out to pull a fast one! full stop!

i emailed the seller and asked if the auction was for the box only and had no reply,obviously out to scam someone.

Johntea

I had 2 identical items costing £20. (Not really as they were part of bundles which cost around £50 but I sold part of the bundles for £30).

Anyway I put one on buy it now, got £50 for it no problem. Buyer even collected from my house!

The auction style lisiting of the exact same listing went for just £35!

TheHacker

tylerdurden_167 wrote:

Last week I sold a DVD that came free with a magazine, I was expecting £2-£3 for it. It sold for £11.50, and there were lots of identical ones for sale including one that failed to sell just 6 mins after mine at 99p!

Some people seem to get the mentality that once they've spotted something and bid for it, they fiercely do not want to lose and even if they pay over the odds for it they think they've 'won'.

I'm not complaining though!

Very True - I sold two Mona Lisa DVD's for £10 each!!
Crazy to think that they actually came FREE from play.com!!!:D

I won't even tell you what some American paid for the free BBC "Eastenders" dvd (advertised in this forum for free, months ago) shocking!!:eek:

freebie_junkie

oooh go on, do tell how much did americans pay for a free easties dvd?

TheHacker

freebie_junkie wrote:

oooh go on, do tell how much did americans pay for a free easties dvd?

OK, You asked for it!

She paid £27 + £4.99 postage
Total = £31.99 !!:eek:

It really is amazing! - I never knew eastenders was that popular in the states.

I even sold that National Geographic Tiger poster for £16 (another forum freebie)
I sometimes feel a bit guilty (but only for a second)