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Hi there

I've never used eBay before but I've came across a seller with some great deals.

Does anyone have any experience (good/ bad) of eBay and if the products are genuine?

Cheers in advance

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  • Snap-ant
    Snap-ant Posts: 15,944 Forumite
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    This needs to be moved to eBay thread on Shopping & Freebies please

    You'll get help there
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  • SeanT1992
    SeanT1992 Posts: 24 Forumite
    Hi there

    I've never used eBay before but I've came across a seller with some great deals, such as Diesel jeans for £1. Seems too good to be true but the seller has 100% feedback.

    Does anyone have any experience (good/ bad) of eBay and if the products are genuine?

    Cheers in advance
  • RainbowDrops
    RainbowDrops Posts: 4,674 Forumite
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    Depends on the item, but if the price is too good to be true & the user sell lots of items, it's probably a knock off.
  • charlies_mum
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    edited 22 August 2014 at 7:18PM
    Is the seller based in the UK ? There are a lot of cheap Chinese fake items on there
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    I've merged two threads together.
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  • RFW
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    SeanT1992 wrote: »
    Hi there

    I've never used eBay before but I've came across a seller with some great deals, such as Diesel jeans for £1. Seems too good to be true but the seller has 100% feedback.

    Does anyone have any experience (good/ bad) of eBay and if the products are genuine?

    Cheers in advance
    If it's an auction then the jeans are at a starting price and will end higher. If it's fixed price then there's something wrong, either a) you're making it up or b) the seller has made a mistake or c) they are listed at £1 and the postage is considerably higher or d) they are a mangled old pair of jeans with 1,436 holes in or e) they are wholesale and the seller is selling several hundred fake/seconds.

    There'd be no point in anyone listing even fake jeans for £1, selling one at a time, the point of selling fakes is to get near the genuine price whilst offering a good deal.
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