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dipsy
dipsy Posts: 3,137 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
Hi all

this item 220168228295rtCurve.gif

is for a Wii and sports pack..... not got one bid on it yet and has only got just over 3 hours to go...

Whats the catch, I have looked but not immediatley obvious to me?

Thanks x
2007 £1749
2008 £291.99
2009 JanMasscara £7.00 Feb megcabot books x 2 £20 XFactor tkts x 2 £58.00 (couldn't go though as they only phoned on day :-( ) foundation £7.99
total so far for 09 £92.99

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  • frivolous_fay
    frivolous_fay Posts: 13,302 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Hm... apart from the slightly odd username I can't see anything untoward.
    My TV is broken! :cry:
    Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j
  • custardy
    custardy Posts: 38,365 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    1 day listing so probably not been hit yet.
    bet it will ramp up before ending though.
    good luck if you get it cheap though
  • freddysmith
    freddysmith Posts: 2,002 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Private listing to hide bidders, could shill bid to make sure he gets a good price maybe, or is that me being paranoid.

    To be fair though his last Wii only went for £210 which is quite poor for him but reasonable for Ebay
  • mpython
    mpython Posts: 3,677 Forumite
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    They've sold 2 other wiis in last week or so on 1 day auctions. one went for £195, the other £210, and postage was £25 (so made another £15ish there as well).

    Cheaper to get one from Amazon.de (look at page 163 in this thread http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=340154).
    From MSE Martin - Some General Tips On Holiday Home Organisations and Sales Meetings

    DO NOT TOUCH ANY OF THEM WITH A BARGEPOLE!
  • freddysmith
    freddysmith Posts: 2,002 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    mpython wrote: »
    They've sold 2 other wiis in last week or so on 1 day auctions. one went for £195, the other £210, and postage was £25 (so made another £15ish there as well)

    The box weights 3.3Kg so Special delivery would have cost them £19.45
  • windswept
    windswept Posts: 1,412 Forumite
    Courier delivery would have cost no more than £6.99!
    "There is a light that never goes out"
  • mpython
    mpython Posts: 3,677 Forumite
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    freddysmith wrote: »
    The box weights 3.3Kg so Special delivery would have cost them £19.45

    My apologies then, I thought the wii was small and light and probably cost no more than £7.75 RMSD.
    From MSE Martin - Some General Tips On Holiday Home Organisations and Sales Meetings

    DO NOT TOUCH ANY OF THEM WITH A BARGEPOLE!
  • Tyders
    Tyders Posts: 235 Forumite
    but its not profit as parcel2go would charge 5.99 plus VAT then with ebay fees of about £9 and Paypal fees of another £9 that cover the £25 P&P charge - no profit but no costs either. What annoys me is they make you use paypal for these items so you get a double whammy of costs.
  • Hintza
    Hintza Posts: 19,420 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    windswept wrote: »
    Courier delivery would have cost no more than £6.99!

    My courier costs more than £6.99. You only get £6.99 from the likes of Payerdrop with the related problems IF it goes pear shaped or you ar a big account customer with the courier companies.
  • sham63
    sham63 Posts: 1,096 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Combo Breaker
    Call me paranoid but I wouldn't send a Wii by anything other than special delivery.
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