eBay budding stupidity

[John the Canuck]

jeeezuuuussssssssss

Bike Maintenance Stand
sold for £12..............new at the same Supplier................£9.99...................

 

[simon the viking]

I sold a surplus to requirements MGB Bonnet release cable I'd bought from an M.G specialist . I paid £7.00 for it and sold it for £15

 

[MontyVeda]

I've purchased hundreds of things off ebay, but never sold owt.... might give it a bash instead of carrying stuff to the charity shops, and the PO is closer

 

[CopperCyclist]

yeah but... you don't get that 'winning' feeling when you order from Chain Reaction. 30p for that winning feeling is money well spent

a few years ago i was looking at the OMM front pannier racks, but the £80-90 price tag put me right off... quick check on ebay, got an unused one, still in it's packaging for £40

Isn't there also an option on eBay to say "I'll collect it, get rid of the p+p?" That happened with something I sold once, but don't know if it's normal as I hardly ever use it!

 

[compo]

Lots of Pound Shop stuff on Ebay for sale. The MTB mudguards seem flavour of the month at present.

 

[MontyVeda]

not that I've seen @CopperCyclist .... maybe it's the 'request total from seller' button which give the buyer the opportunity to say "Oi, I'm only round the corner, can you drop the postage?"

 

[Svendo]

Isn't there also an option on eBay to say "I'll collect it, get rid of the p+p?" That happened with something I sold once, but don't know if it's normal as I hardly ever use it!

If selling be very wary of this as it leaves you open to various scams, ebay and paypal then generally side with the buyer leaving the seller out of pocket as they have no proof of delivery. See HERE.