eBay budding stupidity

[John the Canuck]

whoops bidding.!!


looking at various Shimano 8speed cassette options against my 11-32T

seen an HG-50 13-26T just closed at £9.59 + £3.70pp

not bad - considering they sell new at Chain Reactions for...........................£12.99.....

 

[ianrauk]

That's Ebay for you....

 

[byegad]

Yup. I looked at a used N Gauge Locomotive, UK list price £228, eBay finished just shy of £400!

 

[winjim]

Remember those terrible aldi tights from last year with the pad in the wrong place? I returned mine because they were unwearable. Cost about a tenner.

Fifteen quid on ebay...

 

[young Ed]

some bargains on ebay
Cheers Ed

 

[maltloaf]

I don't know if they still do but I remember last summer someone was selling the sports direct muddy fox cycling tops on ebay for £10 more than sports direct - and they were selling !!

Don't people check ??

 

[TheDoctor]

I've a few times seen Poundland cycling stuff on Ebay at about £4 BIN with a pound P+P on top...

 

[User6179]

Merrell moabs £53 delivered from amazon went for £64 from ebay last week

 

[John the Canuck]

missed business opportunity maybe..?
buy popular items which are 'on-sale' and then flog on eBay..?

 

[maltloaf]

My missus does that with stuff from places like the Range. Craft supplies are often cheaper in the range than the going price on eBay

 

[vernon]

I'm riding a bike build on a Dave Yates steel frame. The frame was five years old but unused. I got it for £140. The new price at the time of purchase was pushing £900 from the builder.

It can work both ways.

 

[MontyVeda]

whoops bidding.!!


looking at various Shimano 8speed cassette options against my 11-32T

seen an HG-50 13-26T just closed at £9.59 + £3.70pp

not bad - considering they sell new at Chain Reactions for...........................£12.99.....

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

 

[ufkacbln]

I loved the one where the listing was of a Photo of an X-Box One for £450

So a muppet bought it despite the clear description that it was a PHOTO

Then complained that he had been scammed!

 

[John the Canuck]

................................It can work both ways.

totally agree ..................I'm the only bidder on a Sham cassette ....ATM.....at 99p......

 

[stowie]

I remember buying a rocking maternity chair for my wife - it was available on ebay or an online shop or in store all from the same company. I got the price of the product on line and then looked through ebay. The price on ebay often ended up £50 or more than the price through the online shop. I think people get bidding fever and don't do any research before using ebay.