Anyone else an Ebay addict?

[silenthill]

admin said:

I have been know to frequest ebay LOL.
Not so much from I was ripped off by a plonker.

I've only encountered 2 bad sellers in the 4 years I've been on Ebay, not bad going really, it is annoying when it happens though.

[miniestofmes]

Yep, i have bought and sold on there, but for now i wont be doing any more selling, far too many scammers on there with no feedback and they bid for you item at a huge price, then seem to be no longer registered, it has cost a fortune in fees and i ended up not selling the item for the price i wanted!

[Harvestgoddess]

I spend alot of time on ebay and i also like the messageboards there i usually buy games for our gamecubes and nintendo ds me and kids are totally hooked on them actually i may be worse then them ;D
But ive had a few bad experiences lately too after buying some excersise equipment and it being unusable they had item picked up but refused to refund me so had to go through paypal which i did win so that was something there i was trying to get fit and healthy and all it did was stress me out im no fitter and i spent my refund on food ;D

[silenthill]

harvestgoddess said:

I spend alot of time on ebay and i also like the messageboards there i usually buy games for our gamecubes and nintendo ds me and kids are totally hooked on them actually i may be worse then them ;D
But ive had a few bad experiences lately too after buying some excersise equipment and it being unusable they had item picked up but refused to refund me so had to go through paypal which i did win so that was something there i was trying to get fit and healthy and all it did was stress me out im no fitter and i spent my refund on food ;D

I've given up buying console games on Ebay, there's far too many sellers that say the games are new and they turn out not to be

[MissLead]

I have a major Ebay addiction! over 3000 feedbacks...mostly buying but some selling too - but never made back what I should have so shocking waste of money really :oand that's only ONE of my personas....that's one of the reasons I'm so relieved when BB comes along, it keeps me out of buying mischief!


One of my interests is collecting vintage and antique jewellery (and other small collectables - house coming down with them) - and Ebay is such a paradise for that kind of thing. I also can't stand clutter, yet the house is so full of the stuff (and I don't even wear most of the jewellery, I just like looking at it).

[juliejuliejulie]

I am currently waiting to see if i can bid again tomorrow for something at the very last moment as everytime i bid this guys puts a bid up higher, so im going for something else and the guy seems to be stalking me, so have stopped bidding till tomorrow when then i will bid at very last minute

[MissLead]

juliejuliejulie said:

I am currently waiting to see if i can bid again tomorrow for something at the very last moment as everytime i bid this guys puts a bid up higher, so im going for something else and the guy seems to be stalking me, so have stopped bidding till tomorrow when then i will bid at very last minute

Sometimes it's useful to have more than one Ebay ID! I have had 5 but only currently 2 in use. Just means you are less easily tracked.

[silenthill]

misslead said:

juliejuliejulie said:

I am currently waiting to see if i can bid again tomorrow for something at the very last moment as everytime i bid this guys puts a bid up higher, so im going for something else and the guy seems to be stalking me, so have stopped bidding till tomorrow when then i will bid at very last minute

Sometimes it's useful to have more than one Ebay ID! I have had 5 but only currently 2 in use. Just means you are less easily tracked.

I have 2 ID's, one for selling and one for buying, that way if I'm upset with a seller I can leave the feedback I want without fear that it's going to taint my seller feedback.

[MissLead]

silenthill said:

misslead said:

Sometimes it's useful to have more than one Ebay ID! I have had 5 but only currently 2 in use. Just means you are less easily tracked.

I have 2 ID's, one for selling and one for buying, that way if I'm upset with a seller I can leave the feedback I want without fear that it's going to taint my seller feedback.

I started out with that in mind too though I've only ever left negative FB for one seller there's been quite a few should have got a thumbs down, but I just couldn't be bothered with the fall-out. Didn't seem worth it at the time. However, I've used the paypal dispute system twice and got my money back.

[julian]

misslead said:

I started out with that in mind too though I've only ever left negative FB for one seller there's been quite a few should have got a thumbs down, but I just couldn't be bothered with the fall-out. Didn't seem worth it at the time. However, I've used the paypal dispute system twice and got my money back.

Once someone got annoyed at me for leaving a Neutral feedback! It's like everyone expects positive even when, as in this case, I didn't even get the item

I've only used ebay for selling once (sold my TV) but I've been through a few phases of buying and it can be quite fun and addictive. I used to collect old D&D rulebooks and, more recently, D&D miniatures.

Regards

Julian