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Posted by: Rindy 25-Oct-2005, 09:51 PM
I thought this was pretty good.


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=8335653541

I am updating this as the url is no longer working.

Slainte smile.gif

Posted by: cynni 26-Oct-2005, 05:43 AM
That was pretty good. Just loved all the questions asked also. Made my day. : laugh.gif

Posted by: dundee 26-Oct-2005, 10:40 AM
dam!!!! i got outbid.........

Posted by: SCShamrock 26-Oct-2005, 10:49 AM
That was great. I remember one you might have seen about a wedding dress. OMG, this could be the same guy selling the leather pants. laugh.gif

Posted by: Rindy 26-Oct-2005, 10:56 AM
Dundee-funny!!! laugh.gif

SCShamrock- I don't remember that one.. Do you still have it? I would love to see it..

Slainte smile.gif

Posted by: CelticCoalition 26-Oct-2005, 08:13 PM
Hmm, those leather pants would have made a great addition to my gimp outfit....

Posted by: stoirmeil 27-Oct-2005, 11:25 AM
laugh.gif Oh, the poor man. The poor, poor misguided hopeful eedjit.

But then, once I cut off almost a foot of hair and changed the color because a man I wanted thought he might like it/me that way. sad.gif (I was pretty young.) I suppose you have to just go on and make that kind of mistake and get it over with.

I like those pants though. I think a man would look good in them.

Posted by: Dreamer1 29-Oct-2005, 09:38 PM
laugh.gif laugh.gif laugh.gif Oh this was great!! I'm still laughing! Thanks Rindy! laugh.gif laugh.gif

Posted by: starlight_xx 01-Nov-2005, 06:21 PM
Have you seen the Feedback this guy leaves? His comments are great biggrin.gif

Posted by: Rindy 12-Jan-2008, 12:23 AM
Does anyone here sell or buy items off of ebay? Did you have a good experience with it or not?

I have sold a lot of things and had pretty good luck. It's been a long while ago.
I did also buy and it was kind of had a bad experience. It wasn't as nice of a bedspread as I thought it would be. Other than that no problems.
I sold a ton of jewerly on there. And bought some celtic jewerly that was pretty nice.

Let us hear your ebay experience.


Slainte

Posted by: Aaediwen 12-Jan-2008, 02:48 PM
I've bought a few things off Ebay, and never had a bad experience. I'm still happy with my 8-track deck, the camera lens, the Sun mouse and keyboard, Power supply, and one of the video cards I got from there. The little bit of other stuff I've gotten failed through no fault of the seller.

Posted by: Rindy 13-Jan-2008, 11:49 AM
That's good to hear Aaediwen. I think it's fun just to browse to and see what people have forsale. Some are rather odd and funny.
I bought a camcorder there and was really happy with it.

Slainte

Posted by: gcw57 28-Jan-2008, 10:25 PM
Once again to late to the table to find dinner! All I saw was a message saying that item # was not available for viewing.

I have bought a number of items on eBay over the years and have only had one bad experience - my very first purchase! I don't know anything about selling on eBay but wish I did because I have a box of rare and limited edition Elvis items that I won in a contest that I really need the cash more than a gold record, ya know? wink.gif

Posted by: Sekhmet 28-Jan-2008, 10:43 PM
I both buy and sell on Ebay, though it's not my venue of choice anymore. It's called "feebay" for a reason. Nonetheless, it's the universal place to find anything online, so every so often I'll put listings up in the hopes of them following me to my preferred online store.

Posted by: valpal 59 29-Jan-2008, 09:32 AM
I used to be an Ebay junkie. Not so much anymore. I've never sold anything, but I have purchased alot of things. I have only had 3 bad experiences in all of the years I have used Ebay. 2 of those were no big deal, but the 3rd one was a big purchase. Thank goodness I used Paypal and got my money back on that one. I always check out their feedback. It is not foolproof, but is usually a good indication of the person or company. The big purchase was with a company that had excellant feedback, but something went wrong with them and I never received the merchandise. I don't go there much anymore because the prices people charge are not as good of a deal as they used to be.

Sekhmet, What is your preferred online store?

Posted by: Sekhmet 29-Jan-2008, 03:12 PM
My main venue at the present is Etsy. www.etsy.com

It's for handmade items, plus supplies and some vintage. It's been around for just about three years now, if I'm remembering correctly. Much more reasonable in terms of charges and fees, much more friendly. I've been there a little over a year now...

http://theebonswan.etsy.com

There's drawbacks, like anywhere else, but so far I've been happy. It's not an auction house either, it's like a massive collective of store fronts, which actually simplifies things considerably. This year I plan on branching to other sites, like lov.li, Dawanda, and with any luck Trunkt or Mintd somewhere down the road.

Like I said, I'll put a couple things up on Ebay mainly for promotional purposes since that's still where the majority of people turn first in looking for items online. But listing 50-100 auctions like I used to? Good lord no. It's just not worth it anymore.

Posted by: UlsterScotNutt 26-Feb-2008, 02:40 PM
Hi folks,
I do a fair amount of ebaying both buying and selling. It actually was my son who got me started on ebay. I was throwing away obsolete and what I felt were unsellable machines. he suggested ebay and I said no one is gonna buy this junk, so he listed it for me. To my surprise it sold and for alot of money, well i was hooked. I had about 7 of these units and I had already dismantled and thrown away 4 of them. I sold the 3 on ebay and the buyers were very happy too!!! I ended up taking over his ebay name and have been doing it ever since.

Like anything in life, there is good and bad, thankfully I have run into much more good than bad. Out of over 600 transactions I would say about 4 real not nice people. I have 100% feedback but I try and work real hard at keeping it that way. I almost always leave feedback first as a seller, many do not for fear of bad buyers. And many buyers are afraid of leaving negative feedback for fear of retaliatory feedback. As a buyer you really have to pay attention and ask questions of the sellers, not all are forth coming just as some buyers are really not fair.
I stopped worrying about feedback a long time ago, I just try and be as fair as possible, do my best to describe, communicate, ship quickly and charge fairly, leave feedback first and hope for the best. My ebay moniker is businessman5678

Posted by: Rindy 24-Mar-2008, 08:32 PM
I'm sure you've all heard about the corn flake-selling on ebay..crazy crazy I wonder how many I ate...lol... sad.gif


'Illinois' corn flake auctioned
1 day ago

Two sisters sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay for 1,350 dollars (£682).

The winner of the auction, which lasted more than a week, is the owner of a trivia website who wants to add the corn flake to a travelling museum.

Melissa McIntire, 23, and her sister Emily, 15, listed the corn flake last week, but eBay cancelled the auction saying it violated its food policy. So the sisters restarted the auction, advertising a coupon redeemable for the corn flake.

Posted by: UlsterScotNutt 25-Mar-2008, 07:52 AM
There have been some pretty bizarre items sold on ebay. Some I recall are snowballs made from the first snow in a hundred years somewhere down in Texas and the " yellow " snowballs made by some guy in Minnesota or Michigan, both sold on ebay. Some folks have too much time on their hands and others have more money than sense.

Posted by: Rindy 25-Mar-2008, 02:39 PM
Well said UltsterScottNutt. It amazes me what people do with this stuff. I used to stick snowballs in the freezer they end up the size of a marble..lol..
I remember a can of spray that was suppose to smell like pooh pooh.gif Sold on ebay...crazy!!!

Slainte

Posted by: UlsterScotNutt 25-Mar-2008, 03:32 PM
QUOTE (Rindy @ 24-Mar-2008, 09:32 PM)
I'm sure you've all heard about the corn flake-selling on ebay..crazy crazy I wonder how many I ate...lol... sad.gif


'Illinois' corn flake auctioned
1 day ago

Two sisters sold their Illinois-shaped corn flake on eBay for 1,350 dollars (£682).

The winner of the auction, which lasted more than a week, is the owner of a trivia website who wants to add the corn flake to a travelling museum.

Melissa McIntire, 23, and her sister Emily, 15, listed the corn flake last week, but eBay cancelled the auction saying it violated its food policy. So the sisters restarted the auction, advertising a coupon redeemable for the corn flake.

I've collected 49 states and the territories from my morning bowl of granola, if only I can find Oklahoma I would have a complete set and I could ebay it!!!! laugh.gif

Posted by: ctbard 26-Mar-2008, 08:36 AM
And I can;'t sell my bear head on Ebay???? Not that I would now, I am very attached to Boris.

Posted by: UlsterScotNutt 26-Mar-2008, 11:07 AM
Now aren't you glad Boris was yanked off ebay.

The more you think about it, its a good policy not to be able to sell bear stuff on ebay.

Here's something I just learned that the word "bear" is a taboo word in Gaelic.

Among animals the bear was of special consequence. Its original Proto-Indo-European name *rktho-, later *rkso-, resulting in Sanskrit rkshos, Greek arktos, Latin ursus, Armenian arj, Celtic *artos, was taboo in Gaelic (math-ghamhain /mahowin/, Mahon ‘good-calf’!) and in all Slavic languages, and it was alluded to instead as the ‘honey-eater’ (med-v-éd´), partly through fear perhaps and partly as a rival in the search for honey (Russian mëd /myot/) in the woods, from which was made hydromel, or ‘mead’ (Russian mëd, Greek methy [source of our chemical prefix “methy(l)”]). The v arose from the noun theme u in hypothetical *medu-yed´ ‘honey-eating’, like Sanskrit madh(u) v‑ád- ‘sweet-eat’. The Polish reflex of ‘bear’ is a further taboo word with negative aspersion: niedźwiedź, with miód /myoot/ ‘honey’ debased into niedź- under the influence of nie ‘no, not’.

[Written by Carl Masthay, 18 March 2008, paraphrasing Entwistle and Morison 1949, Unbegaun 1972, Preobrazhensky 1951, and other sources]


Posted by: ctbard 26-Mar-2008, 12:06 PM
And, did you know, brian's animal totem is the Kodiak bear

Posted by: Rindy 20-Jun-2008, 04:08 PM
lol you guys..... laugh.gif I saw this on Ebay and thought of this thread.

Ebay Expands PayPal Protection

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: June 20, 2008
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — EBay hopes to attract more online traders by expanding the protections available to people who use its PayPal payment service for transactions on eBay’s Internet marketplaces.

EBay executives said Thursday at the company’s annual user conference that buyers who pay for items with PayPal will be eligible for full refunds, with no cap, if a seller fails to deliver an item as promised. Previously a buyer’s coverage was capped at $200, or $2,000 if the item’s seller enjoyed a particularly good reputation on eBay.

EBay sellers who accept PayPal as a payment method, as nearly all of them do, will also get unlimited protection against a charge being reversed. Such reversals can happen if a buyer claims not to get an item, or if a payment is fraudulently made. Previously sellers’ coverage had an annual limit of $5,000, and applied only for shipments to the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

A PayPal spokeswoman, Sara Gorman, said the changes, due to take effect this fall, reflect the service’s increasing confidence in its ability to spot and block many fraudulent transactions before they occur.

Posted by: Patch 20-Jun-2008, 04:30 PM
Excellent!! I got burned once on a portrait lense for a medium format camera. I made the purchase from Canada and the seller was either getting rid of his loss or had taken the lens apart and didn't know how to put it back. I had the price of a new lens in it when it was repaired. He claimed it must have been damaged in shipment (the box was intact) and though it was supposed to be insured, I found there was no postal insurance available in Canada at that time thus no insurance on the shipment (I had paid a fee for insurance.) I made no more bids on items outside the US after that.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: Rindy 22-Jun-2008, 11:30 AM
Patch I never thought about the insurance of the the country where it's shipped from. Sorry to hear you got burned. I wouldn't of made any more purchases overseas either! My purchases are usually better than on time. I have recently made a purchase of a book my book store couldn't get and I got it for cheaper. I try and support the town I live in but sometimes if they can't get it ya gotta do what ya gotta do...lol...You watch just because I said that it will be later than ever or won't come. Hope I didn't jinx myself.

Slainte

Posted by: Patch 22-Jun-2008, 01:28 PM
QUOTE (Rindy @ 22-Jun-2008, 06:30 AM)
Patch I never thought about the insurance of the the country where it's shipped from. Sorry to hear you got burned. I wouldn't of made any more purchases overseas either! My purchases are usually better than on time. I have recently made a purchase of a book my book store couldn't get and I got it for cheaper. I try and support the town I live in but sometimes if they can't get it ya gotta do what ya gotta do...lol...You watch just because I said that it will be later than ever or won't come. Hope I didn't jinx myself.

Slainte

Out of close to 100 purchases, most of them small, that was the only bad experience and though the guy only had 18-29 ratings all were good. I didn't rate him and figured you had to pay to get an education.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: gcw57 16-Jul-2008, 12:24 AM
unsure.gif Patch, can you complain to eBay about your transaction?

If you paid for insurance, the seller should have insured it. I think $1 at Canada Post gets you insurance for (maybe?) several hundred dollars and if the item is valued higher than that - you can purchase any amount of insurance.

Almost all my purchases are fairly small so usually the shipping from overseas or the States isn't too terrible depending on whether the seller has a set price for shipping - that usually far exceeds the actual cost.

I keep thinking I should get a friend who sells on eBay to help me list some of my stuff. I'm not overly confident trying it myself.

Posted by: Patch 17-Jul-2008, 09:37 AM
QUOTE (gcw57 @ 15-Jul-2008, 07:24 PM)
unsure.gif Patch, can you complain to eBay about your transaction?

If you paid for insurance, the seller should have insured it. I think $1 at Canada Post gets you insurance for (maybe?) several hundred dollars and if the item is valued higher than that - you can purchase any amount of insurance.

Almost all my purchases are fairly small so usually the shipping from overseas or the States isn't too terrible depending on whether the seller has a set price for shipping - that usually far exceeds the actual cost.

I keep thinking I should get a friend who sells on eBay to help me list some of my stuff. I'm not overly confident trying it myself.

When I tried to contact him, he responded once and indicated it must have been damaged in shipping. I saw no evidence of that but he would not give me any information. I went to our post office and inquired about Canadian insurance. They said there was none. I think I paid about 180 for the lens. (It was a portrait lens for a Pentax 67 camera.) If I recall, the repair was over a hundred dollars and they told me it had been taken apart. Probably because the aperature leafs were sticking. It was cleaned and refurbished to be as good as a new lens which would have been worth about $600 if I could find one. As I have often said, you have to pay for an education.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: Sekhmet 17-Jul-2008, 10:47 AM
Now eBay has made it so that negative feedback cannot be given. Sellers and buyers alike are leaving in droves over this piece of questionable "progress".

Oh, and if you're a seller and used Paypal as your means of payment, be wary. If a buyer disputes the transaction with Paypal, your account will very likely be charged back if the claim was made within (I believe) 45 days. There have also been frequent complaints of after a seller's account has been charged back, that the account is frozen. We've been hearing horror stories left and right in the last few months with this little gem.


Posted by: Patch 17-Jul-2008, 11:39 AM
I have never sold on E-bay and have not bought in a year or more. I would not buy if negative feed back was blocked. That is the ONLY way to guess whether you are buying from a reputable dealer. As a buyer, my feedback is perfect.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: Rindy 22-Nov-2008, 05:42 PM
Is anyone thinking about bidding on this? It is for a wonderful cause. I need to save up a few more of my penny jars. wink.gif
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewUserPage&userid=carroll_shelby_childrens_foundation_auction

Slainte

Posted by: valpal59 23-Nov-2008, 09:07 AM
Yep, I'm bidding on it. In my dreams. tongue.gif

Val

Posted by: InRi 23-Nov-2008, 12:33 PM
Why bidding? There are standing three of these things in my garage yet... (in my dreams...) biggrin.gif

Ingo

Posted by: Patch 25-Nov-2008, 08:20 AM
Are others getting a tremendous number of phishing attempts from E-bay and Pay-pal knock off's? I have a link to report attempts to Pay-pal but not one for E-bay. In my case they went from one a month at most to daily! Since I have used neither for at least two years, I reply to nothing.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: valpal59 25-Nov-2008, 10:22 AM
Patch, It has been along time since I have received any attempts. When you go to Ebay, there is a small banner in the top right hand corner the says "Ebay Security & Resolution Center. When that page comes up, on the left side there is a topic "Protect your account", under it is "Reporting Phishing & Spoof". Hope this helps.

Val

Posted by: Patch 27-Nov-2008, 07:44 PM
QUOTE (valpal59 @ 25-Nov-2008, 12:22 PM)
Patch, It has been along time since I have received any attempts. When you go to Ebay, there is a small banner in the top right hand corner the says "Ebay Security & Resolution Center. When that page comes up, on the left side there is a topic "Protect your account", under it is "Reporting Phishing & Spoof". Hope this helps.

Val

Thank you, I have not been there for a long time. I have had 4 attempts recently and if they are not reported, they can not be stopped.

Slàinte,    

Patch    

Posted by: Patriot1776 28-Nov-2008, 03:11 PM
After the holidays, I'm going to start looking on there for a second turntable, probably a Technics SL-1200. I'm wanting a second table to perhaps give to a relative as possibly a late Christmas present, or possibly as their big Christmas present if I can find a good enough deal for one that's not been abused by a DJ in a night club.

Posted by: jime307 19-Dec-2008, 05:03 PM
I use ebay a lot. however had a rather ridiclous problem with a seller where I bought an iPod and never recieved I got my money back but it really was aggravating

Posted by: InRi 20-Dec-2008, 11:53 AM
In the past I used ebay rather often as a buyer and sometime as a seller too. As a buyer I used because I could buy a lot of things for good prices. As a seller I used because I've got a littlebit money for things I would have cast off otherwise...
But by and by I had to notice that almost exclusively professional traders work there. The prices are "dead" and it isn't a difference to buy something by ebay or by a local dealer. OK, one difference is existing: I can grab the local dealer "by the sruff of the neck" if he try to sell me a garbage... If I buy by ebay it isn't so simple...
I gave up to buy and sell there.

Ingo

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