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    I'm sick of eBay

    These are actual quotes from ads.

    "WOW!!!"

    "SUPER-ULTRA RARE"

    "You can't find this in stores!!"

    "IT'S THE REAL DEAL!"

    "This game was treated with love and care the entire time I had it."

    "Super RARE MINT RPG!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disc only."

    "A treasured classic and it deserves a place in every videogame collector's home."




    #2
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    I treat ebay like a street market. There's a ton of people with pretty much the same crap, and they have to virtually "yell" at you in order to get any attention.

    It really doesn't matter how they describe the item, the bottom line is how much it sells for, if it sells at all.
    Last edited by Nixon; 02-21-2008, 03:56 PM.
    Eat Smello.

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      #3
      Re: I'm sick of eBay

      thats why its fun for us who know about games enough not to be taken.

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        #4
        Re: I'm sick of eBay

        Originally posted by EvilNixon666 View Post
        I treat ebay like a street market. There's a ton of people with pretty much the same crap, and they have to virtually "yell" at you in order to get any attention.

        It really doesn't matter how they describe the item, the bottom line is how much it sells for, if it sells at all.
        this is how i also see it.

        price is the bottom line, with completeness effecting that outcome, shipping to my location being an absolute requirement, and of course good user rep to limit the chance of a scam.

        Thank you Ωbright for the sig fix!
        Card Three is released! You can find it here!

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          #5
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          Whenever I make a purchase, I send payments ASAP. I'm that good of a customer, and I want to make sure my seller and I benefit mutually.

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            #6
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            Originally posted by Toaster 218 View Post
            "Super RARE MINT RPG!!! WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Disc only."

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              #7
              Re: I'm sick of eBay

              Originally posted by Bonanza View Post
              Whenever I make a purchase, I send payments ASAP. I'm that good of a customer, and I want to make sure my seller and I benefit mutually.
              same, i pay for it right then. there is no excuse to wait. if im bidding on the item i clearly trust the person enough, so why wait. payment should be sent within 12 hours, anything more is just tardy. communication is big, if your having problems let the seller know.

              Thank you Ωbright for the sig fix!
              Card Three is released! You can find it here!

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                #8
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                There's actually going to be a world-wide ebay boycott (well, atleast as far as youtube is concerned). The guy who runs eBay publicly criticized everyone who buys and sells from the website and called them stupid tools essentially. I have the link somewhere and I'll post it later when I have the time. Basically, next week (28th I think) there's going to be an ebay boycott where no one buys anything from ebay. It started by this guy on youtube and it's already gained some internet popularity once it spread through somethingawful (which is an entire community of guys who LOVE doing things like this).

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                  #9
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                  I like eBay. If there is something I'm wanting they usually have it. After searching everywhere else and no one willing to sell their copy of Parasite Eve, I finally got it thanks to eBay... well, technically I don't have it yet, but it is coming here now. :3
                  PSN: KingJamos

                  Add me... I'll wait.

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                    #10
                    Re: I'm sick of eBay

                    Originally posted by marcus View Post
                    There's actually going to be a world-wide ebay boycott (well, atleast as far as youtube is concerned).
                    I though the boycott started on Feb 18th, two days before they implemented the new changes. They asked sellers not to sell starting on that date, and asked buyers not to purchase any items during the following week. I'm doing my best.

                    I don't sell a whole lot, but the "no negative feedback for buyers" thing is stupid as hell. If someone doesn't pay for an item, they should be subject to the same repercussions bad sellers face.
                    Last edited by Nixon; 02-21-2008, 07:19 PM.
                    Eat Smello.

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                      #11
                      Re: I'm sick of eBay

                      no neg feedback for buyers now? that is garbage.

                      a boycott doesnt effect ebay much at all since the business isnt disappearing but delaying itself. the boycott would only work if people refuse to sell or buy from them and not just one day.

                      Thank you Ωbright for the sig fix!
                      Card Three is released! You can find it here!

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                        #12
                        Re: I'm sick of eBay

                        Originally posted by Karr Lord of Chaos View Post
                        no neg feedback for buyers now? that is garbage.

                        a boycott doesnt effect ebay much at all since the business isnt disappearing but delaying itself. the boycott would only work if people refuse to sell or buy from them and not just one day.
                        Its the same thing with those stupid gas boycotts. Just because you don't buy Thursday doesn't mean your not going to buy that much more gas Friday. Hell, most people who do that actually gas up before hand in preperation. Its so stupid. Until we start handing out Naquada Power Cell conversion kits for our cars we'll never kick the gas habit.
                        stodi no na ka cenba

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                          #13
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                          I don't even shop at eBay
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                            #14
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                            Then how do you expect to get the most RAREST GAMES ON THE PLANET??

                            I'm really frustrated at it all right now because of that douchbag who sent me Breath of Fire IV. 1) Item was not in promised condion 2) I payed nearly top dollar for it 3) The damn thing doesn't even work. 4) The bastard won't return my e-mails so I had to file a buyer protection claim. "Wait 30 days..." UGH.

                            It's so annoying that everyone expects to get top dollar for their stuff just because the game is possibly obscure or long out of print. Well duh, they don't make PSX games anymore.

                            Reminds me of when Lion sold me his copy of Valkyrie Profile for the PSX and I payed him the exact price that he paid for it. The game was going for nearly 3 times what I paid, but he was nice about it. Then when I beat it and it came time for me to sell it this guy on eBay bought it but it turned out that he lived close to me so I cancelled that, and gave him a call. Said that he had a customer who wanted to buy the game blah blah blah. I found out that he planned on selling it to the poor sap (it also came with the guide, all in good condition) for $300. Needless to say I told him to **** off and make money off of somebody else. Then he got all high and mighty, told me that we had a binding contract through eBay. But that wasn't true because he told me in an e-mail to refund it and see him in person to get the money so then I could aslo get the chunk of comission that eBay gets for doing practically nothing.

                            Long story short, I hate scalpers. They deserve to burn in hell. Stupid ****ing lazy people buying up Wiis every chance they get to turn a profit on eBay and thus creating a false demand. Don't even get me started.

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                              #15
                              Re: I'm sick of eBay

                              Use Amazon.

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