eBay just pisses me off...

[MasterBlaster84]

When I bought my car from a lady in Arizona, she told me she used to be a stock broker and she now made her living off eBay. She had a beautiful house on a few acres of horse property. Her and her daughter went to estate sales and then flipped it all on eBay. She said that 1980's stuff is the super hot merch and that's all she deals in.

DAMN OUR LOVE OF THE 80'S

Wait didn't someone just report that Sharp basically said that the 80's stuff is out of style now?

 

[Reli]

People list a machine as "Working until it just stopped" and "I have no knowledge of electronics to fix. I was told by an expert that its just a fuse." .

I usually run from that kind of statement since I interpret that as meaning "I know something is F'd up but I'm not going to tell you, it's just something simple". If it's so simple why don't you fix it then you can sell the item for much more.

Sometimes the seller might be telling the truth, they really don't know what's wrong and don't want to deal with it but just seeing the statement above makes me leery.

Like a certain guy from Concord, CA who claims that a volume slider "just needs to be cleaned"

 

[MasterBlaster84]

People list a machine as "Working until it just stopped" and "I have no knowledge of electronics to fix. I was told by an expert that its just a fuse." .

I usually run from that kind of statement since I interpret that as meaning "I know something is F'd up but I'm not going to tell you, it's just something simple". If it's so simple why don't you fix it then you can sell the item for much more.

Sometimes the seller might be telling the truth, they really don't know what's wrong and don't want to deal with it but just seeing the statement above makes me leery.

Like a certain guy from Concord, CA who claims that a volume slider "just needs to be cleaned"

If that's the case clean it and charge more instead of blatantly lying with the intent of ripping other people off.

 

[baddboybill]

The best one I have ever read is...."I don't have no tape to test tape deck functions"...... But yet there is a tape in the deck, in their pictures


Bad Boy Bill

 

[b_koenig]

I'm pretty new to this. I think I can figure out the gist of it though.

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

The best one I have ever read is...."I don't have no tape to test tape deck functions"...... But yet there is a tape in the deck, in their pictures


Bad Boy Bill

Yeah, that was classic

 

[Darece01]

eBay can be a PIA. Would much rather purchase from forums.

 

[jaetee]

Ebay and vintage electronics are one of those funny pairs... You gotta take the bad with the good.

For me, local purchases are reserved for opportunistic scores, things that need to be tried or sampled first, or immediate need products. I am a hardcore ebay shopper for the things that can wait. As the saying goes... Time = Money. The same can be said for patience = money in relation to ebay. Even with shipping factored It is typical to save money buying on ebay, especially for electronics and photography gear.

I've been pretty lucky with ebay and have gotten pretty much what I expected from about 95% of my purchases. I buy boomboxes, tape decks, photo gear, tapes, and a whole smattering of other used and new goods that I know I cannot find locally without having to pay that "gotta have it now" premium. Sometimes I buy items that I know do not work and have them restored by a pro with the intent of owning it to play with for a while, then flipping on ebay. The key is to research your seller's previous feedback history before bidding or buying it now, I thoroughly review things the seller has bought or sold. Sometimes you will even see what they paid for the item you're bidding on. And if you have a seller with a low feedback rating selling $1 trinket items but has a mint M90 for sale with blurry pics and a vague description, then stay away. Read the listing forwards and backwards, and ask very specific questions to further asses the items condition and try to get a guage of the sellers' quality in the process. If I have ANY doubts at all, I leave it alone. Invariably, another of that same model number will come along.

And probably the best key to healthy and successful auctions bidding is to use a sniping tool. I'm convinced that ebay is a form of emotional warfare. And a good sniper will save you lots of money and keep you from making crazy-arsed emotional bids in a flurry. It helps win items for less just as much as it also helps protect you from yourself. Pick a comfortable maximum price, leave it alone, and force yourself to remain unemotional.

And if you don't win it (or lose by $1) then somebody wanted it more than you did. Just wait for the next one.

 

[MarioMania]

Sometimes I get a deal on ebay on Games some not

 

[Lasonic TRC-920]

Ebay and vintage electronics are one of those funny pairs... You gotta take the bad with the good.

For me, local purchases are reserved for opportunistic scores, things that need to be tried or sampled first, or immediate need products. I am a hardcore ebay shopper for the things that can wait. As the saying goes... Time = Money. The same can be said for patience = money in relation to ebay. Even with shipping factored It is typical to save money buying on ebay, especially for electronics and photography gear.

I've been pretty lucky with ebay and have gotten pretty much what I expected from about 95% of my purchases. I buy boomboxes, tape decks, photo gear, tapes, and a whole smattering of other used and new goods that I know I cannot find locally without having to pay that "gotta have it now" premium. Sometimes I buy items that I know do not work and have them restored by a pro with the intent of owning it to play with for a while, then flipping on ebay. The key is to research your seller's previous feedback history before bidding or buying it now, I thoroughly review things the seller has bought or sold. Sometimes you will even see what they paid for the item you're bidding on. And if you have a seller with a low feedback rating selling $1 trinket items but has a mint M90 for sale with blurry pics and a vague description, then stay away. Read the listing forwards and backwards, and ask very specific questions to further asses the items condition and try to get a guage of the sellers' quality in the process. If I have ANY doubts at all, I leave it alone. Invariably, another of that same model number will come along.

And probably the best key to healthy and successful auctions bidding is to use a sniping tool. I'm convinced that ebay is a form of emotional warfare. And a good sniper will save you lots of money and keep you from making crazy-arsed emotional bids in a flurry. It helps win items for less just as much as it also helps protect you from yourself. Pick a comfortable maximum price, leave it alone, and force yourself to remain unemotional.

And if you don't win it (or lose by $1) then somebody wanted it more than you did. Just wait for the next one.

No better words were said in this thread

Sadly, I am driven solely on emotion

 

[jimmyjimmy19702010]

Ebay and vintage electronics are one of those funny pairs... You gotta take the bad with the good.

For me, local purchases are reserved for opportunistic scores, things that need to be tried or sampled first, or immediate need products. I am a hardcore ebay shopper for the things that can wait. As the saying goes... Time = Money. The same can be said for patience = money in relation to ebay. Even with shipping factored It is typical to save money buying on ebay, especially for electronics and photography gear.

I've been pretty lucky with ebay and have gotten pretty much what I expected from about 95% of my purchases. I buy boomboxes, tape decks, photo gear, tapes, and a whole smattering of other used and new goods that I know I cannot find locally without having to pay that "gotta have it now" premium. Sometimes I buy items that I know do not work and have them restored by a pro with the intent of owning it to play with for a while, then flipping on ebay. The key is to research your seller's previous feedback history before bidding or buying it now, I thoroughly review things the seller has bought or sold. Sometimes you will even see what they paid for the item you're bidding on. And if you have a seller with a low feedback rating selling $1 trinket items but has a mint M90 for sale with blurry pics and a vague description, then stay away. Read the listing forwards and backwards, and ask very specific questions to further asses the items condition and try to get a guage of the sellers' quality in the process. If I have ANY doubts at all, I leave it alone. Invariably, another of that same model number will come along.

And probably the best key to healthy and successful auctions bidding is to use a sniping tool. I'm convinced that ebay is a form of emotional warfare. And a good sniper will save you lots of money and keep you from making crazy-arsed emotional bids in a flurry. It helps win items for less just as much as it also helps protect you from yourself. Pick a comfortable maximum price, leave it alone, and force yourself to remain unemotional.

And if you don't win it (or lose by $1) then somebody wanted it more than you did. Just wait for the next one.

I agree 100%.

I personally haven't to date, used a sniping tool. Often nobody has bid up to the last 5 minutes. I just prefer to bid in the last few minutes with a max 10-20% higher than the current bid. I 100% stick to my max bid and most of the time I win. Today I scored a cheap Panasonic RX-DT680!
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/140846745953 ... 1497.l2649

James...

 

[panabox1]

eGay suck big time . Looks like most of the sellers are just greedy twats which think that "for collectors" description will make em rich

Hey now! Using gay as a derogatory euphemism is so no cool man!

 

[JustCruisin]

eGay suck big time . Looks like most of the sellers are just greedy twats which think that "for collectors" description will make em rich

Hey now! Using gay as a derogatory euphemism is so no cool man!

So is PUNK, but we got over it.... :devil:

 

[Brutus442]

I only use Ebay for sporting goods and camera equipment...HUGE deals vs. local ripoffs.

As far as vintage audio equipment goes....the fear of crappy shippment tops my concerns. The box may be mint but FedEx wouldn't care. For me, a boombox purchase would only be done with a goodstanding member. That way I'm sure of it's condition and it's safe packaging.

No one knows how fragile these boxes can be except collectors!

 

[shane higgins]

speaking of witch
ill be back just popping of to check on my watch list [ebay]:ebay:[/ebay]
bloody mist it

 

[b_koenig]

I have an old sniping thing too. It only allows me to have 1 snipe in at a time. I really don't bid on much anymore, but it really comes in handy. I just plug in my max the day before and seem to win a fair amount. I have one in tonight.

 

[shane higgins]

I have an old sniping thing too. It only allows me to have 1 snipe in at a time. I really don't bid on much anymore, but it really comes in handy. I just plug in my max the day before and seem to win a fair amount. I have one in tonight.

Ooooo a sniping tool need
Were i get