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What was the last good deal you got on ebay?
Seems like it's harder now to get any decent deals on ebay. I mean you can probably get something for few bucks cheaper than retail. But when was the last time you got a really awesome deal on ebay? What was it? How good of a deal was it?
The best deal I ever got on Ebay (it was more of a steal) - a Roland TR-909 for $350 in 2005. The guy was local, so I took of from work and jetted over when he agreed to $350 to end the auction early.
Nothing even close since then. how bout u?
I get ridiculously good deals on books but they rape you with shipping costs and half the time it's barely justified.
Ebay should seriously step in and do something about highway robbery regarding shipping charges.
Got a Garmin GPSMap60csx for about �100-200 cheaper than I could have gotten it here. It was genuine, the seller sold nothing but GPS units, and whats more he promised to pay import duty if I got hit with that.
Great stuff.
I thought i was getting a good deal on some smoked bumper and fender lights for my car but shipping was fucking outrageous. I think it cost more than the actual lights and it probably only cost a few bucks to ship, it wasnt even 1lb.
All these excessive shipping charges can be reported, you know? If the book is $5 and shipping is $15 - that's a reportable offense.
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| Originally posted by emc^2 All these excessive shipping charges can be reported, you know? If the book is $5 and shipping is $15 - that's a reportable offense. |
eBay used to be awesome, but now it's mostly just an outlet for people to sell crappy merchandise with extreme shipping rates. i can't even justify searching for stuff on there because there's so much crap to sort through, unless it's something rare or hard to find... then eBay can be great. i think the last thing i bought on there was the limited edition clear blue Blue Fear vinyl, which cost me about $20 (incl shipping from the UK).
I too, got vinyl. T'was a double vinyl of Oliver Lieb - Lost Vagueness 
sealed Shure e2c earbuds for $30
a set of 1998 Yamaha R1 Carbs - �100 delivered
these babies are going to be supplying the fuel/air mixture to the engine thats going in my current project 
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| Originally posted by Wicked Neo these babies are going to be supplying the fuel/air mixture to the engine thats going in my current project |
gotta admire one of the remaining and strangely still legal GLOBAL monopolies. Google should be spending that money they're using on a crowded cell phone market to create an auction site. Can you imagine the possiblities? You're searching for something and can't find it in the auction and here you have the link to someone selling the stuff from their website. Revenue stream either way - click or buy.
I can't understand why they haven't jumped on that yet. The brand is there, the money is there, the payment system is even in place... and the DEMAND/MARKET IS THERE! What else do they need? Ebay needs a serious competitor, IMHO. People would be switching in droves, I think. Yet Goog made no move. strange.
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| Originally posted by Project-K Is it a giant tarantula-bot that shoots lasers? |
after market headlight for my stang for only 60bucks.
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| Originally posted by emc^2 gotta admire one of the remaining and strangely still legal GLOBAL monopolies. Google should be spending that money they're using on a crowded cell phone market to create an auction site. Can you imagine the possiblities? You're searching for something and can't find it in the auction and here you have the link to someone selling the stuff from their website. Revenue stream either way - click or buy. I can't understand why they haven't jumped on that yet. The brand is there, the money is there, the payment system is even in place... and the DEMAND/MARKET IS THERE! What else do they need? Ebay needs a serious competitor, IMHO. People would be switching in droves, I think. Yet Goog made no move. strange. |
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| Originally posted by Wicked Neo nope, i'm building a Rally Car. |
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| Originally posted by jdat there have been multiple rumours for a Google auction, or online paiement system .... rumours which never came to be. |
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| Originally posted by jdat there have been multiple rumours for a Google auction, or online paiement system .... rumours which never came to be. |
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel this deserves its own thread with pictars and updates!!!!!! false. google has a payment system in place already and has for about 2 years. its called "Google Checkout". |
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel this deserves its own thread with pictars and updates!!!!!! |
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| Originally posted by Wicked Neo its going to take about 2 years, i have the engine which is currently stripped and being prepared for a full rebuild, i pick up the body components in 2 weeks from the south of france, i have about 100 new parts bought and stored in my spare room which includes stuff like hub flanges, steering rack, wishbones, master cylinder, servo, earthing kit etc etc etc. The car in its current form makes its last show appearance end of June 2008 then it gets stripped back to a bare shell for a roll cage to be welded in, all dings removed, the sunroof being removed and welded up, paint etc etc |
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| Originally posted by gehzumteufel damn. ive always wanted to see what goes into a proper rally prepped car. theres all those enthusiast cars here that are halfassed that im like, wtf are you doing?! well when i come to england, i will be sure to make a visit. |
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| Originally posted by Wicked Neo I've already taken loads of pictures of the engine strip down and the whole project will all be documented as it progresses. |
yeah i just don't really like ebay. its popular to the point now that where like six of seven years ago you could get stuff dirt cheap cause there weren't as many bidders, now its just a slight discount off retail usually, and at the expense of warranty and customer service. plus i fucking hate paypal
that said, i bought my xbox 360 on there for $315 shipped, with a 20 gig hard drive, hd cables, controller. i think thats the only thing i've ever bought off ebay. did get an original xbox motherboard off there with a friend once though after we fried ours failing miserably at modding it 
I bought it off criagslist, but it was still a deal.
1970's Akai 1730D 7" reel-to-reel, in perfect working order.
$120 delivered...some people don't know what they have.
�22 delivered
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