Ebay will drive you nuts - too true!!

benjamin59 · 02-14-2009, 01:39 PM

I just checked out a post on Miserere and Peter's blog and thought you guys might enjoy this too. Too funny!

Top 10 Reasons Ebay Will Drive You Nuts Enticing the Light

reeftool · 02-14-2009, 09:10 PM

Yeah, it was funny. While I have have bid on Ebay and did win 1 lens (only 1) for a good price once , I rarely win any auctions because they all seem to end in the evening. I work a 3 till 11 shift, usually with overtime and an hour commuting time each way on sunday thru thursday nights so the closest bid I get is is usually 6 hrs from the end. When I loose one by a dollar I get pi***d!

xjjohnno · 02-14-2009, 11:17 PM

You could always do the stupidly low bidding I do. Yep I miss out on heaps of buys, but a 28mm f2.8 Cosina, a 50mm f2.0 Super Takamur and a Sigma Zoom master 35-80mm f2.8 have all come in at under $20. Now I wonder how long it's going to take me to get a sub $50 50mm f 1.4?

dncswclds · 02-15-2009, 03:07 AM

Good post . Quite true on most. But i would just like some of sellers to know Canada ia not a place where you need to expand your shipping charges by %400. And yes we do know the proper charges. I seem to have my own way of bidding that seems to work quite well. Of all my buys I only had one "no show" it was a BIN also. The odds are still in my favour

Last edited by dncswclds; 02-15-2009 at 03:09 AM. Reason: spelllin crecshun

pdo · 02-15-2009, 06:07 AM

most experience Ebayers use sniping software or Ebay sniping website to bid now.

Miserere · 02-15-2009, 01:21 PM

I'm glad you guys liked it. I'm still not sure if Peter wrote this out of spite or out of humour. I'll be sure to ask him once the doctors say it's OK to take the restraining vest off

cardinal43 · 02-16-2009, 04:29 PM

Originally posted by reeftool

Yeah, it was funny. While I have have bid on Ebay and did win 1 lens (only 1) for a good price once , I rarely win any auctions because they all seem to end in the evening. I work a 3 till 11 shift, usually with overtime and an hour commuting time each way on sunday thru thursday nights so the closest bid I get is is usually 6 hrs from the end. When I loose one by a dollar I get pi***d!

I did it this way for the first couple of bids going right up to the end and then losing by 50 cents.

Now, I just put what I am truly willing to pay and then don't look at it again until the bidding is over. Win some -- lose some, but I have won more than I have lost, and have never paid more than $20 except 1 time.

dncswclds · 02-18-2009, 09:16 PM

It really amounts to how much you are willing to pay for the item.? The final bids are really only a few dollars difference.. What are you willing to pay for the item and being realistic.? Go big or go home as they say.

arpaagent · 02-18-2009, 09:57 PM

Originally posted by dncswclds

It really amounts to how much you are willing to pay for the item.? The final bids are really only a few dollars difference.. What are you willing to pay for the item and being realistic.? Go big or go home as they say.

Or maybe you could say...Go big AND go home to your wife as you try to rationalize your latest *Bay conquest!...

Luckily I have an understanding wife and I am pretty darn good at rationalizing things

xjjohnno · 02-18-2009, 10:38 PM

I've seen some absolutely stupid bidding on Ebay, mobile phones pulling $100+ current retail value, I go there for bargains not to play some silly winner/loser games and pay for items well beyond their value.

jeffkpotter · 02-20-2009, 11:36 AM

That was a hoot. Thank you for posting!

GerryL · 03-04-2009, 01:49 PM

There's also this thing about the prices and S&H.
The prices differ for the same items probably listed by different sellers, say, one selling very low, and the other selling very high, and if you check out the S&H on the low seller and total it with the low price, it still computes the same as the one with the high price but with a low S&H or the one with the "Free shipping".

.
All the same items even with different prices will always total at fairly the same price together with S&H or "free shipping"!

dncswclds · 03-23-2009, 12:17 AM

Originally posted by GerryL

There's also this thing about the prices and S&H.
The prices differ for the same items probably listed by different sellers, say, one selling very low, and the other selling very high, and if you check out the S&H on the low seller and total it with the low price, it still computes the same as the one with the high price but with a low S&H or the one with the "Free shipping".

.
All the same items even with different prices will always total at fairly the same price together with S&H or "free shipping"!

What gets me is "free shipping" usually to USA only. One such item they wanted $ 35 extra. I purchased the same item for alot less and shipping was $12. Gets me is they even do this in eBay.ca Which doesn't make alot of sense to me. HELLO.... Canada is NOT a long distance. And we are not clueless on shipping charges.

melander · 03-23-2009, 02:52 AM

what pussels me is the sellers in the US that only sell to US only. Sell to europe and get twice the price

Ira · 03-23-2009, 03:15 AM

Originally posted by melander

what pussels me is the sellers in the US that only sell to US only. Sell to europe and get twice the price

There are too many problems for them with things not arriving, or the extra hassle of customs stuff.

But there are guys who will sell to Europe, but NOT Italy, so I don't know what the heck is going on over THERE.

02-14-2009, 01:39 PM	#1
benjamin59 Inactive Account Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 19	Ebay will drive you nuts - too true!! I just checked out a post on Miserere and Peter's blog and thought you guys might enjoy this too. Too funny! Top 10 Reasons Ebay Will Drive You Nuts Enticing the Light

02-15-2009, 03:07 AM	#4
dncswclds New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Photos: Gallery Posts: 12	eBay Good post . Quite true on most. But i would just like some of sellers to know Canada ia not a place where you need to expand your shipping charges by %400. And yes we do know the proper charges. I seem to have my own way of bidding that seems to work quite well. Of all my buys I only had one "no show" it was a BIN also. The odds are still in my favour Last edited by dncswclds; 02-15-2009 at 03:09 AM. Reason: spelllin crecshun

02-18-2009, 09:16 PM	#8
dncswclds New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Photos: Gallery Posts: 12	Bidding It really amounts to how much you are willing to pay for the item.? The final bids are really only a few dollars difference.. What are you willing to pay for the item and being realistic.? Go big or go home as they say.

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02-14-2009, 09:10 PM	#2
reeftool Pentaxian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Upstate New York Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 9,554	Yeah, it was funny. While I have have bid on Ebay and did win 1 lens (only 1) for a good price once , I rarely win any auctions because they all seem to end in the evening. I work a 3 till 11 shift, usually with overtime and an hour commuting time each way on sunday thru thursday nights so the closest bid I get is is usually 6 hrs from the end. When I loose one by a dollar I get pi***d!

02-14-2009, 11:17 PM	#3
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	You could always do the stupidly low bidding I do. Yep I miss out on heaps of buys, but a 28mm f2.8 Cosina, a 50mm f2.0 Super Takamur and a Sigma Zoom master 35-80mm f2.8 have all come in at under $20. Now I wonder how long it's going to take me to get a sub $50 50mm f 1.4?

02-15-2009, 06:07 AM	#5
pdo Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Westminster CA Posts: 264	most experience Ebayers use sniping software or Ebay sniping website to bid now.

02-15-2009, 01:21 PM	#6
Miserere Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Boston Photos: Gallery Posts: 1,993	I'm glad you guys liked it. I'm still not sure if Peter wrote this out of spite or out of humour. I'll be sure to ask him once the doctors say it's OK to take the restraining vest off

02-16-2009, 04:29 PM	#7
cardinal43 Veteran Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Virginia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,412	Originally posted by reeftool Yeah, it was funny. While I have have bid on Ebay and did win 1 lens (only 1) for a good price once , I rarely win any auctions because they all seem to end in the evening. I work a 3 till 11 shift, usually with overtime and an hour commuting time each way on sunday thru thursday nights so the closest bid I get is is usually 6 hrs from the end. When I loose one by a dollar I get pi***d! I did it this way for the first couple of bids going right up to the end and then losing by 50 cents. Now, I just put what I am truly willing to pay and then don't look at it again until the bidding is over. Win some -- lose some, but I have won more than I have lost, and have never paid more than $20 except 1 time.

02-18-2009, 09:57 PM	#9
arpaagent Veteran Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Raleigh, NC Photos: Gallery Posts: 803	Originally posted by dncswclds It really amounts to how much you are willing to pay for the item.? The final bids are really only a few dollars difference.. What are you willing to pay for the item and being realistic.? Go big or go home as they say. Or maybe you could say...Go big AND go home to your wife as you try to rationalize your latest *Bay conquest!... Luckily I have an understanding wife and I am pretty darn good at rationalizing things

02-18-2009, 10:38 PM	#10
xjjohnno Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Melbourne Australia Photos: Gallery Posts: 2,115	I've seen some absolutely stupid bidding on Ebay, mobile phones pulling $100+ current retail value, I go there for bargains not to play some silly winner/loser games and pay for items well beyond their value.

02-20-2009, 11:36 AM	#11
jeffkpotter Guest	That was a hoot. Thank you for posting!

03-04-2009, 01:49 PM	#12
GerryL Veteran Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CA Posts: 2,731	There's also this thing about the prices and S&H. The prices differ for the same items probably listed by different sellers, say, one selling very low, and the other selling very high, and if you check out the S&H on the low seller and total it with the low price, it still computes the same as the one with the high price but with a low S&H or the one with the "Free shipping". . All the same items even with different prices will always total at fairly the same price together with S&H or "free shipping"!

03-23-2009, 12:17 AM	#13
dncswclds New Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vancouver Photos: Gallery Posts: 12	Originally posted by GerryL There's also this thing about the prices and S&H. The prices differ for the same items probably listed by different sellers, say, one selling very low, and the other selling very high, and if you check out the S&H on the low seller and total it with the low price, it still computes the same as the one with the high price but with a low S&H or the one with the "Free shipping". . All the same items even with different prices will always total at fairly the same price together with S&H or "free shipping"! What gets me is "free shipping" usually to USA only. One such item they wanted $ 35 extra. I purchased the same item for alot less and shipping was $12. Gets me is they even do this in eBay.ca Which doesn't make alot of sense to me. HELLO.... Canada is NOT a long distance. And we are not clueless on shipping charges.

03-23-2009, 02:52 AM	#14
melander Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Sweden, Umea Posts: 876	what pussels me is the sellers in the US that only sell to US only. Sell to europe and get twice the price

03-23-2009, 03:15 AM	#15
Ira Inactive Account Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Coral Springs, FL Photos: Gallery \| Albums Posts: 5,216	Originally posted by melander what pussels me is the sellers in the US that only sell to US only. Sell to europe and get twice the price There are too many problems for them with things not arriving, or the extra hassle of customs stuff. But there are guys who will sell to Europe, but NOT Italy, so I don't know what the heck is going on over THERE.