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| Tweet Topic Started: Jun 8 2007, 03:54 PM (1,289 Views) | |
| Fernicia | Jun 8 2007, 03:54 PM Post #1 |
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Banned 4 lyf
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I'm wondering just how safe it is.
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| Pete B | Jun 8 2007, 04:21 PM Post #2 |
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Make sure the people you buy from/sell to have good feedback. |
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| Darth Sprocket | Jun 8 2007, 04:43 PM Post #3 |
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KOTRT
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And when you check the feedback watch out for the real comments. There's a lot of fakey ones going round(theyve all got the same structure) I'm sure after looking through a few you'll see what I mean. Fakey feedback doesnt mean the persons neccessarily bad, its just its fake feedback
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| Fernicia | Jun 8 2007, 05:05 PM Post #4 |
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Are sellers from Hong Kong unreliable? I thought i heard that somewhere... |
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| Dale | Jun 8 2007, 05:07 PM Post #5 |
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TeleArena Gold
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I just stick to Canada and the odd time I grab something from the USA |
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| Darth Sprocket | Jun 8 2007, 05:09 PM Post #6 |
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Probably just propoganda against Hong Kong people. There is no reason why they should be any less reliable than your next door neighbour at posting you something, minus the language barrier at least. If a seller is unreliable they'll be likely to have got several bad reviews on their feedback. Look at the number of seriously bad reviews to the total(think you can do this) and decide whether you think theyre reliable. |
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| Fernicia | Jun 8 2007, 05:23 PM Post #7 |
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Banned 4 lyf
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But what if they only have about 12 sales? (All positive) |
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| Andrew K. | Jun 8 2007, 06:06 PM Post #8 |
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I wouldn't say scammed, but I sure was lied to. This guy had 99.9% positive feed back and over 30,000 sales and Ebay power seller title or whatever and so I thought I could trust him when he was selling this iPod Hi-Fi stereo in new condition for $150 U.S.D. He even had pictures of one of the thirty stereos he was selling. Anyhow, I bought it, recieved it, and I got it in used condition. A few scratches and stuff. I was disappointed but got over it cause I saved 50%. It's not like I'm gonna look very closely at it anyhow. He paid for it though in the end, I got like 6 emails asking why I left negative feedback from different members and they ended up not buying his stuff. |
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| Dopey | Jun 8 2007, 06:10 PM Post #9 |
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Never used eBay for the opportunity to be scammed to arise. |
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| Fernicia | Jun 8 2007, 06:18 PM Post #10 |
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Banned 4 lyf
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i don't think that i could ever win a bid. These eBayers are like vultures flying around a dying carcass. Once i go for something there is immediately 3 more higher bids on the item
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| Wesdude | Jun 8 2007, 07:09 PM Post #11 |
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Snipes.
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I've bought many things from Hong Kong, the shipping is a bit slower than from in Canada. But not bad, always get the stuff with the quality they mention. |
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| Kezzie | Jun 8 2007, 07:18 PM Post #12 |
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Ahhh eBay.. The love of my life eBay is fine once your smart. Use PayPal, in most cases if something goes wrong you can get it back. Read everything on the page, make sure they don't have some sneaky clause. I have bought ALOT on ebay and never had any problems. As I said, just be smart. |
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| joyride | Jun 8 2007, 07:22 PM Post #13 |
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Yes but Ebay warned me so i used their warn as evidence to paypal and got refunded. |
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| Fernicia | Jun 8 2007, 09:23 PM Post #14 |
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Okay thanks. May i ask who voted: yes? Also a little PayPal question. How do i change my address? I accidentally entered in a random post code (I don't have a post code) and i want to remove it to avoid confusion. :-/ |
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| Jimi | Jun 8 2007, 09:47 PM Post #15 |
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Thats why you wait until less than 60 seconds are left for your bid, you start a stopwatch, and with 2 seconds to go you submit your bid...
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