Xarf Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 eBay used to be a place where genuine sellers could trade second hand goods and get some real good deals. It's been infested with cheap foreign goods and is now a bane to the internet - please do add comments! These cheap importers are so concerned with their reputation that they now THREATEN to take you to COURT over it. Click Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rab Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I never trusted eBay, wouldn't buy from there at all. I have sold once, which was useful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metatron Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I love ebay and use it a lot. Where else could I find somewhere that will happily sell me a 100Watt FM transmitter for under $170 or TV and satellite transmitters for very little money. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razor512 Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 ebay is ok but they need to better control how items are sold. they need to make a requirement form where users have to list specific info 90% of the good deals on ebay are scams that lead people on and hidden in the description is something like, order now and I will send you a email containing a wholesale list where you can buy this item while it cant fool me, it is annoying because it makes trying to find real items nearly impossible it is just product spam ebay needs to make a form where the user lists what they get when they order the item the condition of the item (as currently users can leave it blank ) the shipping should be done automatically be ebay where the user is only able to either select free shipping, or select the shipping service of their choice from the drop down list that way users cant price gouge with shipping they also need to fix the commenting system and allow users to remove comments and ratings it is annoying when you order an item, the shipping is slow but you give the seller the benefit of the doubt and give them a positive review then they don't give you any feedback in return, we should be allowed to remove our feedback also (they don't leave any feedback for us then we should have the right to remove out feedback for them ) ebay needs to also make return policies mandatory (it doesn't mean they have to accept returns, they just need to post their policy instead of leaving the field blank ebay also needs make a extra form thats an agreement that basically tells the seller that they confirm that the description is accurate and that if the buyer receives the wrong item or an item that doesn't match the description that the item will have to be returned at the sellers expense and the buyer have their purchase price and shipping refunded Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
l337virus Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 yea i never bought anything from ebay and when i heard that Leo Laporte got scammed made me not even bother with ebay, i rather spend a little more money on something that is new and legit to something that i have a high chance of actually be scam Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueHart Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 ive always used ebay. its the only way i can get my hands on some classic console games lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkjoker Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I like e-bay but its true that there is a lot of scamers on there, like one i saw a while back to where it looks like your going to get a item and if you read real close it acsurly says your going to just get a picture of the item, which is priced at the price of that item would be in the pic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 but look at the weight too, you can sue if its not the same http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw HEHEHEH my favorite episode Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr0p Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I personally like eBay, except for the stupid bots that go around and bid on stuff that just jacks up the prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gcninja Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 i do too, and i agree damn those snipebots. But still, fun to jack up the prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xarf Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 but look at the weight too, you can sue if its not the same http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJDK6ctRjqw HEHEHEH my favorite episode Holy cow, that's epic! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mavrck Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 E-bay has been pretty useless for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve8x Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I personally like eBay, except for the stupid bots that go around and bid on stuff that just jacks up the prices. bots? no way.. There are instances when people team up and like say your my friend and you have an ebay account too. And I told you to bid on my item to make it go higher... Those happenings do get figured out by ebay though, when a person is always bidding on a certain persons items... But bots? I mean who would use their account in some bot program? to randomly bid on items?? I surely wouldn't! what would bidding on random items do for me? nothing just leave me with a bunch of junk I wouldn't want if the auctions won! When you bid on an item you are binded to paying for it if you are the winner! If there were any people using "bots" they would be kicked off of ebay pretty quickly after having many non paying bidder complaints, and they would not gain anything by it either! So I don't understand why you would say "bots" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snakey Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 i just bought a dvi to vga adapter off ebay no problems. So there is still genuine sellers and buyers out there just use caution Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRGRIM Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 I used ebay alot for small / minor purchases. Bought and sold a few laptops on there before, seen so many scams. As long as you're a savy Internet user you shouldn't have any problems, the time old saying "If it's too good to be true" holds plenty of water. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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