The Romans had the phrase for eBay - "caveat emptor" - prophetic fellows, those Romans. I've had generally good luck with eBay, but I look for bargains, don't get caught up in bidding wars, make sure I get photos and that I recognize the item. If I have some doubt about the identity or condition of an item, I only buy it if it is cheap. As a rusult, I've occasionally received stuff that was not the bargain I hoped, but usually still worth close to what I paid.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Monkeyman wrote:
> >I think the really stupid ebay auctions are those in
> >which the bidder misrepresants the item, exagerating
> >rarity, condition, importance, etc. Such auctions can
> >be seen daily.
>
> I've actually written to two different sellers who are selling Chorus stuff
> as Record and in nice terms explained the difference and where they can
> follow up on my information. No replies or changes in the ads. This kind
> of behavior just pisses me off (sorry for the srong language). Only a
> month ago I started using ebay to buy things, or try at least, and found
> yes it's a sellers market but sometimes it's the only place you can find
> things. This week I've been looking at things on ebay a little deeper and
> found that over half of the things I look at are misrepresented in some
> way, and if not represented the sellers will use key words that have
> nothing to do with the item being sold. Try a search for campy and see how
> many things aren't. Add this to the fact that I fell into the trap of
> overbidding on something I really didn't want, it may be time to remove my
> profile and stick to buying from friends and listmembers.
>
> Let's hear some things about why we should support Ebay, or what good deals
> someone got?
>
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
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