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| Peter H. Coffin | 01-17-2010 |
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Well, it may depend on the level of stupidity as I hardly buy anything
from eBay unless it's 1/2 ot 1/3 cheaper than regular store and S/H too.
I have noticed that many eBay sellers are getting much smarter or they are
using software to make thing harder for some of us to get the lowest bid.
On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:11:53 -0600, Joel wrote:
>> Christmas, Amazon.com was sell life time map updates for : about $80.
>> So for just a less than the cost of your 255 I get up to 4 : updates
>> a year for as long as my 750 keeps working. Plus I don't have : the
>> hassel of selling my old one. Now THAT seems like a good deal to :me.
>> That was a good deal...dunno how I missed that. However, there are
>> many stupid people who buy ebay. Shipping often is quite expensive.
>> The item is often dated or used. I believe many people who bid on
>> ebay get caught in the "bidding" frenzy and pay way more than they
>> should.
>> So for just a less than the cost of your 255 I get up to 4 : updates
>> a year for as long as my 750 keeps working. Plus I don't have : the
>> hassel of selling my old one. Now THAT seems like a good deal to :me.
>> That was a good deal...dunno how I missed that. However, there are
>> many stupid people who buy ebay. Shipping often is quite expensive.
>> The item is often dated or used. I believe many people who bid on
>> ebay get caught in the "bidding" frenzy and pay way more than they
>> should.
> Well, it may depend on the level of stupidity as I hardly buy
> anything from eBay unless it's 1/2 ot 1/3 cheaper than regular store
> and S/H too.
> I have noticed that many eBay sellers are getting much smarter or
> they are using software to make thing harder for some of us to get the
> lowest bid.
> anything from eBay unless it's 1/2 ot 1/3 cheaper than regular store
> and S/H too.
> I have noticed that many eBay sellers are getting much smarter or
> they are using software to make thing harder for some of us to get the
> lowest bid.
It's fairly easy to bypass all of that crap: bid what you're happy to
pay right up front, and understand that since this is not an original
Van Gogh, there will be another along in a day or a week. If someone
else bids over you, they wanted to pay more than you did. If a shill
bids over you, idiot seller gets to pay the ebay fees and STILL has to
sell the item again.
--
I don't have a sense of humour, merely an over-exaggerated sense of
revenge.
-- Stephen Harris
> On Sun, 17 Jan 2010 13:11:53 -0600, Joel wrote:
>
>
> >> Christmas, Amazon.com was sell life time map updates for : about $80.
> >> So for just a less than the cost of your 255 I get up to 4 : updates
> >> a year for as long as my 750 keeps working. Plus I don't have : the
> >> hassel of selling my old one. Now THAT seems like a good deal to :me.
> >> That was a good deal...dunno how I missed that. However, there are
> >> many stupid people who buy ebay. Shipping often is quite expensive.
> >> The item is often dated or used. I believe many people who bid on
> >> ebay get caught in the "bidding" frenzy and pay way more than they
> >> should.
> >> So for just a less than the cost of your 255 I get up to 4 : updates
> >> a year for as long as my 750 keeps working. Plus I don't have : the
> >> hassel of selling my old one. Now THAT seems like a good deal to :me.
> >> That was a good deal...dunno how I missed that. However, there are
> >> many stupid people who buy ebay. Shipping often is quite expensive.
> >> The item is often dated or used. I believe many people who bid on
> >> ebay get caught in the "bidding" frenzy and pay way more than they
> >> should.
> > Well, it may depend on the level of stupidity as I hardly buy
> > anything from eBay unless it's 1/2 ot 1/3 cheaper than regular store
> > and S/H too.
> > I have noticed that many eBay sellers are getting much smarter or
> > they are using software to make thing harder for some of us to get the
> > lowest bid.
> > anything from eBay unless it's 1/2 ot 1/3 cheaper than regular store
> > and S/H too.
> > I have noticed that many eBay sellers are getting much smarter or
> > they are using software to make thing harder for some of us to get the
> > lowest bid.
>
> It's fairly easy to bypass all of that crap: bid what you're happy to
> pay right up front, and understand that since this is not an original
> Van Gogh, there will be another along in a day or a week. If someone
> else bids over you, they wanted to pay more than you did. If a shill
> bids over you, idiot seller gets to pay the ebay fees and STILL has to
> sell the item again.
> It's fairly easy to bypass all of that crap: bid what you're happy to
> pay right up front, and understand that since this is not an original
> Van Gogh, there will be another along in a day or a week. If someone
> else bids over you, they wanted to pay more than you did. If a shill
> bids over you, idiot seller gets to pay the ebay fees and STILL has to
> sell the item again.
It depend on how you describe bypassing crap, and happier to pay extra.
- I use PROGRAM to do all bidding, and I don't start with the one will end
in days. Or I start with the ones will end in minutes, or hours if I won't
be at the computer for awhile.
- And I use eBay to get something cheaper than online or offline stores. And
I end up buying lot of stuff from Hong Kong or other country (like
Australia, sometime UK).
There, they make good money (living) by selling more at lower price (lower
living cost) and they even offer FREE S/H.
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> : Just before Christmas, Amazon.com was sell life time map updates for
> : about $80. So for just a less than the cost of your 255 I get up to 4
> : updates a year for as long as my 750 keeps working. Plus I don't have
> : the hassel of selling my old one. Now THAT seems like a good deal to
> :me.
>
> That was a good deal...dunno how I missed that. However, there are many
> stupid people who buy ebay. Shipping often is quite expensive. The
> item is often dated or used. I believe many people who bid on ebay get
> caught in the "bidding" frenzy and pay way more than they should.