Ebay - what's your experience

[etccarmageddon]

This ebay thingy - has anyone had any good or bad experiences they'd like to share?

I have a mate who quite often raves about buying stuff cheap on it.

[Jefferson T]

I've bought a few things - never had a problem.

[Nugget]

My girlfriend bought a game off ebay a couple on months ago - once she 'won' in the auction, the guy who was selling sent us his details and we sent Postal Orders to him. 2 days after sending it, a parcel arrived with the game and he posted a message on the site saying that my girlfriend was a good ebayer. All in all, I was quite impressed!

[Julian]

Originally Posted by etccarmageddon

This ebay thingy - has anyone had any good or bad experiences they'd like to share?

I have a mate who quite often raves about buying stuff cheap on it.

My son makes quite a living out of buying and selling things on there.

There are a few tips that seem to work for him, I have bought a few things myself too without any headaches.

[homealone]

My Wife has bought & sold stuff on there with no problems. We have also found that using Paypal is convenient.

[eddie00001]

I've never had a problem buying off there. Have sold a number of items most without problem, although 2 games I sold the winning bidders never contacted me despite numerous e-mails. Just waiting for eBay to credit me back the amount they took off me for the items I ended up not selling.

[Neil]

My experience is very good (both buying & selling)

But worth a look at www.paypalsucks.com

[Bizarre]

I've bought & sold numerous items. I had a problem last year when I bought a mobile phone for around £100. I paid the seller but the goods never arrived - probably never posted, maybe never existed! However, ebay have a protection scheme whereby the buyer is guaranteed a refund from ebay in a situation like that, subject to certain limits & deductions for admin, etc. I got back about £80 & the seller was banned.

Only problem (apart from the £20 loss) was that the refund process was very protracted & it was all dealt with by ebay in Germany. That wasn't a problem in itself but it gave the impression of slowing down the process. I guess it was about two to three months before I was actually reimbursed.

Paypal is good for taking credit card payments from buyers without actually being a "retailer" & having your own system, although the fees can make a dent in the proceeds!

All in all, well recommended & I shall continue to trade via ebay.

[luftys]

Its great I buy and sell
Do your homework before you buy,check price ect,dont forget to add PP to price
Check out seller ,if you have a prob e-mail them

[homealone]

Originally Posted by Neil

My experience is very good (both buying & selling)

But worth a look at www.paypalsucks.com

ooh the paypalsucks site is a bit scarey, thanks for the 'heads up' Neil

[Nugget]

There was something in the local paper recently about 3 people who've been sent to prison for 'selling' items that didn't exist . The good thing about it was that it shows that if ebay are told about this sort of thing, they will take action against the fraudsters.

[luftys]

You can buy a lot of new stuff too,I saved a lot of money buying cables for networking under half the price

[MikeyB]

I've bought loads of stuff from eBay, and sold a few things.

I always have used PayPal or Nochex to pay if I can, never had any problems at all with either of them.

My one tip would be not to buy from someone with a 0 eBay rathing, done it twice now (not things for me, for a friend honestly!) and had trouble both times.

[basa]

I use eBay and Paypal regularly. Both a great IMO. You can get some real bargains e.g I bought two optical mini mouses (not wireless) for my daughters PCs for £4.99 + £4.98 p+p !!

Watch yourself though...you can pay over the odds especially for HDDs, mobos and cpus (especially when you check the p+p costs).

Overall a great site.

[etccarmageddon]

wow! what a great response - cheers folks....

I'm now bidding and currently in the lead for a ...... well I'll let you know later!