Hi all, I'm feeling very unsatisfied tonight with stuff I've bought on eBay over the past few months. I'm not a huge buyer (not a huge seller either), but I do buy things occasionally. Out of the last 20 or so items I've bought, I only really love two of them - a purse I got for $5, and trimming scissors for my dogs. Everything else, even though it's perfectly ok, is not as great as I wanted it to be. I'd love to start buying more, I guess I'm just afraid I might buy something expensive and then it won't fit or something, then I'll be stuck. Anyone else feeling the same way?
Feels a lot better now I've got that out of my system 
@jessicadazzler wrote:
I guess I didn't mean unsatisfied as in it's not the item that I really want, I guess I meant as in the stuff I buy generally isn't as good quality as its made out to be.
Sounds like what would really be ideal when shopping online is to find sellers who focus on some of the details you feel are lacking from the listing descriptions when you buy, or at least a little attention on some of the 'cons', as it were.
I do that myself, when I'm aware of them -mention the drawbacks that is, any known quality issues, test certain products for a good length of time and provide my own opinion about it (good & bad). (Not trying to spruik myself here, either, since this isn't my selling ID, and I don't sell clothing any more, nor do I have much that's of genuinely practical use, anyway... 
). But I know I'm not the only one who provides that kind of info.
You can also learn to read between the lines a little. When buying clothing, for example, you can gauge some things by item specifics or other details, if available (eg an obvious example would be a heavy looking winter coat being sent in a 500g satchel - could mean the seller doesn't realise it would cost more than that, or it could mean the fabric is very light weight and your expectations re: quality or use might not be met - not suggesting to assume the worst, just to look out for things like that and ask questions where needed).
@digital*ghost wrote:
@jessicadazzler wrote:
I guess I didn't mean unsatisfied as in it's not the item that I really want, I guess I meant as in the stuff I buy generally isn't as good quality as its made out to be.Sounds like what would really be ideal when shopping online is to find sellers who focus on some of the details you feel are lacking from the listing descriptions when you buy, or at least a little attention on some of the 'cons', as it were.
I do that myself, when I'm aware of them -mention the drawbacks that is, any known quality issues, test certain products for a good length of time and provide my own opinion about it (good & bad). (Not trying to spruik myself here, either, since this isn't my selling ID, and I don't sell clothing any more, nor do I have much that's of genuinely practical use, anyway...
You can also learn to read between the lines a little. When buying clothing, for example, you can gauge some things by item specifics or other details, if available (eg an obvious example would be a heavy looking winter coat being sent in a 500g satchel - could mean the seller doesn't realise it would cost more than that, or it could mean the fabric is very light weight and your expectations re: quality or use might not be met - not suggesting to assume the worst, just to look out for things like that and ask questions where needed).
Yeah I do that too, especially if an evening dress is missing a couple of small beads, or is better suited to someone on the shorter side. It just annoys me that I get an item I've bought and go "really? it looked and sounded much better quality," even though I always try to buy from sellers with at least 99% feedback. I prefer private sellers to stores and big companies, partly because they tend to tell you about any faults more so than anyone else.
On some things, I don't mind - like I bought a purse which I could clearly see in the photos had two very small marks on the front. That doesn't bother me at all, because the purse had been lightly used before I bought it, and the marks are so small you hardly notice them. But as another example, I recently got a dog bowl stand for my Spaniels (to try to stop their ears getting so wet - you know what Spaniels are like) and I was just really disappointed in the quality, even though I am using it because I don't have much choice.
