Thought Ebay was meant to be cheap ? Bargains for buyers ? Some Sellers are a Rip Off !

[skipee68]

Looking at Rocking Horses & Funny enough when using a Ebay Ad Link I find the same horse $30 to $35 cheaper ?? Just shows pays to shop around ! 

[kopenhagen5]

Same quality ?

[*crikey*mate*]

Sir Sales, I think that you are needed in here!

[belindabargainhunter]

I have found the same thing a lot lately. I bought the same brand of raised garden beds two for $30 delivered when eBay sellers had them at $50 each. I think that's why sales are down. I buy used items or things I am having trouble finding but with lots of new online shopping and stores that pay for items to be returned if there is a mistake. eBay might need to catch up to the other online stores.

[zelly888]

Who told you that Ebay was mean't to be cheap?

[harley_babes_hoard]

Of course you need to shop around it's just like any other market place shopping centre prices vary. I don't think ebay advertise as the cheapest do they?

[springyzone]

It's like anything else, you need to know your prices and shop around.

Sometimes the fault lies fairly and squarely with ebay buyers.

For instance, I have watched a lot of  new tupperware items on auction. The price often start very cheap, but there have been a few times when I have seen the bidding go beyond the catalogue price.

Are the bidders mad? Don't they know they can see the RRP on the Tupperware site?

There are some good buys you can get though. For instance, I recently bought 50- 12mm diamante buckles (for wedding invitations) for about $39.95 plus postage. They were from a local seller, good quality and arrived really quickly.

I was one short and drove down to a nearby scrapbooking shop, where they were $2.20 each.

So you can get some good buys on ebay, just depends what it is and be selective.

[richgabe]

I see this all the time, buyers paying more on eBay than they would pay in a retail shop.

I once listed a 2 year old "Dome" brand wine fridge. The guy who "won" the auction bid $50 over what he could have bought the thing brand new at Harvey Normans. I actually felt bad and sent him a message saying he should buy at Harvey's. Hew very grateful because not only was he going to pay more than retail but he was going to drive 200kms to pick it up from me!!

Do your homework.

[bright.ton42]

Sheesh, that was good of you richgabe.   

[zelly888]

The same thing happened to me once but it all back fired on me.A buyer won an item for way more than they should have so I sent them a message stating what happened and that I will cancel the transaction,next thing I get a message from them that they have reported me to Ebay for trying to cancel the transaction and that I need to go ahead with it otherwise they will be giving me a red dot for item not received.I then asked the buyer if they were serious they replied with yes I am serious so I said ok then no problem as soon as you pay I will send it,so it shows that some buyers do wish to pay way more but I'm not sure why they would pay more.