e bay

[Sophie]

 

ive never brought anything off e bay untill the other day when i went on and bidded for 2 christian dior bags! i won both bids!

 

and got two CD bags for £75! BARGIN! they came today and there soooo niceeee!!!! i think i am now addicted to e bay shopping and i find myself on there all they time! its just got to stop!!! lol!!!

 

any one else brought anything off there???

 

[Ginge]

I've bought 2 Red Dwarf videos (Smeg Ups & Smeg Outs) and an 800mz pentium 3 processor which I later found out wont fit in my PC and isnt as good as the one I already have. Only cost £20 anyway so its no big deal.

 

I've sold about 10 videos on there aswell and a few old games of mine.

 

Ebay is OK, BUT before you go all "shop-a-holic", always make sure you read the product description carefully. A few peeps have been a bit careless and bought things like...

 

1. "A mint condition X-Box box" for $200 and thats all they got....the empty box the X-Box came in.

 

2. "A new folder for windows" ...sold for about £100 and they were sent the logo of a windows empty FOLDER via e:mail

 

..thats to name 2 of the several ridiculous purchases I've heard of. Because of the way the seller worded the descriptions, it was all legal and binding and the buyers couldnt do anything about it.

 

So take care.

 

 

[LiquidEyes]

Like Ginge says, read the description! But yeah, eBay rules, I have been quite addicted to buying stuff in the past.

 

The main thing to watch out for is stuff that might be stolen. You just gotta read between the lines - e.g. is somebody really gonna sell their legit copy of Microsoft Windows for a fiver? etc etc.

[ChrisT]

Chris EBay

[Ginge]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ Aug 13 2004, 22:45)

Like Ginge says, read the description! But yeah, eBay rules, I have been quite addicted to buying stuff in the past. The main thing to watch out for is stuff that might be stolen. You just gotta read between the lines - e.g. is somebody really gonna sell their legit copy of Microsoft Windows for a fiver? etc etc.

Agreeing with me twice in 2 days???

 

WTF is going on?

[Mr Moo]

QUOTE (LiquidEyes @ Aug 13 2004, 23:45)

e.g. is somebody really gonna sell their legit copy of Microsoft Windows for a fiver? etc etc.

I threw my legit copy of '98 incl. manual out ther other day when i moved house.

 

So yeah, what makes u think they wont sell it for a fiver?

[James]

Moo - I've still got Windows 3.11 on 10 3.5inch disks if you are shit out of luck for an O/S ?

[Spunkmonkey]

you can even get your very own Tesco carrier bag too

 

TESCO carrier bag & kite type thingy

 

...but for over £100?!?! pfffffffft

[Ginge]

I cant believe some of the stuff that people try and sell on there. Dont worry, nothing rude.

 

Example 1

Example 2

Example 3

Example 4

[Mr Moo]

I bid a fiver on example four!

 

On a more serious note, i bought

 

Stretch & Vern - Im Alive

 

the other day... anyone remember that?

[SexyNic]

i remember that, i was about 14 or 15 and at school when that came out

 

i'm alive, the man with the second face...what's that all about?

[AlexV]

I've bought loads of DVDs from ebay. You should see some of the prices here in China for stuff!!!! Quality is good as well. Chinese are very difficult to haggle with, not like the Thai's.

 

Alex V

[LiquidEyes]

QUOTE (Mr_Moo @ Aug 14 2004, 16:10)

I threw my legit copy of '98 incl. manual out ther other day when i moved house. So yeah, what makes u think they wont sell it for a fiver?

1. You're a fool!

2. I meant to say 'Windows XP';

3. It was just an example anyway; you can use a bit of common sense / research to work out whether something is likely to be pirated.

 

There's a saying: "if something seems too good to be true, it probably is".

 

That said, I've got some great bargains on eBay. Mainly 2nd hand records, and 2nd hand outboard (music hardware) for my home studio.

[Mr Moo]

Well bollox to everything you just said then, especially number 2

[squeakage]

how topical

 

i just bought some Horror dolls for my boyfriend!