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ebay rant
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lugnet.market.auction
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Fri, 27 Jul 2001 14:24:59 GMT
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Just wanted to moan about ebay.
Too many rubbish auctions getting in the way
Besides the obvious con artists, things I dont like
1. ridiculous start price. It's like setting a reserve, but without incurring a penalty if no one bids, as I understand
it. Who they trying to kid?
2. repeat listing. Having failed to get a response due to 1, they just simply relist the same item at the same price, ad
infinitum. Why do they bother?
3. Misleading descriptions. like HUGE and rare, when they are not.
4. useless descriptions. Like "Huge amount of bricks". Nothing else. How is anyone suppose to bid on that?
5. misleading pictures. Like the same one for several different auctions.
6. Long running auctions. Dont know what the mechanism is, havent put anything up for sale recently, but I notice
auctions now running with an end date over a month away! And the same people will then do point 2 at the end of the
month as well.
It's like some folks are not lying or doing anything illegal, but just putting up hundreds of auctions over and over
again that get no bids because it doesn't cost them anything, but they just hope there is one mug out there who falls
for it.
And ebay dont care because it just means more ads served up as you are forced to browse through the dross.
What's your pet ebay hate?
regards
lawrence
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Message has 9 Replies:
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| (...) Non-paying bidders! Especially ones who drag the transaction out long enough that you can't give them the negative feedback they deserve. (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| Lawrence Wilkes wrote in message ... (...) Agreed. I wish eBay would give us subdivisions of the Lego category (new sets, used sets, new parts, used parts, other) (...) incurring a penalty if no one bids, as I understand (...) There's no penalty as (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) They paid a higher fee to list it at that price. Honestly, the same stuff on BrickBay is usually priced higher (that's just an observation - I understand the dynamics of two different formats). I must admit I often say the same thing (Who are (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) snip (...) 7. Sellers say that a "few" of the white Lego are faded, when in fact ALL the white pieces are tan colored! 8. They say the set is "complete" but when it arrives and I build it, between 5 and 10 pieces are missing! - Bob (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) "Will ship to the United States only" I know that it has been discussed here before, and I'm not trying to start another debate, but sellers who will only sell to the United States really bug me. Adam (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) After running though all your numbered points, I forgot to answer this! :-) Inflated "shipping and handling" fees. Charging 10 bucks to ship something Priority mail that I've shipped for $3.95. I understand that people make guesstimates on (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| How about... 1) The mere appearance of consumer protection through useless programs like "Safe-Harbor." The reality is that you are not protected in any way under a certain amount, and that even should you qualify for the protection eBay is (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) Actually, I prefer higher starting bids to Reserve Prices - at least you KNOW the minimum they will take. (...) Because it will sell sooner or later. I've been auctioning off some Libretto accessories. My last lot went unsold in a 3Day (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| (...) Okay, go ahead. :) (...) Without incurring a penalty if no one bids? Sorry, but depending on what the STARTING price is, they already 'incurred a penalty' by having to pay a LISTING fee. It's 0.30 cents (US) just for LISTING an auction (with a (...) (23 years ago, 28-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
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