Let's hear about the good side of ebay.

[nat]

What DragonmasterDan said. ^^^^^^^^^^^

[Arkhan]

Complaining about eBay is kinda like complaining about the real world.

Theres the good (sweet deals!), the bad (WTF deals), and the ugly (royvegas).

No point in complaining, just throw up gang signs and kick some ass.

[geise]

Well recently selling stuff through ebay the last two months I have to go with what DragonmasterDan said.  The fees are outrageous and with ebay owning paypal it's just double shitty.  However for buying it's exactly what Zeta said.  I put a max bid once and walk away.  If i get it sweet, if not no big f*cking deal.  I just hate that most games now are not bids anymore and are kind of becoming rare.  There are good deals to be had though.  I scored an almost new condition japanese NeoGeo AES unit with 1 controller and Samurai Spirits for just around 100 bucks with shipping.

[Arkhan]

selling on eBay does kinda suck a fat one.  The post-sale fees kind of blow, but I guess thats the price you pay for listing on such a massive site.  The alternative is craigslist!

or some other auction sites

[nikdog]

No point in complaining, just throw up gang signs and kick some ass.

My life in a nutshell.

[GameFreak]

No point in complaining, just throw up gang signs and kick some ass.

Funniest thing I heard in a while.

[TheClash603]

I get most of my stuff off ebay as there are few other options.  Exception being body parts, since ebay sadly frowns upon the sale of those.

[Necromancer]

Dan hit the nail on the head.

I just hate that most games now are not bids anymore...

Too true - eBay is less of an auction site and more of a simple market place nowadays; case in point: there are 1289 listings for "turbografx" but only 124 of 'em are auctions.

[nikdog]

I just hate that most games now are not bids anymore...

Too true - eBay is less of an auction site and more of a simple market place nowadays; case in point: there are 1289 listings for "turbografx" but only 124 of 'em are auctions.

Now if best offer was available on every buy it now, I'd be fine with that.

[Necromancer]

Now if best offer was available on every buy it now, I'd be fine with that.

Not me; my experience has been that 'best offer' is just a tease.  I've made dozens of offers and have yet to have a single offer even acknowledged, let alone accepted.

[geise]

Hit japan is decent with best offers.  He gave me King of Fighters 94 AES with my $10 dollar cheaper best offer and the game wasn't even going for much to begin with.  Now, I have yet to do it for an uncommon game so maybe I should try that in the future.  I have offered other best offers with other sellers and Hit-Japan is the only one that has ever accepted any of my them.  If he doesn't accept my first offer he usually does with my 2nd one.

[Arkhan]

One time I offered 5$ less and got hit with the auto decline.  You get 3 attempts.

I figured wtf, and offered 50 cents less.  DENIED.

So I offered 1 penny less.

ACCEPTED!

jackasses.

[SignOfZeta]

Hit japan is decent with best offers.  He gave me King of Fighters 94 AES with my $10 dollar cheaper best offer and the game wasn't even going for much to begin with.  Now, I have yet to do it for an uncommon game so maybe I should try that in the future.  I have offered other best offers with other sellers and Hit-Japan is the only one that has ever accepted any of my them.  If he doesn't accept my first offer he usually does with my 2nd one.

Yeah, but in this case you are dealing with a very good seller who mostly sells "gomi-ge" and in huge volumes. I love Hit Japan!

Necromancer is probably talking about f*cks like Royvegas (or his Trojan twin) who are gouging in the first place and aren't in the mood to sell for anything less.

[RoyVegas]

Necromancer is probably talking about f*cks like Royvegas (or his Trojan twin) who are gouging in the first place and aren't in the mood to sell for anything less.

Actually I sell for less all the time.  Have you made any legitimate offers on anything of mine to see?  Of course you haven't, people like you just love to whine, bitch and point fingers.  There's plenty of people on this site who have taken the time to at least ASK and we have made a deal.  I can be your scapegoat though I guess.

[GameFreak]

I started this thread and it's called "Let's hear about the good side of ebay"
So keep that krrap for some other thread, or just bash each other through PM's.
You other guys were on a roll with the "good side of Ebay", so let's hear more..... The spelling in the search engine helps...I get different results for "pc-engine" compared to "pc engine". I also like to search "PCE". Anyone actually score a deal by searching the mispelled "turbografix" or "turbographics"?