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Post by staffs on Jan 15, 2005 9:32:54 GMT
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Michael
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Post by Michael on Jan 15, 2005 10:15:56 GMT
E Who?
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Post by Jumile on Jan 15, 2005 14:49:52 GMT
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Post by taylorsman on Jan 15, 2005 15:13:48 GMT
Brilliant! I felloff my chair, (bought on e-bay), I'll e-mail it to a bloke in work who is very heavily into e-bay
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Post by leonardo on Jan 15, 2005 16:37:11 GMT
I bough three items off e-bay. The first two transactions went well. The last one, an electrical item, did not work and the chap I bought it from told me as it was "perfect" when he sent it he would not give me refund. I will never use the service again, at least not for electrical goods.
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Post by staffs on Jan 15, 2005 16:41:19 GMT
i bought fifty short talk on the craft by R hollins whom is fact a mason and he e mailed an article that was still at the publishers for inclusion in the lodge magazine which i am putting in the next issue, a real mason in every sense of the word and once i knew that i was totally confident of his honesty and integrity.
Just been looking at masonic door knockers, i dont think she will go for it
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Post by Jumile on Jan 16, 2005 18:27:11 GMT
eBay is a car boot sale or local market, but without the ability to shake the item before you pay for it. You pays your money, you takes your chances. It is of course offset by the Recommendation system. If you buy an expensive item from a low-rated seller, then you're asking for trouble. The chances of buying a duff item from a high-rated seller are low, because they want to preserve their batting average for future sales. The same goes for buyer recommendations. 90% of it is common sense - assuming you've read the rules and conditions (unlike the majority). The rest is up for grabs. I know a man who sold his £1M house on eBay in 7 days, when 2 concurrent estate agents couldn't do it in 3 months. And I've sold 3 items and bought 19 items (the latest being an iPAQ 2210 [used] and electronic piano [new], both from the land of kilts) without any problems - that the eBay policy couldn't fix, anyway - from as far afield as China and Canada. People telling me eBay is bad just doesn't wash with me. Though YMMV.
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Post by leonardo on Jan 16, 2005 19:06:55 GMT
Matt, Glad to see your experience was/is good. It either works or it doesn't. My experience is different, that's all. Life is like that - you win some, you lose some. Life goes on. Nuff said Metta.
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Post by bod on Jan 16, 2005 19:45:43 GMT
I bought my mp3 player off e-bay and it works great - saved myself about 30 pounds against the UK price, but I always use sellers with good feedback and who've been doing it for a while. Mrs Bod is a keen seller and buyer on e-bay.
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Post by leonardo on Jan 17, 2005 12:00:48 GMT
Bod I know it can be a good service. Two of the three items I bought worked out perfectly. I'm not saying I will not buy from via them again, just notting electrical. The items that arrived without any hassle and in perfect nick were rare videos movies - no, not those naughty ones! One was from OZ, the other from the US.
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Post by bod on Jan 17, 2005 12:40:47 GMT
The items that arrived without any hassle and in perfect nick were rare videos movies - no, not those naughty ones! I suspect Leo doth protest too much....
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Post by leonardo on Jan 17, 2005 13:03:53 GMT
I suspect Leo doth protest too much....
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