Webuser Forums: Things to watch out for on Ebay

Wonder why he didn't make it his About Me page? It was most likely other users got him kicked off - they would have objected to being drawn in and then finding out something they didn't like. Or the very scammers he has been shouting about.

To be honest it sounds like someone who fell for most of the most dumb eBay scams and was so angry he came up with this to vent his anger.

EBay is filled with idiots selling junk. The most recent I have spotted are:

Selling 'free' programs like Ifranview, Paint etc. on CD - or the worst ones just send you the links.

Selling 'funny pictures' which are basically taken straight off the net.

Selling 'how to make money on eBay' tips - which if they are so good, WHY Are they selling them and not just making money themselves.

Selling 'how to buy XBox 360s for £10s of pounds' - reply as per above.

Selling 'how to buy Argos returns' (this one promises the chance to get 'on' the Argos mailing list to be able to buy pallets of returned items - again, IF this is so good WHY are they selling the info for pennies when they could be making the supposed thousands they are touting?

We sell a variety of items, and you every so often get the question, 'Can you tell me where you get your items?' Oh, yeah, hang on, let me give you the name of my hard earned supplier as I really need a twonk to set up and undercut us.

What really amazes me on eBay are the people selling on Buy Now for UNDER 99p who charge the exact postage (and therefore have to pay for packing, handling etc themselves). Just a quick calculation would show that eBay and PayPal fees would be 30 to 40p. These should write a leaflet saying 'How to lose money on eBay!'

I'd normally list as a seperate thread but eBay's latest cheap listing day is SOOOOO pathetic I couldn't bring myself to do it - if you list on 31st May in Auction style it is only 5p!!!! What a bargain! Oh, hang on, you have to make sure that you have a start price of 1p to 99p. What a money maker............

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I loved my grandmother very much.......and she fetched a good price on eBay.

Edited by FilthyRaider (Tue May 29 2007 09:35 AM)