Latest Ebay Scam

[ACecil]

Good ole Ebay.

[darkminion_17]

Originally Posted by JLM78

you can give your phone and not your email

yes,this way you can conduct sales outside of ebay and avoid the fees...heheheheh

[cubcadet]

Originally Posted by darkminion_17

yes,this way you can conduct sales outside of ebay and avoid the fees...heheheheh

Heheheheh

[JLM78]

sounds Good to me

[Sam Mac]

I have never bought or sold anything on Flea Bay but I do contact the sellers if I can figure out how to and then buy stuff directly otherwise it C-List time.

[Petrus]

I have a small eBay business (not in cub parts) and I don't mind the fees. It is just a cost of doing business. The paypal fee is only $0.30 + 2.9%. The eBay final value fee hasn't gone up recently as far as I know, and it is only fair to charge it on shipping as well as the purchase price because otherwise people will overcharge for shipping and undercharge on the "purchase price" to avoid the fee.

[Maxwelhse]

I noticed the change to have ebay take a bite of your shipping money too last week when I sold a broken laptop. My opinion is the sellers did this to themselves by selling something for $1 and charging $25 on shipping trying to "work the system". I'm shocked it too this long for ebay to "correct" that.

My solution was simple, I inflated my shipping charges to cover the additional ebay fees. No more "actual shipping" from me. Everything gets priced USPS flat rate + a couple extra bucks.

As far as email addresses on ebay go, it's pretty easy to work around it with a few asterisks or whatever. Email me at ma**xwelhse, etc..

I buy on CL a lot, but rarely sell unless its something where I can meet someone somewhere. The fewer random strangers that just show up at my house, the better. A friend of mine just won't learn his lesson and keeps selling stuff to morons that go out and break it in 2 days and then he takes it back because he's afraid they're going to burn his house down or something. He's had that problem 3 different times now over the past 2-3 years.

I've been on ebay for 15 years and have had 3 problems, TOTAL, that couldn't get fixed.

[olds45512]

Originally Posted by Maxwelhse

I noticed the change to have ebay take a bite of your shipping money too last week when I sold a broken laptop. My opinion is the sellers did this to themselves by selling something for $1 and charging $25 on shipping trying to "work the system". I'm shocked it too this long for ebay to "correct" that.

My solution was simple, I inflated my shipping charges to cover the additional ebay fees. No more "actual shipping" from me. Everything gets priced USPS flat rate + a couple extra bucks.

As far as email addresses on ebay go, it's pretty easy to work around it with a few asterisks or whatever. Email me at ma**xwelhse, etc..

I buy on CL a lot, but rarely sell unless its something where I can meet someone somewhere. The fewer random strangers that just show up at my house, the better. A friend of mine just won't learn his lesson and keeps selling stuff to morons that go out and break it in 2 days and then he takes it back because he's afraid they're going to burn his house down or something. He's had that problem 3 different times now over the past 2-3 years.

I've been on ebay for 15 years and have had 3 problems, TOTAL, that couldn't get fixed.

If im selling i dont mind having people come to my house, ive never had anyboby come back trying to return stuff and anytime i sell something with a serial number i always right up a bill of sale saying "as is" and have them sign it. The only time ive ever had anybody come back was a guy i sold a 127 to, he called me up 2 year later cause the motor went and he hauled it to my house and i got paid to rebuild the engine.

[Maxwelhse]

It could have something to do with the people my friend sells stuff too... In either event, I'm paranoid and basically keep to myself out in the "real world".

Any time someone has come here to buy something the deal is done in the driveway and whatever it is sitting there waiting for them. I don't even open the garage door.

[hdsdcouple]

lol I don't blame you living in Fort Wayne, IN. people like me come from there and I don't even trust myself.

Long live Coney Island.