http://cgi.ebay.ca/Sony-Playstation...6QQihZ019QQcategoryZ62054QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Winning bid: US $651.00 (Approximately C $728.14)
Winning bid: US $651.00 (Approximately C $728.14)
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When eBay profiteering goes bad
- Thread starter gprime
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akachan ningen
Member
People are stupid to e selling this early. After launch the fever will be high enough to yield profits in the thousands.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
ouch
Robobandit
Member
should have put a reserve on the auction :lol
Robobandit
Member
Mr Toast said:
err no, the seller (him) has to have 50 or more.. not the buyer.
Mr Toast said:
Those are the super-anal eBay guidelines for selling a PS3/Wii preorder. The SELLER must have 50+ feedbacks, a linked paypal account, post the receipt, etc. The BUYER only needs more than 0 (see closer to the button of the auction).
No loophole, but i wouldn't be surprised the PS3 accidently goes "missing" (bailout.jpg)
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
shoulda just kept it
MirageDwarf
Member
:lol :lol :lol
thingonaspring
Member
well thats ebay you gotta take the good with the bad.not very many views only just over 100,i would of had it a 10 dayer for sure.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
Fight for Freeform said:
yes, its called a reserve
thingonaspring
Member
yes you can but tends to cause people to shy away if the price is too high.
davepoobond
you can't put a price on sparks
maybe there were just better auctions to bet on, and also this was in canada, so i dont think americans will really be in the market for it
MiamiWesker
Member
Shipping was $60, that could have scared a few people off...
TheGreatDave
Banned
Maybe he'll just not send it out and refund the guy. That's what I'd do. Negative feedback doesn't mean shit.
momolicious
Member
are yall just jealous of ebayers or what
BobTheFork
Member
Yea that must be it.momolicious said:
Im gladly keeping my preorder, its funny this guy is ****ed on a loss.
Lets not start another debate about right and wrong on this issue. Its very funny that he tried to make a big ass profit on this and is losing money
TheGreatDave
Banned
rastex said:
Could be a problem for him. OK, plan B: pay the guy off to leave you positive feedback in spite of not sending it.
Cauliflower of Love
Banned
What ****ing retard.
Barry Lightning
Banned
what is this place you speak of, can-a-da
This was totally happening for the 360 launch too. I remember because I got my 360 before launch because I won one, and I looked into maybe ebaying it, but the 360s for sale on there that other people had won were pretty much only going for around the actual retail price so I decided not to and opened the box instead. Then the day the 360 actually came out the prices jumped to over $800. WTF?? Oh well....
He should've waited. Many people are suspicious of bidding on something that the seller doesn't yet have in-hand. Even if you laboriously explain to them 100 times the concept of a preorder, and point to your positive feedback, if the wrong couple of people see your auction, it's sunk.
Putting new consoles on eBay also seems to be something that you should generally keep other items out of (i.e., sell the console on its own). During the 360 auctions last year, I noticed that the few auctions that contained other items like games or controllers generally picked up much less profit. People don't like to have bundles forced on them.
Putting new consoles on eBay also seems to be something that you should generally keep other items out of (i.e., sell the console on its own). During the 360 auctions last year, I noticed that the few auctions that contained other items like games or controllers generally picked up much less profit. People don't like to have bundles forced on them.
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