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13.08.07 at 19:28:30
 
Okay this in my mini-rant about eBay. Wink

DISCLAIMER
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The views expressed here reflect in NO WAY about any one person or persons in the countries mentioned - they are merely observations of behaviour I have witnessed on eBay in general. Roll Eyes

EBAY USERS AND THEIR BEHAVIOUR
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UK eBayers - are usually the least patient when waiting for goods (I know as I'm sometimes impatient too!). Grin

German eBayers - do not like PayPal or any other online payment system. ???

French eBayers - usually pretty deceitful, so beware of them. Angry

American eBayers - tend to ignore anyone who lives outside the USA when asked about shipping.
(to Europe for example) Roll Eyes

Australian eBayers - YAY for the good guys, seriously...I can't think of anything bad to say about them! Cheesy

Japanese eBayers - always get the coolest items FIRST! 8)

I also do business with other countries, but these are the main ones... Smiley

Anyone else wants to add to my eBay rant - feel free! Wink

VENT THY FURY AT EBAY! Grin

LOL! Grin
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Reply #1 - 13.08.07 at 20:30:42
 
Heh heh!

Yeah that's pretty accurate but most of the Germans I've sold to have paid with PayPal. I am amazed at how much 3dfx stuff is in Germany. Too bad it cost so much to ship things from there to here (US).
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Reply #2 - 13.08.07 at 22:02:40
 
Ihave bent because Ebay has allowed a banned seller to resurface and sell items I won & paid for again!

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Reply #3 - 13.08.07 at 22:41:39
 
WHOA! That's totally CACK! Angry
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Reply #4 - 14.08.07 at 00:45:35
 
My experience:

UK ebayers - Friendly folk
US ebayers - Friendly folk too
Italian ebayers - Friendly folk three
German ebayers - General friendly folk but my advice is to inquire some more before bidding; about condition of packaging and the payment methods they accept. (I came across a German fellow who accepted foreign bank transfers but did not have IBAN or BIC. How you gonna accept foreign payments then? Tongue)
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Reply #5 - 14.08.07 at 01:06:10
 
Hm, so far I've been lucky...

Asking friendly about potential problems in advance always seemed to work out... Alot of patience needed sometimes, but eventually, everything always arrived.

I did notice, however, that at least German Auctions often hold alot of trash, wrong information or plain deceit concerning the Item's condition.

With a bit of practice, you'll quickly identify those but it requires thorough knowledge of german language details (reading inbetween the lines makes all the difference).

Typical statements :
I'm a hardware dummy and don't know crap about what I'm selling here[...] Buyer takes all the risk and responsibility
Means : I know exactly what I'm trying to toss out and am looking for shiny-I'll-buy-it-all dummies with too much cash to waste.

I got this high-priced, cool Item but never had any chance to test it[...]
Means : I'm a n00b Overclocker, killed the Hardware and am looking for a Dummy believing it might still work

Because of the new EU law, I'm assuming no responsibility to what I'm selling here[...]
Means : I'm trying to fool a Dummy to believe there actually is such a law for private (!) sellers and volunteers to take all the risk for no real reason.

This is the greatest piece of Hardware existing on the market! Grab it while you can and boost your Performance to galactic levels!
Means : I was too lazy to actually research the capabilities of this 1998 vintage equipment and copied the Marketing text off the Retail Packaging.

Took this Video card off a retired System. I think it has 64MB, maybe 128MB but not sure, so I rather not claim it.
Means : I'm a complete dummy myself and don't realize a 1996 S3 PCI card usually did not ship with 64MB...

Sorry for the blurred Image, but tech experts will recognize what I'm selling here
Means : I know that I won't sell this worthless crap if the Image went through less than a 16x Blur filter.

CPU takn frm Computa. Good CPU. YoU Make offer!
Means : You wouldn't buy a single buck of generic paint from this guy. Why... on earth... would that be different with a CPU ?!
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Reply #6 - 14.08.07 at 06:31:47
 
Australian eBayers , personally been burnt twice

Aussies can be as dodgy as anyone else , i should know lived here all my life !

eBay just trys to hush it up !
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Reply #7 - 15.08.07 at 00:21:03
 
@Falcon - ROFL-LMAO-LOL! Grin

That's gotta' be some of the funniest eBay related stuff I've read in a LONG time! Cheesy

A good laugh on a rainy day...but remember folks, there's a serious message to all of this stuff! Wink
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Reply #8 - 15.08.07 at 05:18:26
 
Well ive only had 3 bad and 4 or 5 semi bad problems so far out of abot 150 things ive bought.

FIRST -  ive learned is it doesnt matter what it looks like or how its listed and what their feedback rating is.

SECOND - ebay/paypal could careless about anything but there money no matter how wrong the other guy is.

Just had a phone i sold turn into a giant f@#* dunghill of problems for me, sold a phone to a guy who after the 3rd day reported me for not sending it to him(no where did it say overnight or imediate shipping), i told him it was on its way but that wasnt good enough for him, he reported it to paypal who he told i said i would send phone right away and didnt(never said) then paypal  put a hold on my account so i had to put money back into paypay so i could even buy something if i wanted, the only option paypay gave me in my account was to give him his money back, i called paypal and their man told me the case was being dropped in 3 days because he got the phone so case closed. 5 days later paypal sends me a messege saying they are going to refund his money including shipping as soon as phone is shipped out of my papal account. week later phone shows up in a shirt bag(cheap punk took it outta box i shipped it in to save shipping for himself) and phone box is smashed, i call paypal and they say their sry but nothing they can do but that they are sorry, week later i get messege from buyer who is asking for his money back, i look up my paypal and see they havent paid him and have now denied his attempt for a refund..........so know i have a phone in damaged box and someone expecting their money returned, im wordering what paypay is gonna tell me to do next....heh this is better than the other 2 bad times ive had on ebay at least.
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Reply #9 - 15.08.07 at 20:06:28
 
UGH! You're not kidding when you say it's a MESS... Tongue

...that's some nasty shiznit! Shocked
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Reply #10 - 20.08.07 at 21:17:04
 
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That's gotta' be some of the funniest eBay related stuff I've read in a LONG time! Cheesy


unfortunatelly falconfly shows some sort of reality...but you grow up with those guys at ebay...
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Reply #11 - 21.09.07 at 19:46:23
 
bought 130+ items via ebay,never been burnt even once (not counting minor stuff like broken off caps that take 3 seconds to fix) Grin

the biggest PITA are jerks from our customs office-we have a totally idiotic law over here that prohibits import of used hardware (new is ok),that means every time I buy 3dfx stuff from US or some other non-EU country,I have to do the oh pretty please mr officer lemme have my package and I will accidentally forget my nice bottle of vodka on your table dance.

been there today for the mercury,lucked out this time 'cause they were in friday mood already (too lazy to make trouble),so it was quick and painless (just yeah heres yer stamp,take your trash and dont bother us no more).

even I have lucky days I guess (on second thought,maybe not,two boards are busted) Roll Eyes
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Reply #12 - 23.09.07 at 03:28:05
 
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bought 130+ items via ebay,never been burnt even once (not counting minor stuff like broken off caps that take 3 seconds to fix) Grin

the biggest PITA are jerks from our customs office-we have a totally idiotic law over here that prohibits import of used hardware (new is ok),that means every time I buy 3dfx stuff from US or some other non-EU country,I have to do the oh pretty please mr officer lemme have my package and I will accidentally forget my nice bottle of vodka on your table dance.

been there today for the mercury,lucked out this time 'cause they were in friday mood already (too lazy to make trouble),so it was quick and painless (just yeah heres yer stamp,take your trash and dont bother us no more).

even I have lucky days I guess (on second thought,maybe not,two boards are busted) Roll Eyes



The part about the "oh pretty please mr officer lemme have my package and I will accidentally forget my nice bottle of vodka on your table" was funny Grin

Not really but the way you told it was Wink


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Reply #13 - 23.09.07 at 15:47:25
 
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I'm sorry to hear about your Mercury sub-System. I have a cable coming soon. I hope mine works Undecided



Say the word and I'll drop it in the mail (I know, waiting for package from Germany which still has not arrived)
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Reply #14 - 24.09.07 at 21:33:42
 
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Say the word and I'll drop it in the mail (I know, waiting for package from Germany which still has not arrived)



If you don't mind sending both together... Yours would solve the lack of a medusa problem for testing. If the brick is good, I plan to make a medusa and use my black cable. I could then return yours Wink
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