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Amazon the new eBay!->offering the best products you can and treating consumers well while being honest! Too bad its not the case 100% of the time.
For example:
I've been on both sides when it came to ebay: the seller and the buyer. I've bought an item that was lost, and two continent postal services never came through. Seller never offered refund and I lost $200. As a seller, I had in b/w everything from pictures to disclaimer. I could not guarantee the item however it had a lifetime warranty from manufacturer so if not working, you got a bargain and with some patience, get replaced with new for free! Buyer reneg'd and ebay refunded. Paypal didn't protect and eBay just boilerplated me. I no longer sell on eBay. I distrust the fees of both ebay and paypal.
Now..with Amazon, its not eBay. Not yet. But you have to be saavy. Prime customers seem to be better off. Not always a deal though. I just can't justify the cost.
I have never sold on Amazon, but I have bought much. I have a co-worker that everyday, a box or several, arrive from Amazon. He tells me he never leaves feedback...he feels why should he?
Only had a 3rd party vendor ask me about a poor rating I gave. I explained it wasn't about the vendor but that the item was lost and no help from vendor or Amazon with tracking it down (it was likely a Xmas theft but it took weeks to get credit and item no longer available... you know... 1 item left... you order it then it never arrives. I suspected it wasn't UPS issue but that vendor never sent it or shipped it so it would get lost...probable but unknown).
I also found that with Amazon, some 3rd party items are priced higher than they are "from the actual vendor's website"! E.g. I bought a bike rack direct from the vendor and their website offered free shipping plus a code gave 5% off total! Now why would I spend more to go through Amazon?
You have to be smarter than the offer... |
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IowaCowboyLost in the Supermarket Premium Member join:2010-10-16 Springfield, MA |
In the rare occasions I buy on Amazon, I buy only goods that say "Ships and sold by Amazon.com".
Most of the time I buy my goods at Holyoke Mall. |
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to cableties
Ebay and paypal specifically are hostile to sellers. Ebay has pretty much drummed out the middle man, and your are left w/ powersellers moving volume or the newbies who are stupid enough to eat 20% selling/paypal fees.
The internet is supposed to be efficient "meaning" make $1-$2 per item. I can go to Christies and pay a lower fee...
I pretty much buy only now, and don't sell unless it's an item I think I can make substantially more by globalizing than on CL. In fact I donate lots more items these days. |
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chip89 Premium Member join:2012-07-05 Columbia Station, OH |
chip89
Premium Member
2014-May-9 10:00 am
& I hate when I have to use paypal to pay for things since they can take $ when they fell like it for no reason & there huge fees! |
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nonymous (banned) join:2003-09-08 Glendale, AZ |
to IowaCowboy
We have prime. Shopped properly Amazons prices are hard to beat on some things. They also tend to have more variety than a brick and mortar store. Can not remember last time I was at a best buy. Go to frys electronics occasionally. |
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n2jtx join:2001-01-13 Glen Head, NY |
to elefante72
I too only buy on eBay now and only for spend an amount of money I can accept losing. I rarely if ever go over USD$80 now and usually limit myself to USD$40 at most. I have had issues with small purchases never being received in the past and eBay and PayPal point fingers at each other and tell me I am not covered by either of them. As such, I have never been refunded for a loss by either PayPal or eBay. They just do not do it despite their claims to the contrary. I suppose there are people who have gotten coverage but I am not one of them. I have not sold anything on eBay in about six years, before they really started antagonizing their sellers and raising fees through the roof. |
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IowaCowboyLost in the Supermarket Premium Member join:2010-10-16 Springfield, MA |
to nonymous
I just bought an Asus RT-N66U at Best Buy for $129. I had $10 in RewardZone points so I was all set. |
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nonymous (banned) join:2003-09-08 Glendale, AZ |
to n2jtx
Ebay does have some odd items or more unique I can .ot always find even in Phoenix. Usually in fifty dollar range or less. Only infrequent use them but knock on wood no problems yet even from asia or.china. |
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