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Ebay will match Amazon’s, Walmart’s and others’ prices on over 50K items

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Re: Ebay will match Amazon’s, Walmart’s and others’ prices on over 50K items

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Post by DroFlow »

uw_rob wrote: post #46
cletus wrote: post #37

What I don't get about eBay is they found initial success in being an auction site then they almost immediately decided they wanted to be an online retailer instead. Why not just be the best auction site you can be rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe? Interestingly Amazon has done the same thing except they want to be Google (Android) and Netflix (content bundling with Prime). I get the desire to grow but hones…

> What I don't get about eBay is they found initial success in being an auction site then they almost immediately decided they wanted to be an online retailer instead. Why not just be the best auction site you can be rather than be yet another Amazon wannabe? I recently read a book [0] that outlined some of the reasons why that happened. Two of the main reasons outlined were: (1) As more and more people started selli…

That's interesting. But, paradoxically, I stopped using eBay when it stopped being an auction site. The possibility of getting a rare deal, plus the "game" of bidding, was what made it attractive.

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Alupis wrote: post #62
saralily wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a buyer you're more than protected. As a seller, I'm exposed for 30 days, because you can, for any reason, choose to return the item with a full refund, and just say it doesn't work. Ebay does not take evidence from the seller that this patently untrue. I've been burned twice this way and lost hundreds trying to sell two laptops.

> As a seller, I'm exposed for 30 days, because you can, for any reason, choose to return the item with a full refund, and just say it doesn't work. This is simply how eCommerce works. You have to accept returns... and 30 days is just about as short of a period you can reasonably make. > Ebay does not take evidence from the seller that this patently untrue Neither does Amazon, or Walmart marketplaces. This is simply…

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Re: Ebay will match Amazon’s, Walmart’s and others’ prices on over 50K items

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

That's cool. I still won't buy or sell anything on ebay as long as scammers are so prevalent.

I had a sealed collector's edition of StarCraft II that I wanted to sell a few years after the game came out. I knew that there was a very significant chance that if I sold it on ebay, some scam buyer would get it, open it, redeem the codes for all the in-game loot, then file a claim saying the item was not as described and that the codes were already redeemed.

Instead, I sold it through Amazon, using their Fulfilled by Amazon service. That way, Amazon will have verified that the game was still sealed and refuse a refund. It cost me a considerable amount in fees (IIRC, I sold it for $350 but only received $300), but it was worth it for piece of mind.

Though FWIW, some people have told me I still could have gotten scammed, it just became a little less likely.

Re: Ebay will match Amazon’s, Walmart’s and others’ prices on over 50K items

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Post by Sohcahtoa82 »

awa wrote: post #74

Reasons I use ebay for: 1. Discounted gift cards, 2. Cheap imports from China. As a buyer I have been happy with ebay, things take a while to come but are generally well before the estimated time and a lot of stuff is much cheaper than Amazon. As per returns/bad goods, Sellers are generally willing to send a replacement item if the original has an issue

> Discounted gift cards

You got me interested. How deep of discounts are we talking here? And for what businesses? And have you gotten screwed ever?

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Post by anotherbrownguy »

awa wrote: post #74

Reasons I use ebay for: 1. Discounted gift cards, 2. Cheap imports from China. As a buyer I have been happy with ebay, things take a while to come but are generally well before the estimated time and a lot of stuff is much cheaper than Amazon. As per returns/bad goods, Sellers are generally willing to send a replacement item if the original has an issue

>2. Cheap imports from China.

Start using Aliexpress and you have one less reason to use Ebay.

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Post by Hamcha »

notyourwork wrote: post #65
Hamcha wrote: post #55

Nice, I finally get to do work by having to find similar items and write an email to be able to save exactly.. well, nothing. Are they seriously expecting anyone to put effort and wait just to buy something from their place? Granted, I hate how Amazon doesn't support Paypal, but last I recall ebay doesn't do 1-day shipping, let alone 1-day replacement when opening an RMA. Besides, they don't even actually lower the p…

> I hate how Amazon doesn't support Paypal This might be the first time someone has been upset that paypal support is lacking. I am surprised by this considering the general distaste for paypal typically. What makes you wish paypal was supported if you don't mind me asking?

I don't have a credit card, just a bank account and a prepaid card that I need to fill up manually.

Paypal supports billing to my bank account while Amazon only supports credit cards and debit cards. The act of having to log-in to my bank account (and therefore involving their broken website and having to fetch the physical TOTP token) and fill up my card before being able to purchase something was enough to drive me away from buying stuff from both Amazon and Aliexpress multiple times.

I do realize I'm probably one of very few people to have a problem like that, though.

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Post by awa »

Sohcahtoa82 wrote: post #84
awa wrote: post #74

Reasons I use ebay for: 1. Discounted gift cards, 2. Cheap imports from China. As a buyer I have been happy with ebay, things take a while to come but are generally well before the estimated time and a lot of stuff is much cheaper than Amazon. As per returns/bad goods, Sellers are generally willing to send a replacement item if the original has an issue

> Discounted gift cards You got me interested. How deep of discounts are we talking here? And for what businesses? And have you gotten screwed ever?

10-20% discount. Mostly from the daily deals section. I mostly buy Lowes gcs, some restaurants gcs along with Dominos.
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