On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 11:37:16 AM UTC-5, wrote:

Go back and read my post again. I didn't say it wasn't legitimate nor did I say I was scared of anything. I DID say it may be a ploy by eBay to scare a shopper into buying _r i g h t n o w_ in the hopes they may think the item would be gone if they don't act immediately.

I make my own decisions when to buy whether 1 or 10,000 are watching a particular item.

A "ploy" suggests an "illegitamate" action and you seemed to have
some irational "fear" that they were out to get you.


Do you have reading comprehension problems or are you just stupid?

On 3/31/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:13:26 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 3/30/2015 11:33 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
IGot2P wrote:
On 3/30/2015 10:57 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:12:08 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoanNotJoann
wrote:



[snip]


One needs strong self control and patience shopping on eBay. Otherwise
may spend too much money by impulsive buying or reckless bidding. Next
follows buyers remorse. For some items eBay price is quite higher than
else where.

How true! Secret in bidding is set a limit and exercise self-control to
stick to it and/or use sniping software to post your max bid at the last
possible second to keep from driving up the price.

I've been an avid "eBayer" for years and gotten excellent bargains over
those years. In recent years, however, there are sellers there that
post "Buy It Now" prices that are easily three to four times suggested
retail. Nothing wrong with that since it's all open and up front. I
figure their market has to be the clowns who don't have enough sense to
come in out of the rain but have heard there are great bargains to be
had on eBay. Amazing!
What bothers me most is selling prices that are very reasonable - or
even unreasonably low, and then insanely exorbitant shipping fees.

Something that retails for $20, BIN price of $0.99 and shipping of $60
- for somthing that weighs a few ounces and will fit in a padded
8.5x11 envelope.

Agreed, but those charges are plainly stated and if you're willing (or
dumb enough) to pay them, who's the problem? I'm fairly reasonable when
judging other people's shipping charges. If I'm selling you an iPad or
Netbook, what's fair? You and I both want it to get to you, I have to
wrap it properly, schlep it to the post office of UPS store, pay their
charges, etc. etc. My time has value, just like yours. Maybe I'm
spoiled because I'm self-employed - not retail nor internet sales - and
my knowledge, skills and time are the only thing I have to sell. I sell
them by the 1/10th hour increment. If I'm going to "gift wrap",
transport to the USPS, a Flat Rate Priority Mail pack with the vintage
whatever you just bought from me for $15 that will cost (cheapest way)
$12.80 or whatever to ship, don't expect me to charge you $13.00 to
ship. That's why they call it shipping AND HANDLINGg

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:00:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 3/31/2015 11:41 AM, wrote:
On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 05:13:26 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:

On 3/30/2015 11:33 PM, Tony Hwang wrote:
IGot2P wrote:
On 3/30/2015 10:57 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 19:12:08 -0700 (PDT), ItsJoanNotJoann
wrote:



[snip]


One needs strong self control and patience shopping on eBay. Otherwise
may spend too much money by impulsive buying or reckless bidding. Next
follows buyers remorse. For some items eBay price is quite higher than
else where.

How true! Secret in bidding is set a limit and exercise self-control to
stick to it and/or use sniping software to post your max bid at the last
possible second to keep from driving up the price.

I've been an avid "eBayer" for years and gotten excellent bargains over
those years. In recent years, however, there are sellers there that
post "Buy It Now" prices that are easily three to four times suggested
retail. Nothing wrong with that since it's all open and up front. I
figure their market has to be the clowns who don't have enough sense to
come in out of the rain but have heard there are great bargains to be
had on eBay. Amazing!
What bothers me most is selling prices that are very reasonable - or
even unreasonably low, and then insanely exorbitant shipping fees.

Something that retails for $20, BIN price of $0.99 and shipping of $60
- for somthing that weighs a few ounces and will fit in a padded
8.5x11 envelope.

Agreed, but those charges are plainly stated and if you're willing (or
dumb enough) to pay them, who's the problem? I'm fairly reasonable when
judging other people's shipping charges. If I'm selling you an iPad or
Netbook, what's fair? You and I both want it to get to you, I have to
wrap it properly, schlep it to the post office of UPS store, pay their
charges, etc. etc. My time has value, just like yours. Maybe I'm
spoiled because I'm self-employed - not retail nor internet sales - and
my knowledge, skills and time are the only thing I have to sell. I sell
them by the 1/10th hour increment. If I'm going to "gift wrap",
transport to the USPS, a Flat Rate Priority Mail pack with the vintage
whatever you just bought from me for $15 that will cost (cheapest way)
$12.80 or whatever to ship, don't expect me to charge you $13.00 to
ship. That's why they call it shipping AND HANDLINGg




True - I'm self employed too - I check the shipping cost before I
place a bid, for sure. Sure makes you wonder how the Chinese can ship
something half way 'round the world for less than I could send a
letter from Windsor Ont to Detroit Michigan!!!!
I bought some electronic components for less than $3, that would have
cost me a minimum of $7 - more likely $15 anywhere in North America,
and a minimum of another $7-$12 to ship from Texas, California, or
Florida- and the shipping was included!! Shipping from Toronto would
have cost me more than $3 - even picking it up in Cambridge would have
cost me that in gas alone!!

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 06:22:47 -0500, Moe DeLoughan
wrote:

On 3/30/2015 8:58 PM, wrote:
On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 16:22:59 -0700 (PDT), bob_villa
wrote:


Just curious, if any of you know.....
I cound not find anything in the Ebay rules and information about this.

I would suggest, I don't actually know...this has to do with how many views by
eBay members. I bought dozens of items from eBay and have almost always did
"Buy it now"...I guess I don't see why this should bother you?

It dont bother me, it just seems stupid. If I am interested in an item,
I just bookmark it, while I look for a better priced one. I ONLY buy
"Buy it Now" items. I dont think I have ever won a "bid" item. My
internet is too slow to bid at the last moment.


You bookmark it? You're doing it the hard way, dude. This is what the
watch list is designed for.

He explained this. Because he's on dial-up, it takes a lot less time
to navigate through his own bookmarks than finding the watch list and
then the item he wants.

When you're interested in an item on ebay,
add it to your watch list so you can monitor it. You can add other
listings for the same item by other sellers to the list, which makes
it simple to compare prices/shipping. It's also a good way to monitor
price changes by certain sellers.

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 07:20:28 -0500, "Terry Coombs"
wrote:

bob_villa wrote:
On Monday, March 30, 2015 at 10:22:33 PM UTC-5, Terry Coombs wrote:

I live in a clearing in the woods 12 miles from a town of less
than 3,000 in a pretty isolated area of north central Arkansas . We
have at least 2 computer sales/repair shops and I have a 6Mb/s
internet connection . I buy a lot of stuff on ebay including this
keyboard simply because it's usually cheaper delivered to my door
than I can buy it in town . Today I received a pair of carbide
scribers that I would have paid double at the local industrial
supply . Recently saved several hundred bucks on a DSLR camera ... I
buy only BIN and free shipping .
--
Snag

Maybe you can add to your life story at a later date?

Maybe you can just scroll past my posts if you don't like what I have to say

I told him the same thing. He's a complainer.

. The point was that we have both things Jerry complained about NOT having ,
and in a small isolated community .

I got that from the first post.

On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:35:46 -0600, wrote:

Why is it, that an Ebay item which is a "BUY IT NOW" will say something
like "10 people watching". I can understand this on a "bid" item, but
why are they watching the item if they could have already bought it? Is
this just some sort of gimmic that ebay uses to make the item look more
important than it is? Or maybe the seller does it??????
It seems very stupid either way!!!!

Just curious, if any of you know.....
I cound not find anything in the Ebay rules and information about this.

I watch items to keep track of ones I *might* later want to bid on. I
also watch items that are the same or similar to items I may plan to
sell to keep track of the price they sell for, or if they sell at all.
Watching items is just an easy way to mark things so you can find them
again.

On Tue, 31 Mar 2015 22:00:11 -0500, Unquestionably Confused
wrote:



Agreed, but those charges are plainly stated and if you're willing (or
dumb enough) to pay them, who's the problem? I'm fairly reasonable when
judging other people's shipping charges. If I'm selling you an iPad or
Netbook, what's fair? You and I both want it to get to you, I have to
wrap it properly, schlep it to the post office of UPS store, pay their
charges, etc. etc. My time has value, just like yours. Maybe I'm
spoiled because I'm self-employed - not retail nor internet sales - and
my knowledge, skills and time are the only thing I have to sell. I sell
them by the 1/10th hour increment. If I'm going to "gift wrap",

One of the things I learned with Amazon or maybe Ebay is that if I'm
sending a gift, even to my brother where gift-wrapping is not needed, I
have to mark it as a gift, and then refuse the actual giftwrapping.
There is no charge for this at whatever site I'm thinking of.

When I didn't mark it as a gift, they gave no indication who sent it!!!!
And my brother couldn't figure it out!

transport to the USPS, a Flat Rate Priority Mail pack with the vintage
whatever you just bought from me for $15 that will cost (cheapest way)
$12.80 or whatever to ship, don't expect me to charge you $13.00 to
ship. That's why they call it shipping AND HANDLINGg

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 00:10:53 -0400, wrote:


True - I'm self employed too - I check the shipping cost before I
place a bid, for sure. Sure makes you wonder how the Chinese can ship
something half way 'round the world for less than I could send a
letter from Windsor Ont to Detroit Michigan!!!!
I bought some electronic components for less than $3, that would have
cost me a minimum of $7 - more likely $15 anywhere in North America,
and a minimum of another $7-$12 to ship from Texas, California, or
Florida- and the shipping was included!! Shipping from Toronto would
have cost me more than $3 - even picking it up in Cambridge would have
cost me that in gas alone!!

I"ve wondered about this. Do they put it all in a big box, or a
container, or something, so it ships as one package? That seems to be
contradicted by the package labeling, but maybe there's some special
rule?

On Mon, 30 Mar 2015 17:35:46 -0600, wrote:

Why is it, that an Ebay item which is a "BUY IT NOW" will say something
like "10 people watching". I can understand this on a "bid" item, but
why are they watching the item if they could have already bought it? Is
this just some sort of gimmic that ebay uses to make the item look more
important than it is? Or maybe the seller does it??????
It seems very stupid either way!!!!

Just curious, if any of you know.....
I cound not find anything in the Ebay rules and information about this.

I do that sometimes if I'm not sure I want to buy it. It's easier to
find the item in my watch list than go searching again.