Ebay is Killing Me!

cjp2401

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Still looking for BSD. Found one and offered $1200 (fair for the machine). Guys says there are four on Ebay between 1900 & 2650. Won't sell.

Does he know you can ask anything on ebay! I can put paperclips on ebay for $1.00ea, but that doesn't mean I'm going to get it!

I hate Ebay, what happened to price driven by the auction? Now it's all "Buy it now"! It's a virtual Mall for crying out loud....

There, I feel better. Thanks, for listening.

Is it too early for a martini?
 
Your not the only one. Just because someone was lucky enough to sell to some fool that had to have it and got caught up in the "I can't lose" mode, now every one thinks thats the price they can sell it too. Patience. Eventually some one will actually sell it for what it's worth. Remember, if your surviving w/o something now, then you don't "have to have it!"
 
Respond with this:
http://www.pinpedia.com/machine/Dracula/statistics
The average price (middle column) is what matters. Since the seller wants to compare to eBay pricing then tell him these are real stats of eBay and you are offering him average price which is currently USD $1,195

I feel your pain. This world is becoming over populated with idiots. Yes they can ask what ever they want, but if people would simply take the time to educate themselves instead of walking around with their heads up their asses this world would become a much better place.
 
Respond with this:
http://www.pinpedia.com/machine/Dracula/statistics
The average price (middle column) is what matters. Since the seller wants to compare to eBay pricing then tell him these are real stats of eBay and you are offering him average price which is currently USD $1,195

That is the EXACT link I sent him, and I think I pissed him off, haven't heard back. I offered him 1200.00. Thought it was more than fair.

Oh well, search continues......there'll be another (soon, I hope).
 
It also makes it difficult on people that have machines that are above average. Everyone assumes your price is on the high end because you are trying to gouge them or you are greedy. I've seen a lot of "shopped" machines at high prices that are nothing special. But when you have one that is a notch or two above average, nobody seems to care. They only want to pay the average price in that situation and they'll be sure to let you know what it is.

I don't like selling stuff that is sub-par or half-assed. So I spend the extra time to clean everything and make sure everything really is fixed and 100%. I'm probably wasting my time...
 
testify brothers! three words that pin sellers on ebay should never use,antique,rare,and collectable. imo.
 
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