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	Do you buy or sell on eBay? By Redundant Asked Feb 17 2007 9:26PM	17 Pts Rate Question

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by PurpleRN on Feb 17, 2007 at 9:27 pm Permalink

nothing right now because my account is banned for owing them 1.97 cents.

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PurpleRN Feb, 17 2007 at 09:34 PM

ebay for my card declining a selling fee

Redundant Feb, 17 2007 at 09:35 PM

sorry to here that

Abbyguy Feb, 22 2007 at 11:28 AM

Why not pay it?

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by onzanzabarsands on Feb 17, 2007 at 9:37 pm Permalink

Yes, I do both and have been a seller on eBay since 1998. It's more rencently that I started to do buying. If you know hwat you want and what to pay for it-there are some really good deals on it.

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onzanzabarsands Feb, 17 2007 at 09:53 PM

Pottery (McCoy, Hull,Red Wing circa 1900's to the 40's ) and Costume jewelry from makers like Swank, Sarah Coventry, Lisner and Weiss.

LynfromNM Feb, 17 2007 at 10:09 PM

cool, I look at the pottery pieces a lot but as yet haven't bought any. Do you sell any art glass jewelry?

onzanzabarsands Feb, 17 2007 at 10:29 PM

Not all the time. It just happens to fall into my lap every once in a while. Where I'm from it's not too big of an item. Most of the stuff I sell in jewelry is pot metal jewelry fro the war eras. It's crazy how much people will pay for rhinestones!

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by Sketchy Mess Jeoffory on Feb 17, 2007 at 9:28 pm Permalink

Occasionally. I have had pretty good luck with Ebay. I have never sold, but I got on this kick buying tons of random stuff through there.

Then I got laid off and I stopped Ebaying so much.

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Redundant Feb, 17 2007 at 09:32 PM

Same here..I didn't get laid off I just had to priortize..I got addicted..sigh...

Sketchy Mess Jeoffory Feb, 17 2007 at 09:33 PM

Yeah it's kind of ironic that you spend too much money buying things because they are so cheap.

Redundant Feb, 18 2007 at 08:18 PM

Yeah I know...and then there is that competive thing where..no one will out bid me! lol..but I have been good..I had to step away from it..I just won a bid on two items and forgot how to paypal it had been so long! lol

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by EL1 2 on Feb 17, 2007 at 9:27 pm Permalink

Yeah, I sold a bicycle on eBay. I got a lot more than I should have for it.

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Redundant Feb, 17 2007 at 09:32 PM

the beauty of auction!

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by vmgbs11 on Feb 18, 2007 at 9:13 pm Permalink

We have bought a lot of things on EBay including a used car and a timeshare in Florida. As long as you do your research on things and check out the sell/buyers you are OK. We only had two problem with a seller getting something late and had a jerk try to force us to take an item he changed a description for (we didn't need that size and he was very unprofessional when we asked to have our bid removed.) By the way our timeshare we paid $1,200.00 for everything including that years maintence fee, and we found out it's worth between $18,00.00 and $20,00.00. (it's beautiful). Watch out for the shipping/handling fees and who you deal with and you should be fine. Remember Ebay & Paypal have be targets of pshing scams so be careful with your info.

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by In London from 3-31 to 4-7--GTA Master on Feb 17, 2007 at 9:29 pm Permalink

Ebay is my life. 85% of the stuff in my bedroom is from ebay. I mostly buy stuff that has Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe or Emma Watson in them, like magazines, or posters I don't have(foreign stuff). But I usually buy magazines. I'm always on the look out for new taproot stuff, like new or rare CD's. I buy stuff that I know I can never get in the stores. I also sell magazines I don't like on there, articles of stuff I have but don't like.

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In London from 3-31 to 4-7--GTA Master Feb, 18 2007 at 04:46 PM

That's true. You can't make the shipping too high or what it really is, because peopl aren't going to wanna buy a guitar or something heavy on ebay if they see the shipping is $50. The best thing is to sell magazines and stuff that you can send through regular mail, so you don't have to ship from the post office and pay for shipping. Its so much better buying, but there's problems with buying too. Are they going to send you the item? Are you going to actually get the item on time? Will they leave you negative feedback? I once bought a 6ft by 4ft rupert Grint poster on there. It cost $100, and I(and my mom, she wanted to win that poster) were up against like 5 people who keep betting against us, its crazy!

Redundant Feb, 18 2007 at 08:13 PM

When I eBay I only ourchase flat items that can be sent via the mail like a cd (that I am waiting for! lol) and jewlery..I have been hit by Canadian customs to badly in the past

In London from 3-31 to 4-7--GTA Master Feb, 18 2007 at 10:08 PM

Funny, I haven't bought anything from canada yet. Most of the stuff I get on ebay is either form london or france(most of the rare stuff is there apparantly!)

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by I love my baby on Feb 26, 2007 at 8:56 pm Permalink

I Buy and Sell on Ebay - for about 3 years

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P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines Mar, 07 2007 at 07:42 PM

Ilovemybaby, the Ebay Queen!

I love my baby Mar, 07 2007 at 07:47 PM

pasobrio... you make me smile.

P. W. Pasobrio loves Marines Mar, 08 2007 at 07:49 PM

I try. And at this time we both need something to smile about.

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by TheAnswerer on Feb 21, 2007 at 9:08 pm Permalink

My dad buys me many things on Ebay. Especially PS2 games.

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by romelang1 on Feb 18, 2007 at 8:37 pm Permalink

I used to sell on eBay until my camera broke, so it's useless to try and sell without a photo. I have bought heaps of stuff over a period of three years - clothing for all the family, cosmetics, DVD's and videos, saddlery, jewellery, books, porcelain, electrical goods.....I have only been caught once (for less than $7 ) and I honestly think something happened to the seller because they just disappeared. I love eBay!!

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Redundant Feb, 18 2007 at 08:40 PM

I do hope that you reported this seller..I had to once when I bought a number of items from a seller and she fell through, saying that her "provider" of the goods wasn't coming up with the items..I reported and she lost her account..after I left negative feedback of course

romelang1 Feb, 18 2007 at 09:16 PM

The seller had a perfect record up to a particular date, but from that date on there was only negative feedback from customers who didn't recieve their stuff. I recon they might have died or something equally traumatic!

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by 1Simmy on Feb 19, 2007 at 3:38 pm Permalink

I've only brought items so far.

I tried selling an item once, but no one brought it. So didn't bother again.

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