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General and Gaming => General => Topic started by: dashv on February 16, 2015, 03:57:50 pm
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
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I kinda hate using Ebay, or I'd probably be much the same lol
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I definitely go through my spurts of this. I have to stop myself from buying things over $50 because I know it'll add up very quickly. A few <$10 purchases here and there are fine with me, but it can easily go crazy!
I run into similar binges with Kickstarter, but I've stopped browsing that site on my free time, so things are a little better on that front :P
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Same here. I'm about the same way. Responsible about it most of the time. But once in a while, it gets the best of me.
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
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This is why I force myself to go out thrifting and going to HPB instead. You don't always find something out there, its a lot easier to manage my money when there is literally nothing to buy. I'm trying really hard to curb my ebaying right now because I just started a new job and have lots more money now so I COULD ebay a lot of things but after dropping $100 on suikoden II i told myself I'd lay off for a bit. Lets see how that goes haha :P
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Paypal me all your money, and send me your CC and you wont have to worry after that. 8)
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
Not that one flea. You're right. It it seems sketchy and the quality is not the best if you look at the d-pad closely.
No, I was looking at this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/104495334/nintendo-controller-coffee-table?ref=shop_home_active_15
This:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/121485606/nintendo-wii-controller-coffee-table?ref=shop_home_active_12
or this:
https://www.etsy.com/listing/96827992/nintendo-controller-coffee-table-maple?ref=shop_home_active_11
All the same guy. All amazing quality.
Paypal me all your money, and send me your CC and you wont have to worry after that. 8)
Thanks for looking out for me. ;) Thankfully my wife is both a gamer and a pillar of maturity and reason.
Still, I think she's been letting me get away with too much lately. She actually agreed to the coffee table.
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Well at least with the coffee table I can say that I can make it for a hell of a lot cheaper... in fact I might do that this spring. :P
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have your significant other change your password
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I've already made up my wishlists and I have a strategy of going for certain titles depending on most wanted. This cuts way down on impulse buys. I'm very conservative with funds, and don't usually spend unless I can see that I've gained quite a bit.
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We all do occasionally. It happens to the best of us.
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Well, I can help you, just buy my stuff and you're done. ;D
Really though, I don't buy stuff from eBay as often as I used to, but once in a while I find something I -have- to have.
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I'm currently taking a step back from EBAY and it's endless ocean of temptations. With Amiibos and me hunting I have been going way over budget these last few months and really need to prioritize. So far it is going good, I just need to stick with it.
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
Yeah it's like you buy shit and you don't even know you bought something until it arrives and you're like "oh yeah I ordered that?"
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
I'm usually a bit more conservative as well when it comes to Ebay. I signed up for that Paypal Credit and I'm hoping not to get in trouble with it LOL. My Goal is to only use it for interest free financing and pay it off in full before splurging again. So far so good....
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As far as ebay goes, for things I'd really like to have I just set my sniper bot to a price that I'd be happy with winning it at & then forget it. If I win, then the price was definitely right, and if not then it was more than I wanted to pay in the first place.
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
Yeah it's like you buy shit and you don't even know you bought something until it arrives and you're like "oh yeah I ordered that?"
Fortunately it's all (mostly) wish list items. I'm just getting tired of waiting until next paycheck only for something to be either crazy more expensive or no longer available at all.
I've seen some games quadruple in price in just a month.
It's made it impossible for me to resist BIN's when I see them for a reasonable price.
Argyle, I need a sniper bot. I've lost too many auctions by a penny at the last second.
3DO Gun
Blackthorne
and
Parasite Eve 1 & 2 CIB bundle I lost that way. :/
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
I think the pricing has something to do with the way ebay fees work. They'll take a percentage of the sale price but I don't believe the shipping is part of that so the seller is just trying to avoid paying ebay more than a few cents.
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
I think the pricing has something to do with the way ebay fees work. They'll take a percentage of the sale price but I don't believe the shipping is part of that so the seller is just trying to avoid paying ebay more than a few cents.
Being an eBay buyer and occasional seller, I can tell you that eBay just keeps raising and raising their fees and you are correct that they don't charge fees on shipping. Sellers used to put high shipping costs on a lower-priced item and balance it out. This way they avoided paying as much in fees. However, eBay is attempting to counter this by having limits set on how much you can charge for shipping. It also happens to be a real pain in the ass when you are selling multiple items in one auction. eBay almost forces you to use their item search which pre-fills info in.
So say you are selling a group of games and you use "Chrono Cross" for the pre-fill info. You may have 15 lbs. of games in the lot, but eBay tries to force you to stay at shipping for Chrono Cross which is about three bucks.
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
Its actually sites like VG that make you spend on Ebay.
I also see stuff here that people post and think, hey i dont have that, lets look on Ebay ::)
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Yeah,
I'm getting a little ridiculous with the ebaying, forum sales, etc. I'm not always like this.
Most of the time I'm quite responsible and reserved.
But every now and then I just go off the deep end browsing ebay till late at night and rummaging through Atari Age and RF Generation for sale threads. :) I think I have something like 16 games en-route to my house right now via various channels and I just stopped myself from buying a $5,000 Coffee table modeled after an NES controller.
But still I hunger for video games!
Am I the only one?
Its actually sites like VG that make you spend on Ebay.
I also see stuff here that people post and think, hey i dont have that, lets look on Ebay ::)
You speak the truth my friend. I've been getting envious seeing all the Castlevania collections. :o
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One of us one of us one of us
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Do we need like AA meetings for us with eBay?
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Do we need like AA meetings for us with eBay?
Ive always had bad luck with ebay. Twice ive used it and both times the person tried to fuck me over.
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Do we need like AA meetings for us with eBay?
Ive always had bad luck with ebay. Twice ive used it and both times the person tried to fuck me over.
That totally baffles me. I've heard a lot of people say how horrible their eBay experiences have been, but with nearly 2000 different transactions both buying & selling, there has only been a handful of times when I have had an issue. The most recent was when I went on a Tekken buying streak, I hunted specifically for a copy of Tekken 6, mint with the metallic slipcase. Found one in New York. Guy marked it as shipped but it never came. He wouldn't answer my messages. Filed with eBay, they gave him his five days to reply. He never did and they refunded every cent of my money. Found the game the same day I got my money back for half the price, bought it and a copy of Capcom Puzzle World for the PSP. So it worked out in my favor after a small bit of aggravation.
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I've only had a couple of buying issues. One, last year, was where this lady canceled the auction after I won claiming that she didn't have it, then relisted it. So I wasn't out anything, but it was annoying.
The second was where I bought a Radiata Stories poster from some guy. Took him forever to ship it, he finally apologized & said he was going to send me some extra stuff to make up for it. The poster finally arrived not in a tube but rolled up & put diagonally in a box...so you can imagine that something was sat on the box at some point creasing the poster in the middle of the roll - so right down the middle. :| He refunded me, but I was more upset at the loss of the poster since no one else had it listed.
EDIT: on the flip side, I had a very good experience last year. Bought the first Ar Tonelico from some lady who said her ex had left all his games with her & told her to do whatever she wanted with them. Used a buy it now & got a very good price on it. Before she shipped I contacted her & told her that I had noticed the second game in the background of one of her photos but didn't see it listed, and asked if she was going to be selling it (it also didn't show as a sold listing by her). She said she had had it listed before but the listing expired & no one had bought it, so she was planning on relisting it. Long story short, I worked out a great deal with her for both games and it turns out that while the second one's CE box was open the game itself is still factory sealed. So I'd say from my experience there are more good, honest sellers than frauds on ebay, you just have to be careful & protect yourself.
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I've only had a couple of buying issues. One, last year, was where this lady canceled the auction after I won claiming that she didn't have it, then relisted it. So I wasn't out anything, but it was annoying.
The second was where I bought a Radiata Stories poster from some guy. Took him forever to ship it, he finally apologized & said he was going to send me some extra stuff to make up for it. The poster finally arrived not in a tube but rolled up & put diagonally in a box...so you can imagine that something was sat on the box at some point creasing the poster in the middle of the roll - so right down the middle. :| He refunded me, but I was more upset at the loss of the poster since no one else had it listed.
Stuff like that is aggravating, but you got your money back in the end. So it wasn't too terrible. Since you brought up posters, I figured I would tell this.
Last Tuesday, I received my Club Nintendo Super Smash Bros. 3-poster set. I opened it, carefully unrolled them and looked at them. I then listed them for sale on eBay, auction style starting at $15.99. Fair price since a regular plain-Jane poster costs $5-$6. They end today around 5PM and when I last looked, they had been bid up to $46. I figured since I basically got them for free, $16 would be a fair price with free shipping. I'm going to use the money I make from them to buy a copy of Spyro the Dragon black label (one of those I want a really nice copy of) and probably some other PS1 game on my hit list.
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
I think the pricing has something to do with the way ebay fees work. They'll take a percentage of the sale price but I don't believe the shipping is part of that so the seller is just trying to avoid paying ebay more than a few cents.
... this listing is a joke.
First of all, there is no way shipping is that expensive. I used the USPS' shipping calculator, and shipping a 40 lb. large package from their city to mine (Calexico, CA) via Standard Mail (Parcel) costs $70. And Priority would cost $90. SERIOUSLY! (http://postcalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?m=7&p=40&o=0&dz=92231&oz=34667&dpb=0&mdt=2015/02/17%2001:00&rect=True&l=34&h=8&w=16&g=0#) Even taking into consideration signature confirmation, packaging costs, and insurance, it wouldn't cost more than $120 to ship this PRIORITY MAIL (2-3 day shipping).
Oh, and the insurance won't cover this if it gets lost or damaged, because the sale price is $10 and USPS only covers the sale price of an item.
This person is using the shipping cost as a way to get around eBay's fees. Which makes no sense because they still get charged a fee on the shipping - the fee covers the sale price and postage costs.
What an idiot.
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I understand what your going through, I try not to go to crazy myself.
I try and use "make offer" a lot, just because 90% of the time i get shot down. lol
I had to look up this coffee table, I don't know if it's the one you saw but something don't add up....
They sell it at a buy it now for $10, with $499 shipping, then you go to details and he says "cost $1000.00"
Its cool as hell and I'd love one myself, but no way I want to drop that much for one. and the way he prices it is confusing.
Link in case you want to see it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9 (http://www.ebay.com/itm/On-Sale-FUNCTIONAL-NINTENDO-NES-COFFEE-TABLE-zelda-mario-link-/261749244873?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf17883c9)
I think the pricing has something to do with the way ebay fees work. They'll take a percentage of the sale price but I don't believe the shipping is part of that so the seller is just trying to avoid paying ebay more than a few cents.
... this listing is a joke.
First of all, there is no way shipping is that expensive. I used the USPS' shipping calculator, and shipping a 40 lb. large package from their city to mine (Calexico, CA) via Standard Mail (Parcel) costs $70. And Priority would cost $90. SERIOUSLY! (http://postcalc.usps.com/MailServices.aspx?m=7&p=40&o=0&dz=92231&oz=34667&dpb=0&mdt=2015/02/17%2001:00&rect=True&l=34&h=8&w=16&g=0#) Even taking into consideration signature confirmation, packaging costs, and insurance, it wouldn't cost more than $120 to ship this PRIORITY MAIL (2-3 day shipping).
Oh, and the insurance won't cover this if it gets lost or damaged, because the sale price is $10 and USPS only covers the sale price of an item.
This person is using the shipping cost as a way to get around eBay's fees. Which makes no sense because they still get charged a fee on the shipping - the fee covers the sale price and postage costs.
What an idiot.
I can't look at the listing right now as eBay is a blocked site at work. But unless eBay has changed something, you aren't charged a final value fee on shipping costs. eBay has been working on ways to circumvent people having low sale costs and high shipping costs to avoid the fees, but it's still fairly typical to see a (for instance) $60 game sell for $30 plus $30 shipping for example.
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I'm actually really bad when it comes to buy off Ebay too! I find myself looking at random standees and games that are crazy expensive! Iv been trying to save money lately and haven't actually bought a game in quite some time! :)
I almost caved today though and got smash for the 3ds!
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I can't look at the listing right now as eBay is a blocked site at work. But unless eBay has changed something, you aren't charged a final value fee on shipping costs. eBay has been working on ways to circumvent people having low sale costs and high shipping costs to avoid the fees, but it's still fairly typical to see a (for instance) $60 game sell for $30 plus $30 shipping for example.
Yes, they do. (http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html)
Final value fee
If the item sells, you're charged a final value fee. Final value fees are calculated based on the total amount of the sale and are charged per item.
The total amount of the sale is the final price of the item, shipping charges, and any other amounts you may charge the buyer. Sales tax is not included.
The final value fee is calculated from the combined final Sale Price and whatever you charged for shipping. So if you're charging $10 + $90 shipping instead of $100 with free shipping, you're still getting hit with a $10 final value fee. The difference is, the free shipping gets better search rankings.
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I can't look at the listing right now as eBay is a blocked site at work. But unless eBay has changed something, you aren't charged a final value fee on shipping costs. eBay has been working on ways to circumvent people having low sale costs and high shipping costs to avoid the fees, but it's still fairly typical to see a (for instance) $60 game sell for $30 plus $30 shipping for example.
Yes, they do. (http://pages.ebay.com/help/sell/fees.html)
Final value fee
If the item sells, you're charged a final value fee. Final value fees are calculated based on the total amount of the sale and are charged per item.
The total amount of the sale is the final price of the item, shipping charges, and any other amounts you may charge the buyer. Sales tax is not included.
The final value fee is calculated from the combined final Sale Price and whatever you charged for shipping. So if you're charging $10 + $90 shipping instead of $100 with free shipping, you're still getting hit with a $10 final value fee. The difference is, the free shipping gets better search rankings.
Gotcha. It didn't used to be that way and aside from an item here or there over the last two years, I haven't sold much so haven't really felt the need to pay that much attention to it.
So, the seller probably is a 'tard. Either that or if he's out of the country (again, can't look at the listing at work), perhaps eBay elsewhere doesn't work the same way?
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Effffffffff!
Just got outbid on a Phillips CD-i peacemaker!
:/ guess I'm stuck playing "Who Shot Johnny Rock" with the crappy spoon controller for a while longer!
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Haven't sold on Ebay in years...didn't they add something called "final value price", where they take a percentage of the sellers shipping price. I remember seeing somewhere that they encourage sellers to offer free shipping to avoid extra costs. Which makes absolutely no sense, since shipping becomes an extra cost if you give it away for free.
edit: got my answer