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Postby BrewHaHa on Mon Dec 14, 2009 12:19 pm

robert mayrand wrote:but forgot that I would have opposition from seller...

Just for the record, I'm not a "seller". I've never sold anything on eBay. I've bought eBay auction items, though. And I've been outbid on items, too, because I didn't enter a bid amount higher than I wanted to pay. I definitely understand your frustration at auction items getting priced out of reach. (Or out of whack with reality.)
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Postby yakster on Mon Dec 14, 2009 4:50 pm

robert mayrand wrote:Actually although I agree with you a 100% it is unfortunately often the case of the advantage to the seller.


Don't forget that eBay makes a percentage off the final price, so they have a nice incentive to make sure that sellers get a nice price.

Most of the time, I use a proxy service and set a bid for what I'm willing to pay for an item and live with it. It's too easy to let emotions run away and get into a bidding war over something you really want. I noticed quite a while ago commodity items like flash cards selling on eBay that were priced higher then retail so you have to do your homework, it's not always a good deal.

BrewHaHa wrote:And do I think that the people who are are selling their Cremina "for paying the christmas bill" on eBay are scammers, but wouldn't be if they had the opportunity to sell their machine for a lower price here on HB? (Do I need to answer that question?)


Take a look at the selling prices on the Buy Sell Trade section of CG to see if you think that's true.
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Postby robert mayrand on Mon Dec 14, 2009 8:49 pm

Hi Yakster,
I've read on one of your other posting
I picked up a La Peppina recently after missing out on two auctions for Sama Exports and I've been enjoying the experience of a lever machine.

It seem that we've bid on the two same auction, just what I meant to avoid by starting this thread. Fortunately, by missing those I finally bought an Olympia that need repair for the same price, so I think i got lucky after all!

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