That's it, I'm done with e-bay

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I remain true to my word about never dealing with ebay again but I do check up from time to time to see how silly prices are going. It used to be that if I bookmarked something and it sold I could click on my bookmark to see what it sold for. Now when I click on an ended auction, or even my history viewing items, all I get is an ebay page that says "ebay found these similar items for you". What's up?

[chris vickery]

Ebay is BS and I quit many years ago. They have artificially inflated the values on almost everything and have soured the collector market. Nowadays people think everything they have for sale is gold, merely because of precedences set by overzealous bidders who are out of touch with reality.
Add in the fact of Pitney Bowes and USPS raping Customers and thats enough for me.

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

Originally Posted by chris vickery

Ebay is BS and I quit many years ago. They have artificially inflated the values on almost everything and have soured the collector market. Nowadays people think everything they have for sale is gold, merely because of precedences set by overzealous bidders who are out of touch with reality.
Add in the fact of Pitney Bowes and USPS raping Customers and thats enough for me.

Have you noticed the shipping charges from the USA are almost always double the price of the item. Then you throw in a jr.trudeau $.70 Canadian dollar. You'd have to want the item pretty bad to deal with that markup.

[kevin powles]

Bruce, if you ever buy anything from the UK, get it shipped to me, I can then get it to you at the best price I can find.

Kevin

[Bruce Parker (RIP)]

I had bookmarked an ebay item just to see what happened to it and when I went back I got this message in a banner at the bottom of the screen:


"By clicking on an item or other link on the website or Accept, you agree to the use of cookies and other technologies to process your personal data to enhance and personalise your experience across the eBay portfolio of brands, including eBay or third-party advertising tailored to you, on and off our sites. Additionally, third-party companies, who we partner with, may store cookies on your device and use similar technologies to collect and use certain information for advertising personalisation, measurement and analytics"

Well holy crap. Just what the hell are you agreeing to, and with whom and for what purpose??? Granting unknown third parties the right to put things on your computer?? They really want you to allow all that just to view an ebay item??? There is no 'decline'. If you want to go further you have to agree or quit. So...I quit.

[Tim Bell]

I use a re-shipper for stuff from the USA... so pay local rate shipping to them... and for heavy stuff in the UK, I pay the courier to collect from the seller... rather than let the seller charge me to have it shipped.

That said - it is rare I buy anything from epay.

Tim

[Jim White]

Has anyone received the Siskens law firm letter re: the class action suit against
UPS? I have, anyone who was ever raped for brokerage fees is apparently a part of the class. A bit off topic, but we Canadians have been severely bent over by UPS.