Ebay is pathetic.

There are a lot of people who would tell that ebay and the like is an easy and covenient way to buy things.  But is it? I don't think so. Half the stuff on ebay you have to auction for, the auctioning of which requires constant checking of the auctions, constant bidding to remain the highest bidder and through all of it your not even garunteed the sale. If you do end up buying the item, you than have to e mail the buyer for information regarding payment etc. This should be an easy thing to do but quite often the seller is slow to respond to your emails, or sends you irrevelant information forcing you to e mail again and wait for another response. Then theres the payment which requires a lot of mucking around ( if they don't allow paypal, which is often the case). Then once you do send the money, they usually take there sweet time to send off what you bought, they give you some rough idea of how long the package will take but it usually takes longer.

Buying the item you can never be sure that your gonna get exactly what you bought, or if it will come undamaged. Oh sure they have the feedback system, but most sellers probably feel forced to leave a positive review in order to gain points for themselves.

So basically what im saying if you want something and you can get it from the stores than do so. It may be a touch more expensive than the so called bargains on ebay, but you will get it a lot sooner and a lot easier. EBAY sucks.

If you don't want to deal with winning the auction why don't you sign up for an account that does it for you?mrphilip11

Hmmm haven't heard of this actually, probably would be good. However it doesn't eliminate the other problems i listed.

I've made some decent money on there and found some one-of-a-kind gifts. No problemo for this moochacho.

There are a lot of people who would tell that ebay and the like is an easy and covenient way to buy things.  But is it? I don't think so. Half the stuff on ebay you have to auction for, the auctioning of which requires constant checking of the auctions, constant bidding to remain the highest bidder...

Darthbowser89

There are a lot of people who would tell that ebay and the like is an easy and covenient way to buy things. But is it? I don't think so. Half the stuff on ebay you have to auction for, the auctioning of which requires constant checking of the auctions, constant bidding to remain the highest bidder and through all of it your not even garunteed the sale. If you do end up buying the item, you than have to e mail the buyer for information regarding payment etc. This should be an easy thing to do but quite often the seller is slow to respond to your emails, or sends you irrevelant information forcing you to e mail again and wait for another response. Then theres the payment which requires a lot of mucking around ( if they don't allow paypal, which is often the case). Then once you do send the money, they usually take there sweet time to send off what you bought, they give you some rough idea of how long the package will take but it usually takes longer.

Buying the item you can never be sure that your gonna get exactly what you bought, or if it will come undamaged. Oh sure they have the feedback system, but most sellers probably feel forced to leave a positive review in order to gain points for themselves.

So basically what im saying if you want something and you can get it from the stores than do so. It may be a touch more expensive than the so called bargains on ebay, but you will get it a lot sooner and a lot easier. EBAY sucks.

Darthbowser89

  eBay is a place where people look for deals. As it to get somerthing cheap or find something that you can't get anymore. eBay wrecked itself by thinking they could turn a yard sale into a corprate cash machine.

  There was a time when the listing fee was few bucks and it would relist for free until you either canceled it or sold it. Now eBay wants a relisting fee every week or whatever. Most items on there are only worth $20 or less. So usually there is no profit. You end up eating it to relist it. So there is no reason to auction.

  The amount of items you find on eBay today is a small pathetic meager portion compared to what it used to be, because people lose more than they make. eBay will die eventually.

I've never had a problem with Ebay, and I buy and sell on it fairly often.

I've never had problems with it and I've bought quite a bit of things from there, you're just unlucky.

You are correct. Buying in a store is easier and less hassle.

However, on eBay, you can find items you cannot find anywhere else. You can also find really cheap stuff. For example, if you ever want to buy a cat-5 network cable? You can buy them at BestBuy for like $10 - $15. Or you can get them on eBay for less than 5 bucks each including shipping. I bought an outdated computer off eBay for about $55 once and it works fine still. It was a great purchase and it is something I would have been unable to buy in a normal store

Conclusion
If you are not looking for a rare item and you do not want any hassle and you don't mind paying a bit more, go to a store for sure. If any of the previous are untrue, eBay may be worth a try.

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