Obi Wan once said... (Ebay)

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 11:37 pm

"Who's worse: the fool or the one who follows him?"

http://cgi.ebay.com/MINT-PLAYSTATION-2- ... dZViewItem

125 dollars for the shipping. EMS to Japan would be less than that. I thought, "what an idiot!"...

And then I saw the bid. Which brings it up to more than what the actual price of a brand new PS2 would be. Go figure.

Sometimes I wish I had been born a mindless animal. Humanity makes me sad.

Ganelon · Post by **Ganelon** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:58 am

Well, to be fair, a new PS2 still retails for $150 although deals can easily bring it down to the same cost.

iatneH · Post by **iatneH** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:34 am

But that's a knockoff controller too....

neorichieb1971 · Post by **neorichieb1971** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 2:40 am

ebay doesnt charge fee's for shipping costs. Only the bid amount.

He is getting what he wants for the ps2 without paying the bigger fee's associated with ebay.

I've seen it many many times, it works so why not?

Specineff · Post by **Specineff** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:14 am

Because local shipping isn't 125 dollars, nor here or in Elbonia.

mannerbot · Post by **mannerbot** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 8:55 am

The whole point is to avoid paying shipping fees. It's no different from setting a $135 buy it now price, except the seller keeps more of the money. Well, and it makes people more likely to check out your auction I guess.

SAM · Post by **SAM** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 5:49 am

neorichieb1971 wrote:ebay doesnt charge fee's for shipping costs. Only the bid amount.

He is getting what he wants for the ps2 without paying the bigger fee's associated with ebay.

I've seen it many many times, it works so why not?

Yes, the whole point is aviod eBay charges, but this way the combine shipping changes discount formula would be mess up and can't be use.

Well, when eBay notice this listing, they would do somthing to him.