Comments on: Three Things I Didn’t Know About eBay http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881 Feel Smart Again Sun, 22 Nov 2009 20:09:04 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881/comment-page-1#comment-9949 Dave Mon, 02 Apr 2007 03:18:35 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881#comment-9949 The trick to EBAYing (verb), is to take the freshly conceived needed thing du jour; and do a search bringing up all the prices for said item. Pick out a few of the cheaper priced ones, and bid low. If none of these bids win, you will have a feel for what the going price is now. If that is less than retail, go for it. But be sure and check the mailing costs. Some are inflated. And some sellers are always charging Huge prices looking for dumb shoppers! The trick to EBAYing (verb), is to take the freshly conceived needed thing du jour; and do a search bringing up all the prices for said item. Pick out a few of the cheaper priced ones, and bid low. If none of these bids win, you will have a feel for what the going price is now. If that is less than retail, go for it. But be sure and check the mailing costs. Some are inflated. And some sellers are always charging Huge prices looking for dumb shoppers!

]]> By: Robin http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881/comment-page-1#comment-9903 Robin Fri, 30 Mar 2007 20:02:18 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881#comment-9903 Now, where did Mental Floss get this information? Now, where did Mental Floss get this information?

]]> By: Storm http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881/comment-page-1#comment-9872 Storm Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:49:29 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881#comment-9872 That laser pointer did set a trend in a way. I have just given eBay another go after dismissing it years ago as a place where people have to pay a LOT for things like broken laser pointers. It still seems to me that most thing people bid on end up costing the same or more as new items in a store, but I admit that you can find the occational fair deal. But there are no undiscovered treasures. Which is a shame. That laser pointer did set a trend in a way.

I have just given eBay another go after dismissing it years ago as a place where people have to pay a LOT for things like broken laser pointers.

It still seems to me that most thing people bid on end up costing the same or more as new items in a store, but I admit that you can find the occational fair deal.

But there are no undiscovered treasures. Which is a shame.

]]> By: Varient http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881/comment-page-1#comment-9839 Varient Thu, 29 Mar 2007 21:07:42 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/4881#comment-9839 Broken laser pointers? No way!! Broken laser pointers? No way!!

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