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Title: We need a new eBay! Post by Dave on 10/01/12 at 06:30:28 Used to be that eBay was a resource for good deals......and the value of an item was established by the people bidding on it. It was an auction site and you could get good deals. In the past year or two eBay has become dominated by dealers or commercial accounts that list a product for 30 days.....and have a very high BUY IT NOW price. A lot of the parts for motorcycle are from salvage dealers and crashed bikes.......and the prices for parts are waaaay too high. Dented and rusted exhaust headers are $ 130, rusty front wheels with worn out tires are $ 125......and how many LS650 muffler supports to you think are going to sell for $ 40? And why does a seller need to post 60 consecutive listings for the same headlight bulb? There are pages and pages of overpriced parts and sorting through them to find the hobbyist selling at reasonable prices has become cumbersome. We need a way to sort through eBay and find the private sellers.....or a new eBay that returns to the normal auctions. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by PiaFea on 10/01/12 at 07:39:01 I agree strongly. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Pine on 10/01/12 at 11:05:53 ummmm... only the last 2 years?? try the last 7 years.. its just keeps getting worse. EBAY could help by adding a boolean search with NOT aka exclude so search for Suzuki Savage exclude title = "light" exclude seller = "spammerguy" exclude title = "and honda and yamaha" as to pricing.. not much we can do about that.. there is now a "national price.. so we all compete in that market. Of course we all get to sell there to. on a tangent I like guns and use gunbroke to find my favorite brand (Dan Wesson) . Just about no one knows or cares about htem doen here, so i use to get them on the cheap. But a local pawn shop figured it out. Now all DW from like 5 shops across state now come to his shop and he puts them up on gunbroker. The margin is pretty big. A $200 gun (pawned at $100) can fetch $500 to $900 nationally. And no he wont sell me a gun sent to him by another shop as they want risk of the auctin to drive the price up. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by verslagen1 on 10/01/12 at 12:43:31 try putting a "-" in front of what you don't want to see such as "-bulb" as far as sellers go, haven't found a way to do that. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by RidgeRunner13 on 10/01/12 at 12:48:40 I wish they would add "auction only & buy now only" to their sort by choices. :) Although everything I've tried to buy at auction lately has gone for more $$$ than the buy now price of other sellers! :o Just can't understand that........ :-/ :-? |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Yonuh Adisi FSO on 10/01/12 at 22:36:10 724944474572554E4E45521113200 wrote:
They do have those choices actually. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by ToesNose on 10/02/12 at 04:11:07 Yea any of the options listed on the left hand side you can select "choose more" at the bottom of each category and select multiple options instead of just clicking one at a time ;) |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Arnold on 10/02/12 at 08:42:24 I'd use -china also. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by youzguyz on 10/02/12 at 10:43:01 you can also include a series of items in a search. I always start my search with "Suzuki (LS650, Savage, S40)", then I put in what I am looking for I.E. "headlight", then I start subtracting the stuff that pops up too much "-bulb" |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Cavi Mike on 10/02/12 at 12:25:11 If you don't like buy-it-now prices, stop clicking on buy-it-now ads. Learn how to use the search function or at least learn how to click the "Auctions Only" button. I don't see what the problem is - with eBay anyways - sounds like the problem is you. I like the buy-it-now ads because sometimes I need a part NOW and can't wait for an auction to end in 6 days with the possibility of losing it anyways. I'll gladly pay the buy-it-now premium in those instances. When I have the time, I'll bid. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Arnold on 10/02/12 at 12:31:19 I dont think he minds the buy-it now, he minds the stores in it. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Dave on 10/02/12 at 13:12:33 0022352A0E2A2826430 wrote:
My problem is that when someone used to post an overpriced beat up item......I generally would only have to look at it for a week. The seller would get a hint about it being priced too high and next week (if he listed it again) the price would go down...and in a few weeks it would sell.....and I would never have to look at it again. Now in eBay the commercial sellers are posting things that appear never to expire until the item sells......and very often they are priced over what the market is.....and the same item is on the site for months. I have used BUY IT NOW and purchased things....but when I am looking......it is very frustrating when you have to scroll through 4 consecutive pages of the same item listed by the same seller who has posted 250 of the idential item. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Trippah on 10/02/12 at 20:23:51 While moaning, ggoogle search has become a PIA also. Lists of heaven knows what, sometimes it takes page 5 or 6 to find what I was seaching for. Too many adds. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Cavi Mike on 10/02/12 at 22:40:35 Once again, learn how to use google. http://ansonalex.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/google-search-tips-infographic.jpg And learn how to search by using different words or phrases. Sometimes I just type a whole question right in the search bar in hopes that someone has already asked it and google will find it. If google or eBay sucked anywhere near as bad as you guys think, someone else would have passed them a long time ago. Stop being lazy, it's not like it takes any real effort to type on a keyboard. You'd think someone had tied 45lb weights to your hands. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Dave on 10/03/12 at 08:58:17 4567706F4B6F6D63060 wrote:
I am not known for being very lazy......I hit the gym at 6:00 AM and begin every day with 1-1.5 hours of excersize and often lift 23,000 pounds in a workout..... then don't stop moving until 10:00 every night. I just remember the old eBay......and it was easier to find what I wanted. I can adapt.....but that doesn't mean I have to do it without whining a bit. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Arnold on 10/03/12 at 12:43:16 You should lift 23,000 pounds in one shot and be done with it. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Nigel-in-SoCal on 10/03/12 at 20:52:59 546D6A61706B76040 wrote:
Hello Pine, you on the Danwessonforum? Cheers, Nigel |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by justin_o_guy2 on 10/03/12 at 23:36:11 DW kicks butt.. I learned to shoot on one,a buddy had it. I still remember the day I stepped outta the car & dropped it down on the target & fired that 357 one handed,,I was 22. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Drifter on 10/04/12 at 05:28:56 +1 ebay aint what it use to be, several chinese companys selling stuff here that wont fit our standards and some bike parts are way to high and UNSOLD! |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Pine on 10/04/12 at 14:38:56 27202E2C252B283B222C3B490 wrote:
Hello Pine, you on the Danwessonforum? Cheers, Nigel[/quote] Indeed... Pinetor there... Haven't logged in much in a while. GREAT folks there. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Cavi Mike on 10/04/12 at 15:13:06 I love the Chinese sellers. Everything is made there anyways. Give me one good reason why should I pay a premium to buy it from some fat-cat CEO over here when I can buy it directly from the manufacturer. |
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Title: Re: We need a new eBay! Post by Nigel-in-SoCal on 10/04/12 at 20:14:49 1F26212A3B203D4F0 wrote:
Hello Pine, you on the Danwessonforum? Cheers, Nigel[/quote] Indeed... Pinetor there... Haven't logged in much in a while. GREAT folks there. [/quote] Very true! I recognize your screen name. It"s a small world.. |
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