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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Marketplace => Topic started by: GreggBz on July 24, 2006, 02:05:35 PM
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sdyates2001(1) Says:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Amiga-Phase-5-Cyber-Vision-64-3d-Video-Accelerator-card_W0QQitemZ110011934859QQihZ001QQcategoryZ4598QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Towards the bottom, read "sniffing"
If this is anyone here, apologies. I squirted diet coke out my nose. Thought I would share. :lol:
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diet coke is the best, but without the lime. lime diet coke is the best for drinking :-D
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$30 for shipping! ouch :roll:
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spihunter wrote:
$30 for shipping! ouch :roll:
will be sniffed thru United States Sniffin Service :)
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spihunter wrote:
$30 for shipping! ouch :roll:
If you think that shipping charge is bad, take a look at the shipping on the 870 floppy disks that is on ebay right now!
Would you believe the guy expects to get $50 buy it now PLUS $350.00 in shipping via parcel post!!!!!
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@amigadave,
Yea, read that guys feedback. He likes to charge $30 shipping for .99 1 lb items. total ripoff artist.
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I was going to bid on that card untill I saw the crazy shipping. Mabey I would pay 12-15 but 30 is just stupid. It should say "Watch out for shipping!".
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Sniffing? Doesn't he mean sniping? It's fun watching Ebay's mailer keep up with the sniper. Often get the won item email before the bid placed email. On rare occasions I get the outbid email before the bid placed, when another sniper outbid mine. Of course, no email means bid was too low and didn't even register.
-David
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@dnelsonfl
Fort Lauderdale, FL eh? I just moved from there last month. I didn't think there were any retro computer users left in Ft Laud besides myself..
Ah well.. Good luck with all the hurricanes again this year :-o
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@redrumloa,
I'm the only one I know of in these parts. I'd have figured if there were more, surely I would have stumbled across them in the past couple years. Didn't realize you were so close but then again I had just moved up from Kendall last year.
-David
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"Sniffing" is Canadian ebay slang. :-?
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weirdami wrote:
"Sniffing" is Canadian ebay slang. :-?
Ok, I'll bite: Slang for what?
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why has nobody made a comment to the seller and ask why his "shipping" cost is so high? Wired ppl would rather talk about it in privat then actualy confort this dude. The main reason I don't sell stuff on ebay is bacause I would suck at shipping. BTW $50 plus $30 =$80 for a phase5 cv64/3d, that's not a bad deal. the $350 shipping for the floppys is just retarded but it's simple don't bid..... As for sniping or sniping, duh, why would anybody bid days before the auciton ends, that has NEVER made any sense to me ever....... Not sure I would squirt my coke over this, read the news if you want to be scared.....
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Let me comment as the post on ebay is mine.
The cost of shipping to Canada Post is not 30, but just above half that according to what Canada Post quoted me. There is also the cost of driving to the post office twice: one to weigh and get dimensions for an estimated cost and the other for sending it off. Gas is certainly not cheap here 1.21/litre = I am looking at 10 per trip and two trips. There is also the purchase of shrink wrap and other items needed to secure the package -- not always goign with the smallest box -- I'd rather get it there in one piece.
Now granted, there are those of you out there that say, yes, but it is still rather high. And to you I would say yes. However, look at the big picture, which one fine person stated far down in the thread: $30 + $50 (starting bid) = $80. This is not unrealistic. Imagine what you want to pay, subtract the shipping and then you know your limit. Depending on the rpice of the item, I will pad the shipping a bit in order to protect against a bad bidding session.
Believe me folks, bad sessions do happen. I also have an A3000 with a large hard drive, OS3.1 roms and such and the shipping in North America is $90. The cost about 50... so a starting bid of 50 + ~30 left on shipping (after that other stuff I mentioned) means that if all turns bad, I at least get $80 after all is said and done.
Seriously, is anyone goign to pay for the goods if the intrinsic value is exceeded? Know that when you purchase through businesses that these people ship all the time and know the ins and outs and have all the right shipping materials for the right size products. For those willing to pick up the products -- and there are many -- savings are there to be made.
Oh, and the comment about sniffing... well was very tired that day due to a medical procedure I was about to undergo... meant sniping.... anyhows, sniffing is a "word" used to refer to snif hunting --> is not a real animal, its often used to refer to going to the bar without saying so -- its actually a word I learned in Kentucky.
Remember: If (Shipping + Product costs) > (going market rates) THEN (Stay away, don't buy). I think my starting bids are never in the crazy zone.
FINAL NOTE: If the floppies sell, I have a few boxes of original software i am willing to sell for a $1000 ;) *me hopes everyone gets this joke*
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as for this guy "a1bargainsales"
http://cgi.ebay.com/WoW-Over-870-3-5-Commodore-Amiga-500-Computer-Disks_W0QQitemZ180010879116QQihZ008QQcategoryZ4598QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
I recomend some of you copy right watchers should have a field day with this scam artis..... turn him in to ebay, the more the better.