Ebay- Safe or not?

[Sushisource]

Well im cheking out this nice Radeon 9800 256 MB for like $100
should i trust this dude? all his reviews are postitive... Whats ur opinion? :-/

[telekinesis]

Trust him!

[REEF·]

Trust him then, if he lies, tell ebay :sigh:.

[Jubba]

I usually only buy from people that have 200+ reviews and about 98% of them are positive. I have never been ripped off by anyone on eBay and I've bought a few computer parts from there... Just be careful. E-mail him first. See if he'll refund your money if something is wrong with the part or for some reason it gets damaged (always get insurance on electronic pieces)... just cover all your bases and you should be fine..

[REEF·]

eBay - is of course safe. It's the sellers you gotta worry about ;). Remember that, and you'll never go wrong. With great responsibility, comes power...

What the f*** is wrong with me? I sound like my grandfather...

[GreenLantern]

is the buy-now set for $100?

or is the bid currently $100?

[REEF·]

"Is the buy-now set for $100? Or is the bid currently $100?" says the jealous one.

[GreenLantern]

exactly.

[REEF·]

Wait a minute. Wait up, wait up, WAIT UP!

Radeon 9800 256 MB for 100? That sounds like a bunch-a-bull to me. Go get that bad old cracker!

[GreenLantern]

exactly.

(de ja vu?)

[REEF·]

Lol.

[Sushisource]

No i call this stuff. Thanks guys it has 6 days left and its $40something right now i predict it will be $100 in that time, or more. im planning to bid in the last 5 mins.

[RadioactveChimp]

what?!?! Look over the specs of it, it might be broken or have parts missing...who in their right mind would sell something like that so cheap?

[Sushisource]

No it all checks out...

[telekinesis]

A large portion of eBay items that are expensive and small are usually stolen, not that I find it bad to buy stolen goods.

When you see a 12" JL Audio W7 on eBay for $100 you know it's been jacked.

I love eBay, I probably spend about $200-300 a month on there.

[RadioactveChimp]

lol

[GreenLantern]

I wonder how many items sold on ebay are actually stolen?

hmmm

[GreenLantern]

maybe it's not a good idea to sell stolen goods on ebay.....

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=ebay+stolen

[telekinesis]

The problem is eBay can't tell if anything is stolen.

Unless for some case you stole someones rims. Put them on eBay and the guy you stole them from is looking on eBay for replacements on his rims and he notices the location is close to him.

Other than those rare situations, unless you tell people in your auction that the item is stolen you won't have to worry about it.

[GreenLantern]

I also wouldn't recommend selling anything that his "high profile"

One of a Kind - Mona Lisa - No Reserve - Buyer Pays Shipping

[Sushisource]

Some kids at my school... (which is private mind you, they must be total wack jobs) stole laptops from the school and sold em on ebay, they were caught tho.

[Mik3]

Just look at his reviews, make sure he sold lots of items, and then you can trust him. Ebay usually doesn't do squat about anything... so make sure this guy has expirience.

[prstudio]

I've had friends with great experiences on ebay. I've sold stuff on there before and it's been rock solid business dealing.

Read the reviews, and check into what kind of other products he has sold.

Go with what a good "sit back and think about it" session tells you.

[Sushisource]

alrighty thatkns guys

[radioxromance]

umm well from my little experience, doesn't the price skyrocket in like the last few hours? Well I suppose from 40->100 is about right maybe... hmm although heh I dont know what it normally sells for, like 400?...

[morse]

http://froogle.google.com/froogle?q=Radeon+9800+256&btnG=Search+Froogle

$500 or so

[Sushisource]

yah the idea is i want it cheap... otherwise i wouldn't use ebay...