omg people are SO STUPID on ebay!

[sfleuriet]

wow some people on ebay amaze me- just totally amaze me because they're SO STUPID!!! NOBODY WILL BUY THIS FOR $200 over the retail price!!! WTF?!
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=74937&item=5136992471&rd=1&ssPageName=WD1V

[mmonnin]

Please this does not belong here. First we do not allow Ebay sales and second it is not even your sale.

[sfleuriet]

dont allow ebay sales? i've heard so many different stories about weather or not you can post ebay links and what not..

[mmonnin]

8. NO AUCTIONS. EBay and other sites do that.

[sfleuriet]

right but doesnt that mean don't post a link to your own ebay auction just to try to get traffic?

[Kwitko]

Let's repost that just so you get it:
8. NO AUCTIONS. EBay and other sites do that.

[primesuspect]

He wasn't posting a link to his auction. I think he was pointing out that somebody is overcharging for a monitor on ebay. Post properly moved to the pub.

[CB]

Yeah, that, and it's not an auction. It's a static price sale that happens to be on Ebay, so even if it was his, it doesn't violate the rules.

It was on the wrong board, but it didn't deserve a beratement...

And Pilotwings:

Sombody will likely buy it eventually. People pay too much for stuff all the time...

[sfleuriet]

Yeah, that, and it's not an auction. It's a static price sale that happens to be on Ebay, so even if it was his, it doesn't violate the rules.

It was on the wrong board, but it didn't deserve a beratement...

And Pilotwings:

Sombody will likely buy it eventually. People pay too much for stuff all the time...


THANK YOU!! omg its like moderator attack wars here..

It IS a fixed-price item, and Its not my auction! that one-liner rule does not cover, in detail, every aspect of posting an eBay link. I think if all the moderators are going to lock down so much on eBay links, then there needs to be an ammendment to the rules.

[Dexter]

wow some people on ebay amaze me- just totally amaze me because they're SO STUPID!!! NOBODY WILL BUY THIS FOR $200 over the retail price!!!


Chill out a little, dude....:cool:

Go to this link:

http://shopper.cnet.com/Samsung_SyncMaster_710_MP/4014-3174_9-30628329.html

Depending on where you buy it, the price ranges from $299 to $613.

$450 seems to be right around the middle of that range.

It's not the best price for that item, but it is not the worst. It pays to shop around, but some peope don't know where else to look, or they have the money to spend and aren't concerned about getting the best price every time.

Dexter...

[sfleuriet]

Chill out a little, dude....:cool:

Go to this link:

http://shopper.cnet.com/Samsung_SyncMaster_710_MP/4014-3174_9-30628329.html

Depending on where you buy it, the price ranges from $299 to $613.

$450 seems to be right around the middle of that range.

It's not the best price for that item, but it is not the worst. It pays to shop around, but some peope don't know where else to look, or they have the money to spend and aren't concerned about getting the best price every time.

Dexter...

thats not the same monitor. you linked to a 710 MP, and my original link was to a 710 N.

[Dexter]

thats not the same monitor. you linked to a 710 MP, and my original link was to a 710 N.


Hey look at that, it is too.......well I just googled the 710, so that's why it came up that way. :)

[sfleuriet]

haha no prob :)

I think its much more of a waste of money to try and sell a highly overpriced item on ebay (sellers fees etc.), than it would be to sell a bunch of normally-priced (or MORE normally-priced) ones.

[Nomad]

that one-liner rule does not cover, in detail, every aspect of posting an eBay link

I guess they figured people wouldn't be reading so much into it.