I have seen a challenger 7 at one price and the same machine offered by another guy at 40 times that price. Who, of both, is the imbecile?
Fern
eBay: Wild Prices differences
Moderators: Harvey Williamson, Steve B, Watchman
Forum rules
This textbox is used to restore diagrams posted with the fen tag before the upgrade.
This textbox is used to restore diagrams posted with the fen tag before the upgrade.
- Fernando
- Admiral of the Fleet
- Posts: 3059
- Joined: Tue Jul 31, 2007 4:35 pm
- Location: Santiago de Chile
eBay: Wild Prices differences
Festina Lente
Re: eBay: Wild Prices differences
Those cheapies don't have a set market value. I see the same thingFernando wrote:I have seen a challenger 7 at one price and the same machine offered by another guy at 40 times that price. Who, of both, is the imbecile?
Fern
happening on the local market down here. Ask the high price, who
knows, you might fluke a fairly wealthy dude that happens to be looking
for any chess computer that will silence his insolent brat. Sometimes it's
the seller that is wealthy and are undecided as whether or not to bother
advertising a chess comp for peanuts or just drop it in the trash.
But us smart cookies are waiting in the wings, and between us we
don't miss much.
Summing up, I think the imbecile is not the high or low price seller, but
the sucker that paid the higher price.
L
- Steve B
- Site Admin
- Posts: 10140
- Joined: Sun Jul 29, 2007 10:02 am
- Location: New York City USofA
- Contact:
Re: eBay: Wild Prices differences
Generally I agreeLarry wrote:Summing up, I think the imbecile is not the high or low price seller, butFernando wrote:I have seen a challenger 7 at one price and the same machine offered by another guy at 40 times that price. Who, of both, is the imbecile?
Fern
the sucker that paid the higher price.
L
however most sellers can easily search an item they have for sale and see what the going price is on Ebay
for a seller to grossly overstate the price might not make him an imbecile but it certainly makes him an..
AHole Regards
Steve
I'm not doubting your honesty, and it was not specifically you I was7Chessfan7 wrote:Larry it is a lot cheaper for a chess computer seller to sell chess computers on Hiarcs Chess Forums because HCF ,unlike Ebay,fortunately does not charge a listing fee and a seller's fee like Ebay does which drives up the overall cost of a chess computer. If a chess computer seller is honest, like me, he or she only accepts Paypal for chess computer sale and buying transactions which protects both the buyer and the seller of chess computers or other products against getting screwed!
referring to. Yes, you personally have shown yourself to be honest,
or else there would have been heated comments on this forum about
you before now. However, on other forums, notably schachcomputer.info,
advertising comps for others they don't personally know is commonplace.
I'd have thought that while there are ebay selling fees to be avoided,
ebay advertising reaches a way bigger audience and should in theory
result in a higher price. Just my old fashioned thoughts...
L
Using PayPal does not guarantee that you will be protected if a sale goes wrong. PayPal looks on the seller and buyer as equal entities and if one party feels they have been wronged, it will be hard to prove one's case.
On the other hand, eBay puts more responsibility on the seller to the point that the seller has to jump thru more hoops than the buyer. In effect, a buyer has far more protection in an eBay sale than in years past. The seller has to make sure that what is sold is reasonably close to what was described. The buyer has got to make sure that nothing is assumed if important facts aren't mentioned in the description. (PayPal will actually be more likely to be of help to seller or buyer if a sale goes wrong if eBay was used for the sale.)
Private loosely-goosey sales don't have those protections. However, all that said, sales thru this website are likely pretty reliable. The few I have been involved in have gone flawlessly. Just good people I guess!
On the other hand, eBay puts more responsibility on the seller to the point that the seller has to jump thru more hoops than the buyer. In effect, a buyer has far more protection in an eBay sale than in years past. The seller has to make sure that what is sold is reasonably close to what was described. The buyer has got to make sure that nothing is assumed if important facts aren't mentioned in the description. (PayPal will actually be more likely to be of help to seller or buyer if a sale goes wrong if eBay was used for the sale.)
Private loosely-goosey sales don't have those protections. However, all that said, sales thru this website are likely pretty reliable. The few I have been involved in have gone flawlessly. Just good people I guess!