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Ebay asshats
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:27 am
by kman
I was browsing the ebay MRE auctions this morning and can't decide which one of these guys is the bigger asshat:
$99 for a case of IMPs:
http://cgi.ebay.com/CF-Canadian-Forces- ... dZViewItem
or 9 entrees (that are at least 13 years old) for $20-$25:
http://cgi.ebay.com/LOT-OF-9-MRE-ENTREE ... dZViewItem
Re: Ebay asshats
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:45 am
by BackwoodsPundit
Option C)
http://cgi.ebay.com/2-unopened-cases-mr ... dZViewItem
This asshat is selling HDR's as MREs! and charging like 50 bucks for shipping!
Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:47 am
by kman
BackwoodsPundit - I took a look at that auction and my first thought was, "that's not so bad - 2 cases of HDRs for $60" - but then I got a look at shipping. Holy crap...$50! I don't know about that.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:04 am
by kman
Gotta add this guy from this morning:
http://cgi.ebay.com/MRE-NIB-Hunting-fre ... dZViewItem
$35 buy-it-now + $65 (!!!!) shipping.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:17 am
by BackwoodsPundit
Damn you beat me to it!
I was gonna say - Biggest. Asshat. Ever.
They probably got the friggen case for free. Ebay should have a report function for stuff like this - after all they are trying to get around paying fees to ebay and maximize their profit, ripping off the customer AND ebay.
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:23 am
by BackwoodsPundit
BackwoodsPundit wrote:Damn you beat me to it!
I was gonna say - Biggest. Asshat. Ever.
They probably got the friggen case for free. Ebay should have a report function for stuff like this - after all they are trying to get around paying fees to ebay and maximize their profit, ripping off the customer AND ebay.
Actually I should add - their ebay ID has the word "boner" in it, so perhaps that is truth in advertising
Posted: Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:29 pm
by BackwoodsPundit
WOw.. This Asshat is charging like 17 dollars to ship
ONE MRE Not one case, not multiple mres of the same type.. just ONE.
http://cgi.ebay.com/MRE-Menu-2-BBQ-Pork ... dZViewItem
YOu know, ebay really needs a message board like this so people can make comments about items, or at least something like Amazon.com
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:35 am
by kman
This guy is only 2 hours away from me and he wants $7 to send it via parcel post. Sounds like he's padding shipping by about $5. Good thing there are no bids so far.
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:13 pm
by Cory
Shipping on eBay blows for the most part. This lady was selling 4 cases of 2008 MRE's (which ended up with a final price around $180) and she was all of 40 miles away from me and she didn't offer to readjust shipping costs ($80 was the original shipping) for actual cost and wouldn't let me pick them up. That was a good deal too but I wasn't going to pay $80 for shipping so I didn't bid.
Cory
Posted: Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:20 pm
by kman
Yeah, unfortunately (for us buyers), a lot of ebay sellers plan on making a good part of their profit on shipping. The one sure way you can tell a decent ebay seller from an asshat is to tell them that you live near them and ask if you can pick up the item in person.