Ebay asshats

Post by **kman** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:27 am

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

BackwoodsPundit · Post by **BackwoodsPundit** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:45 am

kman wrote: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

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!

Post by **kman** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:47 am

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.

Post by **kman** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:04 am

Gotta add this guy from this morning:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MRE-NIB-Hunting-fre ... dZViewItem

$35 buy-it-now + $65 (!!!!) shipping.

BackwoodsPundit · Post by **BackwoodsPundit** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:17 am

kman wrote:Gotta add this guy from this morning:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MRE-NIB-Hunting-fre ... dZViewItem

$35 buy-it-now + $65 (!!!!) shipping.

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.

BackwoodsPundit · Post by **BackwoodsPundit** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:23 am

BackwoodsPundit wrote:
kman wrote:Gotta add this guy from this morning:

http://cgi.ebay.com/MRE-NIB-Hunting-fre ... dZViewItem

$35 buy-it-now + $65 (!!!!) shipping.
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

BackwoodsPundit · Post by **BackwoodsPundit** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 6:29 pm

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

Post by **kman** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 9:35 am

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.

Cory · Post by **Cory** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 6:13 pm

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

Post by **kman** » Sun Oct 23, 2005 7:20 pm

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.

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