Yes. Thank you. Also one of my ebay peeves.mil wrote:i hate when sellers post hundreds of knives at starting bids higher than prices on normal websites... makes it take a lot longer to find legitimate auctions when i have to scroll through 10 pages of spam.
The seller that does the multiple listing does not do so with the same model. They seem to list every knife in the Spyderco lineup, however.cckw wrote:Couple ways to help with this, if one seller has multiple identical auctions it is against the rules so you can report him and it will get cleaned up. You can also report people for spamming key words in the title like " Spyderco Police Military Sage Native pocket knife"
I don't have a plastic badge that says "internet police", but if their violations are causing me wasted time, I'm going to take a little more time and help out the next guy as well as myself next week by reporting the crap.
Ebay: Not what it used to begbelleh wrote:I haven't bought a knife on eBay for quite a while. I find good deals to be few and far between these days.
I find my time better spent searching BST forums.
On second thought, let's not go to eBay. It is a silly place.
++++++JD Spydo wrote:If you want to see something that will tell you that something is truly rotten on ebay or any of the other auction sites for that matter just check out the buying/selling history of some of the people that bid on a certain knife.
I had one I checked on once where that particular bidder had only ever bid on clothing and kitchen type items then all of a sudden they are bidding on a Spyderco Spyderhawk or a Benchmade Rukus or something of that ilk :rolleyes:
Yeah there is still plenty of shill bidding going on. And yes you have a point observing someone bidding $10 less than the "buy it now" price.
I've pretty much quit Ebay all together. It's just not like it was back in 2002 to 2006>> back then there truly was some good deals to be had before they jacked up all the auction and Paypal fees :mad:
I've had much better luck either dealing with individuals I know or getting your stuff from reputable dealers. The days of snagging a Lil T for less than $100 are over from what I've seen. I've always had pretty decent luck on Bladeforums or any website that deals exclusively with what you're looking for. I haven't seen anything on ebay here in the past year that I couldn't get elsewhere anyway.
I like this!!!!bh49 wrote:Please, keep in the mind that e-bay is a public place and you can find there any type of people, you can see in real life:
1. people who is not using logic in their life
2. not well informed people
3. people who do not know value of money
4. drunk or stoned people
plus few more groups, who act the same way as groups above.
The GODDESS of GREEDI know exactly what you mean because at one time a little guy or gal could actually have a hobby and make a little spare change and even add pieces to your collection until the "GODDESS of GREED aka Meg Whitman" jacked up the auction fees and Paypal fees to the point where the only one making the $$ was ebay themselves :mad: . I'm so glad her magesty the Greed Goddess got whacked going for the California governor's job :D She literally destroyed what could have been a good thing for everyone involved.MachSchnell wrote:How about this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spyderco-Mule-T ... _500wt_949
More than double what they cost new from SFO, and they still have them in stock :confused:
I pretty much gave up on eBay for selling blades, etc. The PayPal fees are ridiculous and jack the prices way out of proportion. Selling on forums is great because only paying PayPal fees isn't bad at all.
Haven't sold yet. Besides, they may be worth more because they say CRUWEAR instead of CRUWEAR. :rolleyes:MachSchnell wrote:How about this http://www.ebay.com/itm/Spyderco-Mule-T ... _500wt_949
More than double what they cost new from SFO, and they still have them in stock :confused:
I pretty much gave up on eBay for selling blades, etc. The *eBay* fees are ridiculous and jack the prices way out of proportion. Selling on forums is great because only paying PayPal fees isn't bad at all.
I ended up creating a saved search on ebay with the seller "classiccutleryusa" excluded. It helped a LOT.mikerestivo wrote:Yes. Thank you. Also one of my ebay peeves.
There is one seller that does this all of the time with Spyderco knives. Makes me wonder if the seller ever actually sells anything.
Keep in mind that 10% goes to the house. If you sell a Spydie on FeeBay you almost always lose your shirt unless you account for that percentage. That's where the forums really shine. Send payments via paypal personal and you can avoid lots of fees. Even if you don't it's only 3% to paypal.mil wrote:i hate when sellers post hundreds of knives at starting bids higher than prices on normal websites... makes it take a lot longer to find legitimate auctions when i have to scroll through 10 pages of spam.
It's practically impossible to make a living selling on Ebay. I did it for a while back when there was actually money to be made, but it's almost impossible now.gbelleh wrote:Plus, eBay can decide to withhold your payment for up to three weeks if you don't use their PayPal shipping labels, and you have less than an arbitrary number of sales. Even if you have 100% feedback and a long history as a buyer.
Just something to be aware of if you're a relatively new seller.
