Comment eBay is not your mama (Score 1) 386
Caveat emptor. eBay is not your mama.
I think a most recent Dilbert pretty much said it all (your research required.)
I've had great luck on eBay and for all the reasons stated.
- 1 pair perfect Magnepan loudspeakers. Delivered as represented by a credible seller, serials verifiable.
- A Crown IC-150 power amp that I needed to spice up a dull system. A rare bird, hard to fake.
- A perfect Bryston 4B amp that's real darned hard to fake and covered by a transferrable, 20 year warranty, no questions asked. Darned hard to find, locally. Serials verifiable. Fairly priced.
- Various unique underground comix that would be hard to misrepresent.
- A "Goofy" backwards-clocking watch. I knew what it hadda look like. Easy to verify.
If the seller seems unclear about the thing they're selling, BEWARE. (Well, it's a Rools-Royce, seems to run good, looks pretty good, found it in granny's 'grage, I dunno, what do you think it's worth...)
Bid on items that are rare and provably unique; worth selling and transporting, uniquely. It takes actual work to represent these items and the bullshitters pop to the surface pretty quickly.
If you're bidding on a sunflower seed when you can get one at the local store, consider.
Cripes.
I think a most recent Dilbert pretty much said it all (your research required.)
I've had great luck on eBay and for all the reasons stated.
- 1 pair perfect Magnepan loudspeakers. Delivered as represented by a credible seller, serials verifiable.
- A Crown IC-150 power amp that I needed to spice up a dull system. A rare bird, hard to fake.
- A perfect Bryston 4B amp that's real darned hard to fake and covered by a transferrable, 20 year warranty, no questions asked. Darned hard to find, locally. Serials verifiable. Fairly priced.
- Various unique underground comix that would be hard to misrepresent.
- A "Goofy" backwards-clocking watch. I knew what it hadda look like. Easy to verify.
If the seller seems unclear about the thing they're selling, BEWARE. (Well, it's a Rools-Royce, seems to run good, looks pretty good, found it in granny's 'grage, I dunno, what do you think it's worth...)
Bid on items that are rare and provably unique; worth selling and transporting, uniquely. It takes actual work to represent these items and the bullshitters pop to the surface pretty quickly.
If you're bidding on a sunflower seed when you can get one at the local store, consider.
Cripes.
