eBay sUrvey, tOday -hOoray

[monster]

Are you an eBay addict?
Are you scared of eBay?
Do you buy and sell or just buy/just sell?
How often?
Do you pay attention to shipping costs?
Do you eBay when drunk/other other influences?
If so, does this lead to stupid decisions?
Do you watch your "rating" like Lumberjim used to watch his post count?
Have you any eBay purchase regrets?
Do you ever buy things just because they are bargains, then found a need for them?
Do you browse or search for specific things?
Do you watch s&h costs and mentally include them in the price?
What's you best bargain ever?
What's your worst disaster ever?
What is your most "unusual" purchase on Ebay?
Do you buy used or new or both?
Do you "subscribe" to particular vendors?
Do you use an automatic "sniper" to bid for you?
Do you use eBay as a price index for purchases elsewhere?

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Feel free to answer as many or as few as you like. Add your own.


Looking at our history, it looks like we make 4-5 purchases a year. Most common recently is cellphones for the virgin PayLo program -you can often get them much cheaper on eBay than in the stores. We do use it as a price index for purchases elsewhere.

My worst purchase was a used Speedo bag which was damaged and dirty when it arrived, but the seller was prompt with a complete refund.

I usually sit and watch sales and snipe, have had several really good bargain over the years -especially by finding products with poor photos or mis-typed product names.

We used to buy a lot of Thomas the Tank Engine wooden track and accessories for the kids.

I always research the sellers' histories before bidding, which kind of let to this thread -to me some people's purchase histories look like it's something they do while consuming huge quantities of drugs! no wonder eBay started being more secure about the details they show.