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Cheap Items on Ebay
I was wondering how some 'Power Sellers' on eBay are able to sell certain products at prices considerably below what they retail for. I don’t use eBay too often but came across a hooded jacket that is currently selling for $75 at the company’s website but is selling for only $45 on eBay. The seller has a perfect rating with over 1,000 reviews and sells only items from a few particular brands. What’s the most plausible reason for something like this being able to happen?
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
The person could be a rep for the company and they have overstock of certain items. I'm pretty sure Best Buy as a corporation has an eBay account for this reason. A lot of other stuff is stolen, some people might get deals if they buy in bulk direct from certain companies
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
Because retail stores have considerably more overhead than online sellers.
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
let me steal the focus here for a quick question- what are some good finds still out there on ebay? in my experiences lately it's a lot of big sellers and things basically have a going rate that, after shipping and bidding hassle, it's that much cheaper than just making the purchase at a store.
are there certain things/areas where ebay is a still a great tool? |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
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let me steal the focus here for a quick question- what are some good finds still out there on ebay? in my experiences lately it's a lot of big sellers and things basically have a going rate that, after shipping and bidding hassle, it's that much cheaper than just making the purchase at a store. are there certain things/areas where ebay is a still a great tool? [/ QUOTE ] a lot of things, cell phones, watches (more than half off on high priced watches), golf clubs, pretty much anything. |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
Gift cards / coupons
"International Editions" of college textbooks |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
I just bought a bunch of jerseys off of EBay for groomsmans gifts, got them all for 35-45 bucks (retail is around 120-150)
they were all shipped from asia but were US brand name jerseys so my assumption was these were coming to me from the factory via some (likely illegal) middleman |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
[ QUOTE ]
I just bought a bunch of jerseys off of EBay for groomsmans gifts, got them all for 35-45 bucks (retail is around 120-150) they were all shipped from asia but were US brand name jerseys so my assumption was these were coming to me from the factory via some (likely illegal) middleman [/ QUOTE ] If they're from China, don't count on them being real. |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
[ QUOTE ]
I just bought a bunch of jerseys off of EBay for groomsmans gifts, got them all for 35-45 bucks (retail is around 120-150) they were all shipped from asia but were US brand name jerseys so my assumption was these were coming to me from the factory via some (likely illegal) middleman [/ QUOTE ] Shipped from Asia = bad. |
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Re: Cheap Items on Ebay
fakes from china and thailand are huge.
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