Bargains on ebay?

[Rare Bird]

I've just sold an Lecie harddrive on E-Bay i bought to use with the hifi but marked the top before hand, was never plugged in at all so brand new really.The buyer says he fitted it to his pooter, formatted it, worked for a bit then started clicking continually, says he tried it on his laptops fine before connecting it back up.Day later says he's doing it again.

I contacted the original seller to me, he wasnt intrested just gave me a link to complete warranty..typical so i just forward the message to the buyer & that was that never heard a muff upto yet..Another trying it on me thinks.

[Mike]

I too, am rapidly going off selling via ebay. Take the Quad 606 I just sold...

End price: £370 + £30 Shipping to Austria.

paypal fee: £15.80
ebay Fees: £37.75

Total Deducted: £53.55

The money that ebay/paypal makes must be mind boggling!

And how helpful are they when things go wrong?... Hmmmm...

[Spectral Morn]

I too, am rapidly going off selling via ebay. Take the Quad 606 I just sold...

End price: £370 + £30 Shipping to Austria.

paypal fee: £15.80
ebay Fees: £37.75

Total Deducted: £53.55

The money that ebay/paypal makes must be mind boggling!

And how helpful are they when things go wrong?... Hmmmm...

Indeed.....useless.


Regards D S D L

[Rare Bird]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MISSION-SPEAKE...item439bb2041c

[DSJR]

That seller's selling some MS Festivals and these may even be better, if not as hi-tec as the Missions, which may be good for spares if nothing else...

The "Woofdale" Diamond 8's would be good and cheap as well.

[Haselsh1]

On the subject of ebay's rip off fees and then Paypal's fees on top of that; I used to buy medium format camera equipment from the States and then sell it back to UK consumers in... you guessed it, the UK. It was a really easy way to make some money but when you consider that a good Carl Zeiss lens can cost up to a grand in the UK you can imagine how Tee'd off I was with the listing fee, the final value fee and then the Paypal fee. After a year or so I've got very wise to ebay and I no longer use them other than for purchases. I guess ebay is OK if you're selling items worth a couple of quid.

[Rare Bird]

GREED GREED GREED that's what they are

[Rare Bird]

That seller's selling some MS Festivals and these may even be better, if not as hi-tec as the Missions, which may be good for spares if nothing else...

The "Woofdale" Diamond 8's would be good and cheap as well.

I found that the original Mission models with the white baffleboards were great speakers, Mission had a long bad period in speaker design as most did but these new models are back to the fore..Thing about Mission is they give a hell of a lot for a small outlay.I used to own a Mission 776/777 pre power amp, that was an high end killer, like a prick i went & sold it cos i thought the grass was greener

[Haselsh1]

I used to love the early Mission 710's with the white baffleboard and also the early Mission 770's. Around 1982 I heard a Mission system using Crimson electronics in an active package and it still remains one of the best systems I have ever heard. The front end was my then Logic DM101.

[Rare Bird]

The front end was my then Logic DM101.

Aye one of my all time fav decks..The very last ones were best with the big central spring..