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Just my two cents but ebay is irretrievably broken (especially if you want to sell something), the only thing it works for is buying small $ items where you're

Just my two cents but ebay is irretrievably broken (especially if you want to sell something), the only thing it works for is buying small $ items where you're not too put out of it's a fake/fraud...

maccard 9y ago
I'm a semi frequent ebay user. I've Bought and sold a lot of video games over the last few years (normal value of between 10 and 40 pounds per transaction) and I'd tend to agree. I'd never use it for anything more expensive, and definitely not as a seller. As a buyer, I know I'm all but guaranteed a refund from eBay if the seller tries to scam me (which has happened) but as a seller I'm screwed if a buyer decides to scam me. (Which has also happened). Even if the buyer doesn't scam me, by the time I've paid eBay fees and PayPal fees and postage, it's eaten into the small value fairly substantially.
- stevenwoo 9y ago
  I can remember 10 years ago finding that most bargain cartridge games I bought were counterfeit (getting ones with typos in the name/description on the box art were my awakening) but worked fine. At that point someone might as well get a programmable cartridge and insert one's own memory cards.
  - stordoff 9y ago
    > At that point someone might as well get a programmable cartridge and insert one's own memory cards. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what some of the fake carts are. I ordered an X-in-1 card for DS recently (haven't seen one since the OG GameBoy days and was curious), and it was just a generic DS flashcart with a QA sticker covering the SD slot. Same seller was selling a bunch of single DS games without box and suspiciously cheap, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were essentially the same thing.
new299 9y ago
In general I've found it's pretty easy to get refunded. And for items like this, the seller is often super-quick to refund. They're just playing a numbers game, and know many/most people wont bother.

Just my two cents but ebay is irretrievably broken (especially if you want to sell something), the only thing it works for is buying small $ items where you're not too put out of it's a fake/fraud...

maccard 9y ago

I'm a semi frequent ebay user. I've Bought and sold a lot of video games over the last few years (normal value of between 10 and 40 pounds per transaction) and I'd tend to agree. I'd never use it for anything more expensive, and definitely not as a seller. As a buyer, I know I'm all but guaranteed a refund from eBay if the seller tries to scam me (which has happened) but as a seller I'm screwed if a buyer decides to scam me. (Which has also happened). Even if the buyer doesn't scam me, by the time I've paid eBay fees and PayPal fees and postage, it's eaten into the small value fairly substantially.

stevenwoo 9y ago
I can remember 10 years ago finding that most bargain cartridge games I bought were counterfeit (getting ones with typos in the name/description on the box art were my awakening) but worked fine. At that point someone might as well get a programmable cartridge and insert one's own memory cards.
- stordoff 9y ago
  > At that point someone might as well get a programmable cartridge and insert one's own memory cards. I wouldn't be surprised if that's what some of the fake carts are. I ordered an X-in-1 card for DS recently (haven't seen one since the OG GameBoy days and was curious), and it was just a generic DS flashcart with a QA sticker covering the SD slot. Same seller was selling a bunch of single DS games without box and suspiciously cheap, so I wouldn't be surprised if they were essentially the same thing.

new299 9y ago

In general I've found it's pretty easy to get refunded. And for items like this, the seller is often super-quick to refund. They're just playing a numbers game, and know many/most people wont bother.