Topic: Ebay

[BoB007]

I have recently gotten a GBA SP and i am looking to get many games. But with the lack of money i have its going to be a serious problem. So now its down to Ebay. I could get games for real cheap, but the thing is, how do you really trust them ? If you send your money to that person, how do you know they are actually going to send the game ? Any info will be greatly apreciated.

[Ms.Pikmin]

I have purchased a few games from ebay and have had no problems.  You just need to look at the seller's feedback first.  I have only bought from sellers who have a lot of sales under their belt and almost no negative feedback.  Also, I don't buy games that are not factory sealed.  Especially if it's for GBA.  There are piracy issues.   Anyway, just use sense and it should be alright.  Hope this helps.

[DRJ]

Check feedback for sure and use paypal to pay with a credit card. If they dont send the item you can dispute the charges with your credit card company. Ebay will pay you back your money as well if you file a compaint, but the wont oay the first $25 so for cheaper items this wont help.

[PIAC]

yeah, if you use your noodle, youl do fine, but like Ms.Pikmin said dont buy cartrige only stuff if you can avoid it, be a good chance that they are pirated. used but still with box and manual should be fine.. but check the feedback of the seller, and if you suspect anything then dont bid

also, you could post the links of things you want to bid on here and we could give you a hand untill you get an idea what todo?

dont worry i wont snipe any auctions off you ^_^

[Uncle Rich AiAi]

Like others said, checking the seller's feedback is very important.  I've gotten 2 games off ebay (none are GBA games) and had no problem.

[Big_Pimp]

How do you buy things from Ebay?  I've always wanted to find out but I'm to lazy to search the site.  Can someone fill me in?

[PIAC]

quite simple really, its person to person selling, the site is set up in multiple catagories, sub catagories and sub sub catagories sellers post their items for sale, with a starting price and/or a buy it now feature (most dont have buy it now only) you look about the various catagories for things that interest you or you can search for specific things. once you see an item you want you place a bid (providing you have an account) and if the auction ends (most run for about 10 days, ive never sold anything so i dont know if there is a way of deciding how long your auction goes for)

damn it, infernal monkey pasted a link and made me lose me train of thought :\


but ehm... oh yeah, obviously if your the highest bidder at the end of the auction A WINNER IS YOU! and then you get the details of payment from the seller, give them a posting address, and baring no major wang ups you get your item!