Amazing eBay deal...

[DaveNJ74]

If anyone is interested there is a brand new tub of Taylor of Old Bond St on eBay now going for $55...:lol:

[sas71]

helluva deal :001_rolle

[CaptainK]

Group buy anyone?! :laugh:

[CaptainK]

From the eBay ad: "We are a clearinghouse of a major retailer. The item will be shipped directly from our supplier. In the unlikely event that the item is sold out or on backorder, we will refund 100% of your money."

I've seen this more than once: an eBay seller offering something for well above market price, then putting the above disclaimer in the ad. One of the (few) negative comments I've seen was something like, "Money refunded because out of stock. Why sell something you don't have?!"

I suspect what these folks are doing is advertising items that Amazon carries and taking orders from folks who don't know better. They then take that money, order the product from Amazon, have it shipped to the buyer and keep the difference.

Mind you, this is pure speculation, but I can't think of any other scenario that would explain the situation. Ideas?

[miamimoe]

I think your scenario is spot on. Many times, people don't know any better. On the other hand, I also believe in P.T. Barnum's famous saying: "There's a sucker born every minute".:laugh:

[mmack66]

Thanks for the heads up. Got in for 10 tubs.

[Shavely Manden]

From the eBay ad: "We are a clearinghouse of a major retailer. The item will be shipped directly from our supplier. In the unlikely event that the item is sold out or on backorder, we will refund 100% of your money."

I've seen this more than once: an eBay seller offering something for well above market price, then putting the above disclaimer in the ad. One of the (few) negative comments I've seen was something like, "Money refunded because out of stock. Why sell something you don't have?!"

I suspect what these folks are doing is advertising items that Amazon carries and taking orders from folks who don't know better. They then take that money, order the product from Amazon, have it shipped to the buyer and keep the difference.

Mind you, this is pure speculation, but I can't think of any other scenario that would explain the situation. Ideas?

You'd think people would at least check Amazon.com before they ordered something off eBay...

[Prince]

You'd think people would at least check Amazon.com before they ordered something off eBay...

That'd make sense to me.

[Osborn Cox]

Some people are very bold when it comes to this kind of stuff. I was looking at a new laptop from Costco and wanted to compare prices, I looked on eBay and a seller had copied and pasted the exact page from the Costco website, added $150 to the price and quadrupled the shipping cost. It's hard to believe that people fall for this stuff. If they do a person could make some real money if they didn't have a conscience.

[mattymatt]

Thanks for the heads up. Got in for 10 tubs.

Hope you didn't buy them out. You should leave some for other B&Bers! Selfish.:mad3:

[jd_1138]

I bought a brand new Garmin GPS a year ago off of Newegg for like $79. I didn't like it, so I put it on ebay a week later. I dislike returning items to the store when there's nothing really wrong with the item, so I put it on ebay, and it went for like $85. They could've bought the GPS brand new on Newegg for less money and had the full factory warranty on it. I had a no reserve auction on it. It started at a penny. Some people don't know about places like Newegg, Tiger Direct, etc., but you think everyone would know about Amazon.

[sleekandsmooth]

thats rediculous! i feel sorry for people who get sucked into this!

[mmack66]

Hope you didn't buy them out. You should leave some for other B&Bers! Selfish.:mad3:

He said he had more than 10.

[Sledgehammer39]

That is a good deal.

[edorgon]

But shipping is only 3.29 :mad3:

[grump]

You might be able to message them and see if they could bump the shipping up to $15. :blink:

[Silk]

Hmm... While this is obviously not a very good deal, I disagree with some of the sentiments expressed that guys like these are somehow being dishonest. It's called "capitalism", and I believe it beats the alternatives. Nobody's holding a gun to anybody else's head here - if the price ain't right for you, don't buy it. Now that I've got that out the way, please excuse me - there's a $999 Fat Boy on eBay with my name written all over it.

[Shavely Manden]

Hmm... While this is obviously not a very good deal, I disagree with some of the sentiments expressed that guys like these are somehow being dishonest. It's called "capitalism", and I believe it beats the alternatives.

It's true that, within capitalism, you've got the right to run this kind of scheme. But that doesn't make it good, honest, or constructive. Under the First Amendment, I've got the right to call you a cartridge-shaving, razor-burned buffoon, but the moderators would probably disagree with the idea that exercising that right would be in good taste. (For the record, I don't think you're a cartridge-shaving, razor-burned buffoon. Just an example. :thumbup1:)

I agree -- the seller's got every right to do this, and it's really peoples' responsibility to just do a Google search and figure out they're being taken for a ride. And, after all, many legitimate businesses are run on the model of selling things for more than easily found competitors do. (Thinkgeek's a pretty good example of that.) However, I'm not convinced that that doesn't make him dishonest...he's representing his product as worth far more than it is, for one thing, and for another, he's adding no value by reselling the item like that. All in all, he's got every right to do what he's doing, but that doesn't make me see him as honest.