OK Maybe I am an idiot but if I shop around and I find the thing I want is cheapest on Ebay, I buy it on Ebay.

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:04, 1 reply, 12 years ago)

I'm being unnecessarily generalistic.
I've just never found anything that's enough cheaper on eBay to even vaguely justify the risk of buying it off "some geezer you don't know" rather than "a shop"

It particularly amuses me how often something second hand on eBay is more expensive than new somewhere else.

It really amused my how someone paid £150 for my 3 year old iPhone 4. FFS you can buy a new one for £180.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:07, Reply)

I bought a YouView box for like £60, they're £300 new OR you can get them free if you sign up to TalkTalk or BT Internet..... which I didn't want to do.
And my Pebble watch was £99 instead of £180ish.
( G/PP 💩💩💩💩💩&#128, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:22, Reply)

so your point is
you paid £60 for something it's possible to get for free, and you paid £90 for something that no-one in their right mind would pay full RRP for?

I'm convinced.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:24, Reply)

He would have paid a lot more than £60 to Talk Talk or BT

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:28, Reply)

well, no, he'd get internet for it was well.
which I assume he needs? In any case, no-one in their right mind pays £300 for something like that.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:30, Reply)

Not if he already has it and is under contract etc

( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:35, Reply)

OK, let me put it another way.
if it is for sale for £60 on eBay, it's worth £60. And you'll be able to buy it for £60 somewhere else. That's how the world works.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:36, Reply)

Somewhere else? Bit vague though isn't it.
He could trawl the web for hours and find one for £60 on some site he doesn't know or check the big online stores and see if its cheaper on ebay.
( Peej, Wed 28 Aug 2013, 15:47, Reply)