Author Topic: eBay and UPS (Read 488 times)

gofaster · « **on:** April 12, 2004, 03:23:09 PM »

Two things make my work day exciting:

(a) counting the minutes until I win an auction on a second-hand scale model, and

(b) tracking the UPS delivery of said second-hand scale model.

Its like Christmas without stressing over trees and ornaments and relatives and travel.

Today's bids: a 1 cent bid on some missiles for a 1/72 scale Hornet, and a 1 dollar bid for some diorama accessories for a Mustang scene I'm going to build.

Online bidding is better than shopping. Its such an adrenaline rush when you're seconds away from getting a steal.

Eagler · « **Reply #1 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:33:55 PM »

that is why Ebay stock is higher today than in the middle of the dot com bubble

Gnslngr · « **Reply #2 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:37:54 PM »

just watch out for those too good to be true deals. I baught some tools and won them pretty cheap. I know the shipping was gonna be like $15 so bid on a few mor "dollar" items and won. Much to my surprise the COMBINED shipping price was $35. For 3 $1 tools.

DONT BID ON TOOL LIQUIDATORS OR TOOLSCHEAP. They have good prices on stuff but make the money off the shipping

gofaster · « **Reply #3 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:41:45 PM »

Yeah, and the thing is, the missiles were leftover spare parts some guy was selling just to clean out his workbench. Can't buy onesies and twosies in parts like that in a hobby shop. They want to sell me more than I need in a box just so I can get a couple of pieces out of it. Blah!

gofaster · « **Reply #4 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:45:11 PM »

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Originally posted by Gnslngr
just watch out for those too good to be true deals. I baught some tools and won them pretty cheap. I know the shipping was gonna be like $15 so bid on a few mor "dollar" items and won. Much to my surprise the COMBINED shipping price was $35. For 3 $1 tools.

DONT BID ON TOOL LIQUIDATORS OR TOOLSCHEAP. They have good prices on stuff but make the money off the shipping

Yeah, you gotta watch that. Its common for some model sellers to advertise low bids then hit you for $8 in shipping (USPS only charges $4.50 usually, so guess what the difference is - the seller's profit). Fortunately I haven't had any problems except on some golf clubs I bought (and that was the last time I used eBay for anything over $20).

SOB · « **Reply #5 on:** April 12, 2004, 03:45:59 PM »

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Originally posted by Gnslngr
just watch out for those too good to be true deals. I baught some tools and won them pretty cheap. I know the shipping was gonna be like $15 so bid on a few mor "dollar" items and won. Much to my surprise the COMBINED shipping price was $35. For 3 $1 tools.

DONT BID ON TOOL LIQUIDATORS OR TOOLSCHEAP. They have good prices on stuff but make the money off the shipping

More like, don't bid on an auction that doesn't list a shipping price without checking with the seller first.

Shane · « **Reply #6 on:** April 12, 2004, 09:49:12 PM »

ooooh yeah, e-bay can be fun looking for those good deals.

i agree about having s/h listed up front. so far i've been satisfied with my purchases, got some good deals, saving money over ordering thru regular online shops or visiting the local hobby shop which charges retail.

however, my best deal to date was a trip, by happenstance, to a Hobby Lobby when they were having 1/2 off all models. picked up about 6 models, good ones, too. 3 accurate minitures, 2 tamiyas and a monogram pby-5.

i also got a steal on a mossie VI listing about $20-25 (plus shipping) for a total of $11, including shipping.

gofaster · « **Reply #7 on:** April 13, 2004, 08:05:04 AM »

That Monogram PBY kit is a classic; probably one of the best on the market (unless Tamiya or Hasegawa makes one, which I don't think they do). The Accurate Miniatures kits are fantastic - I scored some AccMin race car models dirt cheap through a shop that didn't know what they had.

GRUNHERZ · « **Reply #8 on:** April 13, 2004, 08:11:50 AM »

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Originally posted by gofaster
That Monogram PBY kit is a classic; probably one of the best on the market (unless Tamiya or Hasegawa makes one, which I don't think they do). The Accurate Miniatures kits are fantastic - I scored some AccMin race car models dirt cheap through a shop that didn't know what they had.

The Monogram PBY is not one of their 1970s classics, it's a fully moden kit from the mid 1990s and on a par with most "Tamigawa" kits...

Ghosth · « **Reply #9 on:** April 13, 2004, 08:19:20 AM »

Always look at the sellers feedback.

95% good or better, sure thing.

My wife got took once on a jar of marbles.
The signs were all there, but she wanted the marbles so bad she didn't look.

Thankfully it was just 10$.

Always check shipping costs.
Chances are if its high someone else has or will have the same thing for less shipping.

LePaul · « **Reply #10 on:** April 13, 2004, 09:34:38 AM »

I dont do much on eBay anymore. I really wish someone would launch a competing service and make them wise up.

The only thing constant with eBay is rates/fees go up, seller/customer service goes down and down.

gofaster · « **Reply #11 on:** April 13, 2004, 11:18:20 AM »

Yahoo has an Auction service but I haven't found much on it. I think eBay is too far ahead of the competition.

B17Skull12 · « **Reply #12 on:** April 13, 2004, 01:43:12 PM »

2 days ago i found a tamiya yamato battleship 1/350 scale that was being sold on ebay.

no bids on it and it was.

$1.00

and i payed 60 for my prince of wales

even better:eek:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=4248&item=3187557246&rd=1

LePaul · « **Reply #13 on:** April 13, 2004, 02:33:37 PM »

Its the ARGO! Where's the wave motion gun??

Shane · « **Reply #14 on:** April 14, 2004, 01:03:47 AM »

lol.. read the description...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=1189&item=3186667889&rd=1