Why do people bid more on eBay for an item than it costs to buy in the shops brand new?? Usually for DVDs and games you can see someone selling them on ebay and they sell for twice the price thatyou can buy them in online stores.
2007-10-18 03:23:09 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Business & Finance ➔ Other - Business & Finance
... and how come they never do it on my listings?! :-)
2007-10-18 03:51:03 · update #1
some people are just plain dumb
2007-10-18 03:33:35 · answer #1 · answered by Melissa R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I know I have seen the same, and they also don't take into consideration the postage costs, I just think they either haven't done there home work to find out the correct selling price of they get carriage away in a bidding war, also I don't understand why people bid so early, it just takes the price higher, I also wait until about 1 minute till auction ends then I bid.
2007-10-18 03:38:21 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because they haven't done their homework?? They are disabled and find it easier to shop on line? They live in a remote area thats 30 minutes from shops??
I know what you mean though!! I usually buy mine from Play.com - often half the price than those on ebay!
2007-10-18 03:30:45 · answer #3 · answered by Sal*UK 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These are people for whom the price is unimportant, just the fact that they have seen something they want and can't be bothered to check if it is cheaper elsewhere.
Either that or they are simply addicted to beating the other bidders - for which they need help!
2007-10-18 03:31:44 · answer #4 · answered by reardwen 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They get caught up in the excitement of a bidding war
2007-10-18 03:38:40 · answer #5 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't cancel. Pay up and consider it a life lesson. Of course you can leave a bad review for the seller.
2016-05-23 08:25:39 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
and its a copy and ebay knows yet if some one put a LV bag on value £1,000+ and it goes for £20 nobody cares, strange world
2007-10-18 03:32:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
So why not start selling on ebay then ?
2007-10-18 03:37:51 · answer #8 · answered by Steve B 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋