Surfing ebay and looking at the gear they offeer you inevitably come across someone selling something you can still pick up in the store for retail at at least twice the price. I just recently saw this with the American Depress piece by Ron English (though when I looked again today I couldn't find it again.), and it got me thinking. I never sold anything on e-bay, but I have seen ads by them saying it costs nothing to post an item for sale. So, what if we as a community member see something like this happening and put in a post for the same thing at an outrageous price and provide in the description how to buy it at a retail store for regular price while asking that no one actual bid on this auction? I don't know too much about ebays rules, so if someone knows something that would stop this from happening tell me in a response. So please, share your thoughts...
Also, wouldn't this be a great Guerilla Marketing campaign for stores that have exclusive colorways to get attention?
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Well if it's not listed it's either, 1. Because someone actually bought it, or 2. Because the auction time ran down before anyone bought it and the seller never relisted it. :) Also look at how many eBay deals the seller has completed and the rating. If the seller has 3000 sales and a 99.8% rating, then its most likely someone who sells at these inflated prices for a living taking chances and actually getting buyers. :)
almost 12 years ago · Comment ·
HoodedGrub m Ah.. I already use them. Great site. Just got two Kronk Lovebirds from them :) almost 12 years ago
Easily_Amused Nice! They have the American Depress by Ron English available there now too. After seeing it hang on my wall in person, It's even more awesome than the pics. almost 12 years ago
There's plenty of places that ship internationaly people are always going to filp products. There's even a kozik print on german e-bay at 115 euro when it could bought and shipped for not much less and it comes out tomorrow. I don't really get why someone would do that at all or really for so little profit.
almost 12 years ago · Comment ·
Easily_Amused I hate buying from Europe because of how much more I have to pay in dollars... Even worse Canada and Australia are now about Par with the dollar! @HoodedGrub, if you don't shop from the Loonies or Ozzy's right now you should look into it... almost 12 years ago
HoodedGrub m I shop from all over. almost 12 years ago
I wonder how many buyers these days of the limited runs actually buy to collect. All I ever see is the limited editions for sale on eBay. There is only 20 MAD*L Resin Clears and already another one for sale -> Clear Resin MAD*L
almost 12 years ago · Comment ·
Easily_Amused Unfortunately, I'm a big game hunter... I buy to collect rare. almost 12 years ago
Easily_Amused and exotics... almost 12 years ago
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