Need Help On Ebay Help
02-17-2004 | 01:58 AM
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From: CabramattaN.S.W., AUSTRALIA
Need Help On Ebay Help
I am doing some shopping on Ebay and I would like some feedback on
what you would bid for these items and how much they should be worth.
Items:
Used 30/45/60 size heli engine
Used 30/45/60 size helicopter
Used 40 size aircraft trainer
Used 40/60/90 size Four stroke motor
what you would bid for these items and how much they should be worth.
Items:
Used 30/45/60 size heli engine
Used 30/45/60 size helicopter
Used 40 size aircraft trainer
Used 40/60/90 size Four stroke motor
02-17-2004 | 06:25 AM
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RE: Need Help On Ebay Help
A good place to start is find out what the item costs new.
Have a look at
www.heliproz.com
One of the better sources for used heli stuff is right here on RCU.
The best deals are ussually pagage deals, where a guy starts out with good equipment and just quit. sometimes they sell off perfectly good and realativly new stuff for about half of what it would cost new. Be sure to do your homework. there is quite a lot of outdated junk floating around ebay.
Have a look at
www.heliproz.com
One of the better sources for used heli stuff is right here on RCU.
The best deals are ussually pagage deals, where a guy starts out with good equipment and just quit. sometimes they sell off perfectly good and realativly new stuff for about half of what it would cost new. Be sure to do your homework. there is quite a lot of outdated junk floating around ebay.
02-17-2004 | 10:39 AM
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RE: Need Help On Ebay Help
Buying on ebay if you don't know what the items are or what they are worth is kind of dangerous. I look at the item, determine its worth by a percentage of what it would cost to get new. If it is in new shape, perfect, no problems and the buyer has good feedback, maybe 75% but make sure shipping is included in that. If you have to pay more, get new. If it is not new, shows wear, anything wrong, I adjust it to where I feel I can be ok in it. It is hard to put a fixed number on it because every case is different. You need to be really carefull if you don't know the market really well. I have been in the business all my life so it makes it easier. Some people are not cautious at all and end up paying almost retail for junk. Watch that and don't get in a bidding war with them. You will end up paying too much. Figure out your top dollar you want to spend, use a snipe program and have it place your bid for you. That aleviates jacking the bid up by sellers friends and people that don't know what they are doing. Have it place your bid at about 10 seconds to the end of the auction.
Research ended auctions for the same item to help figure what it will sell for, and also all the other web based sales classifieds and anything else you can find.
Good luck. It can be a fun game. Just watch out for the guys with no feedback. Some of them are going to hose you. The only guy that got me was a 0 feedback seller who didn't include pictures and I didn't see the item till the end. Ufortunately, I got taken on that one, but over 500 other transactions have been great.
Do the research. It will save your tail!
Research ended auctions for the same item to help figure what it will sell for, and also all the other web based sales classifieds and anything else you can find.
Good luck. It can be a fun game. Just watch out for the guys with no feedback. Some of them are going to hose you. The only guy that got me was a 0 feedback seller who didn't include pictures and I didn't see the item till the end. Ufortunately, I got taken on that one, but over 500 other transactions have been great.
Do the research. It will save your tail!
