virgin first time bidder on ebay

[puddicat]

First time i bid for a telly on ebay not going to bother at the moment till my old telly is checked out!, what do abers think of this auction site?and have they ever got a bargain or a dodo love to hear of youre exploits as i am a bit nervous of buying major items on this site

[yogasun]

Hi puddicat.
Personally have only ever bid for small items, e.g. books, relaxation CDs (for my job), etc. I think that I have been satisfied with all the things I got, can't remember being sold a dodo as you put it.
Good luck!

[Tichfield]

Remember the First Law of Ebay buying before you commit yourself:

"If it looks too good to be true then it very probably is."

[figure]

I vouch for what ever Knobby says, he once sold a 747 jumbo jet on eBay. lol

[logic]

I almost got stung with a computer I bought on there, it was brand new and had a twelve month warranty, and the price was good,
Now the problem arose after about six months, when the whole thing just froze up, I contacted the manager of the firm that built and sold it, he asured me there would be no problem as it was indeed under warranty,
Now the trouble was I had to return it via his carrier, �20.00
then after it was fixed i would have had to pay carriage back to me, another �20.00. =�40.00 in total. now there is nothing inside a computer that would cost �40.00 to replace, so I found the problem myself, wich happened to be one of the ram sticks, cost, �27.50.
So always read what it says about warranty and postage costs,
i personally would not buy any large electrical items for this reason.