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i've never done it, but is it ful of snide gear and for mugs, pikeys and skates or can you genuinely picky up some decent bargains? I'm not interested in 2nd hand M&S shirts like a lot of you will be on here so dont want a huge online charity shop, i am interested in bargains on new, decent, good designer gear. Anyone got any success stories?

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Its pretty hit and miss, we've had some real bargains and then some real crappy fakes, which we have returned as they were all sold under the pretence of "100%" genuine.

I'll dig out a list of ones that we have used that have all shipped genuine brands and stick it up here.

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Some times you pick up some half decent gear, sometimes not. I have purchased three things (clothing), as i am always sceptical of buying anything of Ebay, especially clothing.

 

I bought a pair of Diesel jeans, back in my college days, they came through fine, fitted fine, everything good.

 

Bought a pair of Timberland roll tops, again years and years ago, clearly they were knock off (from China and £30) but thought they were worth a pop and it came in, they looked exactly the same as those in the Timberland shop, you couldn't tell the difference, lasted ages as well.

 

Also bought a pair of Adidas Predators, they weren't so good, came through wrong size, took me ages to get them changed as the owner of the business was never available to recieve them, eventually got them sorted though.

 

I basically buy from the shop or I buy a lot from ASOS these days, never ever had any issues from there.

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i've never done it, but is it ful of snide gear and for mugs, pikeys and skates or can you genuinely picky up some decent bargains? I'm not interested in 2nd hand M&S shirts like a lot of you will be on here so dont want a huge online charity shop, i am interested in bargains on new, decent, good designer gear. Anyone got any success stories?

 

As you know some clever souls make £1000s every year selling it. :)

 

Just got to know what you're buying and never buy from stock photos.

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Its pretty hit and miss, we've had some real bargains and then some real crappy fakes, which we have returned as they were all sold under the pretence of "100%" genuine.

I'll dig out a list of ones that we have used that have all shipped genuine brands and stick it up here.

 

Cheers. I'm a bit of an ebay virgin to be honest. Any tips? Obviously i'm not stupid and dont expect to get a £500 jacket of £25.

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Not so much an issue with the slim fit shirts, depending on the person wearing them they can look a tad homo, however I would have to take exception to anyone leaving their belt half undone and leaving their hand pretentiously in their pockets like on those photo's

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Not so much an issue with the slim fit shirts, depending on the person wearing them they can look a tad homo, however I would have to take exception to anyone leaving their belt half undone and leaving their hand pretentiously in their pockets like on those photo's

 

Oi I looked really cool in that picture :)

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Be very careful buying gear off ebay. Even the most genuine looking sellers can be bogus.

 

I remember reading about fake golf clubs being sold on ebay, and it was a massive multi-million pound international operation. The police convicted some of the criminals, but admitted they wouldn't be able to stop them.

 

Why don't you try a jumble sale you cheap bastard?

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I once ordered an Ipod nano about 2 years ago....about 3 weeks later it still had not arrived so I took it up with paypal etc (which is quite pointless) and slated the seller on my feedback...to their credit, they replied with an apology and insisted it WAS sent....so they said they will send another.....

 

within 2 weeks, 2 ipod nanos arrived in the post....guess 1 just got lost in the system...oh well

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I once ordered an Ipod nano about 2 years ago....about 3 weeks later it still had not arrived so I took it up with paypal etc (which is quite pointless) and slated the seller on my feedback...to their credit, they replied with an apology and insisted it WAS sent....so they said they will send another.....

 

within 2 weeks, 2 ipod nanos arrived in the post....guess 1 just got lost in the system...oh well

 

this. paypal are convenient until you get a problem. They are horrific to try and contact, all you get is automated responses, it ends up not worth the effort. Bastards

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I wanted a white lacoste polo shirt and made the mistake of buying off ebay.:?

 

Now I just ebay for things like wiper blades for the car. I've recently purchased an "as new" Lowepro camera case (my original blew into the sea on a boat trip :x) for a bargain price.

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As you know some clever souls make £1000s every year selling it. :)

 

I've sold 30 or 40 things on there, but it does my head in having to wrap the parcels up and queue up at the post office, that after waiting and waiting and waiting for the idiots that don't pay straight away or the next day which means 2 or 3 or 4 separate trips to the post office so that items are dispatched on receipt of payment. Then you get the awkward buyer that changes his mind and finds some fault and you're left with no choice but to refund (and cover his return postage) or get negative feedback. Or the dimebar from Italy who sends sarky emails because his item hasn't arrived the next day - i kid you not. I will sell again eventually , but it'll really do my head in when I do.

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My mates mum buys old designer stuff from TKMax then sells it on ebay for a profit.

 

Bit of a sad souless existence but there you go.

 

If you fall lucky you can make a killing doing that (Mandarina Duck bags at the moment for example)

 

I bought a particular brand jacket for £50, which I knew was rare as f**k and had it sold for £550 within 3hrs. Cash was with me within 48hrs.

 

Best thing was that I had two of them :)

 

£1000 profit for no effort at all.

 

I nip in once a week or so or whenever I get a heads up from a like minded capitalist pig.

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If you like antiques and know what you're doing (which i do with georgian silver) you can occasionally pick up some real bargains. You've got no chance in the auctions as there is so much competition, but if you only shop in buy it now newly listed you might get lucky and find a steal thats only just been listed. I bought a George III creamer (very heavy too) for £10 and sold it on for £120. I guess this principle can be applied to any area.

 

Just checked the newly listed buy it now and the newest item is at the other end of the spectrum.

 

£470 for what is probably an American silver (albeit 950) cigarette case. lol.

 

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/vintage-cigarette-case-pure-sterling-silver-/110658635859?pt=UK_Antiques_Silverware_RL&hash=item19c3c4c853

 

It's worth about £60-£70.

 

Edit Edit, wtf am i talking about, it can't be Sterling 950 because Sterling is 925.

 

It's probably stainless steel, made in china last week and worth £2 or £3.

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Just bought 2 pairs of TOMMY Y fronts off Ebay from a designer shop in Oldham, I think the seller was guptatrading, they came the next day in a Aldi carrier bag and the seller sold them as new, they clearly were not, and judging by the crust in the rear seat I recon he'd been wearing them all week. I gave him positive feedback and he knocked a fiver off each pair. Result!!

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In my particular trade, I can honestly say that whenever somebody calls me out to service an item that "we snapped up on ebay", (and that has happened maybe 300 times over the last few years,) it has never once been worth the money they paid for it, or even close to that. In fact, more often than not, any dealer in the country would have scrapped it rather than risk selling it with any kind of guarantee. If you know what you're doing then buy, if you dont, use the poker adage and decide whether or not you can spot the sucker round the table. If you cant, you're it.

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always check peoples feedback before you bid on anything. i never buy unless they have 100% even if its an absolute bargain.

like view from the top (but without the same profit margin!), i've sold clothing on there & made some money. all the stuff i got from carboot sales/charity shops for peanuts.

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until you work out what you are doing, I'd follow a simple rule of: if no one else is bidding for it you know it's ****e. Genuine brand new designer gear is rare, its almost always fake. Second hand and you have more chance of it being real. I'd also add that you should never buy unless there are plenty of really good photos. Blurred photos tends to equal bobbled, overwashed load of ****e.

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My mate sells loads of good genuine stuff on eBay. He works in fashion for several large magazines, runs his own pr company and styles people like plan B and Mike skinner. He gets sent stuff all the time as companies want their products on celebs in mags etc.

 

He can't openly sell it as he will loose credibility but sells it on eBay. He has a good reputation as the stuff he sells is very rare and perfect quality.

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until you work out what you are doing, I'd follow a simple rule of: if no one else is bidding for it you know it's ****e. Genuine brand new designer gear is rare, its almost always fake. Second hand and you have more chance of it being real. I'd also add that you should never buy unless there are plenty of really good photos. Blurred photos tends to equal bobbled, overwashed load of ****e.

 

Absolute and total ******s.

 

I'm a silver powerseller, with Top Rated Seller status with 2600 feedback at 100% and I only sell brand new designer gear, including Stone Island, CP Company, Bestaff, Moncler, Prada, Ma Strum, Victorinox etc plus Adidas Original trainers.

 

All sourced direct and offered at a price that saves the punter around 50% RRP and still makes me a minimum return of 75%. (Trainers the exception when I get them as they go for uber ££ at around 200% - 300% profit)

 

You just have to know what you're doing and know what your buying and then how to sell it.

 

I've got a load of Lyle & Scott Polos & Tees ATM, direct from them at 1/8 of the RRP from their own sale site, can't get more genuine than that.

 

The John Smedley factory sale in Derbyshire bangs their knits out at between £20 - £25 each. Even in their own sale they go for no lower than around £70 and the RRP is around £120.

 

Only people who don't really know what their are buying get caught out.

 

For example, not knowing that the genuine inner seam labels should look like or mean on SI/CP or knowing that the internal labels on Prada are sown in in a jaquared style. Simple things that save hassle.

 

Also, look out to see if the seller offers a no hassle returns policy, if they do, they are more likely than not the real deal.

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I nip in once a week or so or whenever I get a heads up from a like minded capitalist pig.

 

How do you sleep at night? Capitalist and Socialist at the same time?

 

£1000 profit for no effort at all.

 

I suppose this helps you come to terms with it (especially with the tax on profits you declare, thus contributing back to society :lol:)

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Absolute and total ******s.

 

I'm a silver powerseller, with Top Rated Seller status with 2600 feedback at 100% and I only sell brand new designer gear, including Stone Island, CP Company, Bestaff, Moncler, Prada, Ma Strum, Victorinox etc plus Adidas Original trainers.

 

All sourced direct and offered at a price that saves the punter around 50% RRP and still makes me a minimum return of 75%. (Trainers the exception when I get them as they go for uber ££ at around 200% - 300% profit)

 

You just have to know what you're doing and know what your buying and then how to sell it.

 

I've got a load of Lyle & Scott Polos & Tees ATM, direct from them at 1/8 of the RRP from their own sale site, can't get more genuine than that.

 

The John Smedley factory sale in Derbyshire bangs their knits out at between £20 - £25 each. Even in their own sale they go for no lower than around £70 and the RRP is around £120.

 

Only people who don't really know what their are buying get caught out.

 

For example, not knowing that the genuine inner seam labels should look like or mean on SI/CP or knowing that the internal labels on Prada are sown in in a jaquared style. Simple things that save hassle.

 

Also, look out to see if the seller offers a no hassle returns policy, if they do, they are more likely than not the real deal.

 

Ebay user id or a link to some items you have for sale?

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