Have you been cheated before? Let me just relate a recent bad personal experience i encountered on eBay..I purchased a cd for what i thought was at a reasonable price..Made my payment immediately..Two days later, the seller emailed me requesting for an extra $6 postage fee..I was quite disturbed by that but since i've already won the item and paid up the original amount, it didn't make sense not to pay him though it would have added up to a ridiculous amount for a second-hand cd..Anyway, it's now been 3 weeks, 2 emails and 1 message through ebay since i've paid this guy and i haven't gotten a response nor the cd..You cannot imagine how pissed off i am..
But the point is..after this incident, i tend to practise caution with auction items i bid for..Here are some pointers:
1. Before bidding, check the sellers past history. And by that i mean REALLY going through all the feedback especially the negative and neutral ones. The fraudulent seller i encountered had a feedback rating of 600 plus and yet such an incident happened. On closer investigation today, i realise that he has used this trick many times before..But what gave him such a high rating is that, not only does he make such affairs less frequent, the people who got conned just gave him a neutral rating..Meaning no one will notice it if they didn't go through the feedback properly!
2.Make sure that the fees for overseas shipping is indicated. If it isn't, ask and clarify before bidding..It is easy for a seller to just quote you an over-the-top postage only for it to be half of what is really necessary.
But despite this unsavoury incident, i still think that places like ebay and yahoo are great places to shop around..Besides stuff you cannot find easily in shops, some of the prices are really quite alright, just have to be careful, that's all! Christmas is around the corner..Happy Shopping!
P.S. don't worry miss ling, your prez is not from the auctions! :P
... ...addy is currently obsessed with the Coldplay, Radiohead and Diana Krall..
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