killjoy32 wrote:thing is jeff, the mail order hobby shop is a business in the end and you can profit margin all your goods BEFORE they are listed for sale, so any outlay is generally taken care of BEFORE shipping. with ebay, everything is generally cheaper than bought privately (90%+) and you also have ebay charges AND paypal charges to also contend with, which for a cheap item, generally hammers a helluva lot out of a price you are selling for. you don't have this problem with a private sale (unless you use paypal). so as an individual, you have to try and add a minimal sum to try and take care of whatever your general outlay is for the things required to send an item. like i said, i don't mind a minimal handling fee at all, but some of them i have been charged, jeez man!also, as a private business, you can have a flat shipping fee and charge paypal/visa charges if you wish as you are not breaching anybodys rules (ie ebay).Al
deimos3428 wrote:As bad as some online retailers are regarding price/shipping, they seem to pale in comparison to local RPG shops these days.
mbassoc2003 wrote:deimos3428 wrote:As bad as some online retailers are regarding price/shipping, they seem to pale in comparison to local RPG shops these days.At least with a local RPG shop you can see what you're buying. You don't have to rely on some lying b*stard.
deimos3428 wrote:mbassoc2003 wrote:My problem with Tony's Tight Ass Games or Tony's Ass Wipe Shop, or whatever they are calling themselves now, is that they predominantly sell shite, dress it up to mint and rare, and set out to rip off newbies.Don't get me wrong. The less money the newbies have the less they'll be cropping up on the auctions I'm bidding on. But we were all newbies once, and I just don't like the way Titan Games and Joe90 (or whatever ETC call themselves) set out to screw the industry. Cougar also has a tendancy to exagerate rarity and condition.I am amazed that whatever these people buy, and from wherever, they have a magic machine that makes it rare and in very good or excelent condition.At the end of the day they only hurt newbies I suppose.Maybe the best way to warn newbies is to have an info page offering advice to newbies on buying on eBay (description, rarity, condition, payment, etc.) and sticking links to various threads.As bad as some online retailers are regarding price/shipping, they seem to pale in comparison to local RPG shops these days.On my recent vacation to Ft. Lauderdale, I couldn't resist checking out some of the RPG shops to see how they compared to the greedy fiends in Toronto.To my horror, they were even worse! They were attempting to sell a 6th printing PHB for $100, and a priest cover DMG for $60! I think I'll stick with eBay, even with the shipping fiascos that arise from time to time.
mbassoc2003 wrote:My problem with Tony's Tight Ass Games or Tony's Ass Wipe Shop, or whatever they are calling themselves now, is that they predominantly sell shite, dress it up to mint and rare, and set out to rip off newbies.Don't get me wrong. The less money the newbies have the less they'll be cropping up on the auctions I'm bidding on. But we were all newbies once, and I just don't like the way Titan Games and Joe90 (or whatever ETC call themselves) set out to screw the industry. Cougar also has a tendancy to exagerate rarity and condition.I am amazed that whatever these people buy, and from wherever, they have a magic machine that makes it rare and in very good or excelent condition.At the end of the day they only hurt newbies I suppose.Maybe the best way to warn newbies is to have an info page offering advice to newbies on buying on eBay (description, rarity, condition, payment, etc.) and sticking links to various threads.
killjoy32 wrote:mbassoc2003 wrote:At least with a local RPG shop you can see what you're buying. You don't have to rely on some lying b*stard.its funny you should mention that....i got a small parcel off that tonya girl person today (some things i got AGES ago)...i tell you something...if that stuff is in EXTRA FINE condition.....i am god. and er no i am not before anyone even TRIES to make a sarcastic comment it pisses me off really. i try and be as specific as i can when i list something and more often than not, get penalised cos of that. at least i CAN sit there and justify my position cos i bring things up i think you need to know, but others just rake it in and get loads of $ by going OTT on item grading or just pure vagueness of an items flaws. kinda one of them catch-22 situations isnt it? Al
mbassoc2003 wrote:At least with a local RPG shop you can see what you're buying. You don't have to rely on some lying b*stard.
killjoy32 wrote:it pisses me off really. i try and be as specific as i can when i list something and more often than not, get penalised cos of that. at least i CAN sit there and justify my position cos i bring things up i think you need to know, but others just rake it in and get loads of $ by going OTT on item grading or just pure vagueness of an items flaws.
killjoy32 wrote:oh yeah and talking of local RPG shops.
mbassoc2003 wrote:killjoy32 wrote:oh yeah and talking of local RPG shops.Have you looted that RPG shop in Glasgow yet? They have boxes of reasonably cheap stock, and a whole back catalogue of WDs and Imagines at very reasonable prices (compared to eBay).
deimos3428 wrote:cgi.ebay.ca/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&a ... 3&rd=1Judging by the title, this is the little known Austrailian version...
hey ian! i been meaning to mention that to you too! have been trying to persuade amanda to go up there for a trip, but once she heard the "oh while we are there, i wouldnt mind checking out a few shops" line, she told me to fook off 8O 8O 8O
invincibleoverlord wrote: Hay I know the feeling man, My Girlfriend and I are laughing so hard about this I can barely type the keys....... She gave me a similar FOOOOOOOOOOOOK OFF when she suggested a trip recently to her home town of Detroit and I said the Lake Geneva area isn't that far away , plus it would be fun I told her.
Badmike wrote:deimos3428 wrote:On my recent vacation to Ft. Lauderdale, I couldn't resist checking out some of the RPG shops to see how they compared to the greedy fiends in Toronto.To my horror, they were even worse! They were attempting to sell a 6th printing PHB for $100, and a priest cover DMG for $60! I think I'll stick with eBay, even with the shipping fiascos that arise from time to time. Deimos, it must be those battered Floridians trying to pay for fixing up their hurricaine destroyed shops
deimos3428 wrote:On my recent vacation to Ft. Lauderdale, I couldn't resist checking out some of the RPG shops to see how they compared to the greedy fiends in Toronto.To my horror, they were even worse! They were attempting to sell a 6th printing PHB for $100, and a priest cover DMG for $60! I think I'll stick with eBay, even with the shipping fiascos that arise from time to time.