eBay's new Radio-Controlled Neighborhood

[Nomen Nescio]

http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood

[Earl Scherzinger]

Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?

Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop, you
can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a problem, you
can return it for an adjustment.

EarlOfTroy

> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
>

[daytripper]

On Sat, 27 Oct 2007 15:30:06 GMT, Earl Scherzinger <please.post@news.group>
wrote:

>Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
>basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?

eBay has been a store-front for commercial entities for years...

>Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
>retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop, you
>can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a problem, you
>can return it for an adjustment.
>
>EarlOfTroy
>
>> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
>>

[Smed]

the whole returning of defective items is the thing that keeps me off ebay.
i know you can get some excellent deals, but with my luck i would get the
one turd in the pickle barrel.


"Earl Scherzinger" <...
> Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
> basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?
>
> Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
> retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop, you
> can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a problem, you
> can return it for an adjustment.
>
> EarlOfTroy
>
>> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
>>

[Kevin]

Smed wrote:
> the whole returning of defective items is the thing that keeps me off ebay.
> i know you can get some excellent deals, but with my luck i would get the
> one turd in the pickle barrel.
>
>
> "Earl Scherzinger" <...
>> Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
>> basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?
>>
>> Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
>> retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop, you
>> can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a problem, you
>> can return it for an adjustment.
>>
>> EarlOfTroy
>>
>>> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
>>>
>
>
It all depends on the seller I usually wont ask for the defective item
back (unless I think the buyer is pulling a fast one)and I will give a
full refund including postage , but in over 600 sales/purchases I have
had only 3 or so problems that needed refunding

[mjc13]

Kevin wrote:
> Smed wrote:
>
>> the whole returning of defective items is the thing that keeps me off
>> ebay. i know you can get some excellent deals, but with my luck i
>> would get the one turd in the pickle barrel.
>>
>>
>> "Earl Scherzinger" <...
>>
>>> Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
>>> basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?
>>>
>>> Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
>>> retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop,
>>> you can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a
>>> problem, you can return it for an adjustment.
>>>
>>> EarlOfTroy
>>>
>>>> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
>>>>
>>
>>
> It all depends on the seller I usually wont ask for the defective item
> back (unless I think the buyer is pulling a fast one)and I will give a
> full refund including postage , but in over 600 sales/purchases I have
> had only 3 or so problems that needed refunding


I've dealt with a couple of great sellers like you: one handled my
shipping damage claim and sent me a new fuselage, letting me keep the
damaged but probably usable one, and the other refunded my money and let
me keep the plane. When the radio problem turned out to be simply
mislabeled frequencies, I refunded his refund. ;-) You have to look at
ratings and reviews, and only buy from people with lots of sales and
positives.

[BDM]

I've had over 700 eBay transactions and have noticed that the RC
community is a solid group. RC people by and large have been great and I
don't hesistate to buy. I don't usually buy cars or engines, tho, so
YMMV. IMO, it's better to either buy new or buy used when you can see
what you're getting first.

There are a lot of flakes buying and selling in other categories though.
I've had much worse luck buying and selling in other categories.

My $.03

Brian

In article <4723d5c8$0$28807$4c368faf@roadrunner.com>,
gsx1300r_busa@yahoo.com says...
> the whole returning of defective items is the thing that keeps me off ebay.
> i know you can get some excellent deals, but with my luck i would get the
> one turd in the pickle barrel.
>
>
> "Earl Scherzinger" <...
> > Referring to the Ebay website shown below, I always thought eBay was
> > basically for resale items. Has it now gone strictly commercial?
> >
> > Why not reserve a neighborhood for RESALE RC only. If I wanted to buy
> > retail, I'd go to my local hobby shop. If you buy from a hobby shop, you
> > can see and feel what you're buying, and if you there is a problem, you
> > can return it for an adjustment.
> >
> > EarlOfTroy
> >
> >> http://snipr.com/RCneighborhood
> >>
>
>
>