timwinters
Ejection Handle Pulled
So, last spring Someone stole my nice Topcon laser level. I’ve since been snooping around at buying one...perusing craigslist (including for my own), ebay, etc. More urgency has entered the picture of late.
Last week a pretty nice one came up on eBay; starting bid $250. Hmmm, me thinketh to myself, a new one is about $600 so let’s bid on this one. The auction ended today and the winning bid, with shipping, was $425. Har. Not me.
I instead bought a new one off of amazon for $549...free shipping. Exact same item.
Really??? Someone spent 75% of what one costs new and they really don’t know what they're getting?
When I consider buying a used item, especially something electronic, my ceiling is 50% to 60% of what I can pick a new one up for, especially when the new one comes WITH WARRANTY, in this particular case the seller "accepts no returns." Less savings than that and the risk/reward equation just doesn’t make sense to me.
Really???
What’s your ebay ceiling?
Last week a pretty nice one came up on eBay; starting bid $250. Hmmm, me thinketh to myself, a new one is about $600 so let’s bid on this one. The auction ended today and the winning bid, with shipping, was $425. Har. Not me.
I instead bought a new one off of amazon for $549...free shipping. Exact same item.
Really??? Someone spent 75% of what one costs new and they really don’t know what they're getting?
When I consider buying a used item, especially something electronic, my ceiling is 50% to 60% of what I can pick a new one up for, especially when the new one comes WITH WARRANTY, in this particular case the seller "accepts no returns." Less savings than that and the risk/reward equation just doesn’t make sense to me.
Really???
What’s your ebay ceiling?
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