What's the last thing you bought on Ebay that you got a killer deal on?

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Or anywhere else, I guess. I'm going to scour the place and bide my time until I can find a decent flat LCD monitor thing for, oh, under $140 or so. I think if I'm just patient about it I shouldn't have a problem.
Yeah but also I got these cool shoes for like $12 and they're worth about five times that.
It's so cool when that happens, right?

― Dan I., Saturday, 24 May 2003 05:16 (twenty-two years ago)

A 3 CD Loretta Lynn box set for about $7. Set me back £9 including postage.

Before that I got one of the excellent David Toop compilations, 'Techno for Droids', for a couple of quid.

Any bargains are of course completely balanced out by stuff I paid over the odds for but had to have.

― James Ball (James Ball), Monday, 26 May 2003 14:52 (twenty-two years ago)

i got this really cute paul smith tie for $1.50

― phil-two (phil-two), Monday, 26 May 2003 16:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I got ahold of a Grandmasta Flash box set for about 12 Euros; unfortunately, the shipping and wire transfer chargest brought it up to about $50 Cdn. Still, not bad since it's out of print, I think.

― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Monday, 26 May 2003 19:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I just won a Korg DW-8000 keyboard for like $160, which isn't a killer deal, but it's less than half what they're asking for one at my local used music store.

― NA. (Nick A.), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 15:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I think the best deal I've gotten was when I scored a Roland JX-3P (with that shweet little PG-200 knobby interface unit) and a SP-202 Dr. Sample for $150.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 15:43 (twenty-two years ago)

I hate when you get a "deal" on something and suddenly the seller asks some absurd amount for shipping. I won a series of books for $20 and the seller emailed me to let me know that the shipping would be $80. WTF?! I had to back out.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 15:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Never bid on anything without first confirming the shipping cost with the seller. I hate sellers who don't state shipping costs upfront.

― David (David), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 16:00 (twenty-two years ago)

David is OTM.

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

David is otm -- I won't bid on anything unless the shipping cost is listed. Otherwise I have heard of sellers charging huges fees for shipping to bring the item up to the price they expected to sell it for if the auction had a low final bid.

― Nicole (Nicole), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 16:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Known as the "Columbia House" tactic.

― amateurist (amateurist), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 16:53 (twenty-two years ago)

$20 (+$8 shipping--a little outrageous, but..) for a 128mb compact flash card for my digital camera..

also three books for $14 (including shipping) from half.com the other day.. all of which turned out to be great.

― miriam (serrano), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

I got Let no one live rent free in your mind by Nicollette for 50p a few weeks ago (why didn't she do a follow up?), but best ever was Suburban Light by the Clientele for the princely sum of 15p. Probably the best 15p I've spent too.

― Billy Dods (Billy Dods), Tuesday, 27 May 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

I bought a huge lot of indie/punk 7"s by bands I've never heard of, for almost nothing, a couple of years ago. Still haven't listened to any of them but will make for an good rainy afternoon some day.

― Aaron A., Tuesday, 27 May 2003 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...

yay, $100 worth of american apparel shirts (I know, I know) for $12+$10 shipping.

― Dan I. (Dan I.), Thursday, 2 February 2006 05:45 (twenty years ago)

A video capture unit USB2 external thingy, retail £120, mine for £25

― mark grout (mark grout), Thursday, 2 February 2006 08:46 (twenty years ago)

A 28mm lens for my Pentax SLRs - £3.50 inc postage.

― Greig (treefell), Thursday, 2 February 2006 09:40 (twenty years ago)

PIL box set £7
Jefferson Airplane box set £7 (not sure if it's a bargain or not!)

― Dr.C (Dr.C), Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:05 (twenty years ago)

I don't know if anyone else would class it as a killer deal, but I got an iskin for my Iriver for £11.99 which included shipping from the states

― Vicky (Vicky), Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:10 (twenty years ago)

I got a £300 multigym for £140.

― Onimo (GerryNemo), Thursday, 2 February 2006 10:29 (twenty years ago)

I got the 7" singles of 'love action', 'sound of the crowd', 'open your heart', 'mirror man' and 'the lebanon' for £1.99. A snip!

― leigh (leigh), Thursday, 2 February 2006 11:14 (twenty years ago)

that sounds quite good, vicky - i paid £20 on ebay for an iskin for my new ipod (although it did arrive the next day).

― toby (tsg20), Thursday, 2 February 2006 12:22 (twenty years ago)

External hard drive enclosure - $0.99. Shipping - $19.90. (Still cheaper than at the store.)

― Dave will do (dave225.3), Thursday, 2 February 2006 13:00 (twenty years ago)

the first research single for 10p. a sebatron 4-channel preamp for $1200 (nearly $3000ish new)

― electric sound of jim (and why not) (electricsound), Thursday, 2 February 2006 13:02 (twenty years ago)

Rare Discontinued MAC Gold Mousse full jar for $7.99

― sunny successor (katharine), Thursday, 2 February 2006 16:24 (twenty years ago)

New 75-lb. postal scale for $7.50 + shipping.

― truck-patch pixel farmer (my crop froze in the field) (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:06 (twenty years ago)

working traffic light for $80

― senseiDancer (sexyDancer), Thursday, 2 February 2006 17:19 (twenty years ago)

25 cents for a rare James Brown LP.

― Douglas (Douglas), Thursday, 2 February 2006 18:03 (twenty years ago)

Awesome Gretsch Snare Drum for $150 plus maybe 15 shipping -- it had a non-original throw-off on it which made it not a collector's item, so I got a great sounding snare for much less than they usually cost.

― Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Friday, 3 February 2006 04:07 (twenty years ago)

My nice (new!) CD boombox + radio arrived today yay! £7, it is pretty.

― Gravel Puzzleworth (Gregory Henry), Friday, 3 February 2006 10:08 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

Got a 44 DVD box set featuring the complete works of Woody Allen, from 'What's new Pussycat' up to 'Scoop' for £49 including shipping. Was a little uncertain as it was from a Chinese seller but the transfer quality is excellent and they're all in English too.

― Billy Dods, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

Wow

I got a 11 DVD Shunji Iwai boxset for about $10.

― admrl, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:29 (eighteen years ago)

pair of Mephisto shoes in new condition for $9.99 (i'm not a germophobe!)

― wanko ergo sum, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

antique Victorian era necklace (i'm pretty sure) + antique art deco mesh necklace + vintage cut crystal beaded necklace = about $35 including shipping

couple of gorgeous 40's rayon dresses for about $15 apiece

― daria-g, Friday, 20 April 2007 20:11 (eighteen years ago)

The Amps - Tipp City CD single, 99p

― ExtensionsOff, Saturday, 21 April 2007 11:26 (eighteen years ago)

Hey, I tried to sell that Amps single for 99p a couple of years ago. Maybe I succeeded and maybe you were the person that bought it.

This is a question Pam could answer better than me (right now she's driving back from Berkshire to pick up some garden chairs for about 25% of retail price) as her life is littered with amazin' eBay scores.

Recently, I've been buying the sort of camera-geek gear that only seems to exist on eBay - adaptor rings for a fiver (though you can get them for a quid), extension tube sets for £2.50. Yr proper branded stuff is orders of magnitude more expensive than that (but better obviously).

Curious to know what make Greig's £3.50 28mm lens was...

― Michael Jones, Saturday, 21 April 2007 12:43 (eighteen years ago)

[i]Hey, I tried to sell that Amps single for 99p a couple of years ago. Maybe I succeeded and maybe you were the person that bought it.[/]

Not unless your name is Sara and you live in Hampshire.

That was 2 weeks ago, but back in January I obtained:

PowerMac G5 1.6Ghz, 2GB RAM, 150GB HD, Tiger + Quark 6.5 Passport, CS2 Premium, Macromedia Studio 8, Director MX, Coldfusion MX, After Effects 6, Virtual PC 7, Office 2004, Toast 7 Titanium and more + all the installers for the above as .dmg files c/w lists of serials + over 3000 mp3s

£500

'tis lovely

― ExtensionsOff, Sunday, 22 April 2007 12:36 (eighteen years ago)

What are the mp3s like?

― Mark C, Sunday, 22 April 2007 12:39 (eighteen years ago)

I was congratulating myself on having got a D.L. & Co candle for only £26 when it occurred to me that I'd just spent £26 on a candle.

― Nicholas Passant, Sunday, 22 April 2007 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

What are the mp3s like?

Way more mainstream than my usual fare and includes a fair bit of rubbish like Keane and Toploader, but a lot of quality besides, mainly full albums and best ofs.

For instance: The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead; Stones - Forty Licks; Thom Yorke - The Eraser; The Jam - Very Best Of; Pogues - Very Best Of; The Verve - Urban Hymns, A Storm In Heaven & A Northern Soul; The Cure - Greatest Hits; The Byrds - The Very Best Of; The Beatles - Abbey Road, Beatles For Sale, 1, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band & Let It Be; The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel; R.E.M. - Up, Out Of Time, Murmur, Monster, Life's Rich Pageant [UK Bonus Edition], Green, Eponymous, Document [UK Bonus Edition], Automatic For The People; Pulp - This Is Hardcore; Primal Scream - Screamadelica; 6 Oasis albums; Neil Young - Harvest; Paul Weller - Heavy Soul, Stanley Road & Live Wood; Outkast - Stankonia & The Love Below; Eminem - The Eminem Show & Encore; Elvis Presley - The 50 Greatest Hits & Always On My Mind; Dr. Dre - 2001; David Bowie - Best Of David Bowie 1969-1974 & Aladdin Sane; Cream & Disraeli Gears; Brian Wilson - Imagination; Bob Dylan - The Best Of Bob Dylan I, Time Out Of Mind, Blonde On Blonde. Bob Dylan At Budokan, MTV Unplugged & Highway 61 Revisited; Blur - Parklife, The Best Of & 13; Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet; Ash - 1977 & Free All Angels; ABBA Gold; 50 Cent - The Massacre; 2Pac - Loyal To The Game.

and so on…

As I say, there's little on there that I'd deliberately go out and buy, but a hell of a lot that I'm very happy to have.

― ExtensionsOff, Sunday, 22 April 2007 14:18 (eighteen years ago)

two months pass...

Just won two tickets to Be Good Tanyas next week in Brighton: £5.50 for the pair with face value being £17.50 each.

For me this is an awesome deal as I was prepared to go way above face value. For that reason I am a little concerned that the person might not honour the deal. should I be?

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:05 (eighteen years ago)

I don't use ebay very often.

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:05 (eighteen years ago)

brass elk head mounted on a piece of plywood. i removed it from the plywood and spray painted it green. it was like $2.

― iiiijjjj, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:07 (eighteen years ago)

i don't like relying on standard post either, is there any way i can pay extra and get the dude to send it rceorded delviery?

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:10 (eighteen years ago)

Why don't you ask him that?

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:13 (eighteen years ago)

Distrust/paranoia. I don't want him to suddenly go: "Ah ha, this person ahs clearly severely underpaid", not send em and then try and muscle me for a bit more. like i said, i really don't know about this kinda thing.

― Uptoeleven, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:16 (eighteen years ago)

They can't muscle you for a bit more. The deal's done. They probably got the tickets for nowt anyway.

― Dr.C, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:28 (eighteen years ago)

Histoire de Melody Nelson for £21! Get in! (prob not a bargain really, but it went for £160 the previous week, so not bad either)

― The Wayward Johnny B, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 09:38 (eighteen years ago)

Police are trying to trace the owner of 65,400 euros (£44,000) mistakenly sent to a 16-year-old boy who bought a Playstation Two for £95 on eBay.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/norfolk/6903433.stm

― The Wayward Johnny B, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 12:52 (eighteen years ago)

He'll need that if he wants to upgrade to PS3.

― onimo, Wednesday, 18 July 2007 12:57 (eighteen years ago)

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