Ebay - Where you can get $10 8gb flash drives
Where? At buy.com. For example:
SanDisk 2GB Cruzer Micro U3 Smart USB 2.0 Flash Drive (Ready Boost) - SDCZ6-2048-A11 I can't recall how many times I've purchased on ebay; I'd guess at least ten times. Most, if not all, purchases were computer-related items. But, I haven't purchased anything on ebay for quite some time now; I can't recall the last time but it may have been over two years ago. Once I started using online sellers like newegg.com and tigerdirect.com, ebay lost my interest. From my perspective, I see people paying very close, if not as much, for parts on ebay as they would be for new parts from non-auction sources. Keep in mind you need to add shipping cost and look at the total cost when assessing whether or how much an ebay purchase would actually save. Some ebay sellers charge more for shipping than what non-auction sites charge. And, when you consider the time needed to monitor activity on an item of interest and play the bidding game, you're probably spending a lot more time buying on ebay than from other sources. And, what about warranty coverage? In general, you probably have a better warranty situation when buying from non-auction sources.
Most, but not all, of my ebay purchases were positive experiences. One bad case was a game I purchased on behalf of a boy who was the son of a friend. He was not old enough to do this himself, so I offered to make the bid and purchase. The cost was only about $10 but it was a fraud; the software was an illegal copy (a program burned onto a common-brand CD) and it simply did not work. That seller was soon banned from ebay.
Another negative experience was the purchase of a printer cartridge (a part with the actual print head, not just ink) for an older printer. I could not get it to work.
One situation where I'd still use ebay is for parts for older systems, where parts are hard to get from, or no longer sold by, regular retailers.
On the seller side, I once sold a book. I also tried to sell another book but got no bids.
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