Kevin's Watch

Never been on ebay, though, my dad is an official ebay freak. But seriously, Sorus, you could find a market for your LP's depending on what they are. I have loads of them, that I've been saving and or collecting over the years.

Wow...I could make some money with some of my cards as well. I have a couple that are in the $200 range. That's cool. Of course they are played with, and not in mint condition anymore. But still...

I'm confused on the set types though. I know I got into this when Arabian Nights was out, and I have a nice one from that set. But what was the general set around that time called? Unlimited? I'm confused, mainly because of the dual lands that are showing in that set make me think it isn't it.

I used to buy tons of stuff from eBay and sell the odd thing here and there, my feedback rating is three hundred and something. Unfortunately I got shafted by a powerseller called fastmemoryman and lost £80. This guy basically charges $20 for international postage and then sticks the item in a padded envelope and the cheapest surface mail he can get. He claims the items are insured, which they aren't and writes in his descriptions that you can start a claim if the item hasn't arrived after 31 business days. The limit for a PayPal claim is 30 days, so he screws a lot of people that way. When you leave negative feedback for him, he then answers it by saying something like "why didn't you contact us? We can work it out" or some other lie.

On average fastmemoryman cheats over 700 eBay buyers a month and gets away with it because 18,000 transactions a month get through okay and eBay's feedback system is open to abuse by anyone with such a high score. The changes to the feedback system (the ones the eBay sellers went on strike about) should make it harder for him to get away with this, but the damage is done IMO. I now only buy on eBay if I can't find what I want on either Amazon Marketplace or Play.com Trade, and I sell on craigslist.

What can I get for my whole box of unopened pokemon cards that are about erm...a decade old?

Can you tell us more about it? What set is the box? These kinds of cards come out in sets, usually around 2-4 different sets released each year. I assume that's how it was with Pokemon back then, although I'm not sure, never having collected them. One set might have had a card that turned out to be a collector's item, and people might bid high on the chance of getting that card. Another set might have nothing of particular value/interest, and maybe nobody will bid much. But I can find out more if you can tell me the set.

I will have to check...once I find them

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A seller on eBay sued a buyer because the buyer left neutral feedback (it shows after the stupid Netflix ad). It turns out the seller is a wanted sex offender in NC. Man, this beats the soaps any day!

I can't believe that guy paid money to buy money; what's the freaking point?

I can't believe a wanted sex offender is worried about his reputation on ebay. It would seem he would have more important things to worry about...