Have you a good or bad experience with ebay?

TXGin

TXGin

Cathlete
I noticed collection of 11 Cathe dvds for sale on ebay today. But, something seemed fishy, so I did not want to make a bid. The seller said the dvds were purchased at garage sales, his own personal, and some never used. Why would someone sell them all together instead of separately? It seemed like such a good deal and the last time I looked the bid was up to 91.00.
How can you tell if they are copies? Has anyone had a bad experience with ebay purchases??

TIA
Gin
 
Gin: I went to look and see if I could help you out with this auction but I could not find it. I personally have had Excellent purchases I only purchase Dvd's and Scrapbooking Items that I can not get in my stores I have hundreds of purchases with 100% feedback I have had no complaints sometimes shipping can be slow but they have all shown up. In fact, I recently purchased Powerstrike 3 and I sent out payment and come to find out he had a change of address I was willing to send another payment out to him we just left it as is he re-sold and I opened my mail this week and the other payment came back Very nice of them.
beth6395

"Another one that proves equipment is not necessary to get the job done" -Cathe Friedrich
 
I have bought lots of stuff on ebay - one sure thing you can to is pay close attention to the feedback of any given seller. I have really never gotten burned. I've had a couple of issues with stuff taking a long time getting to me (only twice), but that's it.
 
My husband buys and sells on ebay. Just watch for the seller's feedback and we only do payment through paypal. I'd be weary of those who say they accept your credit card directly only. Most legitimate sellers do paypay only besides money orders. For the last five years that we've been doing ebay, we've only had maybe one incidence where the package came in late, but that was the fault of the postal service. Other than that, we watch who the seller is and selectively choose who we'll buy from and we've had no problems.

Lisa
 
My husband has sold a lot on ebay without problems. I buy a lot of clothes and use half.com for cds and books. I had a few minor problems, but really enjoy it.
Ellen
 
I usually have good experiences with ebay. I've recently won a few dvds on ebay through various sellers. Unfortunately, I won a shrinkwrapped, looking like new, bootlegged Cathe Rhythmic Step dvd that's going straight into the trash can. The ladies on Video Fitness posted what to look for when getting dvds and when you get them. I reported this seller to ebay. Ebay has done NOTHING. Up until I left negative feedback, this seller had 100% positive feedback. At last check, he continues to only have one negative feedback. Apparently, buyers don't care or realize they have a fake. This seller also has other Cathe dvds listed on ebay. In retrospect, some clues would be if the seller doesn't state the condition or where it came from.
 
My experience on Ebay was for vintage lamps and furniture for my home since I didn't find anything I liked in the stores and it went very well. In addition, I bought an older version of Office on that site from a dealer who got it real cheap from Staples or something when the new version came out. No problems with it.
Personally, I prefer Cathe DVDs from Cathe.
Hope it all goes well.
 
Annette Bethel

I have had both good and bad experiences with eBay, but the good experiences win out, such as meeting 2 online exericise/fitness vidiots like myself. They also enable me and are part of my support group. Also I have met people who live close to me as well. I have had several bad experiences such as Sting cds or a Ralph Lauren purse not being shipped to me. And a few bootleg dvds. But other than that, I have had positve experiences.
 
I've purchased all kinds of Items on ebay and for the most part the experience was pleasent,I did however feel I got burned on one purchase,it was the complete series of sex and the city,the owner said they where"new" and sealed,when I got it they where sealed and smelled like chinese food with smudges and fingernail scrapes on them.He did offer a money back,but after viewing it,I decided to keep them!!!I would of liked a discount though;)!!

just BE AWARE OF THE DETAILS,and the sellers feedback!I like to ask the seller a question,if theres any concern on a product.


Amy:)
 
I don't know which ones they are selling, but the first thing that popped into my head when I read your post is watch out, maybe someone is trying to sell the orginal DVDs we recieved replacements for? Check their record. We got burned one time, not on exercise tapes, when we neglected to check a sellers record. If we had we wouldn't have purchased from him. (It wasn't a huge ticket item, thankfully). Most of our transactions on Ebay have gone off without a hitch. We've purchase everything from cameras, to travel trailors off that site.
 
I'm going to repost here something I posted on the VF forums.

I did not join VF soon enough because I think I've been cheated on eBay. First, I think the guy might have shill bid on me and second I think he sent me a bootleg DVD (Cathe's Power Hour). Of course I didn't realize this until I received the DVD and it was very glitchy (goes very pixelly and that sort of thing). So I did a search on here and on Cathe.com and found info I wish I'd read before I bid. I think I might have been shilled (not sure if that's a correct verb) because I was outbid in the last seconds, and then shortly after received a second chance offer saying the highest bidder backed out. In retrospect that happened awfully quickly but I was a bit too eager to get the DVD so I went ahead and bought it.

In addition to the bad quality of the DVD, I found the ifpi W400 on the back of the DVD, which I read about on another thread as a sign the DVD was made in China or something. Of course I don't see this on any of my legit Cathe cds (which I know are legit from sources like Cathe.com or Collage). I also just realized that it's in a white case and none of my other Cathe DVDs are in white cases--they're all black. Can someone with Power Hour tell me if their case is white or black? I'm trying to build a case if this is really a bootleg so that I can feel confident in giving negative feedback to this person.

BTW, he has 100% positive feedback, but there are red flags I should have caught. 1) he has only been a member since March but already has almost 200 feedback, much of which has been aquired in the last week, so he's very busy. Of course, I know legit people can also sell quite a bit in a hurry, too. 2) all his recent stuff is now "private" on the feedback. You can see the feedback but not what was bought and sold (though I realized I could search his completed listings and there I noticed he's sold quite a bit of certain Cathe DVDs at a low price--too good to be true low price, that is).

I am just posting this as a warning to others, though I don't know if I'm allowed to put this guy's user id here or anything. I also want to know if anyone else thinks this stuff sounds fishy. I don't want to turn anyone off buying DVDs on eBay, since I've had some good experiences and I sometimes sell some of my used DVDs myself (but I would never sell one like this that I think is bootlegged).

Anyway, point is that even good feedback is not a guarantee of a good seller. However, there are plenty of great sellers on eBay selling legit DVDs. I think basically if the price seems too good to be true, it probably is.

***Lainie***

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Hi Gin,

I love National Geographic Documentaries.

I bought one National Geographic DVD at Ebay that was marketed as New. The seller did not have much feedback, but what he did have was positive.

What arrived was a bootleg copy in some type of sanscrit language on its cover.

The entire DVD was in another language!

I've also bought "new" clothing that smelled so much of smoke I could not stand them.

But I've had good Ebay experiences too.

I only use Paypal now. I refuse to do the money order thing.
 
Hi Ellen,

I use Amazon Direct for used CDs, DVDs, and Books.

Have you used Amazon Direct and if so, how does it measure up with half.com?
 
I have had all good experiences with ebay. I bought most of my Cathe collection on ebay. I have to say imbargaincrazy is the best seller of Cathe DVDs. They come quickly (I paid on Saturday and received on Monday) in shrinkwrap and she doesn't charge too much for shipping ($3.29). She sends you an e-mail when it is being shipped. I am always leary when people charge too much for shipping.

Marcy
 
I have had mostly good experiences but a few bad ones. I bought Rythmic step on ebay and I am pretty sure it's fake. I told the seller about it and they sent me another fake DVD. I am now trying to get my money back from them but we'll see. I reported them to ebay but they still have listings up.

I also bought Step boxing from Ezaggle. They shipped fast and everything but the spindle inside broke off and the DVD was scratched beyond repair. The promptly sent me another one and the SAME THING happened. They very promptly send me a refund and are sending me a shipping lable to return the two DVD's. So I can't really say that was a negative although I really wanted that DVD and my winning bid was $.99 + shipping :(

Other than that, buying and selling have been great!
 
I have had mostly good experience with ebay. I bought two Cathe DVDs, the rest of my collection I bought directly from SNM. I am not sure if mine are bootleg, they seem to be working fine and I didn't see any of the tell-tell signs that were mentioned here on the DVDs.

The only bad experience I ever had on ebay was with a PowerSeller who sent me a fake Pottery Barn rug. She said she would take it back, but wouldn't refund the shipping and I would have to pay for the shipping back. Great, she sends me a fake rug and I am out over $ 80 in shipping.

Ebay was no help back then, neither was paypal. They don't give a rats behind as long as they are paid their fees. Knowing what I know now, I would handle it differently, but that one time I got hosed.

Good Luck!!!

Carola
 
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