E-Bay Stores VS Auctions

Canada
May 14, 2008 1:23pm CST
Do you tend to buy more items from E-Bay stores or from auctions? I've been bidding on two auctions today and keep getting outbit. It's getting me so frustrated, haha. I've bought probably half of my e-bay items from the stores. It just seems so much easier to me, though sometimes it can be a bit more expensive. What are your thoughts?
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5 responses
• United States
14 May 08
I found that the store owners usually charge less when they move a store item to auction. That may not be the case with every Ebay store, but it has been my experience. Do you get cash back when you win/buy on Ebay? You should be!
• Canada
14 May 08
I don't get cash back when I buy on Ebay. How does that work, lol?
• United States
14 May 08
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• Canada
14 May 08
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@coolseeds (3919)
• United States
18 Jun 08
I normally check the stores to use as a guide to determine how high I should bid. I put the store items on watch and if the auctions go for too much I get them from the store. As a seller I can say that my store sells at least 80% more items than auctions.
15 May 08
I have been lucky in that I hve both won auctions and bought from stores. With auctions I tend to bid late, bid once and bid my maximum.
• Hyderabad, India
14 May 08
Ebay i always go for stores it is much easier and easy to pick up.Also this bidding process frustates me. I always make a lot of research before buying online i tend to research offline also for cheaper prices.
• India
19 May 08
I am very new to eBay. i have bid two times but after some time only i received a message that you are outbid for that item.pl bid again with maximum price.It was really frustrating me.if you have knowledge about that item then you can make some profit from auctions i mean if you know the real price and bid price is less and bid at last moment then only you can make profit. otherwise directly go for store and buy.