UnOfficial eBay Deal Thread

[McGarnigal]

First Class rates went up again today

[nichart]

Originally Posted by McGarnigal

First Class rates went up again today

Yup.. almost 5 bucks to ship 2 movies in a bubble mailer...

[Stereodude]

Originally Posted by nichart

Yup.. almost 5 bucks to ship 2 movies in a bubble mailer...

What was it before?

[InuYashaCrusade]

Why not mail your movies using media mail? It cost me $2.75 to mail a Blu-ray this morning after the new price hike. It used to be $2.67 in a bubble mailer.

"Sound recordings and video recordings, such as CDs and DVDs."
https://about.usps.com/notices/not121/not121_tech.htm

Been mailing with media mail since 2014 and never once had a damaged product or a lost package.

[filmbuffTX]

Originally Posted by Britnasty

The Hate U Give 4K Brand New $17 shipped - 3 available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Hate-U-...40e9%7Ciid%3A1

This has to be the quickest I’ve ever received an eBay order. I placed the order at around 9:30am Saturday and the seller marked it shipped within the same hour. Less than 48 hours later and it’s now out for delivery from my local post office. It shipped from another part of the country in a different time zone.

[nichart]

Originally Posted by Stereodude

What was it before?

Bout 3.50

[Britnasty]

Originally Posted by filmbuffTX

This has to be the quickest I’ve ever received an eBay order. I placed the order at around 9:30am Saturday and the seller marked it shipped within the same hour. Less than 48 hours later and it’s now out for delivery from my local post office. It shipped from another part of the country in a different time zone.

Mine came today as well, even though I am closer to VA than you are but yes, I buy from this seller quite a bit because they list 4K titles cheap and they always come super fast!

[Britnasty]

More 4K deals:

Goosebumps 2 - $15.99 shipped - 9 available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Goosebumps-...Condition=1000

The House With the Clock In It’s Walls - $16.99 - 6 available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/The-House-w...Condition=1000

Halloween (2018) - $17.99 - 5 available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/HALLOWEEN-4...Condition=1000

Hell Fest - $15.49 - 3 available
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Hellfest-4K...Condition=1000

[joe_b]

Originally Posted by Kellz

just a head's up, while browsing today, i had a $5.00 coupon pop up at the bottom of the page. used it on a sub-$10 item (non blu). so keep an eye out

I got one a couple weeks ago. I entered the code and received a "You already applied this code to an order." error message. I contacted customer service and they quickly sent me another unique code that did work.

I was checking eBay on my laptop the other day and was shown another $5 pop-up coupon. This one wasn't even recognized as a valid code when I tried to apply it. Since they were quick to help out the first time, I reached out to customer service again via Twitter.

At first, the woman denied they offered pop-up coupons to customers. She said it must be an offer from a third-party plugin. I told her it was a legit eBay coupon and I attached a screenshot of the terms and conditions shown on their site. She then asked for additional screen caps of the coupon and error screens and wanted to know my computer set-up details.

After waiting for the results of her "investigation", she eventually gave me another code. She made sure to advise that "going forward we may not be able to do this again as the coupons we provide our members are sent as a courtesy and not guaranteed." Really eBay? That's a ridiculous thing to tell a customer. You're the ones offering these randomly targeted codes. It's not like I searched it out.

Anyway, she claimed to have reported the matter to the appropriate team to "see what's going on with those pop-up coupons." If I knew I was going to be given the third degree over a measly $5 code, I wouldn't have bothered.

[Castiel23]

I just found this while browsing...


Avengers Infinity War "Spectacular" Nick Schager, Daily Beast 4K Ultra HD = $20 w/ FREE S&H (Brand New)

Something seems off about the listing, but I can't quite put my finger on what. If it is legit it's a pretty damn good deal, but I recommend doing a bit of research on the seller before ordering (I'd do it, but I bought it from Target when it was released).

Oh and the same seller also seems to have a bunch of Criterion titles for the same price ($20), but I'm not too familiar with Criterion releases so I'm not sure if any of em are good deals

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by Castiel23

I just found this while browsing...

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Something seems off about the listing, but I can't quite put my finger on what. If it is legit it's a pretty damn good deal, but I recommend doing a bit of research on the seller before ordering (I'd do it, but I bought it from Target when it was released).

Oh and the same seller also seems to have a bunch of Criterion titles for the same price ($20), but I'm not too familiar with Criterion releases so I'm not sure if any of em are good deals

That's an odd picture -- I don't know why the Target Exclusive banner is redded out and the UPC is whited out?

It appears to be a stock pic so it could be just a weird mock up, but I don't think I'd buy it without real photos or an explanation about why it's not the std Target Exclusive -- assuming it's actually the Target exclusive like the pic sort of looks like and the UPC points to.

[Castiel23]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

That's an odd picture -- I don't know why the Target Exclusive banner is redded out and the UPC is whited out?

It appears to be a stock pic so it could be just a weird mock up, but I don't think I'd buy it without real photos or an explanation about why it's not the std Target Exclusive -- assuming it's actually the Target exclusive like the pic sort of looks like and the UPC points to.

I knew there was something off about the image, I forgot that red area in the upper left corner is where the "Only at Target" symbol/logo is supposed to appear. Oddly enough the seller doesn't have many negative feedback ratings, and the few they do have aren't for Blu-ray sales, so I think I might take a chance on it if I really wanted/needed the Target Exclusive, but I'd keep my expectations low (luckily I already have it so I don't have to take the chance, but I figured somebody might want to).

[AFFanAttic]

Originally Posted by hariseldon

That's an odd picture -- I don't know why the Target Exclusive banner is redded out and the UPC is whited out?

It appears to be a stock pic so it could be just a weird mock up, but I don't think I'd buy it without real photos or an explanation about why it's not the std Target Exclusive -- assuming it's actually the Target exclusive like the pic sort of looks like and the UPC points to.

Almost all of their blu-ray titles they're selling have the same kind of formatted image, like they placed each title on a scanner instead of taking a direct picture of it? And the majority of them have the stickers on the covers greyed out. I have no idea why. But at least they're consistent. So I personally don't think this title or its image are particularly suspicious.

[hariseldon]

Originally Posted by AFFanAttic

Almost all of their blu-ray titles they're selling have the same kind of formatted image, like they placed each title on a scanner instead of taking a direct picture of it? And the majority of them have the stickers on the covers greyed out. I have no idea why. But at least they're consistent. So I personally don't think this title or its image are particularly suspicious.

Odd -- I could see why they'd block out the Price stickers in general, but why the UPC esp since they list the UPC in a lot of their listing. Why the Target Exclusive marking since that increasing the value.

It appears most of their Arrow and Criterions have the BN type sticker shape blocked.

They;re probably OK just with the sheer volume of sales and almost zero negatives -- it's actually pretty impressive feedback. Even the majority of the negatives and neutral appear to be bad customers -- "I cancelled so gave the seller bad feedback despite them being great." "I misread the auction so had to give a neutral despite accepting prepaid return and refunding"
I just don't understand some buyers.

[InuYashaCrusade]

Feels like it's been forever since we've gotten a 15% off coupon. Guess eBay is waiting until everyone's eBay Bucks expire to put out another.

[McGarnigal]

As a seller, we need it.. It's like everyone is afraid to buy anything after all the holiday gift spending

[InuYashaCrusade]

Originally Posted by McGarnigal

As a seller, we need it.. It's like everyone is afraid to buy anything after all the holiday gift spending

Agreed. I've got items with a good amount of watchers but no one buys without coupons anymore. I can't complain though, I'm the exact same way. I've got maybe 5 things that I'm waiting to buy.

[Texansfan26]

Excuse the question, what are EBay bucks and are they free to get? I assummed they were tied to having an EBay cc. Thanks for any answers. I’m also waiting for a 15% off coupon.

[McGarnigal]

Originally Posted by Texansfan26

Excuse the question, what are EBay bucks and are they free to get? I assummed they were tied to having an EBay cc. Thanks for any answers. I’m also waiting for a 15% off coupon.

It's built in cashback for eBay purchases, you have to opt-in somewhere in your account settings. Search Help topics or google eBay bucks. It's usually like 1% back but then there are promotions where it is a higher multiplier. Yuo typically save them for 3 months and then get about a month to redeem them.

[W]

Originally Posted by McGarnigal

It's built in cashback for eBay purchases, you have to opt-in somewhere in your account settings. Search Help topics or google eBay bucks. It's usually like 1% back but then there are promotions where it is a higher multiplier. Yuo typically save them for 3 months and then get about a month to redeem them.

I run a store where I buy stuff for (older) people for a commission. I had a guy buy a $2000 antique table and they had a 10% back that day. It caps out on $100 per transaction though. That table never came and when the refund hit I was in the eBay bucks negative for almost a year.