Is it worth to shop in Ebay?
By mkannanm
@mkannanm (582)
India
March 30, 2011 1:29am CST
Hi Friends,
I visited ebay to purchase 3.5" harddisk. I could see 1TB harddisks are sold above Rs.3400, where in the local shop I could get the same with Rs.3000 itself. Then I searched for other items. Most of the times, I find the products price is higher than actual price in local market. All the actions are also ending up with high price only.
So what is the point in using ebay for shoping?
Is it because of laziness to go out and buy it from shop?
As a buyer I would like to use ebay in effective way. I hope with your comments and guidance I could do it. What do you think?
Thanks.
2 responses
@yugasini (12893)
• Secunderabad, India
30 Mar 11
hi mkannanm,
i have visited sites ebay and amazan and registered with them to earn money,but i doe not know how to earn money with those sites,if the items are costly than the market price,what is the use of buying either from ebay or amazan com,i never purchased any thing from any of these two sites,have a nice day
@veejay19 (3589)
• India
30 Mar 11
Last year i purchased a Panasonic cordless phone from the local electronics store in the market.I had sourced the model and its number from eBay India. The price mentioned in eBay was Rs 2499/- where as i paid just Rs 1850 for the exact model and also with a years warranty.So you see that products on Ebay are much costlier than in the local store.Since you have also had the same experience i agree with what you have said. Moreover we are totally at the mercy of the seller in ebay as there is no guarantee that we will be getting the original goods and anot a secondhand goods.I think its best to use eBay only to get details of the product and then look for it in the local market.In fact i had enquired about the same phone over a year ago and found that its price was Rs 100 more than what i actually paid for in the local store.
