Well, I don't ebay much, but when I do, I make it worth it.
I think my all time best buy has to be the Mizuno MP-001 driver auction I won just the other day. 460cc, 8.5, with NV65 stiff for...get this...$128.50 US...barely used. The key to this auction was investigation. As the seller didn't accept Paypal and accepted money orders only and didn't have a LOT of feedback (only about 50, but all sales and all positive), it seeemed a bit risky, but not overly so. I went through and read ALL of the feedback and looked at ALL of the items that he'd recently sold and eventually determined that it was likely a pro shop or something similar. When I was satisfied that the risk was minimal, I just decided to keep my max bid under the amount that ebay offers for buyer protection ($200) and decided to go for it. Once I got the "win" and the accompanying email, I figured out that it's actually a country club in College Station, TX. So I send them an email and say "rather than be slow for both of us by sending a money order, why not a CC over the phone?"...no problem, the guy handling it is out of the office until Monday, but I'm calling the actual country club to do the deal on Monday which makes me feel very secure in the purchase.
What were your best ebay buys and what was special about them?
I think my all time best buy has to be the Mizuno MP-001 driver auction I won just the other day. 460cc, 8.5, with NV65 stiff for...get this...$128.50 US...barely used. The key to this auction was investigation. As the seller didn't accept Paypal and accepted money orders only and didn't have a LOT of feedback (only about 50, but all sales and all positive), it seeemed a bit risky, but not overly so. I went through and read ALL of the feedback and looked at ALL of the items that he'd recently sold and eventually determined that it was likely a pro shop or something similar. When I was satisfied that the risk was minimal, I just decided to keep my max bid under the amount that ebay offers for buyer protection ($200) and decided to go for it. Once I got the "win" and the accompanying email, I figured out that it's actually a country club in College Station, TX. So I send them an email and say "rather than be slow for both of us by sending a money order, why not a CC over the phone?"...no problem, the guy handling it is out of the office until Monday, but I'm calling the actual country club to do the deal on Monday which makes me feel very secure in the purchase.
What were your best ebay buys and what was special about them?