Okay I am trying to buy something in the next 30 mintues. Specifically a palm pilot. Mine broke yesterday, I want the exact same one (only 100 new). Well they have several listed and they seem to be selling for about 20-35 dollars on ebay. Well there is an auction that ends in 30 minutes that right now is at 1 dollar. It is used, doesn't have the cables (i have them though). But others below are way higher. So I was wondering if I was missing something. Shipping is 10 bucks a little spendy, but this is a big company. So the only glitch I can find is feedback. If they are left a negative for any reason, you get one too, I don't like that. If I ain't happy then I have no recourse really (I only have about 20 feedbacks). Okay but these are his numbers

positive 4925 29787 45649
neutral 55 290 502
negative 29 85 134

So would you buy? It is too cheap and I am worried about what is wrong. 29 negative feed back out of nearly 5k just doesn't seem so bad.

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:45 pm:

Nope. I avoid anyone with high nuetrals and negatives. If there feedback score is not 99.6+ I will not bid.

By Kaye on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:49 pm:

With their numbers they are at 99.6%, they just SELL so much it seems!

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:51 pm:

I guess you need to go with your gut. I hate to see high negatives and nuetrals. It can be a red flag.

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:52 pm:

Do they take paypal? In case you need recourse.

By Kaye on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:53 pm:

Only paypal through anadale.

By Kaye on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:54 pm:

my gut tells me it is fine, but it is too good to be true. I really just need the screen to replace my old one

By Yjja123 on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 10:55 pm:

anadale just checks you out so it is still paypal protection

By Kaye on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 11:10 pm:

LOL I didn't win, it ended up going for 30 dollars, which is more than the new ones sold for this afternoon. Nothing like evening traffic on ebay. Someone sniped in too, the two of us in the bidding war were both beat!

By Kaye on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 11:18 pm:

And thanks for your help...hubby is gone and I just needed a sane voice tonight!

By Melanie on Wednesday, August 24, 2005 - 11:39 pm:

I know I am too late, but I always go through and look at the negative comments to try to get a feel for it. That person had a lot of transactions. Not all will go smoothly. If the person who left negative types in all caps and I just get the feeling the fault was with the buyer instead of the seller, I don't hold it against them.

BTW, I always snipe now. It keeps me out of bidding wars. I use an automatic sniping service on-line. It forces me to truly figure out what my top bid is since it will be too late to change it once the snipe goes through. I found myself paying way more for things than I originally intended before turning to sniping. Now whether I win or lose I am comfortable because I bid what I planned to.

By Paulas on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 12:56 am:

what is snipping

By Feona on Thursday, August 25, 2005 - 08:02 am:

sniper that automates the process of placing your bid at closing.

Sometimes people just bid because they see someone else wants something. So they get interested in it. If you wait last minute to bid on something it eliminates people who are bidding on stuff only that other people are bidding on. it is automated so you don't have to sit at your computer last minute. It is the only way to bid on ebay.