Miphee wrote on 2020-08-28, 05:43:Depends on where you live.
It's priced to the wealthiest market so sellers won't care if you are from a country with less spendi […]
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Depends on where you live.
It's priced to the wealthiest market so sellers won't care if you are from a country with less spending power.
For many of us Ebay is simply not an option.
I never understood why it's important to mention how much an item cost, it's only valid when you compare it to Ebay's inflated prices.
You can get the same items locally for the fraction of the price, you just have to wait more.
Impatience = more money spent.
it's a double edged sword really... yes ebay is probably out of range for countries with lower incomes, but then again, those countries usually have a far greater supply of old hardware still in circulation and more often than not easy access to recyclers and the option of dumpster diving.
local sellers in wealthier nations usually go for the prices they find online i.e. ebay anyways as I said, meanwhile dumpster diving or recyclers are often not an option because everything is locked away under survaillence and they do not nor are they allowed to sell to private collectors... at least that's the way it is around here.
and there's a lot of sellers on ebay that use that as a business opportunity apparently, there's a lot of sellers from eastern european states selling a vast amount of retro hardware on ebay for "normal" market prices, trying to cash in on their local resources.
for me ebay is pretty much the easiest way to get something... there's a lot of selection and buying something is quick and easy without having to deal with people directly most of the time (which is a huge plus for me ^^)