eBay rant

[rogerzilla]

Today's bargain.  Suzuki Jimny wheel, £60.00 plus VAT (£72.00 to you).

But,

if you want a set click and buy 4 at £320.00 plus VAT

[rogerzilla]

The new AI descriptions eBay suggests you use are completely useless.  They create a puff piece based on a new product, whereas what you need to know for a secondhand item is its condition.  I can see a lot of sellers falling foul of this, as undeclared faults mean it's going straight back as SNAD.

[grams]

It also talks utter shite. Every laptop is “powerful” and “sleek” and ideal for applications x, y and z.

I have literally no clue what its purpose is.

[rogerzilla]

They probably wanted to help people list stuff faster and also overcome challenges in writing English (whether due to it being a second language, or just poor literacy).  The AI should really be restricted to new, boxed, items.

[Adam]

..... I would recommend high value items with Royal Mail since Evri won't complete an investigation into a lost package until up to 30 workings days. No customer wants to wait for a refund that long so you could well refund the customer and then the package gets delivered later on and so you will be out of pocket. Royal Mail are much better in this regards.

In fact you have to start the procedure with Evri before 30 days are up.  Once it gets to 30 days, they say you've left it too late! 

[Kim]

I have literally no clue what its purpose is.

The purpose is to be able to say they have AI.

[robgul]

Bit of a mystery with ebay . . . .

Usual browser is Firefox - searching etc works BUT trying to Buy, Watch or Add to basket doesn't work - nothing happens.

Second choice browser is Opera (use for YT to stop ads) - works fine with ebay to watch, buy etc.

Any ideas?  - Firefox ran an update yesterday to 125.0.2 (64-bit) - and it says uptodate.

[fruitcake]

If it works with Opera and not with Firefox, I'd keep checking for further Firefox updates. There is often a small patch a day after a large patch.

[robgul]

If it works with Opera and not with Firefox, I'd keep checking for further Firefox updates. There is often a small patch a day after a large patch.

Yep did that - very strange as later on (about 5 hours) it worked fine - I'd done nothing at my end.  Firefox is still showing the same version number. A mystery.

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Been looking for a cheap bike on ebay that I can use on a turbo trainer.  A near impossible quest - I can't believe what people are asking for junk!

Anything near cheap has a stuck seatpost and was cheaper from new.

[rogerzilla]

Paid for an item on Sunday.  Seller said he'd post Monday.  He didn't actually post until late Tuesday, taking it to the post office after Parcelfarce's collection time.  So it was collected on Wednesday, Parcelfarce 48.  It wasn't delivered yesterday and spent the whole day in Basingstoke depot*.  It looks as if they might try to deliver today, when I will be out.

*there used to be a depot 3 miles away, so collection was easy, but they closed it years ago

[Asterix, the former Gaul.]

Got a pair of STI levers in very nice condition cheap.  Paid 28 April, posted 5 May, delivered 9 May. 

For the Zwift project ordered a pair of brake levers 'good working order, cosmetic defects as photos'. In fact the plastic cover over the hinge was broken but the seller had carefully photographed the item so as to obscure the damage. Luckily I had a replacement cover, easily fitted.  I am tempted to leave negative feedback but they were offered ridiculously cheap which perhaps should have aroused suspicion.  I should have asked for more photos..