Onimusha 3 (PS2) NEW $35 shipped BIN - a few copies available

[CheapyD]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=62053&item=8109400391&rd=1

[PsyClerk]

Ok, bought one and also bought a copy of Red Dead Revolver for $27 from the same guy. However, he takes PayPal on Onimusha 3, but refuses PayPal on RDR? WTF?!

[CheapyD]

Wow, its like I'm your personal auction finder!

Email him and see what he says...my guess is that this Onimusha auction is new and he just started taking paypal.

[Akkis99]

got one......thanxs CheapyD

[PsyClerk]

Yeah, go find me a cheap Lynx now! :P

I've emailed the seller...hoping I can do both with PayPal and combine shipping.

[webcamjenna]

Wow this guy has great prices on Riddick and FSW. If I miss out on the Fry's sale then I'll buy from those games from this guy.

[guyver2077]

yea good deals...have you guyz had any experience with this guy???

and whats the deal with bidpay...how does it differ from paypal

[YoshiFan1]

With Bidpay, you buy a money order with your credit card as payment through Western Union. Western Union then mails a money order to the seller. The buyer buying the money order pays a $3 fee.

It's nice for sellers since there is no risk of a chargeback but bad for buyers because of the $3 fee and you have to recourse if the seller rips you off.

[nachzeher]

With Bidpay, you buy a money order with your credit card as payment through Western Union. Western Union then mails a money order to the seller. The buyer buying the money order pays a $3 fee.

It's nice for sellers since there is no risk of a chargeback but bad for buyers because of the $3 fee and you have to recourse if the seller rips you off.

He doesn't accept paypal, and he takes Bidpay. That and his low prices for recently released games makes me a little suspicious. Samurai Warriors for $29.99? Dang.

[guyver2077]

so does that mean it takes longer...he has tor eceive money order etc...then he ships???

[YoshiFan1]

Once the funds are approved, Bidpay sends the seller an e-mail letting them know the money order will be mailed and it is ok for the seller to ship the item.

I once recevied a payment through Bidpay and it went like this (I don't say that I accept Bidpay but I accept Money Orders so I guess the buyer figured it was the same which it was):

1. I got e-mail from Bidpay telling me the buyer is paying with Bidpay.

2. 2 or 3 days later I get another e-mail saying the funds are approved, the money order is being sent out and I can ship the items if I want or I can wait for the money order to arrive.

3. A few days later I get the money order in the mail

[guyver2077]

kool so is there any protection???...like this guy has some good prices..if ne never ships we pretty much get fukked over right??

[ajh2298]

It seems fishy to me, hes only been on e-bay since May of 2004, some of his positive feedbacks are for auctions that ended on 6/1/04 and people have already recieved the items, nobody ships that fast. the whole bidpay over paypal thing is a little off to.

[YoshiFan1]

No protection:

"Western Union Auction Payments is a payment service only and is not responsible for the delivery or quality of goods purchased from another person. If you have a dispute regarding an item you've purchased, please contact the auction site you used to bid on the item. See the terms and conditions that apply to your use of Western Union Auction Payments. "

[loserboy]

Actually the auction posted in this thread says paypal accepted...am I missing something here?

[guyver2077]

Actually the auction posted in this thread says paypal accepted...am I missing something here?

look at his riddick auction.....

[PsyClerk]

Ok, I looked through this seller's feedback, and they vacillate from accepting PayPal to only accepting money orders/cashier's check. I emailed them about 12:30 or so this afternoon, still no reply. I'm not paying for Red Dead Revolver until I hear back from this person AND get a reasonable explanation.

[YoshiFan1]

Maybe he is getting chargebacks through Paypal for various reasons so that could be why he keeps switching back and forth. If his account is temporarily frozen from a chargeback, the amout on the chargeback can't be taken out of the account so if money gets deposited, he can't withdraw the funds.

[ajh2298]

I sent some of his former buyers some e-mail to see how their purchases went. It just seems werid to me that he has gotten two new positive feedbacks from buyers of his items since last night, and the one person only had his item shipped yesterday so there is no way they could have recieved the item yet, so why would leave feedback already? He has sold since last night at least 8 copies of FSW, 3 copies of Riddick, and 2 copies of Onimusha 3, so people are buying his games and buying them fast.

[PsyClerk]

I still have not heard from this seller. I might be gearing up for my first negative feedback, since I'm not paying for RDR until I hear from him.

You'd think someone who has so many items on eBay would have the time to check their email.

[Aryss]

He could be legit but the games could be stolen. I met a few guys at local flea markets that had brand new games for sale. The one guy actually told me they "fell off a truck" because I asked if they were copies. He wasn't too bright and I don't think he really cared. How else would you sell games quickly that are hot except to lower the price.

[PsyClerk]

This auction is dead now, as the seller is suspended as of 10 minutes ago. Hope I get my money back that I sent via PayPal.

[CheapyD]

Oh fuck.
Sorry about that, psyclerk and everyone else.
If you can't trust a seller with so much feedback, who can you trust?

Perhaps we need a thread in this forum, "Interpreting eBay Feedback: Potential Trouble Signs"

[yeahokthenfu]

Yeah or maybe you could go with my assumption, if its tooo good tooo be true then it probably is, and if it seems fishy then that means it is. I t sucks youll lost your money though

[PsyClerk]

I paid with PayPal, so I think I have some recourse.

[defender]

How much positive feedback did he have?

I missed this thread. I am good at spotting fraud.

To me anyone under 50 feedback is OUT as a seller and those feedbacks have to have items sold that are similar to what I want to buy.

[PsyClerk]

He had 80+ feedback.

[YoshiFan1]

Another thing I like to look for is how a seller leaves feedback for others.

Take this seller for example:
http://cgi2.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedbackMemberLeft&memberid=disk ounters&items=25&page=6&frompage=-1&item=-1&de=off

Would you buy from someone who leaves feedback like that? I sure wouldn't

[PsyClerk]

Why not? I know that I try to mix up what I leave for feedback if an auction works, but I say almost the same thing each time myself. Plus they have almost 3200 feedback.

[YoshiFan1]

I was talking about the negative feedback he left for buyers. That particular seller is calling his buyers mail order scam artists. In the past 12 months he has received 1875 feedbacks, of those, 126 were neutral and 155 were negative so that means 14.9% of his feedback received in the last year was neutral or negative. An overall feedback rating of 94.6% is horribly low.

[nachzeher]

Oh shaq-fu.
Sorry about that, psyclerk and everyone else.
If you can't trust a seller with so much feedback, who can you trust?

Perhaps we need a thread in this forum, "Interpreting eBay Feedback: Potential Trouble Signs"

Well, I got suspicious when he offered Samurai Warriors at $29.99 and started to only accept Bidpay. Seemed like he was trying to get as much money ASAP and then run.