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Posted by higgy on 09/30/06 22:01
"P Pron" wrote:
> higgy wrote:
>|| "Dr Zoidberg" wrote:
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>||| Like Amazon , play.com now lets people sell second hand items
>||| through the site.
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>||| Bizarrely , just about every single item from a trader costs more
>||| second hand than the identical item new from play themselves.
>|||
>||| I hope they knock this on the head soon as it clutters up a
>||| perfectly good site and makes it harder to find the new item you
>||| want.
>||| It's never going to be any serious competition for ebay either.
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>|| I hate this practice on Amazon, but so long as it's clearly
>|| indicated and Play actually carry most of the products, then it
>|| shouldn't be too hard to avoid. Amazon has entire departments
>|| crawling with stuff that's only available from their traders (and
>|| which trader, is not identified until you click the link), this is a
>|| pain when you're trying to get all your stuff under one shipping
>|| fee.
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>||
>|| higgy.
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> I use Amazon traders regularly, more on new items than secondhand, but
> I do buy s/h when the price is right - I've picked up some excellent
> bargains, even taking into account that you have to pay postage on
> each item - I've got to the point where I buy more stuff from "Caiman"
> through Amazon than from anywhere else...
Granted - I'm not saying all the guys trading are bad and I have used
some of them, but I'd be happier if they indicated the traders identity
on the search listing and searchs could be carried out on specific
traders or just the originating store. Heaping them all together is
unhelpful, if you're trying to order half a dozen items and would end up
paying an extra 3 quid on each of them.
higgy.
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