Buying i pods on Ebay?

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 8:54pm

Anybody ever get burned?
I've always only had a shuffle.
Decided to chance it and bid on a white 5th gen i pod 30gb on ebay.
Won with a 35.00 bid. Ah well, if it works, great, if not, oh well....

[SNAFU]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 9:07pm

I hope you checked the sellers reviews. Personally, I have bought many many things off of e-bay and ran into a dick only twice. One for something I needed second day aired me for SNL the other for an antique wheelchair for replacement wheels for Necaroses "magic wheelchair". The later seller decided he didn't sell it for enough and wanted to renege on the sale. He made life miserable for me by giving me a three day deadline to have it crated and shipped (He was in Georgia). I finally told him to go F himself!
If you have bought from a trustworthy seller, you will be fine. If not? Well it is only $35, not a great loss. It can be fun to leave bad feed back as well!

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 9:13pm

oh, I'm extremely careful abut reading all the fine print, and never got burned on anything Ebay, but then again, buying electronics is A LOT DIFFERENT from buying the other kind of stuff I collect or need, which is mostly housewares or antiquey art objects. I always read ALL the Feedback, and also use my instinct about sellers - quantity, how they write, red reviews, selling history, location, etc.

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 9:25pm

I actually bought one last night there because the one I had broke. I also had previously bought another one. You just have to be sure the sellers seem reputable. I never had any issues with buying that sort of thing.

[thetinymagic2]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 9:31pm

Which mode did you get marianne?

[Marianne2]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 9:38pm

I went with the iPod touch, but the 2nd generation model because everything else was out of my price range.

[singtopher]

Posted: 10/14/12 at 10:59pm

I've purchased two nanos there and had no issues.