ebay found a new way to screw with buyers

[pwebb]

I always struggled with the word 'won' in relation to eBay. How can anyone have won when the reality is they ended up paying more than anyone else? eBay want people to get dragged into involuntary bidding battles so we should all resist it. As an occasional seller, I do want to get a good price for items I sell, but not if that means people bid more than they want to pay or can ill afford.

 

[sjcprojects]

To be honest, I just miss the good old days of everything starting at 99p. Though, as a seller that did backfire a few times; I once sold a decent office chair for 99p. The buyer paid with a pound coin, and did generously let me keep the 1p change…