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Almost impossible to sell phones on esato |
julias Joined: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: > 500 PM |
Lately i have noticed that its getting harder and harder to sell phones on esato For Sale threads need to be endlessly bumped and even then the best offers seem to come in the way of trades rather than cash deals I try to avoid ebay for the sake of time and costs but at least there you can get your item sold and often for a better price.Who else feels this way?
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alenn Joined: Nov 07, 2010 Posts: > 500 From: Croatia,Zagreb PM, WWW
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I buy things often from eBay and i live in Croatia.The shipments come very fast
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strauts Joined: Feb 22, 2008 Posts: 180 From: latvia Dunalka PM |
maybe they need to rebuild the the sale path, with some sort out options.
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julias Joined: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: > 500 PM |
Or might be just due to the fact that the forum as a whole is generally just very quiet now so not many people around anymore I have seen lots of discussion threads going for days without any reply's |
mriley Joined: Oct 03, 2009 Posts: > 500 From: UK PM |
I think it's because you need members you can trust who visit regularly and most of them already have phones. I've bought 3 phones here and all were great, I think it's still a good place to buy phones, even if it's harder to sell them
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tranced Joined: Jan 19, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Santo Domingo, wonDeRland PM |
The market is flooded. That's how I see it. It's just like the sinus function.
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julias Joined: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: > 500 PM |
On 2010-11-23 19:25:20, mriley wrote:
I think it's because you need members you can trust who visit regularly and most of them already have phones. I've bought 3 phones here and all were great, I think it's still a good place to buy phones, even if it's harder to sell them
Its not that at all i've also bought good phones from here my issue is that it can take far too long to sell phones and sometimes you can't even sell them in all a huge waste of time when you want something sold quickly |
Bonovox Joined: Apr 13, 2008 Posts: > 500 PM |
It also depends what your selling the price & what people want.
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nicv27 Joined: Oct 15, 2002 Posts: > 500 From: kent PM |
i only tend to bid on phones when people put a BIN... a lot of the threads when you ask for a BIN all you get is "Make me an offer" surely the seller has done their research before hand and must have a ball park figure...
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Rookwise Joined: Mar 22, 2004 Posts: > 500 From: UK. Phone:Samsung Galaxy A54 5 PM |
I agree that its a slow process to sell phones on esato lately but the place is fairly quiet these days. I have noticed a lot of high end phones are hardly selling wheras the cheaper mid/low end are the majority that are selling.
Also its possible that with the current economic problems. People haven't got as much money as they would have before to buy a new phone more often than they usually would.
On the other side. I've recently been put off buying phones on here as the last few deals I've done the seller has completely misdescribed the condition of the item or not mentioning the item being a prototype and also times they haven't kept to their side of the deal.
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nirave Joined: Jun 20, 2009 Posts: 203 From: London (Occasionally Dubai) PM, WWW
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Have noticed this myself, it can be annoying but I think what Rookwise said is right.
Some deals can go wrong and it kinda puts you off buying from Esato.
Then again, if we can all get the A-Z of Trusted Traders running again, thing might turn around as it can prove to be a valuable tool to recognising the good traders from bad traders.
Would be good to be able to see it on the Esato forum in users profile if that's at all possible?
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Marly Joined: Jun 04, 2006 Posts: > 500 From: Netherlands PM |
On 2010-12-27 00:51:19, nirave wrote:
Then again, if we can all get the A-Z of Trusted Traders running again, thing might turn around as it can prove to be a valuable tool to recognising the good traders from bad traders.
Would be good to be able to see it on the Esato forum in users profile if that's at all possible?
Agree, the A-Z can be very useful, but it should've been updated more often, the last update is more than six months ago.
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julias Joined: Jan 07, 2009 Posts: > 500 PM |
Its not just about A-Z trusted traders list that can help i know but when long term so called trusted and reliable sellers sell you a product which wasn't as described it kind of puts you off the whole process of buying and selling here.
Without naming any names here (even though i should) i'm sure they will know who there are traded a phone with me and that phone was described as full working order when it fact had 2 major defects and one cost me a fair amout of money to get fixed i would have frankly expected more honesty from someone who has years of trading history here but but it was nothing short of selling by deception and if you can't trust someone who has such a long and positive track record then what is the point of it all?
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shelly58 Joined: Jun 19, 2004 Posts: 373 From: Nottingham UK PM |
Well im back (dont all groan at once ) ive been away from here due to bad health problems but i think lot of it is to due with a lot of people are being careful with their money these days, although i must say ive never had any bad dealings buying from people on here and i hope the same can be said by those who have bought off me in the past.
Plus also my hubby has barred me from buying too many phones now
Im sure in the past the forum has had its quiet moments but it always seems to pick up again..............hopefully
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Lo-couk Joined: Dec 14, 2006 Posts: 270 From: West Yorkshire England. PM, WWW
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Maybe Esato should have their own auction page/site.. E(sato)Bay maybe?
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