Bargain PS3's

FrankJH · 10 Apr 2007 at 18:26

Demon said:
First bundle was UK PS3 + Motorstorm + BR (Click) + Motorstorm + 2nd Controller + HDMI (Bought for £360, sold for £480)
Second Bundle was UK PS3 + Motorstorm + HDMI + unregistered on Sony Network (so eligible for Casino Royale entry), (Bought for £370, sold for £450)

Both bundles you are only basically giving them a £20 discount while still making a huge profit for doing absolutely nothing

Demon · 10 Apr 2007 at 19:36

FrankJH said:
Both bundles you are only basically giving them a £20 discount while still making a huge profit for doing absolutely nothing

And?.....

Have you any idea how commerce functions?...
Every Shop on the planet buys the goods for one price, adds nothing to it, then sells for more then they paid....

I agree that it is unethical to buy up all the stock, artificially raising the price due to demand < supply, but in this case there is plenty of stock, and I'm just trading 'normally'..

It is amazing how if you are seen to personally profit from transactions its bad, but if a company does it, thats ok!

MichaelHo · 11 Apr 2007 at 01:53

Demon said:
And?.....

Have you any idea how commerce functions?...
Every Shop on the planet buys the goods for one price, adds nothing to it, then sells for more then they paid....

I agree that it is unethical to buy up all the stock, artificially raising the price due to demand < supply, but in this case there is plenty of stock, and I'm just trading 'normally'..

It is amazing how if you are seen to personally profit from transactions its bad, but if a company does it, thats ok!

maybe people are just jealous that they didn't do it themselves.

FrankJH · 11 Apr 2007 at 07:47

Demon said:
And?.....

Have you any idea how commerce functions?...
Every Shop on the planet buys the goods for one price, adds nothing to it, then sells for more then they paid....

I agree that it is unethical to buy up all the stock, artificially raising the price due to demand < supply, but in this case there is plenty of stock, and I'm just trading 'normally'..

It is amazing how if you are seen to personally profit from transactions its bad, but if a company does it, thats ok!

So you provide a service like Virgin for example and are easy to find if something breaks or can offer a refund etc etc etc NO you cant!!!

The fact is you bought something just to make a buck - without any overheads as such, shop rent to pay etc etc of course high street stores need to make profit - but just leech from society rather than leave it to be bought by someone who actually wants it!!

by the way Ho - its got nothing at all to do with jealousy, I think its dispicable

MichaelHo · 11 Apr 2007 at 11:16

I'm sure the owner of Virgin got there by taking initiatives to make money in ways similar to this.

Demon · 11 Apr 2007 at 13:32

FrankJH said:
So you provide a service like Virgin for example and are easy to find if something breaks or can offer a refund etc etc etc NO you cant!!!

The fact is you bought something just to make a buck - without any overheads as such, shop rent to pay etc etc of course high street stores need to make profit - but just leech from society rather than leave it to be bought by someone who actually wants it!!

by the way Ho - its got nothing at all to do with jealousy, I think its dispicable

My, oh my... you sir have issues...

I do add value to the product, in the same way as any shop would..

I take the risk of buying privately, and that risk can be considerable, with no come back, if the item is faulty or stolen, I have to deal with it, and won't get any money back... this is why people don't buy from classifieds/forums...
The value I add is through Ebay, the buyer now has plenty of channels of re-course including forced full refunds if the goods are faulty/not as described... so he buys in a much safer environment and is prepared to pay a little more for it..

Don't forget that these bundles are on sale for many days before I do them a 'favour'

and offer them a fair price that reflects the current market over supply and the risk involved... if people had wanted them, I wouldn't have to take pity

on these people and hand over my hard earned cash to get them out of a buyers remorse situation...

I'd love to know how you justify companies like Dixons that offer only what is required by law, and little else, and charge way over the odds for their goods, making huge profits from joe public...??? how are they so ethical??