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itsalovelydayforshopping ebay store
glentek:
My Google searches for parts sometimes lands me on this ebay store.
https://www.ebay.com.au/str/HOME-GARDEN-AND-HARDWARE/ELECTRONIC-COMPONENTS/_i.html?_storecat=29060517017
They stock a wide range of hardware parts (seem to be from Bunnings) and electronic components.
The prices are insane, yet they have a 99.5% rating with 23462 points.
I can't believe anyone would buy from them, yet they seem to be doing well.
eg. 10 LM317T for $68.95
Two striker plates for a door - $30.95 vs same part at bunnings $1.75 each
www.ebay.com.au/itm/Gainsborough-STRIKE-PLATES-2Pcs-T-Type-Polished-Brass-Bright-Or-Satin-Chrome/262722495465
https://www.bunnings.com.au/gainsborough-polished-brass-d-strike-plate-to-suit-480-series_p4204353
How do you think they can charge so much and still sell items?
Whales:
List their items from most expensive to cheapest and you find more interesting gems.
My initial thought was 'personal shopping service', but that doesn't quite line up with these items:
Thoughts include:
- auto listing software glitch, used wrong currency multiplier or source data
- algorithm that auto-marks-up stuff they don't have much of
- EDIT: one of these pics is for 3000pcs. Maybe they have the quantity multipler accidentally changed on all of their items?
- Australian Crown group casino
Whales:
Everything seems to be marked as "special order" needing "3 weeks" to get. Perhaps personal shopper is more to the point? Do they offer some special way of bypassing import laws to other countries or something? :-// That might be worth the markup?
Amongst the spam of auto-generated feedback there are occasionally some complaining about high prices. I don't know, but I guess whatever this seller is doing it must be working. Most of the buyers seem 'happy'.
glentek:
In the feedback that Whales posted is a drill set for $162.95 - the exact same set can be found at Total Tools for $75.
I wonder if they just use a bot to trawl through online stores, list the same items at ridiculous prices and if someone is silly enough to order something, a human jumps on their bike and rushes down to Bunnings and buys it?
Whales:
--- Quote ---I wonder if they just use a bot to trawl through online stores, list the same items at ridiculous prices and if someone is silly enough to order something,
--- End quote ---
How do they get the thumbnails? My first reverse image search attempt failed, I might try another image search engine.
How do any of our theories explain the massive amounts of positive feedback? Are they fake sales, eg sent for free to people for review, or completely bot-operated fakes? The latter might explain the generic feedback text and would presumably only cost ebay + paypal fees (circa 10%), assuming they don't temporarily drop the prices anyway.
EDIT: RS components.
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Infineon-N-CHANNEL-SINGLE-IGBT-MODULES-106-4x61-4x36-5mm-1-55kW-300A-1Pc-Or10Pcs/254713024316
https://my.rs-online.com/web/p/igbt-modules/1702163/
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