Why do people pay more than needed?
in [eBay]
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From: John on 9 Aug 2010 09:32 Just bought a TENS machine from an Ebay seller. Starting bid of almost �26 (plus postage of almost �4) on a manufacturer refurbished unit and my max bid was �30. It actually finished at �51 inc. postage, yet just a few listings further down the page was the same guy, selling the same machine (but this time a brand new one) at a BIN price of just under �38 inc. postage - which is the one I got :o) Why do people do that?
From: Fran on 9 Aug 2010 10:29 "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote in message news:NJydnTn8prX6nv3RnZ2dnUVZ8hidnZ2d(a)bt.com... > Just bought a TENS machine from an Ebay seller. Starting bid of almost �26 > (plus postage of almost �4) on a manufacturer refurbished unit and my max > bid was �30. It actually finished at �51 inc. postage, yet just a few > listings further down the page was the same guy, selling the same machine > (but this time a brand new one) at a BIN price of just under �38 inc. > postage - which is the one I got :o) > You could have bought one new in Lloyds for �14.99.
From: John on 9 Aug 2010 10:39 Fran wrote: > "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote in message > news:NJydnTn8prX6nv3RnZ2dnUVZ8hidnZ2d(a)bt.com... >> Just bought a TENS machine from an Ebay seller. Starting bid of >> almost �26 (plus postage of almost �4) on a manufacturer refurbished >> unit and my max bid was �30. It actually finished at �51 inc. >> postage, yet just a few listings further down the page was the same >> guy, selling the same machine (but this time a brand new one) at a >> BIN price of just under �38 inc. postage - which is the one I got :o) > > You could have bought one new in Lloyds for �14.99. True, but they don't have 130mA output - all TENS machines are not created equal. The brand new one I've just got from ebay is far more powerful than the old one I used to have so I'm hoping the benefits of it will also be better.
From: Fran on 9 Aug 2010 11:07 "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote in message news:ioudnXF5MeKojv3RnZ2dnUVZ8kGdnZ2d(a)bt.com... > Fran wrote: >> "John" <go(a)way.com> wrote in message >> news:NJydnTn8prX6nv3RnZ2dnUVZ8hidnZ2d(a)bt.com... >>> Just bought a TENS machine from an Ebay seller. Starting bid of >>> almost �26 (plus postage of almost �4) on a manufacturer refurbished >>> unit and my max bid was �30. It actually finished at �51 inc. >>> postage, yet just a few listings further down the page was the same >>> guy, selling the same machine (but this time a brand new one) at a >>> BIN price of just under �38 inc. postage - which is the one I got :o) >> >> You could have bought one new in Lloyds for �14.99. > > True, but they don't have 130mA output - all TENS machines are not created > equal. The brand new one I've just got from ebay is far more powerful than > the old one I used to have so I'm hoping the benefits of it will also be > better. Fair enough. I use one of the little Lloyds ones, and they're not bad. You might try Amazon as well.
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