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  • Amazon

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  • eBay

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Thread: Amazon or ebay?

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    Default Amazon or ebay?

    Which do you use for your online shopping needs? That is, if you don't include reasons like the EoFF amazon?

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    Depends on what gives me the cheaper option.

    I will often check all corners of the internet for deals before making a purchase.

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    Between those two, 95% Amazon 5% ebay

    Numbers possibly skewed by my Kindle

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    Amazon is first port of call. I get most my new games there.

    Ebay is useful for rarer items, such as figurines.

    "other" would be for anything that I can't get on Amazon, but isn't et on ebay. For example, the bravely default collectors edition was only on shopto.net. I got it there.

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    I use both in equal amounts, I would say.

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    I tend to venture to Amazon whenever I need to buy something online.

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    I use eBay mostly, just because I used to find the number of things that posted to Australia through Amazon very disappointing. That has probably improved since the last time I visited our version of the site, but I have an eBay habit now.

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    Amazon tends to be where I get things that I need purchased from an online general purpose kind of a store. I never had an ebay account. Amazon also has the addresses of various EoFFers in there for whenever I want to send surprise gifts.

    They see me rolling. They hating, patrolling.
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    second hand book stores

    edit' ok im lying amazon. but i try! i got zelda and philosophy at a mom n pop bookstore ran by a romanian lady a few weeks ago. first edition, barely read. pretty new!

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    I buy from Amazon generally. I have Amazon Prime so I get to have the free two day shipping. I've only used ebay when trying to find a good deal on a rarer game or whatnot.

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    I've never used eBay in my life

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    I use Amazon predominantly but eBay is generally cool too.

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    Yeah, mainly Amazon these days. I'm really bad at ebay and I'm always in bidding wars for random items. I'll end up paying £200 for a pair of gardens shears or something.

    I always use the EOFF Amazon link too which goes without saying

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    I only shop at small independent stores on the high street no bigger than 4sqm in floor size and run by hipsters with beards so I can retain my essential feeling of moral superiority over filthy proles feeding the Amazon corporate machine.


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    I virtually always use Amazon. I don't know why, but eBay scares me somewhat. I don't like the thought of bidding for items and stuff. Having said that, when I have gone on eBay, it's always for the items you can just straight purchase.
    Quote Originally Posted by Bubba View Post
    I always use the EOFF Amazon link too which goes without saying
    Naturally. I actually have the EoFF Amazon link on my bookmarks bar.


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