Or maybe what is the deal with people who buy stuff on e-bay? As with any early 30’s male, I’ve bought something off e-bay before. OK, maybe a couple of things. And I’ve sold some things on it too. E-bay is truly the Garage sale of the internet, except it’s one of those “the entire neighborhood” garage sales, and the neighborhood I’m referring to is called Earth…So what’s my beef with e-bay? I don’t really have a beef with e-bay; it’s more with the mentality that surrounds it. E-bay has turned into this global status symbol/humanitarian/Fandamonium sort of garage sale. This is fine and actually really fine when I’m able to take advantage and display my items on the virtual table in the driveway.
I love music. I especially love how Mr. Jobs has enabled me to have EVERY song that I want in something that will fit in my pocket and also create a user experience that has made music consumption really fun once again. (at least since my beloved Tower Records has closed) However, whenever I run out of hard drive space on my iPod, it’s time to move up to the next one. The one with double the hard drive space for $50 less.
That’s where e-bay comes in; I sell my old iPod on e-bay. And then this is where the “what’s the deal with people on e-bay” comes in. I’ve sold 5 iPods on e-bay now, so I have a little bit of a scientific approach here. THEY SELL FOR 75 to 100 % of what I paid for them… brand new! Almost every time. In fact, it’s never really an issue for my wife to let me drop $300 on a new iPod, because we know that I’ll get around 85% of that from the sell of my old iPod. And these aren’t brand new “I just decided I didn’t want it” iPods. These are year old, 1 or 2 generations ago iPods. IPods that have been on airplanes, work spaces, a 2 year old’s hands, slid across the asphalt, you get the picture.
Don’t these poor e-bayers realize that if you just cut out 2 or 3 six packs or pizzas next week, you could walk right up to Target and get a brand spanking new one? Or even if you weren’t up to doing that, then cruise on over to Apple.com or Amazon, and get one there. You’ve got internet access, remember, you’re on e-bay.
So what is it? Is it that you just want to win a particular item at all costs? You just can’t let OH_NO_HE_DIDN’T274 have that particular item. Is it just that desire to have an iPod that has been test driven with some “character” (i.e. scratches and fingerprints) flaws? Is it the need to help a budget strapped lad get a brand new digital audio player while he sells you his used one? Whatever reason it is, please keep it coming.
I’ll let you know when my next one goes up, but you can almost guarantee that it’ll be a couple of days after that new iPod comes out, you know, the one that holds every song ever recorded EVER… in your pocket.
I love music. I especially love how Mr. Jobs has enabled me to have EVERY song that I want in something that will fit in my pocket and also create a user experience that has made music consumption really fun once again. (at least since my beloved Tower Records has closed) However, whenever I run out of hard drive space on my iPod, it’s time to move up to the next one. The one with double the hard drive space for $50 less.
That’s where e-bay comes in; I sell my old iPod on e-bay. And then this is where the “what’s the deal with people on e-bay” comes in. I’ve sold 5 iPods on e-bay now, so I have a little bit of a scientific approach here. THEY SELL FOR 75 to 100 % of what I paid for them… brand new! Almost every time. In fact, it’s never really an issue for my wife to let me drop $300 on a new iPod, because we know that I’ll get around 85% of that from the sell of my old iPod. And these aren’t brand new “I just decided I didn’t want it” iPods. These are year old, 1 or 2 generations ago iPods. IPods that have been on airplanes, work spaces, a 2 year old’s hands, slid across the asphalt, you get the picture.
Don’t these poor e-bayers realize that if you just cut out 2 or 3 six packs or pizzas next week, you could walk right up to Target and get a brand spanking new one? Or even if you weren’t up to doing that, then cruise on over to Apple.com or Amazon, and get one there. You’ve got internet access, remember, you’re on e-bay.
So what is it? Is it that you just want to win a particular item at all costs? You just can’t let OH_NO_HE_DIDN’T274 have that particular item. Is it just that desire to have an iPod that has been test driven with some “character” (i.e. scratches and fingerprints) flaws? Is it the need to help a budget strapped lad get a brand new digital audio player while he sells you his used one? Whatever reason it is, please keep it coming.
I’ll let you know when my next one goes up, but you can almost guarantee that it’ll be a couple of days after that new iPod comes out, you know, the one that holds every song ever recorded EVER… in your pocket.
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