So my friend has been raving about how great EBay is and all the great cheap stuff she has bought for her wedding. She has been telling me to try it out for some time now. Thing is I was/am a chicken. I am still one of the believers of not putting your credit card number on the Internet. It just freaks me out. Never mind that I pretty much do everything else online like online banking.
Okay since work has been extremely slow I thought I will just search for some baby items on EBay. What's the harm? Well this just opened up a whole other world. I can bid on a new Baby Bjorn for like $5.00 they retail for like $150.00!!
Wow now what?? I start to search for a cool diaper bag.. I find this wonderful hand made silk bag and the starting bid is $2.00. Okay I can do this I figure worst case scenario I lose $2.00. So I set up an account and place my bid... Yeah I am the current highest bidder at $2.25. So I watch all day and track other items I am watching. So this becomes a great time killer its even better then face book.. The auction closes and I win my beautiful bag for the great price of $2.25.
Now I have to pay and this is where I learn my first lesson of EBay.. Dumb me doesn't look at shipping or anything else for that matter. My new $2.25 bag now has a shipping price of $18.00. WTF? Why so much to ship from the States... Well now I see that the item is from China.. Good job.. So what I thought was a steal has now become a little more pricey then it should have been.
Oh well my bag is pretty. Now I just have to convince my husband to carry it... He seems to think that because we are having a boy that we need a boy bag. But my theory is I am the one carrying it so I get to have whatever type of bag I like!!!
I guess my lesson is and live and learn.. Now I must say shipping is the first thing I check.. I now have a bid in on a Baby Bjorn ..
1 comment:
I have also been bitten by the ebay bug and got nailed on shipping. I ordered my wedding veil, and a couple shirts and some belly dance stuff. Another thing if you start ordering clothing is that an Asian XL is more like a Canadian Small.
Its usually still a good deal, just not as good as you thought.
That baby bag is SO you. I can just see your black capris and mary jane ballet flats to go with it this summer.
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