Best deal you've gotten

[Mirage]

What's the best deal you've gotten on an item on eBay? Mine would probably have to be some computer stuff I bought over the years. I don't remember exactly which purchase was the best deal but I've definitely had some good deals.

 

[Melos]

I used to have a nifty little way of searching for ebay auctions where the title was mispelled. I got a decent digital 'camrea' (camera) that retailed at about $225.00 for only $75.00 plus shipping. No one else bid on it, because they couldn't find it

 

[Plumley]

I love antique jewelry and over the years have gotten some wonderful deals. I used to expect to pay about 1/3 of retail. That was back in the good old days, though. Although you can still get things for less than retail it's hard to find killer deals any more.

 

[technoflutemom]

I won a lot of cashmere wool for a remarkably reasonable price, about 25% what it would have gone for at a yarn shop. Several people reclaim the yarn from old sweaters, wash it and respool it. Not only to you get to recycle, but you get luxury yarns for cheap.

 

[palefrost]

Best deal was when the seller didnt send me the pillow i bought so i left him bad feed back after i waited a month for the item to arrive. He got very upset and asked if i would remove it if he sent two pillows and a refund. I didnt respond and he sent the two pillows and paypal gave me the refund.:lol: The pillows were this special hypoallergenic type that ran about 40 bucks each if your lucky.

 

[Penguin]

I'm not sure what the best deal was. One of the ones I like to remember is when I accidentally won a pair of overalls for my daughter for 45 cents! They were like new! I bid 45 cents thinking surely someone else would want them and pay a dollar .... but nobody did! :lol:

 

[sbarber77]

Uncle Arthur's Bedtime Stories books. They haven't all come cheap but I think it is the best deal because I can't find them anywhere else. I've scoured second hand book stores all over the closest city to me to no avail. I have started buying them on ebay and am trying to get the ten volume set.

 

[Chandra]

Well, back "in the day" I won several auctions for cloth diapers for one penny or may 25 cents. Shipping was added, of course, but it still worked out as less than buying the diaper new. I had a little one who was allergic to disposables so the cloth diaper deals were important.

Now you practically pay retail for them *and* you pay shipping on top of that.


Oh, I once won an auction for a vintage Star Wars action figure when they were the hot thing. A misspelling or something caused everyone to pass over it. I found it through looking at a seller's "other items for sale" and won it for 99 cents and free shipping. My brother had a very nice Christmas present that year.

 

[Plumley]

The question about combined shipping in another thread reminded me of this. I once went to eBay looking for a particular piece of software that I really, really wanted and a green silk shirt. I'd been looking for the software for weeks, without much luck, so I searched for the shirt first. I found just what I wanted and then checked the seller's other items, actually looking for another shirt. She didn't have one, but she did have the software, and at a wonderful price. I got both items and was thrilled.

 

[ninikins]

My last buy was a pair of nice new jeans for $4.