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  1. amgff84

    Holiday MacBook Woes.

    To make a long story short, I bought 3 2010 MacBooks for the kids as presents for the upcoming holiday (Christmas for us). It was the hardest thing to date so far. Okay, maybe that wasn't much of a description, so I'll elaborate. I've worked in the fire protection industry for almost a decade...
  2. HappyDude20

    eBay VS Amazon FBA?

    Hello, Almost 10 years since i've had this account and boy has this community been helpful. On to the question: I've been selling on eBay for almost 15 years and the final value fees have increased so much that it feels like eBay is practically a shark taking away anywhere between 12%-35% when...
  3. K

    iPhone 7/Plus Selling iPhone on eBay, reason to be concerned about requests?

    I am trying to sell my iPhone 7 on eBay, it ended at $310 and the buyer asked for the IMEI to check for activation lock...fine. Gave it. Now though I received this message (image attached) and it kind of made my scammer senses tingle. Anything that I should be concerned about here? Buyer has...
  4. L

    GeekBench Drops 31,000 to 18,000...

    So this is my situation, just bought a pre-owned mac pro 2009 from eBay( already sounds like a beginning of a tragedy). 3.46 12 core 128 ram with pcie ssd and titan x. On the item description there's a geek bench screenshot that shows 31000+ on august 2015. And when I received the mac today...
  5. M

    Suspicious New Virgin iPhones on US eBay

    Hi All, I recently got my phone stolen, and I'm looking for a cheap(er) replacement. I've been looking at new and used iPhones 5 and 5s on the US eBay. One thing I keep popping into is new & unopened phones marked as Virgin Mobile. The sellers themselves don't raise any red flags, but I worry...
  6. punter7768

    Never opened, 2012 mac mini?

    Hello, I've searched the site, but can't find a similar situation... I purchased a late 2012 mac min, quad core with 4 gb ram and 1 TB hard drive. The ebay seller claimed it was "overstock" and was brand new, never used, never open in the original packaging. Questions: How can I verify it...