Ok, this has been swirling around in my heal for a looong time. I've been searching around ebay to see if there's any good deals around regarding Macs...
I saw some pretty awesome deals... But they scare me... Some of the powerbooks were at insanely low prices... Too good it seems...
I know ebay is not a good place for major purchases, but I'm just looking at maybe buying a used laptop as a gift or something. I saw an Al Book 17" going for about $330 and that made me weary (As would most Apple savvy people).
But they seller was a "Power seller" with 98% positive feedback (377) and had "Buyer protection plan"...
So If I was to theoretically going to buy it, would it be a good idea to bid on it? If it was a scam, would that "Buyer protection" do any good? Does the rating mean anything?
I'm just wondering here. I don't plan on doing anything unless I know my $$ can be recovered if something went wrong... Or if all of these "deals" are just scams...
Could someone explain how all of this works?
I just want to get rid of this voice in my head wanting to take chances...
I saw some pretty awesome deals... But they scare me... Some of the powerbooks were at insanely low prices... Too good it seems...
I know ebay is not a good place for major purchases, but I'm just looking at maybe buying a used laptop as a gift or something. I saw an Al Book 17" going for about $330 and that made me weary (As would most Apple savvy people).
But they seller was a "Power seller" with 98% positive feedback (377) and had "Buyer protection plan"...
So If I was to theoretically going to buy it, would it be a good idea to bid on it? If it was a scam, would that "Buyer protection" do any good? Does the rating mean anything?
I'm just wondering here. I don't plan on doing anything unless I know my $$ can be recovered if something went wrong... Or if all of these "deals" are just scams...
Could someone explain how all of this works?
I just want to get rid of this voice in my head wanting to take chances...
