I bought a new fridge f4om eBay at a 10% discount offer but four days later it is at 20%. I am unhappy because although the advertised price was higher later but after applying discount it is cheaper….. i called eBay and they coouldn't do much but i am not happy!
How would you feel?
Moreover, since i paid using paypal i cant claim 14 days Price change guarantee .
haha
I have a looong history of doing this. I bought a micro sd card for $56, next thing somebody post on ozbrgain at $48.
Was this close to wanting to cancel the transaction but reminded myself it's only money :(
Nobody wins every time.. its the long term average you want to focus on
At least you still saved money, so many people pay rrp for stuff because they can't be bothered
At least you know you were saving some money. I moved to my new place few months ago and there was no ebay sale happening so I had to do my research and buy without promo. It happens. I know the things I bought could be cheaper but i couldnt wait any longer.
Just need to wait for a discount on time machines..
Buy another one and dollar cost average it out - your theoretical loss will only be half as bad. I bought a Dyson DC45 listed on Ozb only to see the V6 listed a couple of days later for roughly the same price - I had to buy again, I couldn't help myself - I hope mum will be happy with her DC45 for Xmas.
Who's the seller(s)? If they allow easy returns, buy another one and return it on the other receipt.
member five years ago when there were no ebay discounts….
I member!
I know they might differ but generally how do the credit card price difference guarantees work for stuff like this? If you buy something with a coupon/code and a better code comes out the next week will they give you back the price difference.
I presume they would not as playing around with code prices would be hectic.
I spent $15,000 dollars on a lousy diploma that I never utilised, so I think you're faring a lot better than I.
cashreward?
Nice comments and kind word… i have moved on :)
I baught some shares once for $2.50 each
After 18 months they were 1 cent
Beat that
How many shares?
Made it up
:P
It just happens, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Sales start and stop all the time.
It even plays in my mind as a seller, where with my website I might sell some posters one day and then have a sale starting the next day. I feel bad for the previous buyers, but it just happens.
i called eBay and they coouldn't do much but i am not happy
What do you expect ebay to do? Force the seller to give you a partial refund? Have ebay give you money because you're having regrets? Whinge whinge.
I would suggest to use 28 degrees with price protection. Claimed a graphics card that dropped $80 bought at Futu online when they had the 20% off. I always use 28 degrees for purchases that are eligible for possibility cash claim backs
You use the shopper's protection insurance right?
Yep, and pay off amount prior statement coming out so the shoppers protection doesn't cost anything
Nice. Can I ask how many days do you normally settle the oustanding amount pior to the statement date?
@sky blu: my statement comes out on the 6th I leave 2 days for bpay to go through and I put a bit extra in to cover my purchases for the 2 days - now costs 0.95 for bpay payment but you can't overload using their own free payment system. So I only use the payment system when I know I don't really have any purchases upcoming. Don't buy groceries with the 28 degrees cause no need for protection on that
Step 1 - buy a fridge
Step 2 - stop shopping for fridges.
You forgot Step 2.
This happens to me quite often. We can't always win. That's how I accept the fact.
Typical oZb regret.
If its a small stuff you can refund, but this time youre very unlucky :(
I bought a $4000 TV and it was $3600 the next week.
These things happen. No point losing sleep.