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I've never used ebay before, so I decided to look around, and I found a couple of albums I'd like to get. But I've never used it, is it just like amazon? Do a lot of people get ripped off by others?
Is e-bay a good place to buy music from?
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Keith!
Broken Parts Club
I've bought a few things off there and i live all the way over here in New Zealand and have never had problems. You just have to be careful who you buy from, make sure they have good feedback and ratings etc.
biggsy
New Metal Member
Yeah I had lots of qualms about using eBay because just after I joined I got ripped off. As long as you look at their feedback rating and read the descrption really carefully you should be right.
NFU
I like pie.
aproaching 3000 feedback now...never had any problems except for a few select times. ebay is my #1 preferred place for any purchase.
Heckelgruber
Fudgenator
I've bought and sold many cheap and expensive things on eBay and only ever had a couple of non-paying bidders. Many CD sellers on eBay do large volumes of discs and the last thing they want is to get their feedback spoiled by ripping people off for small change.
Pethical
Tom
Post Mortem Records in Sydney is better 
it's also going online at the end of the year with free Australia-wide shipping so no excuses Aussies!
it's also going online at the end of the year with free Australia-wide shipping so no excuses Aussies!
biggsy
New Metal Member
myra
Strapping Young Lass
There are a lot of music stores that have eBay accounts as well as individuals. I get most of my music from eBay and haven't had any problems with sellers.
naboo
Just Ask The Axis
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I think it really depends on the seller. I just ordered Drudkh's "Autumn Aurora" from a really nice guy, who sent the package out the day after I ordered it, and I received it very quickly. Yeah, like I said, it depends on the seller... so check their history, ratings, and all that jazz.
You can't look at eBay as one entity and say it's good or bad. You have to look at it on a per-seller basis. If you find sellers with a good feedback rating who are offering things at reasonable prices then yes ofcourse it is a good place to buy music from. For one thing because it is pretty much the only place where you have any chance of finding hopelessly out of print items.
I highly recommend it, pretty much the only way I buy cds anymore. I've yet to get ripped off.
My advice, buy from 'stores' and make sure they give a discount on shipping then buy in bulk. If you take the time to shop around the different stores you can usually wind up paying on average 11$ canadian per cd (about 10$ american) which is a good price when your buying euro imports and other rare cds.
Few days ago I just got 5 cds - Genesis foxtrot, rush 2112, My Dying Bride like gods of the sun, mad season and godspeed you black emperor slow riot all for 54$ canadian (48 US). And its nice when it comes in the mail, like a birthday gift
My advice, buy from 'stores' and make sure they give a discount on shipping then buy in bulk. If you take the time to shop around the different stores you can usually wind up paying on average 11$ canadian per cd (about 10$ american) which is a good price when your buying euro imports and other rare cds.
Few days ago I just got 5 cds - Genesis foxtrot, rush 2112, My Dying Bride like gods of the sun, mad season and godspeed you black emperor slow riot all for 54$ canadian (48 US). And its nice when it comes in the mail, like a birthday gift
twilightsrobe
evil eye
Most sellers are pretty legit; but if you care about LP/cd editions or the labels that issued them, do read the descriptions very, very carefully! Make sure the edition of the cd is clearly stated (i.e. original Deathlike Silence Productions Anti-Mosh 006, 1994).
Some sellers may list an album as a "European import" when in fact they're overcharging you for a shitty Russian re-pressing. I got semi-ripped off by this one seller who claimed:
Some sellers may list an album as a "European import" when in fact they're overcharging you for a shitty Russian re-pressing. I got semi-ripped off by this one seller who claimed:
Not a lie per say, but it turned out to be a Mexican pressing.
Yeah, be careful about any sellers from Russia or any Asian countries. Infact, I would go so far as to say just do not buy anything from anyone in those countries ever. Chances are like 50/50 you're going to be ripped off with a bootleg or a Russian release of the album you thought you were buying.
Yeah forgot to warn about the Russian prints, order from them and you'll get a lot of ruskie writing on the cd. One cool thing about the russian cds I got, on the shiny side of the disc, around the outer edge was like a holographic image of the album artwork, pretty fancy looking.
myra
Strapping Young Lass
My boyfriend had a CD come from Russian that he ordered off eBay. He waited about 2 months for it to come, then had to go to the post office and fill out paperwork to pick it up! The packaging was interesting though.
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