So what will $50 on eBay get you?
A glittery iPad 1 case
An sd card adapter for your iPad. I know! I know! It’s a dinosaur. The Apple store don’t even remember that they used to sell iPad 1s once upon a time. So that I can take my iPad and my camera to New York and leave the laptop at home!
A few screen guards (not for me, to satisfy the OCD inclinations of my husband)
5 iPhone cases. Yes 5. I know I have a problem. It really is quite obvious to me.
1 pair of Sony sports headphones (not pictured, but trust me pink and pretty and currently in my gym bag)
All things new and most of them were free postage. I mostly picked ‘buy it now’ items because I have immediate gratification issues.
Ebay Fact: 83% of all items available for sale on the eBay.com.au site are new. And globally, 64% of all items are sold at a fixed price, rather than at auction.
You may salute me now. I am the Queen of the bargain!
Now imagine what kind of bargains you could pick up with $100! Possibilities are endless really. And when you present your purchases to your loving partner, they might not roll their eyes at you for buying 5 iPhone cases. Maybe. Depends how much of a geek you are. If you are a geek, I say embrace it!
Top tips for bargain hunters
1. Don’t just look at prices in Australia. You can pick up some great international deals because the Australian dollar is so strong at the moment.
2. Take into account the price of the item and the postage. There are loads of things that are available at free postage both on Australian and International items.
3. Give yourself plenty of time to browse around! That’s the fun part anyway.
Ebay are offering the winning reader a $100 Paypal voucher to spend!
Entry guidelines
1. Must like the Good Googs Facebook Page.
2. For Australian residents only
3. Leave a comment below telling me about the best bargain you’ve picked up on eBay!
4. Entries close 11:59pm 9th July 2012.
5. A winner will be chosen based upon the most entertaining answer.
My Husband won an arcade machine for $16, had to drive 2 hours to pick it up, seller didn’t have keys, got home, cracked the lock, machine was still full of change.. It was only $34 but all in all, the machine paid for itself and part of fuel and i recently sold the machine for $505. bargain!!
Well, not me, but a friend picked up a pair of brand new Birkenstocks on eBay for $5 because they didn’t fit the original owner.
The best bargain I have nabbed was an Ikea bed with 3 draws underneath it. $9!! 12 months old, it was ending at 1am on a Sunday of a long weekend! No one else bid except one who put a bid of 8.50! BARGAIN
Bargain. Love that red iPhone case:) I bought a plat table
Picked up a Bugaboo for $200. Super stoked. I feel very smug walking around Posh Crows Nest knowing how much the snobby mums paid for theirs!
mmm… ebay…
The best bargain was some blow up sharks, a dolphin and an octopus that I picked up for $2.00 when I was going to make my zombie fish horror film in response to the Gulf oil spill.
cool, I love ebay and have picked up some awesome bargains from international buyers. I got a great camera and recently got a generic car charger for my iphone
I’m an eBay fiend! My husband hates it because he’s the designated picker-upper of my purchases. My best bargain was either the Ikea 3 seater couch for 99c or the shelving unit for $8 that the seller refused to take payment for when we (well, DH) arrived to pick it up…..Oh I LOVE eBay!
The best bargain was the deluxe rabbit hutch I bought for the grand total of $0.99. And the man selling it to me was distraught he could not give me 1c change. So he gave me 5 cat beds to make up the extra cent of change.
getting into a bidding war and paying $150 for 10 small pokemon characters for Too for Christmas.
It was all she wanted and back in the day when you couldn’t get ANYTHING Pokemon in Australia but cards. The look on her face on Christmas morning was beyond priceless.
Bloody Santa got the credit until I pointed to the ‘from mum and dad’!
I just love buying my mobile phone accessories on ebay. From hongkong
My name is Lauren and I am an ebay addict. Now I have discovered their app.. I am watching nearly 99% of the site. Our best bargain? I would love to say it was a vintage print we bought for 5 cents and then made our billions. But alas.. it was a egg cup with Sooty on it.
Last year we bought a couch for $95. Second-hand but in great condition AND the vendors delivered it for free. This is not just any couch, it is magical. It is the softest, puffiest, most comfortable couch in the entire world. It also seems resistant to dirty children’s hands too. They should have warned us that it is impossible to sit on this couch after 9.30pm without falling asleep.
The best bargain I have ever gotten off Ebay was a go-go car to replace my son’s broken one. This was a brand new unwanted present. It was $30 when they normally sell for about $100
I’ve currently got my eye on my some bargain-priced portable lightweight folding steps that are on sale atm! Going walkies with a Corgi can sometimes be problematic! Solution! A set of doggy steps that are easily carried around! Little legs can sometimes require big help! What a bargain price for such an important and helpful item
I once picked up a perfect outfit for my son brand new for just $1…all because noone else bid on it!
Bra with no clasp.An umbrella with holes.
Radio without speakers.
Gameboy with no buttons.
A Computer missing its keyboard.
Inline skates without wheels.
Nine books with a few vital pages ripped out.
oh wait…
maybe i fail at bargaining…
definately need some practice
xx
I bought a banana republic peacoat for $20! it is still my all time favorite jacket! I love it!fb name – Ann Lyfe
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I bought Dried Liver and Pig Ears for our dogs on eBay!
Once bought a pink nintendo gameboy for my daughter for 70% off the retail price. Received two in the mail. I hadnt realised the listing was for two so my second daughter also got one for Christmas!
Bought some gorgeous leather red ballet flats for $5 once… they didn’t fit me, but they were a bargain!And still gorgeous!!!
a couple of years ago i picked up a genuine Gucci handbag for $20 and it is still one of the most gorgeous bags i have ever owned
Picked up a pack of lovely homemade headbands for my daughter for only $2.
i bought a drywall sander for a quarter of the price… bargain!!
Australian silver florins I make rings out of them …. and pennys I make digger hats out of them ..
A projector that’s visually a treat. So now this country girl can stay at home for a true cinematic experience rather than head into town for an escape to the movies.
a autobiography. I, Mick Gatto – SIGNED by Mick Gatto now that is a real treasure
I picked up a complete winter wardrobe for my son, all surf brands for $60. It was all in great condition and only got charged $12 postage!
100 detox footpatches for $3.55 that’s a whole lot of chardonnay sucked out of the soles of my feet for less than a big mac
nursing/maternity bras!!! Australian prices? $90.00 plus postage!!!… England and America? less then $40.00 delivered for the same ones! I nearly fell over!
A bulk lot of ladies clothing, my size obviously, for $18. There were about 40 items and most of them wearable.
150 personalised and decorated address labels for my Ebay store envelopes,bought from the UK and only $20.
I picked up my husband! He was selling a lawn mower that I went around to have a look at. 12 months later we married. Bargain!!
Best bargain was the cheapest brown permanent marker i could find..to touch up small chips and scratches on my floating floorboards! Only to find i forgot the conversion rate buying from Holland…doh!!!!!
I once won a colour printer for one dollar….I felt completely bad and paid the seller fifteen dollars anyways…but i was really excited when the auction finished and I had won something for one dollar
I bought a cartoon of red wine for $9. It was the best wine I have ever drank, and have never been able to find it since….
Best buy – Xmas lights , light up our house like the griswalds at a fraction of the price
Congrats Stefanie!