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05/18/2006
As with anything in life, "buyer beware". I have been both a seller and buyer on ebay for 8 yrs now and thankfully have only had a few buys go bad. You do need to read ads very carefully....and it's sometimes what is not mentioned that you must be leary of. Recently I saw a HP printer up for bids, brand new in box. It lists everything that comes with; however the ink cartridges are not listed. Well usually a new printer comes with ink so I was about to bid, assuming that certainly the ink comes with it.....WRONG....I did write the seller and sure enough, no ink was coming with it; however the seller did not bother to state that in the listing. I already had the exact printer that had run out of ink and with the cost of ink these days, I could have had a new printer for cheaper than buying replacement ink so that's what I was after....a printer with no ink, would do me absolutely no good. So I made an informed decision not to bid. I also wrote to the seller and told him that he'd be well advised to add to his listing that ink did not come with as he might end up in a world of trouble keeping that info from a potential bidder! He heeded my warning and did add to his listing. Was he trying to pull a fast one in the first place, I have no idea but bottom line, the buyer needs to do the research. Don't assume, ask questions!
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