ebay.ie

Headshot

ebay are setting up a site especialy for irish users

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200505.shtml#2005-05-16134350

that will come in handy

Kappar

Could this be why www.ebayireland.com is asking me for a password lately?

zAbbo

aye noticed it, used to use ebayireland but this is now the same as ebay.ie

huzzah

KTRIC

It's about time, although I can see alot of people bidding on stuff and not paying because they haven't got a clue what Ebay is all about.

The General

K-TRIC wrote:

It's about time, although I can see alot of people bidding on stuff and not paying because they haven't got a clue what Ebay is all about.

thats why they have the bad feedback button for people like this

Headshot

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

ebay are setting up a site especialy for irish users

http://www2.ebay.com/aw/uk/200505.shtml#2005-05-16134350

that will come in handy

its about time if you ask me i hate buying abroad

so hopefully people will stop putting stuff on the buy and sell and put them on ebay.ie

revo

i doubt it will be much difference to be honest. its just a rip of of ebay.co.uk i certianly wont be selling on the ie site i wont want ppl knocking on my door as no one in dub will pay for postage. i cant see the site lasting tbh.

zAbbo

revo wrote:

i doubt it will be much difference to be honest. its just a rip of of ebay.co.uk i certianly wont be selling on the ie site i wont want ppl knocking on my door as no one in dub will pay for postage. i cant see the site lasting tbh.

what do you mean no-one will pay posting, and there are other counties in ireland besides Dublin

sceptre

I guess those squatters from ebid.ie who registered Ebay Ireland Limited just so they could get the ebay.ie domain got a big brown envelope in the end so.

The General

Ebay.ie will never be as cheap as ebay.com i can garuntee it

Waltons

You won't have to pay to have things posted from the States though

revo

the majority of users would be from dublin. why order from usa though uk is the best i know theres something u cant get but at least u wont pay import or wat ever. i guarantee this will fail. just wait and see.

zAbbo

revo wrote:

the majority of users would be from dublin. why order from usa though uk is the best i know theres something u cant get but at least u wont pay import or wat ever. i guarantee this will fail. just wait and see.

I still don't understand, ebayireland has been around for ages, and has a good few users, ok it wasn't fully catered to .ie.

And back to the postage issue, if you buy from .uk etc. you will still have to cover postage seperate to get it delivered here.

How do you know the majority of users would be from Dublin ?

Just interested why people you giving this the big no-no.

ps. its difficult to decipher your posts

fjon

So anyone used it yet? Still some bugs to fix, but looks ok.
You can transfer your existing ebay account over to .ie here:

http://cgi1.ebay.ie/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ChangeMyEmailLangLogin

cosgrove80

When I go to ebay.ie it just asks for a username and password and wont let me in.

What's up with that?

Sidane

It's not open for business yet

Dades

I was able to "sign in" with my usual eBay login details. I ignored the large form boxes and clicked on the top link.

When you do a search though, unless you specify items located in Ireland (under the advanced search) you'll just get international items.

There appears to be feck all stuff located here but worth a look anyway.

Headshot

fjon wrote:

So anyone used it yet? Still some bugs to fix, but looks ok.
You can transfer your existing ebay account over to .ie here:

http://cgi1.ebay.ie/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ChangeMyEmailLangLogin

i just transfered my account now

any body else going to

fjon

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

i just transfered my account now

any body else going to

Once you've transferred your account you can log in. For some reason you cannot yet do it using www.ebay.ie

besty

yea, i transferred my account but cant log in through ebay.ie
???

zAbbo

try reading the post above you

Kur4mA

I was probably the first person to transfer my reg to IE And revo(i know you but you don't know me! HA), stop talking a load of shíte. There's already over 200,000 Irish users, they are all just spread out over the .com and .co.uk sites so it is fairly successfuly already. It's just a matter of persuading people to tranfer their reg to IE

CaptainPeacock

This is great news and all but it doesn't make up for the fact that I paid eBay for seller fees twice by bank draft and both times they stole my money without crediting my account. I'm still getting Final Notices. I wonder will this kind of thing change with ebay.ie?

Headshot

are they any irish people selling stuff on ebay yet

revo

Rid wrote:

I was probably the first person to transfer my reg to IE And revo(i know you but you don't know me! HA), stop talking a load of shíte. There's already over 200,000 Irish users, they are all just spread out over the .com and .co.uk sites so it is fairly successfuly already. It's just a matter of persuading people to tranfer their reg to IE

HaHa classic, I know you too (MR.LAPTOP) . i wasnt ditching it but i just think sales on eBay ireland would not be as good as you know yourself UK is much larger market. its just my thought thats all :cool:

Kingp35

why are nearly all the listings still in sterling?? Also when I do a search it doesnt just search items in ireland they way the .co.uk site searches england.

It think it still needs alot of work

Kur4mA

revo wrote:

HaHa classic, I know you too (MR.LAPTOP) . i wasnt ditching it but i just think sales on eBay ireland would not be as good as you know yourself UK is much larger market. its just my thought thats all

give it time and we'll see... maybe if we had a few more Irish power sellers

Kingp35 wrote:

why are nearly all the listings still in sterling?? Also when I do a search it doesnt just search items in ireland they way the .co.uk site searches england.

It think it still needs alot of work

Probably because there hasn't really been anything listed on IE since the protection was only removed a day or so ago so people are only recently able to access it and transfer their account over to IE. It will probably default to searching for all items 'available to Ireland' or else just search the UK site for the moment.

vibe666

just got an email from ebay.ie to say they have arrived. did a quick search before posting, and foun d this thread. guess i was the last to know!

Mr Rivers

I'm up early now waitin on an auction to end...

MorningStar

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

are they any irish people selling stuff on ebay yet

For years there have been people selling things. Some is crap tourist stuff while other stuff is just the usual ebay fodder. There is some guy who sells the magazines that come free with the Sunday papers (he seems to make a lot of money too!)

okidoki987

There is some guy who sells the magazines that come free with the Sunday papers (he seems to make a lot of money too!)

Why doesn't that surprise me?

vector

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

i just transfered my account now

any body else going to

no, ebay is like bt ireland (formerly esatbt, esat), if you have an account that works, don't change it, or else you risk attracting the wrath of their billing dept

I just listed an item on the .ie so potential buyers see a price in EUR, that is good enough

I'll keep my membership of .co.uk and so I am charged in GBP for fees

Headshot

iv been looking through ebay.ie seems to getting a bit more popular

this fella seems to be selling alot of mobiles at very low prices ?

http://search.ebay.ie/_W0QQsassZcully205gti

murphaph

I assume the more people transfer to .ie the more advertising eBay will target at the Irish market. If the buy and sell can do so well then eBay can fly. The buy and sell is naf online.

Lemlin

I transferred over and it doesn't seem to make much of a difference. Even if you search the .ie site, you can still serahc the .co.uk and .com sites.

The one problem I'd have is that while it gives you the price of the item in Euro, it doesn't give you the postage price. Just a small niggle though.

Headshot

Any body selling on ebay ireland yet
iv just started selling today my first time

i saw 3 psp games on there a couple of days ago

looks to be getting popular

http://listings.ebay.ie/_W0QQflocZ1QQfromZR10QQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQga10244Z10425QQsacatZQ2d1QQsacatZQ2d1QQsaslcZ1QQsocmdZListingCategoryList

Headshot

lads i didnt want to reopening a new thread so i just reopened this one

how does buying the somthing of the seller before the auction goes

lets say i said the seller 'how much will it take for u to close the auction early' he says '150'

how does this work will ebay cover me and paypal

bush

I doubt ebay and paypal will cover that, ive always told poeple to bid if they want it.

I keep trying to transfer over but I keep getting this message

Sorry, we cannot process your request at this time. Please try again later

StickyMcGinty

headshot: thats a really really really bad idea - its TOTALLY against eBay rules. you wont be covered and your account will be suspended if he reports you. bad idea.

seamus

{(-_-)}HeadShoT** wrote:

lets say i said the seller 'how much will it take for u to close the auction early' he says '150'

Unless you're talking about the "buy it now" feature, then it's against ebay rules. Best to put in an autobid for €150 (if that's what you're willing to pay), and ebay will automatically keep bidding on the item up to a max of €150. If you win the auction for less than €150, yay you.

Headshot

VinnyL wrote:

headshot: thats a really really really bad idea - its TOTALLY against eBay rules. you wont be covered and your account will be suspended if he reports you. bad idea.

thanks for that
better not

fjon

I've started selling a few things on eBay already.
For anyone wanting to do likewise, this and this are a good ideas. That way you can get a rough idea of how much postage is going to cost you.
Does anyone know anywhere I could get some cheap padded envelopes? I'm selling CDs, DVDs and books, so am looking for envelopes that size. I'm thinking Read's, or are there any cheaper places?

chunga_monster

fjon wrote:

I've started selling a few things on eBay already.
For anyone wanting to do likewise, this and this are a good ideas. That way you can get a rough idea of how much postage is going to cost you.
Does anyone know anywhere I could get some cheap padded envelopes? I'm selling CDs, DVDs and books, so am looking for envelopes that size. I'm thinking Read's, or are there any cheaper places?

you will probably find them under job lots on ebay!

chunga_monster

I signed up to paypal. But AIB doesnt allow the option of putting funds in it if I want to buy. Anyone else had this prob?

fjon

I think you need to use a credit card in Ireland chunga_monster

OFDM

fjon wrote:

I've started selling a few things on eBay already.
For anyone wanting to do likewise, this and this are a good ideas. That way you can get a rough idea of how much postage is going to cost you.

2nd linky brokey.

All you need to calculate postage exactly:
http://www.anpost.ie/common/calc/rates_calculator.htm

fjon wrote:

Does anyone know anywhere I could get some cheap padded envelopes? I'm selling CDs, DVDs and books, so am looking for envelopes that size. I'm thinking Read's, or are there any cheaper places?

Viking Direct will sell you them in bulk.

In_the_sea

ive only ever bought one thing off ebay. It was a hard to get original tape. It was something I really wanted and couldnt get so i found ebay excellent.
It is but i was outbid on something that I really wanted for my bro. it was another hard to get item. I was outbid by 1 pound sterling at the last minute and I was gutted. You gotta be wise when u use ebay since i wasnt experienced, it was like a ratrace! lol.
However when I did win something on ebay, it was the uk site and I had an awful lot of trouble trying to get them to proceed after I told them I didnt have a postcode. We dont in Ireland. It wouldnt let me proceed Thats why I think that an Irish one is very handy. Its national at least.
But I had a problem with my credit card and I won an ebay bid, and I couldnt buy off the mem i won a bid off of and I sent an email explaining this and I failed to get to him. I got an unpaid strike then.

charlietangodel

fjon wrote:

I think you need to use a credit card in Ireland chunga_monster

I use both a BOI and TSB account and the funds transfer in there straight away.

I wouldn't bother changing over to the IE site.
I was registered on ebay.coma and getting lots of business from the states. After I registered with ebay.ie the orders from the states have practically dissappeared!

I suspose Americans don't tend to do searches outside of ebay.com!