uBid.com

sonso_chi · Post by **sonso_chi** » Mon Apr 24, 2006 9:33 pm

anybody with uBid.com experience

thumbs up or down?

_gonz_ · Post by **_gonz_** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 3:22 am

I try to avoid auctions for electronics.

Someone, for example, was selling (I believe it was) Ample Audio on ebay... turned out the stuff they were selling was in a flood, and literally floating in water... Insurance company wrote it all off, and carted it away. Apparently the Ins. co. sold it off to a liquidator, who is now selling the likely dead, and potentially dangerous, damaged equipment on ebay.

Ubid is almost worse than ebay with shipping charges too.

Now don't get me wrong, I've purchased a ton of Cadence stuff, all 100%, off of ebay... but it was actually factory direct, with warranty.

You're going to have to factor shipping charges, feedback, no warranty/support, and the actual savings to determine if it's a good deal to you. If you find a good deal on ubid, I'd say go for it.... but use a credit card for consumer protection... even if you use the credit card thru paypal.

Justin from Detroit1 · Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:41 am

Yup, the same thing that gonz mentioned above happened to Elevation Audio. They had a warehouse flood, and all of their damaged, NON WORKING product was sent to a liquidator then put on eBay.

_gonz_ · Post by **_gonz_** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 7:32 am

It may have been Elevation Audio I was thinking of... was'nt positive of the company. Too many brands out there, and even more forum threads, to keep track of em all.

But the Disaster > Insurance writeoff > Liquidator > Ebay thing is extremely common practice. Some don't even hide the fact that they're liquidators. Its not even the liquidators I have the biggest problem with... it's the insurance companies reselling the damaged goods in the first place.

sonso_chi · Post by **sonso_chi** » Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:11 am

Thanks, I bought everything but an amp, still trying to decide