posted on February 28, 2001 10:16:23 AM
I was browsing Goodwill's Auction Site last night and found some items on there that had been previously listed on Ebay - same pictures, descriptions, everything. Some had even sold on Ebay. A couple items were very unique in nature and it would be a huge coincidence if there were more than one of these items being listed online at this time. I was under the impression that Goodwill's sellers were only Goodwill stores, is this right? If so, are they also selling on Ebay? Or are there other people selling on Goodwill other than Goodwill stores? I'm not trying to play cyber-cop - I could care less. I just want to know who the hell exactly it is I'm buying from on Goodwill's site. Anybody know?
posted on February 28, 2001 11:26:46 AM
As I understand it, it's only Goodwill stores. But then again, that's just what I read on the site. That is very interesting that you would see the same things on eBay that you see on Goodwill auctions. Then again, maybe some intelligent being out there realized that the Goodwill site did SO much better (with some stuff) than eBay does (one box of rubber bands at eBay - closes at 25 cents and no bids - same box of rubber bands at Goodwill is at $25.00 and still has eight days to go...) - that they started BUYING stuff on eBay to resell on the Goodwill site. Who knows? I can buy some stuff there and resell it at eBay but the china and stuff is WAY out of range. It's actually more like the price the stuff is actually WORTH! LOL!!!
