I've thought a lot about this, and believe that while there are a few underlying psychological mechanisms (i.e., tightarse) why I buy stuff from retailers who take weeks to ship stuff to me for free, the main one is that I like to surprise myself.
I end up forgetting what I've ordered, and the spontaneity of an order arriving - or the risk that it might not - is most appealing.
What's yours?
The trick is to keep buying every week so there's no gap - a lovely surprise each week.
I'm waiting for a qi charger, xiaomi pen, puma laces, xiaomi vacuum, maths learning tool thingy, lightning cable with micro sd slot, meizu headphones and kogan TV.
Besides the TV and vacuum (which we wanted/needed), everything else is spare change/disposable include :)
I find it interesting that if we rocked up to a brick and mortar store and we saw 20% off sale signs everywhere we wouldn't give it a second look. See 20% off on eBay on OzBargain and everyone goes crazy.
20% off b&m when they mark up their already marked up prices?
nah man
Probably because most b&m stores have a perpetual "20%" off sale that is just them marking prices up then taking 20% off to bring it back to normal. At least with an eBay 20% sale there is a chance of getting something not price jacked.
What was the question again? ;)
My favourite is when you order something and they send you the completely wrong order (eg parts for a Janome 500 sewing machine). Then you get to wait for 3 months all over again having plenty of time to contemplate what you are going to do with the sewing machine parts you scored for free.
WTF ???
Sorry mate, the only underlying reason for me it's cheaper. Like the USB cables I really need, I could of paid the $6 for faster shipping, but no that's $6 I can spend elsewhere
If it weren't for (a) big price difference, (b) ease/laziness (posted as deal here, no need to do much research) - would avoid sellers who take weeks to ship.
E.g. Today, after waiting a month, wrong items arrived, have to ask here how to deal with it. Then, buy and wait cycle again …
PS. a bit off-topic, but would appreciate pointers about kind of shipping to return wrong items to ebay seller (asked here). Hardly post anything, esp to overseas, so a bit clueless.
True, I always get surprised when I receive a package, especially ones from China since they take a month. Buy the time it arrives, I've forgotten that I bought something, it's like Christmass every few weeks.
I'm pretty sure I ordered things from China and just never showed up or never shipped, I forgot what I bought anyway…
are you married ? if so, this is absolutely understandable.