Email a copy of 'eBay Deals Site Runs Father's Day Sale' to a friend
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Ina Steiner is co-founder and Editor of EcommerceBytes and has been reporting on ecommerce since 1999. She's a widely cited authority on marketplace selling and is author of "Turn eBay Data Into Dollars" (McGraw-Hill 2006). Her blog was featured in the book, "Blogging Heroes" (Wiley 2008). She is a member of the Online News Association (Sep 2005 - present) and Investigative Reporters and Editors (Mar 2006 - present). Follow her on Twitter at @ecommercebytes and send news tips to ina@ecommercebytes.com. See disclosure at EcommerceBytes.com/disclosure/.
“For being such a great dad, here’s a refurbished camping pillow.”
I have now seen pigs fly…
It is very insulting to gift someone a refurbished item. At the same time you are also embarrassing yourself by saying you are too broke / too cheap to buy new. But what does eBay know about etiquette and social manners anyway? This is the company that encourages its broke / cheapskate buyers to send lowball offers and / or unwanted text messages asking for all sorts of things (freebies, layaway plan, payment installments, you name it).