Stratovarius Community

I do alittle Online shopping from a few places I trust. Since I do not believe in Credit Cards, I have to pay by check or M/O, which limits my buying capacity considerably--but, I'm satisfied, in any case.

I have just signed up for E-bay&am bidding on an item now. My son is a Veteran of E-bay, having made quite a few successful bids&purchases there. So, after a few years on the 'Net-I finally took the plunge into the E-bay circle and have found it to be interesting! I can understand why some have become addicted to it! I hope to buy a few StratoRelated things and maybe, Cosmetic, houseware, and clothing stuff.

I do the FreebieSite thing&as you can expect, my E-mail box has to be emptied of Spam a couple times a day But, I get great sample of things, have Won a few items, and have so many free magazine subscriptions its no longer a laughing matter. The best item I have Won has been a TOTAL line of Redken hair products(Value $93)Also, designer perfume, Apothia(Value $59). It takes about an hour a day to cruise these freebiesites, register for samples&sweepstakes, but its worth it, I think.

CottonCandy wrote:I have just signed up for E-bay

I have been thinking, should I sign up too. After all Ebay is the king of... ebays.

I used to buy computer parts and music from the net because they are cheaper there. Not anymore, reason: I'm broke!

I dislike credit cards but they're a necessary evil i think.

I do a lot of online shopping, never had a problem.

DAMN IT! :pissed5: I got Outbid! :pissed4: By 50 Cents! :pissed3:

But, it ain't over YET! The final bid is made tommorrow&I plan a Sneak Attack(HEHEHE) :uzi: I will wait til the last minute&make a sneaky quick bid!
This item will save me about $50, so I want this sucker--or should I say, Pucker!

CottonCandy wrote:DAMN IT! :pissed5: I got Outbid! :pissed4: By 50 Cents! :pissed3:

But, it ain't over YET! The final bid is made tommorrow&I plan a Sneak Attack(HEHEHE) :uzi: I will wait til the last minute&make a sneaky quick bid!
This item will save me about $50, so I want this sucker--or should I say, Pucker!

Wait a minute. We have this finnish "Huuto.net". It's an internet auction bay too and it has a nasty little option: The Legendary Automatic Bid Raiser! You place your bid and if you want, you can use the LABR to automatically raise your bid if someone else places a bigger bid. Of course, you can put a limit into it. Not sure if eBay has something like it, but if it has, I don't recommend to leave it in the last minute, because the bid raiser might place a bigger bit and you may not have enough time to place a bigger bit. Maybe to the last FIVE minutes. But that is ONLY, if eBay has an option like that. For caution.

BID in the last minutes. its the only way.

I've bought like 10 items over the net, never had a problem.
And I use my father's credit card.

Equinox wrote:And I use my father's credit card.

Me too!

I allways pay him back of course!

Pikkusielu wrote:

Equinox wrote:And I use my father's credit card.

Me too!

I allways pay him back of course!

I don't.

Yeah, I know, I need a job.

I got on eBay not so long ago, i buy too much, in the last two weeks i bought over 20 CDs But it's great for selling too, i bought a pair of old rollerskates from a charity shop for £5 and sold them for £30, so got good there

I have about 9 hours to get my bid back. :pissed2: If I were a vengefuk type person&knew this huzzy had that AutoBid Option, I'd raise the bid so high it would rock her world! Then, it would probably backfire&I'd have to pay my high bid!
But, that item is a great fucking item&bid--I'm not giving up, damnit!


BTW, one other way to save money on or offline, is to use coupons! I started this practice as a teenager! There is a Kroger store in the next town over&I used to save up my coupons for double-coupon day. All coupons up to 75Cents would be doubled&I got quite a few free items that way!
But, a Sav-A-Lot store opened nearer&was cheaper WITHOUT coupons, so I do not use them as much as I used to--but, I still use a few every week on things I would not buy otherwise.
The same goes for rebates--like you buy 3 things then, send in the UPC symbol&get 3dollars back. I do that sometimes, too.
Last year I saved the UPC symbols from White Lily flour&got a free Baking class DVD 90 min. long!
There are lots of ways to save money!

Just do what someone else said, bid at the last 10 seconds

htcdude wrote:Just do what someone else said, bid at the last 10 seconds

Exactly what I am planning!

But, if I lose there will be other sales of this product I am sure!

What is it you're bidding on? (Just so i can bid higher than you at the last minute )

Well if you are really interested in buying on ebay maybe buying such a automatic bidraiserprog. wouldn´t be a bad idea..
Many ppl on Ebay use it so on really good things it´s nearly impossible to have a chance.
We sometimes get things there but I prefer the stuff which you can buy right then so no real auction stuff.

And amazon is still the best

I was trying to buy clothe, but there was a problem, and I would like to know what CVC and CVV means, please.

BEG: still can access?

Never had a bad experience so far with ebay. As far as other online shopping, I've only ordered from CD Universe, Amazon and Stratoshop. A couple of my CD Universe orders were lost, but it was because the Mexican Postal Service is TERRIBLE. I emailed them to let them know I never got my CDs, so they replaced my order with no further questions. It's a good site and they usually have pretty decent prices.

Equinox, on the back of your card (where the signature is) there's a number with this format: XXXX-XXX CVC are the last 3 digits of that number

i've only ordered twice online; both were from the strato-shop.

i ordered something which took two years to come (they were very apologetic and sent all this free stuff to make up for it)...

and then i ordered something else which took like two weeks.

so i don't know what to think!

I was outbid on 7 tubes of assorted colors of Outlast LipColor--the best lipstick in the World! Damn it! I lost by only $2.00! BUT< I found a deal on the BUY IT NOW! Option that was almost as good&I jumped on That! Now, I have enough great lipstick to last a couple years without buying any! (Oh, I know--that's such a big problem LOL)

I got the Pink Sugar colongne I ordered&it smells good, but I like the Dreamsicle better!
I will not make any major purchases on-line. Just colognes, make-up&shit like that. I have ordered an Andrew Bordoni CD from CDBaby&got it in just a week! I may order again from the StratoShop later. I saw a couple things I really lust for and would like to wear!

I pre-order my Stratovarius....it'll get here before the 15th.

Happyness.

I will order my Stratovarius CD from CM after Labor Day.

As for on-line shopping, I bought some batteries today. They were abit cheaper than the dollar store(even with S/H)&I don't have to spend money on gas!

I am going to CenturyMedia.com in a minute to see if the Strato Album is ready to order--if so, I'll order today!

I will buy my Strato CD from eBay no doubt

Fuck, shit and towels, my father's credit card is not allowed to buy stuff internationally.....

Now I have to find someone to trick.

For me, all the times I bought something online, it went OK. Sometimes I even get good surprises like orderinr 80&#8364; worth of CDs on Stratoshop , choosing Cash On Delivery to pay (my mother's credit card didn't work) and finding my CDs in my mailbox without paying a cent

Equinox wrote:Fuck, shit and towels, my father's credit card is not allowed to buy stuff internationally.....

Now I have to find someone to trick.

No worries, you can still buy with cash on delivery.

can i make a plug? ... if you order from www.homiciderocker.com , you won't have any problems (BTW that's not my site, it's HvyMtlClickWitch's)

Anyway, I'm really surprised that Stratovarius hasn't done a pre-order thing for their album yet. Maybe I just haven't read enough topics in the Stratovarius-related board, but... does anyone know why they haven't done that yet? or have they just... not done it yet? (what a stupid sentence)