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Old May 8, 2012 | 12:28 AM
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MOST EXPENSIVE TURN SIGNAL BULBS!!!

US $442.99 for a pair of turn signal bulbs!!


http://www.ebay.com/itm/White-Error-...item20bb9c32b9

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Old May 8, 2012 | 12:32 AM
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Old May 8, 2012 | 12:38 AM
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Old May 8, 2012 | 05:01 AM
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It HAS to be a typo.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 05:39 AM
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Damn Americans for not outsourcing their product so it can be produced for $1 in China. That way, everyone could enjoy $442 turn signal bulbs for much less
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Old May 8, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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Originally Posted by AkaSigFreak
It HAS to be a typo.
Im thinking they are supposed to be 42.99 or 44.99 but ya never know...
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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Those high prices are usually a placeholder if the product is out of stock. I know it's still showing as available, but that is only because the seller doesn't want to end the listing and then have to pay another insertion fee.

It much cheaper to change the price and extend the listing a few hours before it ends for another 14-30 days, that way they only have to pay insertion fee once and only pay a sold fee for each order.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:06 AM
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That makes sense.
I'm still steamed about ebay fees for selling a subwoofer I had. They're making it to expensive to use.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:11 AM
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Yeah, i only sell things on ebay if i can't get rid of them through Craigslist. At least for us small times seller they wave the insertion fee every so often.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 08:34 AM
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It's the final value fee that killed me. Total ebay fees ran $104 and that's before the $40 in paypal fees.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 09:46 AM
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That bulb looks amazing im ordering 4
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Old May 8, 2012 | 11:40 AM
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That makes sense.
I'm still steamed about ebay fees for selling a subwoofer I had. They're making it to expensive to use.
Just be glad those weren't classified as Automotive Accessories. Anything automotive Ebay takes 10% off the top. Then paypal takes their cut.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 03:25 PM
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Well, they got $104 on an auction that ended at $966 plus $148 for shipping. Depending on how you want to calculate the percentage, it's still around 10%. As you said, then there is paypal.

Unfortunately, they pretty much have a corner on reaching a lot of people.
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Old May 8, 2012 | 05:29 PM
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ya luckily they just started recently giving 2o% final value discounts and free insertion fees if u hit top seller status which isnt that hard as long as you have 1 day handling and a 14 day return policy and ship a few things each month
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Originally Posted by AkaSigFreak
It HAS to be a typo.
Originally Posted by C300Sport
Im thinking they are supposed to be 42.99 or 44.99 but ya never know...
If you click on the "43 Sold" it'll show you the prices of the last several sales ranging between $3654 and $49.99 but not at $442...
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