I didn't get around to posting last week because I was on vacation -- backpacking in King's Canyon National Park -- without any sort of internet connection. I'm finally back and recovered so I thought I should get around to updating. It seems I've gotten pretty bad at even posting once per week.
As I've pointed out before, many sellers have no idea what many of the items they are selling actually are. These sort of sellers come in two varieties: the "good" (the seller assumes the item is worthless and will sell it for next to nothing) and the "bad" (the seller assumes the item is worth a lot and often refuses to bargain).
The easiest way to determine with which sort of seller you are dealing is to simply examine the item or ask about its condition. Good sellers are usually pretty passive and often don't know if the item works or not; sellers who are determined to make more than the item is worth often come across as short or even aggressive. You can always try to bargain with bad sellers but it's often not worth your time, unfortunately.
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