Hi , Im Paul  ,

 ill tell you a little about me, and how i trade  on ebay

but firstly lets get one thing straight - WHAT'S A BUSINESS? - ive been forced to register as one or stop trading by ebay - i have an E shop - YES , i make SOME money , YES .

but, my turnover in a month net  wouldnt pay my rent,much less anything else ,so how am i a business ?

  i provide as much good service as i can because i love games , GAMING , & meeting new people as much as anything else . EBAY SHOULD BE fun , OR WAS

so its a one man band,run from home,in my spare time,as i have a regular job too ,just like you - NOT a BUSINESS ....... despite what you say ........ ebay

i try i really do , to get it right , sometimes you win (mostly ) sometimes no matter how much you try it goes horribly wrong .........more on that later ; now;

ok rant over , victor meldrew has left the theatre ......

NOW ,

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 some of the many   REASONS FOR CHOOSING ME TO BUY FROM....

1. YOU SEE WHAT YOU GET.NO FLAN,ITS THERE ON THE PICTURE - NO UPLOADED IMAGES OF THE FRONT OF THE BOX - LIKE SOME DO
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3. nearly always PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL ITEM SOLD
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5. I SHIP FAST - ALWAYS FIRST CLASS - MOST OF THE TIME INSIDE 24 HOURS -SOMETIMES in minutes
6. I SHIP WORLDWIDE and have done so  to almost 100 countries
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8. MY GAMES ARE ALWAYS PACKED WELL;OLDER BOXES SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE PACKING INTERNALLY SO THEY KEEP THEIR NORMAL SHAPE   AND LOOK LIKE THEY SHOULD
9.  9000 + GOOD FEEDBACKS - READ EM. and,i leave feedback first,BEFORE i SHIP OUT
10. CONFIDENCE IN ME,CONFIDENCE IN MY PRODUCTS,CONFIDENCE IN A POWERSELLER
11.  DECENTLY PRICED BUY IT NOWS - look at what some of the johhny come latelys are charging -AMAZiNg PRICES
12. A BETTER RETURNS POLICY than most -
13. SHIPPING POSTAGE AT A REASONABLE LEVEL - EVER PAID £4 FOR A GAME TO BE SHIPPED TO YOU AND THEN FOUND IT SENT 2ND class ,UNRECORDED A WEEK LATER in brown paper- BEEN THERE - DONT LIKE IT  - COULDNT DO IT TO ANYONE - I DO AS I EXPECT TO BE DONE BY
14. MAD priced sale games
15. COLLECTORS ITEMS ON SALE HERE YOU COULDNT FIND ANYWHERE ELSE ,RETRO GAMES FROM YESTERYEAR 
16. FREE GAMES,I PUT A COUPLE OF EXTRA GAMES IN SOMEBODIES PARCEL EVERY WEEK - IT COULD BE YOU .......
17. ILL HELP YOU IF YOU DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO - JUST ASK
18. RETURNS 7 DAYS -  ,ILL REPLACE IT ,OR REFUND YOU YOUR CHOICE
19. I TRADE WITH NEW BUYERS -NEW EBAYERS WITHOUT PREJUDICE -UNLIKE SOME
20. ILL TRY TO TRADE WITH A SMILE ,LIFES TOO SHORT ,SHOPPING SHOULD BE FUN
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MY LOVELY SON, CHRISTOPHER  

the month, (AUGUST 06)

 MY SON , Christopher WAS CALLED INTO HOSPITAL ON A RELATIVELY MINOR MATTER ........... TILL THEY FOUND a massive brain tumor .

told us all he could possibly survive 10 years   and basically , ten days later , he was dead. Technically . he died during surgery doing a biopsy ....... no drama - just the bare facts -

20 he was ,two months to the day short of his 21st &  full of life and then BAM ! IT JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU NEVER KNOW WHATS ROUND THE CORNER .................

on a  positive note all the ladies, (chris would have liked the idea of his organs going only in  ladies ......) are discharged from hospitals and HAVE MADE great strides towards a full recovery , one , sufficiantly so to start back to work - another of the three  had been on the transplant waitng list for 10 years ...... i kid you not !

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you'll  get no bull from me - if i say a game is rare . it is

most of the time you'll be lucky to find ten on ebay  worldwide if i say its RARE - given theres average of 110000 on here every week , thats 0.00001 per cent  per game

 - i'll say  this too ,   i will never , ever be the top priced on a game  . i will be a cheaper option (not the NECESSARILY  cheapest ) , subject to status (boxed ,unboxed ,jewel cased  of similar items on a buy it now )

tell me if your looking for something too - if i havent got it , i might know who to ask ....

 AND I USE NEW  , SUPERIOR CLASS DVD PADDED ENVELOPES FOR POSTING EVERYTIME  I POST  , NOT USED , NOT TAT , NOT CRAPPY BROWN PAPER; SUPERIOR

SO, i try to treat all of you ,the way i would want to be treated - yes ,you may pay a fair whack for a game ,but its a fair price to pay for quality , rarirty , confidence in the seller , integrity ( not many people will add that one ) and clarity (not to mention a bit of comedy from time to time )

LOOK...... frequently i trust people ive never met -    i dont judge till i have a reason to ,ONE WAY OR T'OTHER -     and i realise that not everything is perfect all the time -     but its not for the lack of trying - remember that all of you -

 , if i do have an off day ; tell me about it rather than go postal and leave bad feedback .

talking of negative feedback ,

remember life is a two way street , negative feedback is a LAST resort FOR ME , SADLY THATS NOT ALWAYS THE CASE FOR OTHERS - IS IT ?

it should be for you too - at the end of an unresolved process. NOT LIKE THE LAST ONE I HAD - which basically was because i EMAILLED a guy late to tell him his game had been posted the day before (because i went to the hospital directly after to see a very seriously ill lifelong friend-AND the following day i emailled him after work to tell him so,his reply was pompous arrogant and in his OWN words(later) haughty. so i sent the game the day after it was ordered .airmail to belgium which arrived during the xmas rush in five days or less... in PERFECT conditon . AND I GOT NEGGED cos i used a naughty word in my reply to him ...... hes lucky he doesnt live closer ....... 

 i treasure my reputation ,as you do yours. i also understand that no one Is perfect all the time . least of all the postal services  - but i post fast , i use the fastest option available - if it dosent get there as fast as you'd like , please dont blame me ......

BUT ,

anything can be worked out if both of us know about the problem......

anyway , i try to price things realistically , . i try to keep the postage costs down to a fair level , jewel cases 1.29 -1.80

dvds and double DVDS 1£2 -3.00 ;

remember anything bigger than a single dvd case costs £2.14 in postage alone - AND I CHARGE £2.20

i dont set the price postage costs : royal mail do

  talking of which -

 ive not put my prices up this year on postage AGAIN  - even though everything has gone up in price AGAIN - petrol ,stamps , petrol ,envelopes ,petrol , car tax , petrol , its two miles to my post office from my house ,or eight from my works -  postage isnt just about the price of a stamp you know  

bundles priced accordingly

, big box games 3:00 - 7:00 according to weight (some of those old manuals are bloody heavy you know )

and  for worldwide shipping.all my BOXED stuff goes in padded envelopes AND  wrapped in CARDBOARD and in 7000 + transactions ive  had one d.o.a. yet (touch wood )

these people i deal with on a regular basis, and, are genuine good GUYS  that will provide excellent service tied up with excellent products:

josiew1969 (stuart) ,

 paulsb2005 (paul)

wellinever1 ( tony ) 

 mini-ash  (ash),

tigerfishy (dave )

GB_SAFE101 (GAZZA.... WELCOME BACK MAN)

 The pc gamer ( dan , in the usa )

 richievee , too  

   well, its not a long list but , its not as short as some .  , THESE are SOME OF  THE BEST GAMES SELLERS ON EBAY - GOOD GUYS ALL ,they have to be good , i trust them with MY money ........ remember; i trust these people - how many people can you say you trust -and have never seen their face - id stake my reputation on them as much as my own .........