Sale postings to classiccmp (RE: my objection to recent postings)

From: J. Maynard Gelinas <maynard_at_jmg.com>
Date: Wed Apr 8 17:29:33 1998

       Tim Shoppa Wrote:

>
> > Not only that, but offering items on Ebay instead of on this list, opens
> > them up to the speculative investor masses and creates much higher prices
> > than trading among collectors would produce. Trust me, it's much better to
> > have them advertised here than on Ebay.
>
> That might depend on whether you're selling or buying, Kai :-).
>
> More seriously, has anyone here actually conducted a transaction
> through Ebay? Did the highest bidder actually make payment in
> a timely manner, if you were selling?
>
  I've never sold, but I have bought. I must admit, even after
_asking the seller very nicely_ to package the goods carefully, he
still just threw the item (an Atari 800) in a big box with newspaper;
It arrived a mess of broken plastic. He currently claims to be
working with UPS to refund my money instead of taking responsibility
of it himself.

  I'm less than enthusiastic about ebay because of this. OTOH, I
bought from someone else and he shipped the items wrapped in bubble
wrap, boxed in peanut packing material... they arrived in beautiful
condidtion and I sent off a thank you letter immeiately. I would say
that you're taking a much worse risk buying through the auction houses
because you have no idea what kind of person you're buying from. Here
you may not meet the person, but we're a fairly close knit community.
I feel much safer buying from the folks here.

--jmg
Received on Wed Apr 08 1998 - 17:29:33 BST