Re: L_at__at_K! RARE -- 2 EBAY SELLERS CONVICTED and 1 on thFeedback is a good
indicator in general but isn't always accurate. I've edealt with sellers and
buyers that had bad., nasty comments only to find (after working with them)
that it was likely someone that wanted to back out or something else. One of
our fellow collectors by the username of Polbit gave me a nice negative
stating that my machine was junk when it was sold for $6 and was in the
posted condition. By the buyer's description in email I think he/she was
trying to scam me by buying a good condition PS/2 55SX from me and then try
to intimidate me into taking the crap one they had back. No way, I sell as
final sales and when asked what the serial that they recieved was I got one
totally different than the one I shipped (I track them all) so I knew that
it was a "return it or I'll post.
Best part of selling by ebay - you only get burned by a person once - they
have a system where you can post any user's name, up to 1000 of them, and
those users will be barred from bidding on any of your auctions. Another
neat feature is if you have a specific item that you only want a handful of
specific people to bid on it, you can post it and then enter allowed
bidder's usernames for that specific item. I did this with a hospital out in
boulder for an older Compaq machine with EISA (they needed it for a certain
bio-med card) and wanted the security of it being an ebay item with ebay's
item insurance. Worked well too and they paid for it with credit card
through ebay's billpoint and I had the unit out that afternoon. Sure ebay
made some money on what I could have sold direct but the buyer felt that
they had a security in place too which they did and they also had a receipt
for records from their credit card transaction as well. Of course the unit
went into my business books due to it being done this way even though the
old machines are personal property I bought long ago.
There's good and bad to all things, you just have to be careful. Drop $5 in
a slot machine in Vegas you expect to never see it but when it does jackpot
you feel good. The auctions are a lot like that in many ways.
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
[mailto:owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Hellige
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 6:04 AM
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: L_at__at_K! RARE -- 2 EBAY SELLERS CONVICTED and 1 on the
run....Another nice ebay ("epay") story...
It is possible though to get some good deals, especially on
non-classic computer stuff, on eBay. Not to mention that many of the
sellers are very reputable. I doubt the number of bad eggs, percentage
wise, is any worse than going to flea markets and such. At least with eBay
there is some recourse if there's a problem with another user, which isn't
always the case with flea markets. I know I check a sellers feedback very
carefully, as do most people. One's feedback rating makes a big difference.
Jeff
Sheeesh...not surprised....at all....
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010417/wr/crime_ebay_dc_1.html
I will continue to boycott this place as both a potential seller and
buyer.
Claude
Canuk Computer Collector
http://computer_collector.tripod.com
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