How about this price not being accepted for a Magazine

From: Megan <mbg_at_TheWorld.com>
Date: Sun Feb 9 20:43:00 2003

>>I think anybody that would pay that kind of money without a LOT more
>>proof of authenticity is an idiot! A rich idiot perhaps but an idiot
>>none the less.

>I noticed that the seller has zero feedback so they must be new to E-bay
>(or they've changed their identity). Sounds like a grand formula for a
>rip-off to me!

Unfortunately, a positive feedback (say, in the hundreds) also does
not guarantee that you won't get ripped-off. I recently (well,
November of last year), purchased something through ebay from someone
who had about 140+ for their feedback... and very few negatives.

I sent them the payment for the item ($300+) and although they kept
sending emails about how they were going to get it out to me, with
some extras due to the delay, the person never did ship the item.
His contact information was totally bogus (the mail-to address was
different from what the person had on file with ebay, which I didn't
get until it was too late and I was reporting a problem). The
phone number was no good (again, I didn't have that until there was
a problem).

Now, the person's account is inactive...

So, don't assume anything from a feedback profile value...

                                        Megan Gentry
                                        Former RT-11 Developer

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