Re: Seller problem

"Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> I empathize with your post. The golden rule of purchasing *anything*
> off Ebay is: Never buy anything for money you can't afford to loose.
> What I mean is: Ebay exisits on the basic honesty on people. I'd say,
> probably, over 90% of Ebayers are honest...yet, what about the other
> 10%? 
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> No way in HELL Ebay itself will help you. Paypal might help you and I
> truly hope they do. (They're owned by Ebay but you knew that right?)
> I've many, MANY stories of vintage guitar buyers getting scammed and
> those morons were too stupid to even check out the instrument
> personally. IMO, while they didn't deserve getting ripped off, why
> would *anyone* spend $3000 on an item sight unseen. (Sorry, pix don't
> mean anything and aren't worth a damn if one considers the Photoshop
> route of altering an image.) 
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> I hope you get your money back, but I really hope you learned your
> lesson. Don't buy ANYTHING on Ebay unless you're very sure of the
> seller's feedback, intentions and communication back to you. Above all,
> make sure what your buying is money you can afford to loose in a worst
> case scenario...sort of like playing the stock market or going to
> Vegas. It's a gamble...and  the percentage is always with the
> 'house'.(In this case the seller. The seller has *ALL* the power)
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> Good luck, be happy you didn't loose a bundle
> Jon
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Thanks. The money is certainly not the issue. The pain of it is, 
originally, for me anyway, eBay was a good experience. Starting this year 
the dissatisfaction ratio climbed way up. To many items have been not as 
represented. It isn't even the money in most cases it's the PITA of 
following up. If I have $10 to $15 in something with shipping and something 
is wrong it;s almost not worth the effort.

I bought a 1/32 Harrier guy claimed it was unstarted and mint. The damn 
thing was started, painted and glued badly. The guy gives me some song and 
dance about he took someoneelse's word regarding the condition and he did 
give me a full refund but again, now I have a box of crap and I wasted my 
time when I could have been bidding on a complete and unstarted kit.

It's the time I waste that irks me.

Frank


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> "Gray Ghost" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> I believe I was scammed by seller paintingmodel. He was selling resin
>> and vinyl figures. Sometime shortly after I'd paid for an item he
>> became "Not a registered user". Ebay failed to notify me (I was after
>> all listed as a recent buyer). The time specified for the item to
>> arrive has passed and several emails remain unanswered.  He reappeared
>> as animeusa, but I got him suspended. He has reappeaerd as
>> model-store. Same items, very similar ads, terms and conditions with
>> hotmail accounts. I have notified ebay, after much difficulty.
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>> What I find most aggregious is this:
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>> !) Ebay does not notify recent buyers/bidders when they suspend a
>> seller. It should be no problem to see who they are and you would
>> think there is some sort of ethical obligation to do so.
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>> 2) Ebay apparently does not much care who thier sellers are unless it
>> is brought to thier attention.
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>> 3) Ebay's use of cookies seems more to stop hearing from irritated
>> users tan anything else. Every time I try to go to the contact page
>> from seller fraud pages it tells me it can't proceed because I don't
>> have cookiers turned on. Which is crap since I had both ebay.com and
>> doubleclick cookies on my machine.
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>> I am beginning to question whether it is safe and prudent to do
>> business through eBay. I am going to make it my business to look for
>> these ads and notify all the bidders/buyers I can that they are in a
>> potential scam situattion. 
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>> Frank
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