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| fuch toy |
 Dec 30 2003, 10:14 AM
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Since the demise of the old 914 club site.....man I used to sell a lot over there....and the slow selling of stuff on this site....YEAH I know the format is anti spam, I have posted my first Evil bay sale..... I swore I would never do it.....but hey, I said I would never have kids either. I hope I don't get hooked and start selling Mom's jewelry and stuff. On my third "buy"....I feel like I am buying a baggy of herb..... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) my bank issued a flawed money order.....it was an error on the teller but they issued a stop on a $8.30 cent MO.....I bought a stupid antique sticker for a gas pump I was restoring. Guy blasted me without even emailing me and asking WTF....... Put me off the bay for a couple of years..... Anyone else have any horror stories? |
 
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| campbellcj |
Dec 30 2003, 11:37 AM
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I can't Re Member  Group: Members Posts: 4,632 Joined: 26-December 02 From: Agoura, CA Member No.: 21 Region Association: Southern California 
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I have done around 200 transactions with very few probs. I have found that what you are buying/selling kind of determines the type of people you'll be dealing with. For instance -- toys or video game kind of stuff ==> tons of flakey teenagers and deadbeats. P-car parts ==> usually (-usually-) honest respectable adults.
I lost $40 on a buy auction to a scammer who nailed a number of other people (for a lot more $$ than me) and I think he actually got caught eventually. I have had several foreign buyers who COULDN'T READ ENGLISH and ignored the "shipping to US only" statement. Usually it worked out OK anyway, cuz they paid up the wazoo for shipping and were in countries with easy customs forms so no real extra hassle. Once I sold one of those Go-Ped scooters and that auction attracted the deadbeat kids like flies to cow puckies. I think the 2-3 highest bidders were all dumba$$es with screen names like "luv2beatoff". It sold anyway, though. Only about 50-75% of people seem to leave feedback. I dunno if they don't understand the concept, or are just lazy? It's a good tool IMHO if you are careful and cover your a$$ with complete item descriptions with pics, and a good email trail after the auction closes. |
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fuch toy My first evil bay posting Dec 30 2003, 10:14 AM
rhodyguy about 20 emails w/pictures to a guy who "won" a bu... Dec 30 2003, 10:22 AM djm914-6 I've done pretty well with minimal issues.
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I did learn o... Dec 30 2003, 11:44 PM Eric Taylor Man Mikey that sucks, but I feel for you. I won... Dec 30 2003, 11:57 PM
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