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In addition to the ususal scams going on at eBay, all in favour of
the seller, sellers are once again stacking the deck in their favour by boycotting midweek transactions in favour of weekend pileups. Now in addition to phony high catalog prices sellers are taking advantage of the fact that if you lower availability (midweek) and stack everything on to Saturday and Sunday, you will create a panic buying situation where people will overspend to acquire what they need, which only further supports the notion of high catalog prices because dealers can now claim 'unprecidented demand' - all created by a false shortage. I continue to buy at eBay, as best I can by working within the tight spaces between dishonesty and manipulation. It isnt easy but every now and then I snag something I want at a fair price. Had I known the world was going to become what it is today I never would have sold my large world collection years ago - to pay the kids health insurance and high rents. I did get scammed by /Hoaser247/ last week when I discovered a set of stamps I had never received. Every now and then somehing like this slips through on me and I regret it. Admittedly I won at $13.50 for a $65 set, but that was high bid and nobody else was offering more so I won. Hoaser247 didnt like it at all however. He sat and did nothing. I had to request an invoice five times - finally one appeared in my email. I sent the guy $17.00 to insure good shipping and again Hoaser247 sat and did nothing - for 90 days! I suddenly woke up and emailed asking where the stamps were but no replies from Hoaser247! So I filed a Dispute - he still didnt reply. Finally eBay forced him to say something and of course "Never got the payment", he said. The set has already reappeared on eBay. I gave Hoaser247 negative feedback and of course he gave me the same. And Ruby Stamps has finally blocked me from bidding. Why? Because I finally got ****ed at chasing them around all the time, for invoices, for their address, etc etc etc. What really did it was his filing a Dispute against me for nonpayment only to find out he had been sitting on my check for one month! But, assholes must always punish the innocent. Ruby has now blocked me so my quick payments will no longer sit around on his cluttered desk for him to have to dig for - he would rather file Disputes against people just to keep up the illusion that Ruby is in control! Control is everything in the business world today! (The Czar said that in 1905!) Have a nice collecting day - .... |
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On Sun, 22 Oct 2006 14:11:32 -0500, Charlotta wrote:
In addition to the ususal scams going on at eBay, all in favour of the seller, sellers are once again stacking the deck in their favour by boycotting midweek transactions in favour of weekend pileups. Let's guess...your choice of intentionally emotionally charged language would be for what reason, I wonder? Now in addition to phony high catalog prices sellers are taking advantage of the fact that if you lower availability (midweek) and stack everything on to Saturday and Sunday, you will create a panic buying situation where people will overspend to acquire what they need, You don't "need" anything being sold there. which only further supports the notion of high catalog prices because dealers can now claim 'unprecidented demand' - all created by a false shortage. Blah blah blah. If you don't want to bid (shrug) don't bid. I continue to buy at eBay, as best I can by working within the tight spaces between dishonesty and manipulation. It isnt easy but every now and then I snag something I want at a fair price. Fair is determined by the market. By definition. Had I known the world was going to become what it is today I never would have sold my large world collection years ago - to pay the kids health insurance and high rents. Oh, I get it now, you're a whining troll. OK, you got me. |
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Charlotta wrote:
In addition to the ususal scams going on at eBay, all in favour of the seller, sellers are once again stacking the deck in their favour by boycotting midweek transactions in favour of weekend pileups. A lot of people listing stamps on eBay do it part-time and list when they have time to list i.e. on their days off from their "real" job. I don't think it's a conspiracy that there is more stuff running on the weekends. I did get scammed by Hoaser247 last week when I discovered a set of stamps I had never received. Every now and then somehing like this slips through on me and I regret it. Admittedly I won at $13.50 for a $65 set, but that was high bid and nobody else was offering more so I won. Hoaser247 didnt like it at all however. He sat and did nothing. I had to request an invoice five times - finally one appeared in my email. I sent the guy $17.00 to insure good shipping and again Hoaser247 sat and did nothing - for 90 days! I suddenly woke up and emailed asking where the stamps were but no replies from Hoaser247! So I filed a Dispute - he still didnt reply. Finally eBay forced him to say something and of course "Never got the payment", he said. The set has already reappeared on eBay. I gave Hoaser247 negative feedback and of course he gave me the same. OK, fair enough -- people shouldn't do that. If you list items starting low, sometimes you'll get burned as a seller (not often if you know what you're doing as a seller, but it happens) and the only responsible thing is to sell the item at whatever it went for. If you buy from people who have not been on eBay very long and/or have little feedback, they are more likely to pull this kind of thing on you. And Ruby Stamps has finally blocked me from bidding. Why? Because I finally got ****ed at chasing them around all the time, for invoices, for their address, etc etc etc. What really did it was his filing a Dispute against me for nonpayment only to find out he had been sitting on my check for one month! But, assholes must always punish the innocent. Ruby has now blocked me so my quick payments will no longer sit around on his cluttered desk for him to have to dig for - he would rather file Disputes against people just to keep up the illusion that Ruby is in control! I've bought a few things from RubyStamps (actually Davitt Felder after he got exposed in a bid rigging scandal) and always got them on time. (The rigging had nothing to do with eBay -- it was a collusion issue involving large collections sold at live auction.) |
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