[Phono-L] The Vic III sold for $700.

[buck Buchanan]

Brantley

Very well said.
I am not surprised about what ebay is doing, they want to make certain that they get their share of the sale. They don't care if the item is stolen, I am trying who did a piece on ebay and the amount of stolen goods that are being sold each day. And there is almost nothing anybody can do unless ebay wants to help and they don't because it would cost them profits.

Bill 

--- On Tue, 11/11/08, Kuglarb at wmconnect.com <Kuglarb at wmconnect.com> wrote:
From: Kuglarb at wmconnect.com <Kuglarb at wmconnect.com>
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] The Vic III sold for $700.
To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2008, 10:00 PM

You can't see who fell for this hoax as the buyer is still scrambled.  I 
think that this was another 'stupid' move by ebay.  To keep the
identity of the 
bidders private from the registered ebay users.  When I am bidding on an item,
I 
don't care who sees my ebay name.  It's another way that ebay tries to
keep 
things a big secret.  The way it is now, if a fellow bidder is bidding on an 
item and the item is bogus or the seller (in the case it appears with this 
crook) is not one to deal with, no one looking on can warn the bidder.  Ebay
has 
gotten worse over the years and I think we can see where ebay makes no effort
to 
confront 'shady' sellers!  Tim, I think that you and several others
have 
tried to let ebay know about this seller, and you have had no response.

Also, ebay has changed the feedback rules to encourage 'dead beat'
buyers.  
If a buyer does not pay for an item, or if the buyer leaves unjust negative 
feedback on a seller, the seller can in no way, shape, or form leave negative 
feedback to the buyer.  So with this, a seller can spend a fortune listing an 
item (listing fees) and selling the item to a 'dead beat' bidder
(selling fees) 
and the 'dead beat' bidder can choose to not pay for the item.  The
seller is 
stuck with the fees and cannot even report the 'dead beat' buyer to
fellow 
ebayers in the form of negative feedback.

Yea, ebay is a true 'buy and sell' at your own risk forum.  Buyers and 
Sellers BEWARE!  The 'dead beats' and 'crooks' are out there,
and out there lurking 
on ebay.

Brantley
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