[Phono-L] Suckerpunched by eBay & Vic III for sale

[john robles]

 Okay, it finally happend. Afte defending eBay (mentally if not physically on this board) for a long time, I got my comeupance today. Two days ago I put several items on eBa for sale, including a nice Vic III that I have. I am DESPERATELY trying to raise $2800 in a short time to buy a harp to replace mine (which developed structural problems).  I need to raise this money SOON!  So I listed some phonoe items that were near and dear to my heart, including the III. You may remember what I went through trying to get a back bracket for it.
So this morning, I find that eBay has REMOVED my items because I did the unholy deed of saying I accept Paypal and personal checks (held for clearance). Apparently you cannot accept mone order or personal checks on ebay any more. I didn't know this because I don't read every piece of claptrap that ebay sends me. I use the Turbolister to create my listings, and it caugh that I offered to accept money orders, and it gave me an error code on that. So I changed it. BUT it did NOT give me an error code on the term personal checks.  So I guess some grunt at ebay whose job it is to check such things found it and pulled m auctions. I had $460 in bids on the III when it was pulled. They sent some sort of email to my bidders telling them the items were being pulled. I was FURIOUS. I wrote them an angry letter, and they basicall said too bad. They were nice about it, bt at the end of the letter it said I should not respond because they would not receive it. Nice
 and caring.  Anyhoe I relisted most of the stuff, and the Vic III is item number 110374580209.  I am so desperate to raise the cash that my buy it now on this item is only $1995, which is less money than I have into it. So if you want a deal, there it is.  As for ebay, they disguise their corporate greed behid the veil of 'protecting their sellers from fraud'. They own Paypal, so of course they want you to use it exclusively. Arrgh. Thanks for leting me vent. And thanks for reading this far.  
John RObles