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

[Ron L]

Although you can't say it on The bay, I think you can tell buyers after the
fact that you will accept other forms of payment.  

Ron L 

-----Original Message-----
From: phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org [mailto:phono-l-bounces at oldcrank.org] On
Behalf Of john robles
Sent: Thursday, April 09, 2009 3:04 AM
To: phono-l at oldcrank.org
Subject: [Phono-L] Suckerpunched by eBay & Vic III for sale

 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
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