[Phono-L] Victor I Questions - Assistance Appreciated

[harvey kravitz]

Hi Jim, I never buy on line with a credit card. I don't phone it in either. I mail payment the old fashioned way. I get free cashier's checks from Bank of America. They are safe, secure, and traceable. I'm afraid some hacker will get into private information. Because of identity theft, I am very cautious. I don't even use ATMs. I guess that I am living in 1909 instead of 2009. I hope this answers you question. Happy New Year, Harvey

--- On Thu, 1/1/09, Jim Nichol <jnichol at fuse.net> wrote:
From: Jim Nichol <jnichol at fuse.net>
Subject: Re: [Phono-L] Victor I Questions - Assistance Appreciated
To: "Antique Phonograph List" <phono-l at oldcrank.org>
Date: Thursday, January 1, 2009, 12:28 PM

Harvey, just curious why you don't trust Paypal. That seems to be the one
thing that eBay hasn't managed to screw up.  There are very few things on
the Internet that I trust more than Paypal. I've even used Paypal to buy
something from a vendor that I wouldn't trust to give them my credit card
number. A vendor can steal your credit card number, and charge more stuff to it
or sell it to others. But they cannot make a fraudulent charge to Paypal. As a
matter of fact, that is the entire reason for Paypal's creation.

Jim

On Jan 1, 2009, at 3:10 PM, harvey kravitz wrote:

> Happy New Year Steve. The reason I don't buy from ebay is because I
was kicked off since Oct 2007. There were 2 newbie sellers that didn't say
pay pal only in their auctions. I give them my address and ask for theirs. I get
no response. Then a few days later, I get an email asking about payment. I again
ask for their address so I can send payment. Then a day later, I get a non-paid
strike. I can't leave feedback and I get "canned" emails saying
nothing can be done, and have a good day, yada, yada, yada. The last straw was
when I got my last strike even though I had the machine(a nice Victrola 50 s/n
9XX). Here, this seller sells me the machine and gets a refund from ebay. I pay
by certified cashier's checks. I do not trust pay pal. I have over 1600 pos.
feedbacks. Now that ebay is pay pal only, I do without. I have a group of
sellers that I know and are fellow collectors who I buy from with out the BS
with ebay. By the way Steve, I have bought from you
> in the past. Have a great New year, Harvey Kravitz, Phonofreak56.
> 
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