Would you please clue us in on who this guy is so when he re-appeares on
eBay (of COURSE he will) we can avoid him?
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Nelson <SNelson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] on ebay -Reply
> My latest buying transactions have been, if not disastrous, at least very
scary.
> All the seller's contact info turned out to be false. Eventually, through
> pressure from myself, eBay, and law enforcement in the seller's
jurisdiction, he
> did deliver the goods. But, he was suspended from eBay for the false
contact
> info, and I count myself very fortunate. I've learned to be very careful
with
> examining feedback rating and strongly suggest checking the seller's
contact
> info as well. You can use various E-mail directories to see if the street
> address matches the seller's name and E-mail address. His didn't. Although
it
> came out all right in the end, I lost a lot of sleep over this and am I'm
very
> gun-shy about eBay right now.
>
> >>> Jan Steinman <Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 04/28/00 07:52pm >>>
> >My last two transactions were disasterous...
> >...another guy wants to refund my money for the
> >broken lens he send only if I pay for the shipping($13 both
> >ways).
>
> First, did you check feedback on the guy first?
>
> Second, assuming he was lily-clean, did you threaten to tarnish his
reputation?
>
> In my experience, feedback is a powerful tool with sellers that have
> more than a few points. I generally won't bid on things offered by
> those with suspicious feedback. It is possible to get bad feedback
> without deserving it, but if there is several, and they all sound
> reasonable, and the rebuttal (if any) is not, I steer clear.
>
> (Unfortunately, those who get bad feedback often start over with a new
name.)
>
> I bought a lens described as "perfect glass," and discovered it was
> thoroughly fungused -- I politely, but firmly, told the seller I
> expected him to pay round-trip shipping, since the item was not as
> described. He agreed, and did. I then left positive, but not
> laudatory, feedback.
>
> >I need to complain a little more. I have been on the list for
> >about a month. Ever since I subscribed started to get this
> >junk mail from some @compuserve.com.
>
> Welcome to the Internet. It may just be co-incidence. I get tens of
> these a week -- sometime tens in a day!
>
> >Has anyone succeeded
> >removing itself from their list?
>
> The consensus on spammers is: DO NOT reply, asking to be received.
> This serves as confirmation that yours is a working address, and
> you'll be spammed all the more afterward.
>
> If you have time to kill, turn on the "all headers" option, and
> report the spam to each domain in the header to abuse@ and
> postmaster@, EXCEPT for the final one in the From: or Reply-To:
> fields, for reasons above.
>
> I take the time to complain to those coming from popular free-email
> sites, like hotmail or excite, or well-known services, like msn.com
> or yahoo.com. They take action and boot the suckers. I also take time
> to complain if the spam is particularly offensive to me, such as
> porn, get-rich-quick schemes, or sellers of email lists.
>
> : Jan Steinman <mailto:Jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> : Bytesmiths <http://www.bytesmiths.com>
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