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[OM] Re: Met my first scumbag on *bay

Subject: [OM] Re: Met my first scumbag on *bay
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 3 Aug 2004 08:28:55 -0400
I've seen lots of ebay cameras from people who innocently thought they were
buying something mint or atleast in working condition.
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John Hermanson
Camtech Photo Services, Inc.
21 South Lane,
Huntington, NY, 11743-4714,
631-424-2121, www.zuiko.com
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <alabbasi@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 4:10 PM
Subject: [OM] Re: Met my first scumbag on *bay


>
> Mike
>
> It's pretty funny but the camera sales on the bay seem to have the biggest
> number of crooks. I have bought a number of items from Ebay and in most
> occasions I have had a very pleasent transaction. THe only time I seem to
> get burnt is when buying cameras. I got burnt on a couple of OM cameras,a
> minolta maxxum and a couple of other cameras and accessory items.
>
> Paypal is very sneaky, Ever since I put my bank details in, the system
> attempts to default out of the credit card. I reported a disput with
paypal
> once and they responded that they believe that I am in the right, but as
the
> seller no longer has money in his account, they cannot refund me.
>
> This is probably why they have a class action on their hands as we speak.
> Your words are wise with rgards to paying by credit card. You get much
> better protection.
>
>
>
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Mike wrote:
> >> After 500+ transactions i guess the odds were bound to catch up with
me.
> >> Luckily it was for a small sum and so the lesson was cheaply learned. I
> >> will share my experience with the system so someone else doesn't have
to
> >> go through it. The short version of the story is that i bought what was
> >> supposed to be an Adaptall 2 for OM but it turned out to be for a Ricoh
> >> mount with an Oly cap forced on it. After many emails the seller denied
> >> it despite photos for proof. I filed complaints with *bay and P*yPal.
> >> This was totally a waste of time. Despite the assurances of a "safe
> >> harbor" they made no effort to do anything. Be warned that P*yPal
offers
> >> none of the protections of a credit card purchase.  Especially for
small
> >> purchases and those directly from a bank account. Hence I will no
longer
> >> accept P*ypal payments unless i am absolutely sure of the integrity of
> >> the purchaser. I now see that this seller is rapidly acquiring
negatives
> >> for similarly misrepresented auctions. Currently at 31 negatives and
> >> still doing business.  I see that he is giving vile retalitory
negatives
> >> even for neutral feedback. I also see that he has quite a few mutually
> >> withdrawn negatives which leads me to believe that he has intimidated
> >> others. In any event, I waited until the last minute of the suposed 90
> >> day limit to leave a negative but it turns out there is no 90 limit and
> >> so i now have my own nasty negative. My wife wants me to go through the
> >> process to mutually withdraw the feedback. But i hate to see the
scumbag
> >> walk, how can the system work if you can't leave honest feedback? What
> >> do you all think?
> >>
> >> By the way the seller is, wehave1. beware!
> >>
> >> mike
> >
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