Re: [Leica] Bad Ebay Experience

[Andrew Schroter <schroter@optonline.net>]

Your feedback and complaints to Ebay can get results.  Don't take the
screwing quietly.
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From: <kiklaas@iinet.net.au>
To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Leica] Bad Ebay Experience


> I have just ordered a Leica M6 leather half case of Ebay from a chap
> called Federico - (Leica3_Black I think is his trading name), he has rave
> reviews about all his dealings and I can tell you I have had quite the
> opposite experience - the auction said US$120 + US$10 for shipping,
> no mention of bank charges.  He makes contact to arrange payment method
> (I wired on the Monday following Sat's purchase) and he says he does not
> want to pay bank charges - stupidly because I really want the case I wire
> US$145, an extra US$15 to cover bank charges (keeping in mind fx rate is
> not in my favour) - he emails back to say he has only received
> US$117 (US125 - US$8 for bank charges) and to please send a further US$13
> in cash in the mail - I ask him to use my Fedex shipping account, thus no
> need for US$10 shipping charge - and so after much frustration - I was in
> the situation that I either had to cut my losses - no case or pay whatever
> amount I was being held to ransome for to secure shipping of the case - I
> did in fact send US$13 in cash in the mail - he tells me he has shipped
> case, expect it to arrive (finger's X'd) but like you say - no room for
> bad reviews - no more Ebay experience for me - when I pay a lot of money
> for something I want a face in front of me to make a noise at when they do
> not deliver...
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> Be aware - folks, avoid this one.
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> Karina
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> > The one thing I don't get with ebay is that they allow people to hide
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> > feedback and make it not publically viewable. I'd never buy from someone
> > with a hidden feedback, but it's darned irritating when the beggars
snipe
> > auctions that you have running.
> > They also allow non-registered bidders, which is quite beyond me. I had
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> > bidder who one my auction, didn't make contact, ignored emails to his
> > Hotmail account and I could look up his details because he was an
> > unregistered bidder. I was seething by the time I'd beggared aound with
> > that for days. To make things worse, you can't leave feedback for
> > unregistered bidders, so I was unable to leave a comment to warn others.
> > Kinda defeats the entire object of the ebay policy!! Could I do anything
> > about it? Not a chance!! So effectively it's free forward for all those
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> > to bid, not pay and continue doing so without consequence.
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> > Right, now I'm going to beat something with a large stick for a minute!!
> > Back soon;-)
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> > -Duncan
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> > Finally, be very careful in selecting sellers from whom you will buy.
> The TV
> > show Good Morning America just this morning told of increasing consumer
> > fraud on some of the auction sites, including eBay. They are not frauds
> > committed by the auction companies; sellers cook up all kinds of things,
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> > different names to avoid the bad feedback that the auction sites use to
> > warn people of unreliable or dishonest sellers and buyers.
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> > Seth      LaK 9
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