Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/09/22

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Subject: [Leica] EBay Paypal Scam - a Reprise - Off Topic
From: montoid at earthlink.net (Montie Talbert)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 11:49:53 -0400 (GMT-04:00)

There's "Jerks" in every country. I can't think of a reason
not to deal with fellow active Luggers!

Montie


>>I was just curious about this because a list member refused to sell
some books to me some time ago because I was not from CONUSA. As long
as I paid him, and paid the higher postage, I really could not see why
he should refuse. I guess it is really just a mindset.
Cheers
Jayanand

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 10:00 AM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> Not sure, not a lawyer, not a big Ebayer so I'm not intimate
> with their rules and regs.  All I know is, the farther you
> drag the lamp away from the subject, the weaker the light.  ;-)
>
> Montie
>
>
>>>Do you sue the counterparty or Ebay?
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 9:30 AM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
>> Of course not, from a personal, non-business point of view, it's
>> a question of logistics. I live in the US, suing you, Jayanand,
>> would be more difficult (if not impossible) than suing my neighbor
>> for non payment, don't ya think??
>>
>> Montie
>>
>>
>>>>Montie,
>> Except that Howard is usually found in Hong Kong and Bali! I am
>> curious - are citizens of CONUS unfailingly honest, and the rest of us
>> are scamps?
>> Cheers
>> Jayanand
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 4:26 AM, Montie Talbert <montoid at 
>> earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> Thanks Howard, good lesson here!  SHIP CONUS ONLY (Unless you
>>> know buyer personally).
>>>
>>> Montie