[meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers

[cdtucson at cox.net]

This happened to me with a Bomber jacket. Ebay would not even refund my seller fees and told me the same thing and offered other advice. To file an internet crime report at http://www.ic3.gov/default.aspx. I did so, but ebay said they will not kick this guy out until he does it to a few more people. The clown I dealt with returned a cheap wind breaker. I lost $600.00. I made ebay aware of this problem before they refunded the thief but, ebay told me they have no way of dealing with thieves until they do it a few times. 
--Best regards,
Carl

Love & Life

---- Gmail via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote: 
> This is a case where I would involve the police if possible. Guaranteed that this buyer has done this before.
> 
> Mendy Ouzillou
> 
> On Feb 28, 2015, at 6:12 PM, Rick Montgomery via Meteorite-list <meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com> wrote:
> 
> Howdy List,
> 
> A day ago, through FB, a fella named David who has stellar honest reputation, posted an episode of crappy result that happened on F'bay: having sold a completely rebuilt top-6"-slab-saw shipped and received from the 'buyer'...then endured the inability to contest what happened next:  The 'buyer' claimed that condition was flawed, and sent the 'item' back, money refunded to David.
> 
> David received a completely different chopped up hack-job, after refunding the 'buyer' his purchase price.  EfBay then dissolved any affiliation, and David is effed....the scammer now has a new re-built 6" saw, scammed, STOLEN, and EfBay offered advice,  "The cost of doing business"
> 
> WTF?
> My 2 cents worth.
> Richard montgomery
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message----- From: Galactic Stone & Ironworks via Meteorite-list
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2015 5:50 PM
> To: Meteorite List
> Subject: [meteorite-list] Notice to eBay Meteorite Sellers
> 
> Hi Folks,
> 
> I have noticed a new trend with meteorite dealers on eBay.  Two
> different dealers have done this that I know of, and there may be
> others.
> 
> What I am referring to is bidder requirements.  I tried to place a bid
> on two different specimens from two different dealers and both times
> eBay stopped me and said I could not bid because my PayPal account is
> not "linked" to eBay.
> 
> I think eBay is a hell for sellers and I loathe the eBay boardroom.  I
> do not want those greedy bastards having any more access to my
> financial information that is necessary.  So I refuse to link my
> PayPal account to eBay.  I know this is somewhat silly since both
> companies are intimately linked, but I do not want eBay having it's
> hooks any deeper into my pocketbook than necessary.
> 
> I am sure there are other eBay members who feel the same.  If you are
> a seller who has set this requirment, you are losing sales.  You just
> lost one right now.  I could have bid your items up, but I was not
> allowed to place a bid.  It's not my loss, I will always find the
> specimen I want eventually, either off eBay entirely, or from another
> seller without those requirements.
> 
> My money is just as green as anyone else's and it spends just the
> same.  If you have this requirement set on your eBay auctions, then
> you are losing money.
> 
> Just a heads-up.  Do with it what you want.  ;)
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> MikeG
> 
> 
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