Personally, I think Ebay is horribly overrated. For that hard-to-find part maybe it serves a purpose, but every time I go to look for stuff, I either can't find it, or the price is not competitive enough to justify the added hassle. By the time shipping is added in, it seems like the bargain is always gone. Call me old-fashioned (i'm only 30!), but I guess I still prefer heading to the swap meets where I can inspect something before I buy, or finding contacts through reliable sources, like this list.
eBay.com should really be caveat-emptor.com -Dave -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:30 PM To: The Chevelle Mailing List Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] E bay question I realize that this is a little off topic, but it does cover cars and bidding. I complained to Ebay a couple of weeks ago about a dealer that had put a certain vehicle up for auction and 6 weeks in a row pulled it in the last hour presumably because it didn't meet their minimum. This was always advertised as a "No Reserve" auction. Ebay's response was that sellers could pretty much do what they wanted to. Then I reminded them that the sellers always had threatening verbiage about the legality of the bids that buyers place, and they basically said "oh well". Guess this contract stuff only goes one way. They said that they cater to the big sellers and don't go after them for misrepresentations. My rant for today. Gene
