RE: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
Be very careful on E bay... There is a false sense of security about transactions there, which they work very hard at promoting. I purchased an older Harley Davidson, which I spent a lot of time looking for and the one I found on E Bay appeared to fit the bill very well. The seller listed everything done on the bike in terms of restoration and new parts. He was very careful to list in bold print, "ALL WORK PROFESSIONALLY PERFORMED, NEEDS NOTHING". Not to mention all the phone calls I had with the seller prior to my bid to confirm all of this. Then E bay has their 'E Bay Motors' super duper power whatever warrantee on the drive train you can forget about ever collecting in my opinion. Too complex, too many this or that's you had to do, within certain amounts of time, with a minimum of so many percent of damages or restorable damages before you can put a claim in via internet only, no reps to talk to, 6 months to review, on and on and on... It all looks nice and feel good before the transaction, good luck after. My bike I had delivered by the seller to me in my state. So the actual sale occurred here, not where he was located. He was paid by a local bank check at my door. Within 1/2 hour of his departure out of driveway with bank check in hand, the kick start lever gear broke. I called him on his cell phone to come back and look at it. He said 'really' and never returned. Then the clutch went, and the transmission seal was leaking tranny fluid all over, the engine bolts were too long, so the motor was not nailed down into the frame, would not pass inspection due to electrical issues on and on again. But boy did it look good in the photos and even the close ups with that fancy digital camera of his...JERK. I took care of the problems myself and had my attorney contact him, with a nice letter of "MY RIGHTS" since the transaction was completed here in Maine. So I was going to sue him in my local court for all damages, plus the value of the motorcycle as diminished by the "lack of Professional" work, which this idiot admitted to in writing, he did the work. So he was going to have to fly out from the Midwest to defend himself and incur the costs of his attorney and probably loose the case. Long story short, he mailed me a check to cover all of my costsE bay seller=looser, E bay=not much credibility in my eyes, and me-buyer=much more aware. The only reason this worked out for me was due to the high value of the merchandise, meaning it was worth legal costs and the fact that I got him to do the transaction in MY state. It's a tough world out there boys, be careful. Bruce K1XR -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ --
Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
Well, Ebay isnt perfect by a long shot, its your word against theres most of the time, I recently had a bad experience in getting a manual for a piece of equipment, I won the bid, paid and received the manual...about 3 weeks later I got a notice from Ebay stating that the seller did not receive payment. I contacted seller (a company - power seller) they stated they didnt receive money and didnt send out the manual to me, that its still there...I didnt save the packaging from them and threw out the stub from the USPS Money Order so I couldnt prove that the manual I got came from them...so...keep everything for 6 months now, is my rule, even after the transaction seemed smoothe. 73 Tim From: Ron Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2003 07:05:43 -0400 (EDT) I have had several poor transactions on EBay. I got substantially lower quality items then advertised. What do you do with poor quality, well you just try to avoid further transactions like that. If you post negative feedback, you get it back with "it said as is", so to some extent why bother. Now on the items that I did not receive, I filed fraud report on EBay, and then posted that fact in the feedback. EBay allows for 1 reply to feedback, so have your facts lined up and your comments ready if someone negatives your feedback. I had waited almost 90 days before I started all my reports. With that, I got my merchandise without explanation. And the accounts I have filed fraud reports against are no longer registered on EBay. Guess what I am saying is, if you can prove it easily go for it. If you just got junk, well try to work it out with the seller, and be prepared to "suck it up". 73, Ron -- Amateur Radio Station: WD8SBB - Ron and KB8NRP - Joann -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ -- _ Instant message with integrated webcam using MSN Messenger 6.0. Try it now FREE! http://msnmessenger-download.com -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ --
Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
I have had several poor transactions on EBay. I got substantially lower quality items then advertised. What do you do with poor quality, well you just try to avoid further transactions like that. If you post negative feedback, you get it back with "it said as is", so to some extent why bother. Now on the items that I did not receive, I filed fraud report on EBay, and then posted that fact in the feedback. EBay allows for 1 reply to feedback, so have your facts lined up and your comments ready if someone negatives your feedback. I had waited almost 90 days before I started all my reports. With that, I got my merchandise without explanation. And the accounts I have filed fraud reports against are no longer registered on EBay. Guess what I am saying is, if you can prove it easily go for it. If you just got junk, well try to work it out with the seller, and be prepared to "suck it up". 73, Ron -- Amateur Radio Station: WD8SBB - Ron and KB8NRP - Joann -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ --
Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
In a message dated 9/24/2003 10:38:17 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >I've been completely defrauded on an eBay transaction by Mike Glauboch of P. O. Box 571 in Butte, Montana. He is a Power Seller on eBay with 99% positive feedback but still took my money, sent nothing, offered me a refund but that never arrived. The transaction is now past 90 days old. He does not answer the telephone and has only an answering machine on. Be very careful dealing with pl8source as he is known by on eBay. Sorry for the bandwidth but I need to get this information out so that no other ham is financially harmed like I was. Chris, WB6OLJ Wow, I read this guys feedback! Its Great, I mean there are hardly any negative comments when you consider it, in almost 4K of comments. I guess even the best get things mixed up a bit but have you exhausted all avenues? I just sent this Seattle goodwill outfir $16.99 for an old camera via PayPal. They never responded in 10 days so I notified Ebay & PayPal, The meatball outfit refunded my $16.99 via paypal. But wait a Minute, was'nt he supposed to send me my High Bid Camera? Ergo, he got a negativo comment! Another meatball was high bidder on this Brand New $40 mobile UHF antenna for a big $9.99, he never even bothered to contact me & AOL said he was not a member, go figure? Thanks es 73Rich WA2RQY (1961) WA2RQY's "confusion Radio" Web-Page Http://members.aol.com/rlucch2098/index.html [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Keep those heaters on"
Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
Hey Chris - I'm sorry that happened to you bud, and I certainly hope things work out in the end. I only had one slightly negative experience with eBay. I bought a US Robotics modem one time and the guy sent me (instead) a Hayes modem. I still use it, and I can't complain, but wondered at the time if this particular guy does this to other people all the time. Be sure to leave extremely nasty feedback if the guy does not shape up quickly (IMHO). Bill-N7MFB -Original Message- From: "D. Christopher Fall"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed Sep 24 11:06:09 PDT 2003 Subject: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction > >I've been completely defrauded on an eBay transaction by Mike Glauboch of P. O. Box >571 in Butte, Montana. He is a Power Seller on eBay with 99% positive feedback but >still took my money, sent nothing, offered me a refund but that never arrived. The >transaction is now past 90 days old. He does not answer the telephone and has only >an answering machine on. Be very careful dealing with pl8source as he is known by on >eBay. Sorry for the bandwidth but I need to get this information out so that no >other ham is financially harmed like I was. Chris, WB6OLJ >-- >Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body >Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body >Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message >Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ >-- ___ Check-out GO.com GO get your free GO E-Mail account with expanded storage of 6 MB! http://mail.go.com -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ --
Re: [drakelist] Burned on a Transaction
On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, D. Christopher Fall wrote: > > I've been completely defrauded on an eBay transaction. I've been down the same route with anothjer person, I paid by money order: A. File a complaint with ebay...give him negative feed back. B. OIn ebay you will find a link to the national fraud information centerfill that form out. C. Call the police department where he lives and file a fraud complaint if they will take it over the phone. When it happened to me I found out that the Post Office was no help whatsoverand that ebay was too slowbut the detective in the scumbag's home town made a visit and relayed to him that I would press charges. Good Luck! Thom Thom [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thom LaCosta K3HRN Webmaster http://www.baltimoremd.com/ Baltimore's Home Page http://www.baltimorehon.com/Home of the Baltimore Lexicon http://www.zerobeat.net Home of The QRP Web Ring and DrakeList http://www.tlchost.net Web Hosting as low as $3.49/month -- Submissions:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - subscribe drakelist in body Unsubscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - unsubscribe drakelist in body Hopelessly Lost:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - help in body of message Brought to you courtesy of TLCHost.net http://www.tlchost.net/ --
