On 6/3/04, FRANK disgorged:
I have no answer to your dilemma, but it's a good decision not dealing with
a person whose e-mail (or whatever that is) is Kriminal 1980.
Frank, you are half right. In itself, there is nothing wrong with dealing
with an eBay user whose eBay ID is Kriminal1980.
Depends on how long its been. Assume he is away for a long
weekend and hasn't had a chance to reply. If you don't get
anything by late tomorrow night, go ahead and move on to the
2nd bidder.
Stan
Sound advice. I specify contact within 3 days, payment within 10. Thanks Stan.
Cheers,
Depends on how long its been. Assume he is away for a long
weekend and hasn't had a chance to reply. If you don't get
anything by late tomorrow night, go ahead and move on to the
2nd bidder.
Why not try just ONE more email -- this one translated into Italian? Just in
case his English is
On 6/3/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] disgorged:
I'd be quite annoyed but rather than risk the retaliatory 'I've been the
goon but I'll give you bad feedback anyway' feedback, I'd email back (though
not as aggressively as you did) stating that the postage was UK only and
that he should have read the
I've had a couple of similar cases, both involving buyers from the US who refuse to
use PayPal or sterling. The first just sent a $ cheque and as it was a relatively
small amount I just sent the item anyway. I don't think the cheque's even cleared yet
some months later.
The second is ongoing
At 05:54 AM 07/03/2004, Cotty wrote:
The last time I
sent a package to Italy, it took nearly 4 weeks to arrive and the buyer
(Brit in Italy - laptop CPU) was very anxious to say the least. It was
tracked all the way to Rome or wheverer, and took another 3 weeks to do a
few miles...
This was a few
On Sat, 6 Mar 2004 18:55:29 +, Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is the bit that would worry me:
Nicola Barghi - Kriminal1980
John
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/
I sent an ebay sale of a lens to Italy a while back. The same day I
sent on to Belgium. The Belguim package arrived in under a week - the
Italy package sat in customs for about 3 weeks. Fortunately, the
buyer was very understanding, but it was very nerve wracking for me.
Bruce
Sunday, March
I keep hearing these bad things about UPS. They certainly aren't what they were,
but in a case like this a customer complaint would have had the guy walking the
streets looking for a job. And were just are no other jobs at that skill level
that paid as well as UPS used to. I would guess that a
This list rocks.
-frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Cotty [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: pentax list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: OT - eBay advice saught
Date: Sun, 7 Mar
My understanding is that the problems with PayPal are on the seller's side, so there's
no reason why someone can't use it to pay.
Nick
-Original Message-
From: Malcolm Smith[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 07/03/04 12:31:54
Without wanting to start this off again, PayPal is a
The buyer, the musician, has a web site that doesn't open
for me. The father, the photographer, has a web site that
does open. This guy is good. Go take a look at his photos.
www.andreabarghi.com
Stan
Cotty wrote:
Update:
Gianfranco kindly translated some text into Italian for me and I
Nick Clark wrote:
My understanding is that the problems with PayPal are on the
seller's side, so there's no reason why someone can't use it to pay.
I've known payments to go missing for a while. I also don't like paying a
percentage on top to cover fees, as many sellers do. None of my eBay
You're a meanie, Cotty.. hehe!
tan.
-Original Message-
From: Cotty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, 7 March 2004 4:55 AM
To: pentax list
Subject: OT - eBay advice saught
O noble eBay experts,
I have sold a lens - but as you will see the auction clearly stated that
it was UK
What you've done is fine.
He didn't follow the rules
and hasn't responded
in a reasonable amount of time.
Relist.
Collin
I have no answer to your dilemma, but it's a good decision not dealing with
a person whose e-mail (or whatever that is) is Kriminal 1980.
cheers,
frank
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist
fears it is true. -J. Robert Oppenheimer
From: Cotty [EMAIL
Depends on how long its been. Assume he is away for a long
weekend and hasn't had a chance to reply. If you don't get
anything by late tomorrow night, go ahead and move on to the
2nd bidder.
Stan
Cotty wrote:
O noble eBay experts,
I have sold a lens - but as you will see the auction clearly
Cotty wrote:
O noble eBay experts,
I have sold a lens - but as you will see the auction clearly stated that
it was UK only - unless I was emailed first. In the event, the lens was
won by an Italian bidder who even sent me a checkout for the winning bid
plus £6 postage - which was
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