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Pillar of the Community
 Australia
1079 Posts |
End result, my passion for the book out weighed and I did some bidding. I got out bid at the last 3 seconds.....damm dial-up....lol
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
My first purchase on ebay resulted in an e-mail asking me to contact the seller by phone. After a short chat the seller accepted my bid. So I think it is a two way street! A had a few more inquiries like that then things smoothed out. Some very sound advice has been posted on this thread! Mike  |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
756 Posts |
No, never have and never will.
Call it a false sense of security.
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Wow Mike that avator is scary! What happened to those nice funny ones?
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
KLD, it all depends on my mood! LOL, Mike
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Are you in a scary, horrible or frightened mood? ...lol
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Maybe it is time to change mine.
Mike is it easy to do?
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Rest in Peace
United States
2884 Posts |
KLD, I'm just kidding about the mood thing! That was just an Indiana hunting owl!!! If you e-mail Susan a picture you want downloaded as an Avatar she will add it to your existing Avatars. Once she has done that it's easy to change. You go to your profiles page, select the new Avatar and click the submit button. That's about it. I have a lot of Avatars. Most are my real pets or my Daughters Pets. The others are e-pets or just plain silly(or scary!)! Mike ... Is this one better? It's one of the kittens we rescued  |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
853 Posts |
I do buy from new sellers but only low value items. Once they prove themselves to me then hopefully a long and happy relationship exists.
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Moderator
 United States
23540 Posts |
Everyone has to start somewhere.
Not all of us are power sellers or power buyers.
Just remember - all around the world it is
Let the buyer beware-
Or just be careful
rggoodie
aka Richard
"catch em doing something right"
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Pillar of the Community
Belgium
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Having been defrauded once by a seller with over 600 feedback I pay more attention to analysis E-temptations that defrauded me had one warning I now heed He sold silver eagles by the tube and the box and was accused of delivering late several times I thought he was lazy ; in fact he sold silver he did not have and then acquired the silver whence the late deliveries So I made my mayor rules 1) Never buy from somebody you cannot drive to and go to the local police to start legal procedures 2) Avoid people having umpteenth feedbacks on postcards and suddenly selling thousands worth of gold 3) Avoid people below 99.6 % feedback unless analysis show the feedback can be explained http://www.toolhaus.org4) Check if pictures are real this proves the coin is in possession and the pic is not stolen If a request for a better pic to the personal email adress is answered by the same pic this can just mean laziness or whatever Half the vendors have send us the same louzy pic as in the auction 5) If in doubt ask any question and analyse the answer 6) Look for too much emphasis on honesty Like E-temptations had a personnal page saying he valued honesty and family values and was putting two daughters through college and then went and defrauded more then a dozen people I think Shakespeare said "methinks the lady protests too much" And allways remember Murphy The same coin in better condition for less money will probably show the week after you bought yours So in short I never bought from somebody with less then 10 feedbacks on articles of at least the same price as the one for sale |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
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New members do need to start somewhere, generally low value items. The book was a once off and the guy did sound genuine, which made me comfortable to bid.
In future back to my original moto I think, only low value items.
At the end of the day you can minimise the risk by the amount of research you do on the member.
Mike, much better!
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Rest in Peace
United States
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While I've bought a few things from new sellers or those with very low feedback numbers, I don't do it unless I've analyzed the whole auction to death: seller's feedback (all of it), his/her previous auctions (comparison of the subject sale with previous sales), where s/he is located (just "United States" isn't enough), how well or poorly the description is written (I mistrust sellers with bad grammar, bad spelling, and short descriptions), quality of the image(s), return policy (there better be one), his/her other selling policies, overall presentation (anything which could be construed as misleading?), and everything else about the auction. If I still want to bid on the item and the seller has passed my little tests so far, I'll send him/her an inquiry; the quality of response will make my final determination. If the response is vague, unresponsive, poorly written, s/he is out. If the response is erudite, friendly, and with no attempt to deceive, I'll take a chance.
Fred
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Valued Member
United States
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I'm actually interested in an item a seller has on ebay right now, and he has 0 feedback. I think I'll take the chance because: One, the item isn't too expensive, and two, through Google I found that the seller has a separate website selling the same items. It seems like he has a legitimate business, and is just starting to market his stuff on ebay. And, he's not afraid to give his name, address, and phone numbers. |
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Pillar of the Community
Australia
1079 Posts |
Sounds pretty safe, I would do the same in your shoes.
Lets us know how it goes.
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