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11-01-2009, 10:16 PM #1
I like this idea. There are many unscrupulous sellers on the 'Fleeb'. A recent experience I had was looking at a very nice looking Boker for sale. There were a few bids on it, but I thought it was strange that all the photos were of the razor closed. I sent him a message asking him to post photos of the blade. He replied that ebay policies wouldn't allow him to post photos after the item was originally put up for auction, so I asked him to send me photos of the blade... He did and this was what he sent me.
What bothered me so much was that he was so obviously trying to hide from bidders the fact that the blade had a massive chunk out of it. Needless to say, I passed on bidding. But someone bought it (?).
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11-02-2009, 06:07 PM #2
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Thanked: 199Sounds like a good idea. I'm inclined to disbelieve the seller that said he wasn't allowed to add more pictures after the auction was started.
Many times I've asked for more pictures, and sellers have added more pictures to the auction. Seems you were correct, and he was trying to deceive people.
AirColorado, I saw your post before about what was going on with that seller. Did it state in the auction description that it would be sold "as-is"?
If not, I would open a ticket and dispute it. Just because that seller thinks he is right, doesn't make it so.
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11-02-2009, 11:26 PM #3
This topic was brought up before and if IRC one of the mods pointed out that if a poster starts 'bad mouthing' an ebay seller on a public forum there might be legal ramifications. Add to that the 'your word against mine' aspect.
I think if an ebay seller was someone to avoid I would post the link to the auction rather than the seller's name. Then explain the problem without specifically saying 'avoid this seller'. This way I am telling it like it is with a concrete example and not 'slandering' an individual. Readers of the post can draw their own conclusions and of course see who the seller is. If the problem is bad enough I will also leave negative feedback on ebay but it has to be egregious for me to do that. YMMV.
Also with razors some of these people selling on ebay haven't got a clue as to what it is they have. I recall a gal selling a straight with a large chip at the point and in her description she said that she thought it was probably made that way.Be careful how you treat people on your way up, you may meet them again on your way back down.
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11-03-2009, 12:00 AM #4
Its one of those things that at first glance seems to be a great idea that would benefit many however when you look more closly it can have a very dark and ugly side to it and it can't be policed once started.
The official policy here is that we don't review sellers. If we allowed you to tell people about "bad" sellers we would have to give the bad guy equal time to defend himself and additionally in your mind you might have some perceived injustice which someone else may have a different opinion of and your post here could cause a vendor to loose business and his income and you could be wrong. Additionally people could use that forum to cause damage to someone because of some trivial or made up issues or use it as away of getting back at someone.
In the end its a very bad idea not to mention legal issues.No matter how many men you kill you can't kill your successor-Emperor Nero
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11-03-2009, 12:54 AM #5
oh, all right
grumble, grumble , grumble. I'm sure you're right... I just get tired of the cheaters winning all the time. I wanna horse-whip 'em.
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11-03-2009, 01:27 AM #6
I agree with Jimmy, but another thing we could do is to PM our buddies and they can pass along info as well, kind of a disorganized "phone tree".
It is easier to fool people than to convince them they have been fooled. Twain
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11-03-2009, 02:15 AM #7
It sucks getting burned on a razor, and it happens to everybody at least once...
BUT, you shouldn't buy a razor without good pics. Period.
If you do, you are gambling and we all know how that usually ends up.
That being said, if you are careful and still get screwed by an intentionally unscrupulous seller, ebay should be able to remediate that without too much headache. ha ha ha.