grayfurey
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posted on February 25, 2003 02:32:41 PM new
As close as I've come to the dreaded Neg(fingers crossed).
Item arrived as promised and looks great, but smelled like a smokers house
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tomwiii
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posted on February 25, 2003 04:14:22 PM new
They be lucky they're not around after Ralphie indulges in Jalapeno Mighty Dog a la Pinto Beans!
Makes "Blazing Saddles" look, sound, & smell downright tame!
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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toasted36
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posted on February 25, 2003 04:43:00 PM new
Had the same thing happen yesterday with a buyer saying shirt smelled like smoke ..was all I got in the e-mail...I went ...ruh ro here comes a neg...So I e-mailed her back said oh no I could never say this was a smoke free home ,we smoke like chimneys Thats why my ad could never say this a smoke free home or pet free and I guess she must have took the time to go read my ad cause after a hour (that felt like 2 years she left a pos.feed back WHEW !!! Prolly same buyer lmao
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replaymedia
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posted on February 25, 2003 04:48:29 PM new
One of my only neutrals was for a Nintendo video game system that had set on my shelf for two years... IN THE SHRINKWRAP.
Neutral: Works fine, smells like smoke!
I could understand if it were clothing or a book, but how does a sealed piece of plastic smell like anything?
Nut case.
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trai
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posted on February 25, 2003 06:12:48 PM new
They should only buy new items if this is a concern for them as a seller has no control where some of this stuff has been for the last fifty years.
Not all noses are the same.
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Libra63
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posted on February 25, 2003 06:42:14 PM new
I never include in my description "From a Smoke Free House" Although we are smoke free I never know where my items come from so I stay away from that statement. I have a friend who sells and also states "From a Smoke Free House" and she buys her items at the Goodwill.
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zathras11
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posted on February 26, 2003 07:35:26 PM new
I also sell video games and systems (among
other things) and I have had used (not new)
items that smelled of smoke. Some very bad!
Luckily I avoid problems by using potpouri
in a box and putting the item in with it.
Works well. I agree with you that a new
item still in the original shrinkwrap
probably did NOT smell like smoke...
---
"Cannot say. Saying, I would know. Do not
know, so cannot say". -- Zathras (Babylon 5)
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Roadsmith
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posted on February 26, 2003 11:25:54 PM new
Gee, I came really close to getting my first neg today! Got e-mail from newby buyer, "item arrived, you never told me there were two chips on the bottom." Heart pounding, pulse racing, I pulled up the auction, but I DID TELL HER very clearly AND POSTED A PICTURE OF THE CHIPS. Sent the auction to her, implored her to check the description and look at the pictures. Never said thank you to me, or, excuse me, I was wrong, just said the pictures "didn't come through." Still, she says she left a positive FB, and I don't have any negs showing, so -- whew--close call.
I know it's coming someday. I just know it. But let me be unconscious for it, please!!
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Dragonmom
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posted on February 27, 2003 06:46:43 AM new
I do have a smoke-free house- but I have three cats. I've wondered, sometimes, if I should make a note that cat hairs may arrive in the package- so many people are allergic.
"And All Shall be Well, and All Shall be Well, and All Manner of Things Shall be Well"
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feasibleenterprises
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posted on February 27, 2003 08:35:50 AM new
Do you think this pic http://tinyurl.com/6jta in my listings would help?
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feasibleenterprises
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posted on February 27, 2003 08:40:43 AM new
Just want to see if this works:
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 08:54:46 AM new
feasibleenterprises,
I love the picture! No, the one you tried to put here didn't though. I looked at the source code and a piece of one of the tags after it was messed up. If this doesn't work, I'm not sure what little tweaking it takes to get a picture in here.
<IMG SRC=http://us.f1.yahoofs.com/users/8e3eea93/bc/stuff/Smoking+Dog.jpg?bcdDkX.Aa5AcPezi>
Okay, so that didn't work. What are the rest of you doing to get hypertext to act right in the postings?
Patty
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 27, 2003 08:57 AM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on February 27, 2003 09:14:15 AM new
Your link to the ciggy-doggy is now broken
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
[ edited by tomwiii on Feb 27, 2003 05:39 PM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on February 27, 2003 09:16:01 AM new
Tis UBB we use on this board!
[*img]yourpicurlgoeshere[*/img]
remove the *'s
Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
http://tinyurl.com/5duz
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 09:46:12 AM new
TOMWII, THANKS!
Patty
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 27, 2003 09:46 AM ]
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 09:48:00 AM new
Tomwii, okay I tried it. What am I doing wrong? I put the URL of the picture in between the tags. Where do I go to learn UBB?
Patty
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 27, 2003 04:45 PM ]
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 27, 2003 04:46 PM ]
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glassgrl
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posted on February 27, 2003 10:30:35 AM new
meadowlark, try this page for reference:
http://www.auctionwatch.com/mesg/read.html?num=28&id=95229&thread=95226
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trai
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posted on February 27, 2003 10:36:31 AM new
One of those days.
[ edited by trai on Feb 27, 2003 10:46 AM ]
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glassgrl
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posted on February 27, 2003 11:03:29 AM new
One of what days?
Not ebay related, but we just had a new granddaughter yesterday. Look what she came out saying!
LIVE LONG AND PROSPER!
[ edited by glassgrl on Feb 27, 2003 11:04 AM ]
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msincognito
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posted on February 27, 2003 02:14:29 PM new
She's GORGEOUS!
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 04:49:23 PM new
Tomwii, and glassgrl:
 THANKS!
So here's a pic I finally got right:
Patty
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 04:54:35 PM new
And here finally is the picture one should put in their auction so anyone can find out for themselves if you have a pet-free, smoke-free home. Pictures are a necessity since the buyers obviously aren't going to read anything you wrote!
Ha!
Patty
HEY! the picture WAS here. Somebody musta yanked it at the source.
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 28, 2003 03:38 AM ]
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toasted36
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posted on February 27, 2003 06:54:30 PM new
glassgrl your new grandbaby is adorable !!
Heres the pic I need to uses in my Auction Lmao !!
Think they'll know I have cats and I smoke
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meadowlark
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posted on February 27, 2003 09:18:22 PM new
ROFLMAO!!!
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neonmania
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posted on February 28, 2003 11:21:18 AM new
Meadowlark - you stole my cat! Yours is a ringer for my own little mischief maker.
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meadowlark
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posted on February 28, 2003 12:35:31 PM new
Neonmania - I bet he's a real cutie! I just wish mine was more willing to try on the custom cat costumes I make! I design my own patterns from scratch and have been chasing him down to try a "famous black mouse ears hat" on him I am working on for a client.
I love my job!
Patty
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neonmania
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posted on February 28, 2003 03:21:43 PM new
Meadow - if yours is a Blue like mine I wish you tons of luck! I love my little wreaker of havok but I would never dream of trying to get him to stay still for two minutes. He's much too busy chasing his fake mouse on the hardwood floors and torment his older companion who glares at me daily with that "What were you thinking?" look for bringing the little menace into his mellow sedate domain.
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meadowlark
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posted on February 28, 2003 08:50:45 PM new
Neon,
Yeah, he is nearly always either bouncing off the walls or asleep. Not much middle ground. Most cats settle down after a year or two. He's 4 and still active like a kitten, but only 8 lbs.
He's not a pure blue, just an alley cat from a litter of 8 assorted kittens born in a car in a business warehouse. When the light is just right, you can see faintly darker rings on his tail and has a very faint tuft of white on his tummy. He gets in every car around here that has a window down to inspect it. Must seem like home!
I use his picture with "Our Quality Inspector" under it when I post auctions on Ebay. (None running right now, will be in a few months.)
Every once in a while, someone will email and say he looks like their cat or ask if he is for sale. NOT!
Patty
[ edited by meadowlark on Feb 28, 2003 08:51 PM ]
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mcjane
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posted on February 28, 2003 09:59:46 PM new
Peepers The Peeping Tom
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meadowlark
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posted on March 1, 2003 04:14:35 AM new
OOOoo! pretty kitty! Looks very soft.
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