Libra63
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posted on December 14, 2003 03:42:45 PM new
This is interesting. Why wouldn't someone like sniping. With that notice I would just back out of his auctions.
See below.....
[ edited by Libra63 on Dec 14, 2003 03:59 PM ]
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Karenmx
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posted on December 14, 2003 03:53:26 PM new
Er, which auction would that be?
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Libra63
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posted on December 14, 2003 03:58:34 PM new
Sorry listening to the football game and forgot to give you the URL
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2210815922&category=29489
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:07:17 PM new
Will receive negative feedback if bidder snipes? Can they do that? If you pay for the item on time how can they leave negative feedback? Definately would never bid on a one of this person's auctions!
Cheryl
http://tinyurl.com/vm6u
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Dragonmom
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:13:41 PM new
He's a gentleman of principals... he won't sell to France, Germany, or Russia, either- our current enemies according to GWB.
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
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photosensitive
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:18:40 PM new
Check out their feedback policy:
"Feedback is neither expected or given except in rare occasions when negative feedback is appropriate. Feedback is voluntary, and this seller - because of the volume of bids dealt with - prefers to spend his time carefully packaging items and making effective communications with buyers."
On top of that they are selling repro post cards. This is of course not a problem since they state the fact but I prefer original cards and am happy to say I am not upset to put them on my personal "blocked seller" list.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
[ edited by photosensitive on Dec 14, 2003 04:19 PM ]
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Libra63
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:26:45 PM new
postcard seller. Can they reproduce those. The auction I sent you was from my hometown railroad and I would rather have an original than a repro. Even though there are not many postcards from there I still would not bid.
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uaru
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:26:52 PM new
Look at the feedback left this seller is leaving. He's in real need of a vacation. It might be fun to buy from him just to piss him off, which shouldn't take much.
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Libra63
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:33:39 PM new
uaru: How did you do that just getting the negative feedback. I tried and tried to find it but couldn't. You must have a magic formula.
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CBlev65252
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:34:21 PM new
What a nut case!
Cheryl
http://tinyurl.com/vm6u
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pelorus
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:50:40 PM new
Isn't this business totally illegal because of copyright violations? How does he get away with it???
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wgm
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posted on December 14, 2003 04:56:19 PM new
What a jerk (and that's putting it mildly)! How can he charge a late fee for late payments?
He is two days past in need of a vacation...
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If you had one phone call to make before you died, who would you call, what would you say, and why are you waiting?
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on December 14, 2003 06:34:12 PM new
Sorry to interrupt the usual Vendio smackdown of anyone who dares to be different, but I like this guy. I'd buy from him. I wonder if he has anything my train friend would be interested in; I haven't bought a Christmas present yet.
As for the "no snipers" policy:
Hard to know for sure without asking him, but my guess is that enough of his regulars are upset by being aced out at the last second. Note that he only sells at auction, which is a choice I made at one point.
Of course he can't actually enforce a late fee, only that in if the miscreant still wants the item they will have to pay it to get it. Seems reasonable to me.
And I adore what he said about feedback; stated right up front. My kinda guy. I think I've had some of these bidders. I'm going to write him and point out that he can get the feedback removed that contains his first and last names.
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"What does the 'O' stand for?"
"Nothing."
[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Dec 14, 2003 06:40 PM ]
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horsey88
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posted on December 14, 2003 07:42:27 PM new
Copyright violator and loan shark. "Late payments may be assessed a 25 percent late fee (applied to bid price and shipping costs)"
What a jerk.
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JapErTOn
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posted on December 14, 2003 11:09:27 PM new
He was grist for the mill here a few weeks ago.
Sad fellow, really. Maybe he did lose a regular at one point, but he sure is losing potential regulars! LOL
besides, nothing like a bad repro! I bet he's burning through scanners versus reshooting them.
Suckahs!
J
Maybe he's had too many monkey's steal his bananas...
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All the monkeys aren't in the zoo,
Every day you meet quite a few,
So you see it's all up to you.
You can be better than you are,
You could be swingin' on a star
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neglus
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posted on December 14, 2003 11:30:22 PM new
Like someone WOULD snipe a bad repro postcard??? Get real! Besides, seems to me he could always make 2nd chance offers and crank out a coupla new ones to meet the need - wouldn't think he'd want to turn away any bidders in that case. He can send the snipers my way! I would rather people bid early and often but most times I am just glad to get bids!
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JapErTOn
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posted on December 14, 2003 11:35:14 PM new
I think it is a case of people not knowing what they are getting.
Monkey time...
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All the monkeys aren't in the zoo,
Every day you meet quite a few,
So you see it's all up to you.
You can be better than you are,
You could be swingin' on a star
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sparkz
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posted on December 15, 2003 12:20:56 AM new
The seller's personal observations are clouding his business sense, which is an invitation to disaster for anyone attempting to make a decent profit. He needs to come to Vendio and vent his frustrations against snipers, deadbeat bidders, the Post Office and anything else that irritates him, and then go back to Ebay and concentrate on making money. Hell, a bid is a bid, whether it comes in the first 5 seconds of an auction or the last 5 seconds of an auction. I don't care when they place it , as long as they place it. I personally will welcome with open arms all the snipers he turns away. If I were ever to remark about snipers in an auction description, it would be something like "50% discount on shipping to any bidder talented enough to place a winning bid in the final 30 seconds of the auction"
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
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Damariscotta
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posted on December 15, 2003 04:18:16 AM new
I'm not sure it's worth wasting a lot of time on friendly terms, customer service for eBay sales. Everyone seems to think this guy is a cretin, but in spite of a handful of negative/neutrals, he has racked up over 1000 positives in the last six months.
For all the fretting over getting/giving negatives etc., do any of these customers actually care? Doesn't seem so, as long as you have something someone wants.
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pelorus
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posted on December 15, 2003 06:33:49 AM new
He is a massive copright violator, but stamps his images so no one can copy them. That's funny.
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photosensitive
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posted on December 15, 2003 07:10:26 AM new
It is just possible that he owns the copyright on all these postcards. They all seem to be Florida so he may have bought the contents of a postcard company or he has established that the copyright has expired on all of them. I didn't spend enough time on his auctions to notice if that is likely.
It seems clear to me that he is selling computer printouts on card stock and his comment about "grainy and slightly out of focus" sounds like scans from halftone originals that have been de-screened.
Guess there is a demand for them and his customers are mostly happy with the product. I am really glad he is not selling anything I want.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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neglus
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posted on December 15, 2003 08:32:06 AM new
Let's hope he owns the copyright..one of my buyers of a "special" Real Photo Postcard asked me to delete the image immediately because he knew of people who were copying the images from eBay and reproducing the postcards! Not all of his cards from Florida - he has a trolley scene from Minneapolis for sale!
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toolhound
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posted on December 15, 2003 11:50:29 AM new
Look at his closed auctions and you will see how all his stupid ideas are working for him. Not Very Well!!!
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