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Re: buyer beware? or is it me...
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lugnet.general
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Date:
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Tue, 27 Mar 2001 02:45:36 GMT
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Josh Baakko <shi_web@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:GAu1FD.9no@lugnet.com...
> In lugnet.general, Richard Marchetti writes:
> > The best you can hope for is to return the items for payment. Ebay fraud • is
> > a waste of time. Telling people the bad dealer's name may help others in
> > the future, although it's doubtful.
> >
> > I've had the same thing happen more than once, and even from sellers on • Lugnet.
> >
> > I am actually trying to develop a generic grading system that will work • for
> > bricks, instructional booklets, and the set boxes (I'm in the middle • stages
> > of putting it together with descriptions and pictures). Of course, it • will
> > only help if everyone comes to use the agreed upon standard, presuming it
> > can be agreed upon.
> >
> > BTW, this probably belongs in the marketplace newsgroups, not that I • care...
> >
> > -- Hop-Frog
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> I've been lucky with what i've bought (only a 6378), and i was very lucky
> indeed, it was only missing 3 parts and i got it for $25 total (from • Aus.),
> another one that same week (from canada) went for $35! Good Deal, but • back
> to the subject.
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> I think we should have some place here on LUGnet for posting bad sellers
> from here, E-bay, BrickBay, and Yahoo Auctions (any more?). The E-bay
> ratings system doen't really help, most people don't even look anyways.
> Thats my view...
Well, I haven't bought anything MIB on ebay - all of my purchases have been
parts. Note that this includes entire sets, not just parts lots. I generally
e-mail the seller & ask specifically about the parts I'm interested in
before bidding. I've had no problems at all.
HTH
ROSCO
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| (...) I've been lucky with what i've bought (only a 6378), and i was very lucky indeed, it was only missing 3 parts and i got it for $25 total (from Aus.), another one that same week (from canada) went for $35! Good Deal, but back to the subject. I (...) (24 years ago, 27-Mar-01, to lugnet.general)
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