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I guess discussions of auctions can happen here, right? Well, check out this url: (URL) 1807 for $5.50 PLUS shipping! I e-mailed all of the bidders (and the seller) involved a very polite message and let them know that should they want any more (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Sounds like the right place! (...) You receive the Good Samaritan of the Day Award. Nice to see someone is willing to help out the unknowing LEGO fans around the web. Hey Todd, can we Knight him? ;-) Sir (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Of the lugnet.* groups, this is the best place, yes. (...) IMHO, only bad if they didn't want unsolicited comments. As for the comments themselves, especially to the buyer, I think you did a Good Thing. --Todd (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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I think it's always a good idea to point out the ripoffs. Who gives a darn what the ripoff artist thinks? (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Good work. I have done this several times with only good results. Actually, I have heard thanks from more sellers than bidders. Conscientious sellers are concerned with their eBay rep. I would consider sharing this story with eBay, although it is (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Yeah, I hear you. He's written back a couple of times claiming that if he had wanted to rip people off he would have marked them up much higher than he had. I guess 3x the normal price + shipping isn't high enough. Not to mention the (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com (Mike Stanley) wrote about an e-bay seller: (...) Would it be appropriate to post a feedback message on this seller? I would just post the original message Mike sent out to the bidders and this guy's reply(s). The problem I (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You're only supposed to give feedback on people you have been in a transaction with. Additionally, there is a VERY limited amount of space to write the feedback in. Thus, all the short, meaningless comments SArah Heacock sarah@eskimo.com (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Not a bad thing at all. It is this type of person that will make the Star Wars Lego a bit of a nightmare, buying them all up, offering to sell them to us for ridiculously hyper-inflated prices. This very auctioneer was probably one of those (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) I've bought 4-5 items on EBay -- a couple of copies of 'HeroQuest' by MB and some lego lots. And I've posted feedback a couple of times. What I have noticed is that there is no mechanism for feedback to reflect that there was a transaction, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) You get 80 characters to leave feedback with, it is a short amount but I don't think it's meaningless. If you send your money out and it takes awhile to get, you get back items that don't live up to their description, or worst case you get (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Chuck Cottrill wrote in message <36226AB6.14D30E6F@a...re.com>... (...) Here's my eBay horror story. There's some guy out there with a handle that looks just like mine (I'm jessel, he's jesse1), and he's making bad deals. I'm catching all sorts of (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Don wrote in message <36226F2F.387C9E64@mc.net>... (...) Julie/Don needs a last name, IAW Lugnet rules... Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) I guess since he said they're his kids he couldn't use the poor starving orphans story. What a blunder. Moz (all hail Sir Stanley! And keep telling them about S@H, the message might sink in) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Although I'm sorry to hear about the problem, I think it's good to hear real-life stories like this. This is one of the reasons LUGNET will never have short little handles like that on member accounts. --Todd (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) o.k., I was busy figuring out how to do the "no spam" part, I think I figured it out. Let's see. (It's Krenz by the way, if I still didn't get it right) Julie (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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o.k., I think I have it now, if not I'll go practice elsewhere. Julie (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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(...) Actually, she already had one in this header field: X-Real-Life-Name: Julie Krenz (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.market.auction)
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