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Re: Nice ripoff on Ebay
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 12 Oct 1998 03:41:50 GMT
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JALDRICH@saynotospamSPARKNET.NET
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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 probably better to
let sleeping gonifs lie. So to speak.
JSA
Mike Stanley wrote:
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> I guess discussions of auctions can happen here, right?
>
> Well, check out this url:
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> http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=34320191
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> Wow, 1807 for $5.50 PLUS shipping!
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> 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 Santas they
> could call S@H (gave them the number) and get them for $2 each
> including shipping. I also gave them Lugnet's main page and the S@H
> Specials page (with a note that it is currently on hiatus) and urged
> them to come join our online community.
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> One of the bidders already wrote back thanking me for the info.
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> Now the seller has written back. Here's a copy of his post:
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> From: ljanko [ljanko@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent: Sunday, October 11, 1998 6:56 PM
> To: Mike Stanley
> Subject: Re: Santa available MUCH cheaper elsewhere
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> Dear Mike,
> Thanks so much for your help on my auctions. I will make sure to watch
> your auctions also on Ebay to see if I can help you out.
> ljanko
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> **************
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> So, was it a bad thing for me to point this out to these people? The
> seller is obviously pissed, but after looking at the auction listing
> again I'm not sure I care.
>
> Anyway, just thought I would share that with people. Will repost this
> to RTL also, I suppose.
>
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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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| 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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