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Re: ebay rant
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lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 15:25:20 GMT
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In lugnet.market.auction, Lawrence Wilkes writes:
Just wanted to moan about ebay.

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What's your pet ebay hate?

7. Sellers say that a "few" of the white Lego are faded, when in fact ALL
the white pieces are tan colored!

8. They say the set is "complete" but when it arrives and I build it,
between 5 and 10 pieces are missing!

- Bob



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  Re: ebay rant
 
(...) That's a photography issue more often than not. Digital cameras often make blue appear lavender and white appear tan. (...) Yeah, that stinks. Caveat emptor, and leave that feedback! best LFB (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: ebay rant
 
(...) As a regular e-bay seller this is a tough one. Invariably you get a mixed box of lego and some plans. You build a set according to the plans. How do you actually know what bricks came with the set when it was new ? I always used to say sets (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: ebay rant
 
(...) This is my biggest bug! In all of the non-MISB sets I have purchased, something around 25% is all that are complete or match the auction description (like "complete except missing these specific items", and then more are missing than listed). (...) (23 years ago, 29-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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  ebay rant
 
Just wanted to moan about ebay. Too many rubbish auctions getting in the way Besides the obvious con artists, things I dont like 1. ridiculous start price. It's like setting a reserve, but without incurring a penalty if no one bids, as I understand (...) (23 years ago, 27-Jul-01, to lugnet.market.auction)

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