[ForSale-Swap] the other side of various ebay radios ...

[Don Sachnoff]

   At  least  as  a buyer you always have the last word on FB - buyer has
   two  responses  and  the  seller has a single response.  I was able to
   respond  to  the  seller's FB by basically calling him a liar and that
   anyone could contact me for the proof.
   Unfortunately,  most  sellers  I  have experienced will only deal with
   PayPal, however, your idea of using a postal money order certainly has
   merit especially where fraud is involved.
   The  other experience where I purchased a "new" RigBlaster Plus turned
   out  positive  for me.  After I received the RigBlaster and set it up,
   it  would  not  work  right.   I opened the unit up again and just sat
   there  staring  at  it  when  I  noticed  one of the optoisolators was
   missing, three resistors were replaced and one diode was replaced.  It
   should  have  occurred  to me that new Rigblasters are shipped without
   the  screws  in the case because they know you have to set the jumpers
   for  the  mic and and PTT if is is present.  I notified the seller via
   email  that  the  unit  was  not  new was defective and they responded
   almost  immediately  and  asked  that I return the unit and they would
   refund the cost of the unit and shipping.  After I received the refund
   I then gave the seller a glowing FB.
   Unfortunately  it  takes only a few bad apples to ruin it for everyone
   else whether it is on eBay or through a reflector, etc.
   Don - kx9q
   J. Forster wrote:

Ron wrote:

  

 I personally have more problem with listing on this and other groups than I
have ever had on eBay if you watch the persons Feedback.

    

The eBay FB system is a sham. The bad sellers will give you negative FB in
retaliation if you post anything bad (or even not glowing enough) about them. I
no longer post FB, until I have received positive FB first. Period.

There are sellers with hundreds of negatives, yet they can still sell. eBay ONL
Y
cares about sellers, and does NOT give a damn about buyers. eBay is NOT 'A Safe
Place to Trade" IMO. They have NEVER taken any action against rip-off sellers I
have reported. I now pay only via USPS Money Orders. The Postal Inspectors have
gotten what I paid for 100%.

-John