[Milsurplus] E-bay farce

[WA5CAB at cs.com]

Mac and Dave,

I concur.  I have a very nice RT-12/TRC-2 (and as stated in periodic pleas, 
am still looking for other components of this 21-man crew served set).  Came 
from an eBay seller who could barely spell "radio".  Up until about 10 years 
ago, if it had gone to a hamfest and not sold, it would have been in the dumpster 
after the person who brought it left it in the grass for the clean-up crew 
and went home to his rice burner station.  And if the person I bought it from 
hadn't had eBay as an outlet, it would just have gone out front on heavy trash 
day.

And begging Ralph's pardon for a moment, neither eBay nor PayPal favor 
sellers.  eBay doesn't favor anyone (except themselves).  PayPal officially favors 
buyers about 70-30.  David quotes 1000+ transactions.  I can quote 8000+.

In a message dated 6/15/2005 8:47:20 PM Central Daylight Time, 
k2gkk at hotmail.com writes: 
> Amen, David!!!
> 
> Mac, K2GKK/5
> 
> 
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: David Stinson <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
> To: milsurplus at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Milsurplus] E-bay farce
> Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:35:29 -0500
> 
> You know, I keep hearing all these horror stories about Ebay
> and PayPal (70 MILLION Accounts and still growing).
> I've been buying and selling there since 1997.
> My experience has been overwhelmingly positive.
> 

73
Robert Downs - Houston
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