[Milsurplus] E-bay farce

[Peter Gottlieb]

Everyone's right.  I've gotten fantastical things on eBay, but also gotten burned.

D C *Mac* Macdonald wrote:
> Amen, David!!!
> 
> Mac, K2GKK/5
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> ----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.
> I've added pieces to my collection I never dreamed of *seeing,*
> much less getting the chance to own.
> I've sold enough stuff to pay for my radio hobby;
> the only way I could possibly participate, since
> all my other income goes to raise four kids.
> I have done far more than *a thousand* transactions
> and I can count the "bad" ones on my fingers.
> And have some left over, too.
> 
> I gotta tell ya, guys: I think we hear about the
> one or two sinners who fart in church, and not the
> millions who behave.  It's always fun to commiserate;
> I do it, too.  But when it's time to make decisions
> about this sort of stuff, we need to step back
> and look at the bigger picture.  I have no doubt that
> many of my most treasured pieces would be about 50 feet
> deep in a landfill, were it not for Ebay.
> I think it's the best thing to happen to the hobby
> since solder.
> 
> One fella's opinion, of course.
> And I don't mind if you stop "Ebay-ing,"
> 'cuz that means I have less competition
> for them goodies ;-).
> 
> 73 Dave S.
> 
> 
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