[R-390] Re: RadioMart Does It Again, With An R-392

[Joe Foley]

Is this guy working for Government Liquidation??

His posts sound kind of like theirs.  "We don't care! 
Bid on whatever you see here, it may be like this, it
may not.  We reserve the right to send you anything we
please and there is nothing we will do if you
complain."

Joe




--- Patrick Jankowiak <recycler at swbell.net> wrote:

> I have never dealt with radio-mart, what puts me off
> about similarly worded 
> auctions in general are statements like these, which
> seem to give alot of 
> squirming room for the seller on weak pretense:
> 
> ]]]]
> 
> "This is all done primarily to protect me from the
> people who buy working 
> equipment, then remove parts and want to send it
> back to me as non-working 
> and expect a refund."
> 
> --- what? people do this? sounds like a fishy story
> to me.
> 
> ]]]]
> 
> "Why Private? Well several winning bidders each week
> were being contacted 
> after the sale ended and offered similar items by
> fraudulent sellers, to 
> stop this practice, I decided to implement this
> feature so as to protect 
> the identity of all bidders, not even I see who won
> until after the sale 
> and I certainly cannot see who else had bid except
> for the winning bidder."
> 
> --- It's for your protection.. er.., that is, the
> seller's protection more 
> likely, to hide the identity of bidders from each
> other. Also makes it 
> easier to have collusion or trickery by the seller
> during the bidding.
> 
> ]]]]
> 
> "As e-Bay compresses my pictures, ..."
> 
> --- umm.. get your good pics onto a server and link
> them like everyone 
> else? There's no excuse for making excuses for
> images from a professional.
> 
> ]]]]
> 
> "Collins R-392/URR in exceptional, Original
> Condition**"
> 
> --what's with the "**"? I saw no disclaimer, maybe
> it's hidden or I did not 
> look well enough.
> 
> It could be something like:
> note: the equipment described in this text may or
> not be the equipment 
> described in theis text, may be inaccurately
> described, might be something 
> else entirely, or the text description may be as
> full of **** as a 
> thanksgiving turkey.
> 
> ]]]]
> 
> anyway, these are red flags which pop up for me in
> ebay auctions. If the 
> auction or seller seems questionable, the wisest
> thing to do is not bid.
> 
> PJ
>
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