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

[Anthony W. DePrato]

no he told me a few years back that he bought estates ?????? lives in Mt 
Sterling Ky if i recall. wanted to get some of an estate i bought in 
Northeastern Ky. Did not take long to figure out something was not on the 
up and up.
73 Tony

At 03:31 PM 11/6/2005 -0800, Joe Foley wrote:
>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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