[R-390] Bad Overseas EBay Experience

[ampop at comcast.net]

I have dealt with Paolo and it was a great Ebay experience.  And I agree
with his comments which I thought were very well expressed.  His Italian
sounded prettry good to me.  His English isn't too bad either.

Dealing on Ebay is an awful lot like Baseball.  You Win some, You Lose 
Some and some are Rained Out.  Some probably should have never been
scheduled.   If you don't like the Game, Don't Play.  

Bob Wagnerf, Odenton, Maryland

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: "paolo gramigna" <paolo.gramigna at controllo.it>
> Hi all,
> Well, I'm from Italy; I have a 100% positive feedback of about 360 on eBay,
> both as a seller and a buyer; my eBay ID is pgram. I use paypal, I did use
> bidpay (now closed) and I have a corporate UPS account for shipping. 
> I also had a few chances to deal with serlet4446, both directly and on eBay;
> and my experience was always positive, even with delicate and expensive
> instruments.
> The problem is, sh**t happens. Once upon a while, I have sent a
> registered-mail remittance to a very estimated seller in UK, and the content
> was stolen; I have been sent postal money orders that I was unable to cash,
> for complicated reasons... It happens, both in real life and in the
> "virtual" market.
> The language barrier is indeed a factor; but if you feel uncomfortable with
> the seller's English, don't bid. If it does not answer properly to your
> emails, don't bid. If a bidder has less-than-optimal feedbacks, don't sell;
> you have the right to refuse bids, say it in the description and simply do
> it.
> Several times I was able to convince the seller, initially not willing to
> sell overseas, to accept my bid; a few times I even phoned him (if you use
> Skype, then the intercontinental call will cost as a local one) and having
> somebody at the phone clears most of the muddle...
> Then there are sellers like Radio Mart. When I read one of his descriptions,
> I recall those Snake-Oil sellers, trumpeting from a wagon at the Market
> Square times. Even if it's American, he sells here and there like a
> windmill; and for every flame exploding in the list, there are a dozen of
> fools buying that "Extremely Sought And Rare R-390A, Designed By Art
> Collins", where "All The Tubes Have Been Replaced IF AVAILABLE...."
> 
> Cheers,
> IK4YNG Paolo from Italy
> 
> P.s. English is not my maiden language.... Please be sympathetic for my
> mistakes...
> 
> _____________________________________________________________
> R-390 mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/r-390
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/faq.htm
> Post: mailto:R-390 at mailman.qth.net
> Unsubscribe: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/options/r-390