[R-390] Bad Overseas EBay Experience

[Cecil Acuff]

Your English is fine.....so is your attitude about such things.

I agree with all you have said....

Cecil....
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "paolo gramigna" <paolo.gramigna at controllo.it>
To: <R-390 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:59 AM
Subject: [R-390] Bad Overseas EBay Experience


> 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...
>
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