eBay rarely chastises their sellers. The fancy listings that radiomart uses cost a bundle. They probably make $400-500 a week from his listings. The hapless buyer complaining about getting ripped off only interferes with ebay making money. On the other hand, something interesting gets yanked by ebay without any reason or notice - if you put up for auction a blank sheet of paper for $5 they will yank it and give you a warning but if you put up for auction a fraudulently represented Drake R-4B they will give the buyer a warning not to complain! hi
The only serious buying I do is through swap.qth.net. -- 73 Jason N1SU http://n1su.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: David Turney To: drakelist@www.zerobeat.net Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2006 5:22 Subject: [drakelist] That e-bay shark.... He obviously thinks he's really smart, but to me the serial number phraseology suggests that the plate on the chassis may or may not be the one that was on it when it left the factory. Used car salesmen have been known to switch them around, and that seems to be where his business model comes from. There's a big UK based camera dealer with the same 'ethics' - Presumably e-bay/Paypal make too much money out of them to care about their own reputation. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All New Yahoo! Mail - Tired of [EMAIL PROTECTED]@! come-ons? Let our SpamGuard protect you.
