I can feel your pain. And to reduce these painful events, I always ask sellers that are new to me to package carefully, mark DO NOT BEND, sleeve the posters in a tube, etc, etc. I ask very nicely and then, I always follow up that request with a "I will leave feedback upon receipt" to remind them that there are good and bad consequences... Try it. It seems to work most of the time. Ted
--- On Thu, 4/15/10, Steven Yafet <[email protected]> wrote: From: Steven Yafet <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [MOPO] Interesting anti-eBay posts from a collector To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, April 15, 2010, 8:54 PM I understand the anger here because I am so tired of some sellers - not the majority at all but they stand out - mailing vintage items with no protection or bad protection. For example, I bought two very nice stills last week. When I got them, they had been mailed with cardboard that had bends in both pieces. As a result, the stills have bends right down the middle which they did not have before. I have never left negative feedback but what is a good buyer supposed to do in a case like this? Naturally, the stills took on the shape of the cardboard. There have been other horror stories, too. I get so frustrated. Nathalie On Thu, Apr 15, 2010 at 9:12 AM, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> wrote: Noticed this new member posted the following at MPF: "I just joined this forum and I have to get something off my chest. I've been an Ebay member for over ten years and have been collecting movie posters since 2003 off and on. Why is getting an item in one piece or getting an item exactly as described so freakin' hard? I don't understand it at all. One of my pet peeves about movie posters is receiving them rolled inside out. Do you know how hard it is to unroll an inside out poster? Where's the common sense of it all?" and then "I received a package today from Ebay seller "backlotbooks", $220 total. When the package arrived there wasn't even a cap on one end of the tube, just a clear piece of tape over a plastic bag. When I took out the bag, sure enough, there were the rolled posters with no protection, just bouncing around inside the tube like a pinball. I took them out and there was of course edge cracking from the shipment. Then the jerk sent me a wrong version of one of the posters. I ordered the Advance Ghostbusters with only the ghost, but he sent the advance with the words below the ghost. Not to mention the fact that it was in trash condition and the one I bought was excellent. The other 4 posters in the tube seemed decent aside from light edge cracking from the transit. I told the seller unless he offered me a sweetheart refund offer, I was leaving negative feedback on all purchases. I've had it up to "here" with these sellers. I think I'm going to start leaving negative feedback if ANYTHING goes wrong on the part of the seller and prompt and equal compensation isn't offered. ARGHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!" THIS is what you eBay sellers are up against. I feel really sorry for you. It is like running full-speed through a minefield. The question is not IF you will be blown up, but when. Bruce Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
