PS..Cinecity Posters took 10 days AFTER being paid to ship a single photo.. not 5 seconds, 5 minutes, 5 hours or even 5 days.
talk about getting facts wrong-- On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 11:31 AM, Richard Halegua Comic Art < [email protected]> wrote: > Kerry > > you have 2 different events mixed up > > Michael - CineCityPosters - is the one who got the neg for not shipping a > photo within 5 seconds of being paid > Michael B - is the one who pulled an auction so as not to ship to Europe. > > 2 diff events.. get your facts straight > > > > > > At 11:20 AM 5/6/2010, lovenoir2 wrote: > > You ended an auction and PULLED it early because YOU made a mistake on > shipping destinations? And an honest and, it sounds like, a new ebay'er > (with little feedback, as all newbies have), placed a bid and because you > didnt want to mail it, you yanked it? > > Its these same shenanigans that sellers do that also has given ebay a bad > name. When that bidder placed a bid, he began a contractual obligation with > you. You mention, and basically accuse the buyer possibly not being > honorable?? On what basis? Are you kidding? All these excuses as to why you > were justified in pulling the auction. None hold water. What *you* did was > dishonorable. Shame on you. > > This kind of action is NO different than that of non paying, winning > bidders. > > -Kerry > > > > > > > > On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 7:10 AM, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > i ended an auction early 2 weeks ago because the bidder was from europe > with small feedback. i forget to set the item as NO OUTSIDE USA delivery. > the item was a 9.99 auction book----very, very, very thick/heavy. bidder > was likely to be the only bid. so why risk spending 25/30 postage in a > no-win situation. there is no delivery confirm at that rate., so if the > buyer is not honorable, i lose the book, plus the postage. the upside would > have been a net on 8.00. hence----stupid on my part. > > i have never been burnt with buyers outside the USA, but the potential is > there. > > mbb > > > > > > > In a message dated 5/6/2010 9:59:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > The way it works now. YOU were supposed to wrap the parcel and get it > into > the mail within 5 seconds of his money hitting your PP account. > > I guess the safer way is to acknowledge the payment and tell the buyer when > > you are going to ship. > > Phil > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Wong" <[email protected] > > To: < [email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:43 PM > Subject: [MOPO] Bad news ebay buyer alert > > > > Hi MOPO, > > After 10 years of selling I finally got my first negative feedback! > > > > If I were you I would avoid ebay id colonel_john_sheppard of Larry Casey > > who may also go by Bob Morane, Clausse Laurent or wraiths. He collects > on > > Logan's Run. > > > > This buyer paid on 4/25. I transferred the money to my account on 4/26, > > wrapped the package on 5/3 and was planning to mail it on 5/4. I logged > > > onto > > my Paypal account that morning to find that the buyer had filed a buyer > > dispute which caused the money to be taken from my account and placed in > > "held" > > status. I emailed the buyer and told him that if he removed the hold, > the > > package would go out that afternoon. He insisted that I should mail the > > package first. Within 24 hours, he had escalated to a buyer claim and > > left me > > negative feedback. I "resolved" the case by refunding his money. This > on > > a > > $17 photo that would have taken almost a week to arrive in France by > > Global Priority in any case. > > > > I have learned my lesson. In any case where a spurious complaint has > been > > made, I will instantly refund the money and hopefully cause the ebay sale > > > to > > be voided and avoid getting bad feedback. > > > > Thanks, Michael, Cinecityposters > > > > 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. > > > 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.
