Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-05 Thread Fmiser
It seems than at Tue, 4 Mar 2008 17:15:14 -0600, R wrote: I have not had to worry about it so don't know for sure, but someone told me that a scratch on the top of the DVD is just as bad or worse than a scratch on the bottom. Any comments or suggestions on how to fix the top if that is true?

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-04 Thread George Larribeau
good with something like Windex first. GL Dallas Some where - Original Message - From: Alex Chamberlain [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:10 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. This whole thread just

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-04 Thread R A Bennell
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of George Larribeau Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 2:43 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. On the technical side ... If we want to be able to, play a damaged, out of print DVD, start with your computer. If you have a PC

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-04 Thread OK Don
The data is in the layer near the top - you are just reading through the bottom surface to the data layer, so the light doesn't get to the data when the bottom is scratched. When the top is scratched, the data is gone. On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 5:15 PM, R A Bennell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-04 Thread Jim Cathey
I have not had to worry about it so don't know for sure, but someone told me that a scratch on the top of the DVD is just as bad or worse than a scratch on the bottom. True, very true. The thick polycarbonate disc is pressed against its master bumped mold, the resultant pit pattern is

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-03 Thread Hendrik Fay
No it does not, I asked Dave if he could forward what was actually said between him and the Brooklyn punk. Just out of curiosity to get an idea of what transpired but Dave hasn't as yet. From all I know Dave could have written the seller a rather disrespectful email and the seller basically

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-03 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
I could write a book Hendrik Fay wrote: No it does not, I asked Dave if he could forward what was actually said between him and the Brooklyn punk. Just out of curiosity to get an idea of what transpired but Dave hasn't as yet. From all I know Dave could have written the seller a rather

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-03 Thread Alex Chamberlain
This whole thread just makes me depressed. Buying and selling stuff on the Internet used to be fun. These days it seems like the cretins have taken over and every other transaction gets messed up because it involves somebody who's trying to cheat me, being a PITA, or just plain incurably stupid.

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-03 Thread Jeff Zedic
Have you tried to refinish the surface? Try this http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67659/how_to_fix_a_scratched_dvd_with_items.html Zedic ___ http://www.okiebenz.com For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-03 Thread Alex Chamberlain
On Mon, Mar 3, 2008 at 9:42 AM, Jeff Zedic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried to refinish the surface? Try this http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/67659/how_to_fix_a_scratched_dvd_with_items.html Hmm, thanks for the link. I've tried using 3M plastic polish, no luck on this

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Curt Raymond
] eBay seller threatens to sue me. To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 In my continued pursuit of the perfect vehicle for my wife, I came across this listing that incorrectly says that car has Stability

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Curt Raymond
Free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it... Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 18:57:15 -0500 From: dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Jeff Zedic
I agree with Larry. While Hendrik's email was bit forward in tone, I didn't see anything that bad to warrant the scalding reply it got. I think that it just hit a button with Dave at a time when he's pissed at this crook in Brooklyn. I'm pretty sure that I could print out those eBay documents

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread LarryT
://members.rennlist.com/webercarbs - Original Message - From: Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Diesel List mercedes@okiebenz.com Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:38 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. Free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it... Date: Sat

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Hendrik Fay
This is a good example of what you should do if someone writes something you don't particularly like. Just ignore it and all will be well. It is not worth my bother to get into an argument over this and I won't. As a side not, it is of interest to note that the Brooklyn punk has a 100% feedback

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
its hard when you sell many items to have 100%, there is always some jerk who cant read and leaves bad fb. Hendrik Fay wrote: This is a good example of what you should do if someone writes something you don't particularly like. Just ignore it and all will be well. It is not worth my bother

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread andrew strasfogel
It's amazing how many W111 pre-1972 coupes on ebay have vacuum locks or power locks, which were never installed on any cars in the W111 coupe series. On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 7:51 PM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: its hard when you sell many items to have 100%, there is always some

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-02 Thread Zoltan Finks
100% feedback no more entitles one to be disrespectful than does ANY other accomplishment or position. Brian Who respects those confident enough to be courteous On Sun, Mar 2, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is a good example of what you should do if someone writes

[MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread dave walton
In my continued pursuit of the perfect vehicle for my wife, I came across this listing that incorrectly says that car has Stability Control: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280204883837 I kicked him off a nice email pointing out the mistake, and all hell broke loose.

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread John Freer
Dave, in all honesty, you would be interfering with a sale as an outsider and Ebay would bounce you off the program. Contacting bidders is a Big No No as far as Ebay is concerned. Your intentions are admirable but interference with a sale on Ebay is similar to me busting into a sales office and

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Tom Hargrave
Just ignore him - he's not worth your time. Thanks, Tom Hargrave www.kegkits.com 256-656-1924 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dave walton Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 3:39 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] eBay seller

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread dave walton
Yea, you and Tom are right. I guess in the long run it means more people will be turned off by eBay and the cars we want will be cheaper to buy. Thanks all. -Dave Walton On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 5:05 PM, John Freer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave, in all honesty, you would be interfering with a

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Jim Cathey
eBay and the high bidder to which he replied that they were Confidential Communications and if I sent them to anyone he would sue me and take whatever other actions may be necessary - whatever that means. Brooklyn, figures. Notice how he spent more bandwidth on his award photos than on the

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Dave H...
... -- From: John Freer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 5:05 PM To: Mercedes Discussion List mercedes@okiebenz.com Subject: Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. Dave, in all honesty, you would be interfering with a sale as an outsider and Ebay would bounce you off

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread ernest breakfield
ignore the big type and pretty pictures; always start with the fine print. (the fact that there's so much of it in this ad is in itself a warning flag,...) the same thing is said a couple of different ways, but for example, this is pretty telling; The seller shall not be responsible for the

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Hendrik Fay
Usually there is a disclaimer that states to confirm listed features with the seller, mistakes are made and how many times do you see a bog stock MB with body kit advertised as an AMG product? I wrote to a seller once to let him know that the 86 260E he was selling was not an AMG and got a

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread dave walton
Okay Hendrik, so I vent to the list and feel better and thank you all for having to listen to it, then I get this crappy email from you - what's up? You ain't my momma, and even she didn't talk to me like that. -Dave Walton On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:44 PM, Hendrik Fay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread dave walton
Shit - I meant that to be off-list. Sorry everyone. -Dave Walton On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at 6:57 PM, dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay Hendrik, so I vent to the list and feel better and thank you all for having to listen to it, then I get this crappy email from you - what's up? You

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Rick Knoble
In my continued pursuit of the perfect vehicle for my wife, I came across this listing that incorrectly says that car has Stability Control: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280204883837 I kicked him off a nice email pointing out the mistake, and all hell broke

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Bill R
PM To: Mercedes Discussion List Subject: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me. In my continued pursuit of the perfect vehicle for my wife, I came across this listing that incorrectly says that car has Stability Control: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=280204883837 I

Re: [MBZ] eBay seller threatens to sue me.

2008-03-01 Thread Zoltan Finks
Just another example of Henifay's abrasive style. I don't think it was personal, but I too would take exception to it. As for the Brooklyn seller of the S500: I agree you should have corrected him, and that he is a punk for getting aggressively defensive with you. Brian On Sat, Mar 1, 2008 at