Re: It's a scam! (I know it..)

Posted by skytag (A) on April 7, 2007 at 18:58:58

In Reply to: Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) posted by John Chleapas on April 6, 2007 at 22:33:10:

eBay probably won't get back to you, and even if they do all you'll get are canned responses, which are little better than spam IMO. LOL

I've gotten some things off Audiogon, but my luck has been mixed. I got a pair of speakers in which one of them had damage the seller hadn't disclosed. Tried to buy an Aerial Acoustics CC5 from a guy who was a nightmare. Finally called AmEx and denied the charge. Bought a sub from a guy and when it arrived there was nothing but the sub. No cord or other cables, no remote, no manual, no spikes, and grill had noticeable picks in it. Eventually got it all worked out, but a bit of a hassle. Three other transactions went off without a hitch. So at this point my problem-free rate is 50%.

Re: Driving 300 miles to pick something up - No way, unless there are other considerations. I rented a car and picked up the sub, but it was only 200 miles and I had been wanting to do some shopping in Orlando (about 50 miles from me along the way) anyway. Between the sub and base it was about 180 lb. It would have had to go freight and there were reasons that would have been a hassle for the seller, so I picked it up. 300 miles is at least 10 hours of my time, and at $0.30/mile to drive a car, that's $180. Since I've never had anything damaged in shipping I'm not about to spend 10 or more hours on the road and spend a wad of money on driving if I can get something shipped for a reasonable rate and just pick it up off the front porch. ;-) Besides, if you get 30mpg, 600 miles is 20 gallons of gas. I'm not going to use 20 gallons of a nonrenewable resource and pollute the air with it out of concern that something will get broken in shipping. That's why they have insurance. ;-)

Larry

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Topic - When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - John Chleapas 18:46:01 04/05/07 (18)

Re: When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - John Kercheval 13:01:43 04/06/07 (2)

What? I own the T-1 and the T-5's and they.. - John Chleapas 22:04:35 04/06/07 (1)

Re: What? I own the T-1 and the T-5's and they.. - Ozzy 04:51:58 04/07/07 (0)

Re: When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - ThomDP 10:35:55 04/06/07 (0)

A Fool and his Money ' ......... i'm a power seller on ebay 8 years and in all that time i buy almost nothing on ebay- - Joe M 07:48:48 04/06/07 (0)

SCAMBAY is more like it - STUART 07:07:19 04/06/07 (0)

Re: When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - subdud 06:29:34 04/06/07 (0)

It's a scam! - MIKEA 20:51:42 04/05/07 (8)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - John Chleapas 21:22:24 04/05/07 (7)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 19:23:31 04/06/07 (6)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - STUART 06:48:15 04/07/07 (1)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 00:00:37 04/08/07 (0)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - John Chleapas 22:33:10 04/06/07 (3)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 18:58:58 04/07/07 (2)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - John Chleapas 00:12:12 04/08/07 (1)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 00:43:06 04/08/07 (0)

Re: When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - afilado 19:58:02 04/05/07 (0)

Re: When is the ebay item you win is too good to be true? - kgturner 19:49:25 04/05/07 (0)

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Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 18:58:58 04/07/07 (2)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - John Chleapas 00:12:12 04/08/07 (1)

Re: It's a scam! (I know it..) - skytag 00:43:06 04/08/07 (0)

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