[78-L] ebay gripes

[Ken Matheson]

Taylor Bowie wrote,
 
I buy a lot of stuff on eBay,  and most of the time I'm quite happy with how 
things turn out.

However,  there is one thing which is really beginning to bug me...the 
number of record sellers who send you stuff Media Mail but who take all 
sorts of Priority Mail envelopes,  tape,  and boxes  from the Post Office to 
use as packing material.

I got a crappily packed box today via Media and the woman had used brand new 
priority cardboard envelopes to put betwenen the records (no sleeves) and 
also used a perfectly good empty Priority box to fill one end of the shitty 
used box she sent the stuff in.

I don't know about you,  but I consider this nothing better than stealing 
from the PO and I don't like it.

But I'm torn on what to do...my first thought is to leave negative feedback 
and be specific as to why...I've also thought about contacting the postal 
service itself and suggest that they are losing a lot of money by giving 
away these priority items to cheapskates who won't buy their own shipping 
supplies.

Any thoughts?  Is anyone else bothered by this behavior?

Another guy on line had a  "Buy It Now" on a record I'd wanted for a long 
time...he made a big deal of noting all his experience in packing and 
shipping 78s and then the thing arrived between a few pieces of used 
cardboard taped together,  with the sleeveless record sliding around 
inside...no box,  just the damn cardboard on which he had written, 
helpfully,  the word "Fraglie."

I want to tell this guy to shape up as well,  but will it do any good?

Thanks for letting me vent.


Taylor B

     Ebay has seemed to have turned into a tool for commercial purposes. And with a lot of banner advertising one has to look at in order to find an item. With all the regulations they have it seems to be no linger a garage sale for the world. But still I find many of the 78 sellers are totally amateurish. Instead of showing a good photo of both sides of the label on a foreign record, it is just listed as rear this or that record. With no listing of the song title, artist, etc. If they can’t read the language, simple logic dictates to put a photo of it up so the person buying it can read it for themselves. It shows these people are too lazy, or too stupid to get it straight. One can not expect much as far as shipping from these people.