[78-L] hoo-HAA dispute ^ [FWD]

[Mike Harkin]

Cary Ginell wrote, "They couldn't give me any details but assured me things will be changing for the better soon. Let's hope they're right."

I wouldn't bet the mortgage!  As an outside observer, I'd say e-barf has
NEVER EVER changed for the better!

Mike in Plovdiv

--- On Wed, 1/6/10, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Subject: Re: [78-L] hoo-HAA dispute ^
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Date: Wednesday, January 6, 2010, 10:18 PM
> Missy Gorightry, I protest!
> 
> dl
> 
> Cary Ginell wrote:
> > I've been thinking of the caricatures in WWII Looney
> Tunes cartoons. Inscrutable. Where is Mr. Moto when we need
> him?
> > 
> > Cary Ginell
> > 
> >> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 2010 01:08:13 -0500
> >> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> >> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> >> Subject: Re: [78-L] hoo-HAA dispute ^
> >>
> >> Why do I have this vision of Mickey Rooney with
> false teeth and slanty eyes? 
> >> Promise him some dirty pictures. Sometime.
> >>
> >> dl
> >>
> >> Cary Ginell wrote:
> >>> Just thought I'd warn everyone again about an
> eBay buyer from Japan who goes by "bookofballard." This is
> the "gentleman" who called me "worst person" a while back.
> Anyway, the nut has since filed a claim with PayPal, which
> froze the money the guy paid me (guess he could never find
> the American embassy that he was threatening to complain
> about my split-seam LP racketeering). He's now saying that
> he never got the record I sent him, when in his negative
> feedback, he ACTUALLY DESCRIBED THE ITEM. Poor strategy. I
> immediately escalated the claim and spoke to the resolution
> dept. who took one look at his record and said -without
> explaining why- that they will probably rule in my favor.
> I've since written to eBay to get the flaming feedback
> removed. Another problem is that bookofballard's feedback
> numbers are listed as "private." Apparently you can do this
> if you are not a seller and only buy items. So this buyer's
> feedback comments are now conveniently hidden. 
> >>>
> >>> But take heart, fellow sellers! In describing
> my situation to eBay, I told them that honest sellers are
> basically defensive against crackpots like bookofballard; we
> have no recourse in warning other sellers against
> unscrupulous buyers since they took away our power of filing
> negative feedback. I was informed that all of this is going
> to change in the first quarter of 2010. They are working on
> a system that will make all of this much fairer to
> responsible sellers. They couldn't give me any details but
> assured me things will be changing for the better soon.
> Let's hope they're right.
> >>>
> >>> Cary Ginell
> >>>
> >>>
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