[78-L] Hoo-Ha shipping costs and wacko buyers

[David Lennick]

Hey, we try.

dl

buster wrote:
> In most cases, half-witty, actually.
> 
> On Jan 7, 2010, at 7:21 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
> 
>> Keep reading..mmmBoy has promised to do something about that  
>> situation.
>>
>> Also, the ban on spelling "eBay" is long gone but we're having too  
>> much fun
>> coming up with witty substitutions.
>>
>> dl
>>
>> zimrec at juno.com wrote:
>>> Not unusual, I'm running a few days behind in reading 78-L  
>>> digests.  Cary Ginell wrote:
>>> "I find it infuriating that sellers have no recourse until they are  
>>> victimized by these people. Sellers are not allowed to post  
>>> negative feedback on customers, which serves to make sellers  
>>> powerless to protect themselves until they have been attacked by a  
>>> disreputable, unschooled, dishonest, or insane buyer."
>>>
>>> I wonder if a Web site exists or, if not, if it is possible to  
>>> create one whereby eb-y sellers can post comments about buyers or  
>>> warn other sellers so that they can block such persons from bidding  
>>> on items they list on ebay.  This might infuriate eb-y, but I don't  
>>> think the company could do anything about it.  It might even spur  
>>> eb-y to rescind the restriction on sellers rating buyers.  After  
>>> all, the company must know that sellers have legitimate gripes  
>>> about buyers and, in fact, some buyers are likely chronic  
>>> complainers.
>>>
>>> Art
>>>
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