[78-L] e-bay bidding

[David Lennick]

On 9/13/2010 6:04 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>
> I don't imagine I'm all that much (or any)  smarter or luckier  than others,
> but I rarely have ever had any problems on eBay.  For the most part,  I only
> deal with people I trust,  and rarely figure on getting some sort of a
> bargain from an obvious amateur.  I've been involved in some 10,000
> transactions since 1999,  and only a handful presented any problems which
> weren't easily solved.
>
> There is no way to really say that "eBay is this" or "eBay is that."  It's a
> big place with a lot going on at any one time...like Mark Hellinger's Naked
> City,  there are a "million stories" about ebay,  many of which are very
> good.
> Fr sure there are some great sellers of records on there (who do know how to
> pack!)  and often some wonderful bargains to be had.
>
> I mean...I've gotten food poisoning in restaurants a few times but I still
> enjoy eating out most days!
>
> Taylor
>

Agreed..and the new price structure probably froze out a lot of the idiots. 
Unfortunately it also froze out the people with the bargains and all the 
Canadian sellers who wanted to reach US customers but couldn't ship for $4. 
Still, I hit a really long consistent bad streak a couple of years ago, with 
more badly graded records and damaged discs than good ones. More bad records 
than food poisoning, I think.

dl