[78-L] Phantom eBay winner [fwd]

[Mike Harkin]

Seems that buying or selling comes down to the same thing; you have to ask yourself,
is the f****** you get worth the f****** you take.  Figuratively, of course.... 
 
Mike in Plovdiv 

--- On Tue, 11/15/11, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:


From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Tuesday, November 15, 2011, 4:07 AM


And the drama continues..eBay seems to be removing all the feedback comments 
from us disgruntled dealers (one or two still remain) and have sent me a 
"naughty, naughty" message. As well as an invitation to post 5000 items free 
tomorrow. Ho hum.

dl

On 11/14/2011 4:23 PM, David Lennick wrote:
> This guy now has slam feedbacks from 5 dealers, myself included. Good news?
> Nope..sellers can't post negative feedback so he has 5 positives! eBay, you
> make me crazy.
>
> A FAKE BID    Seller: bonnieandclyde0126 14-Nov-11 15:53
>        -- (#220889214625)    --    View Item --
>
> A FAKE BID    bonnieandclyde0126 14-Nov-11 15:52
>        -- (#220889215946)    --    View Item --
>
> EBAY- SEND ME STUPID NOTES ABOUT DSRATINGS&  LET BUYERS LIKE THIS CARRY ON
> vinyl_heaven21 14-Nov-11 15:30-- (#270848516748)
>
> Another phantom bid from the phantom calypso bidder. eBay, DELETE THIS GUY!    
> radiex 14-Nov-11 12:38-- (#200672216782)    --    View Item --
>
> Maddening that we can only leave positive feedback. This clown bids and
> vanishes    Seller: radiex 14-Nov-11 12:38 (#200672213914)
>
> how many more FAKE reggae buyers do we have to endure ? ebay don't seem to
> care    Seller: bitternloco4472 14-Nov-11 12:03 (#130596254006)
>
> FAKE BIDDER SCUM!. Ebay why are you so inept in dealing with this problem?
> phoenixclubsmokin 09-Nov-11 12:18 (#160675609252)
>
> dl
>
> On 11/14/2011 10:05 AM, Thatcher Graham wrote:
>> You can block certain bidders but not if they're switching accounts. You can
>> also require that bidders have a certain rating which woudl stop the new
>> accounts problem.
>>
>> -- Thatcher
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 11/13/2011 11:37 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> I've been hit by him a few times, as I mentioned. Does anyone know if it's
>>> possible to cancel his bid immediately or do we still have to go through the
>>> whole procedure of invoicing him and then re-selling when eBay cancels (which
>>> it has, twice in my experience)? I'm a bit reluctant to go the "no bids unless
>>> you have 10 positive feedbacks" route since I had what appeared to be legit
>>> bids from a newish buyer with 1 positive feedback and a US address. I'm also
>>> pretty steamed about the wasted time. Amazingly, I had 3 calypso items listed
>>> and the phantom only bid on two of them. Looking forward to more rumficken when
>>> I list the mint "Too Hot to Handle" on Canadian Quality.
>>>
>>> But when eBay wants to go after sellers..zowie! I still haven't had a
>>> satisfactory explanation for their pulling my Ravens aircheck a few months ago.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 11/13/2011 11:26 PM, Steve Shapiro wrote:
>>>> Some of the posts on this subject have been off the mark.
>>>>
>>>> I am in several ways a calypso person and a calypso record person.
>>>>
>>>> Sellers tell me this has been going on for a year or two. The phantom is in
>>>> England. Constantly sets up new oyVey accounts and will bid 40 50-60+ times
>>>> before he is stopped. oyVey continues to accept him setting up these new
>>>> accounts and refuses to go after him despite the disruption he causes. I and
>>>> others have gotten a few calypso items directly from sellers or via 2nd
>>>> chances. I think going after him does not fit into oyVey's business model,
>>>> which has largely drifted towards supporting large-scale marketers.
>>>>
>>>> Good luck, David./steve
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