[78-L] "Good" eBay or "bad" eBay?

[David Lennick]

Same here, and it's time to get back into selling some stuff..between other 
projects, shuffling storage units and having managed to misplace the mini-USB 
cable for my camera (that's the main problem!) I haven't put anything up in a 
couple of months.

dl

On 10/24/2013 6:01 PM, David Weiner wrote:
> Same here, Taylor! I've bought&  sold thousands of itms on eBay since 1998
> and have had less than 5% problem transactions.  I have acquired many,
> many records that I never thought I'd own.  My experience on the site has
> been overwhelmingly positive.
>
> Dave Weiner
>
> On 10/24/13 5:07 PM, "Taylor Bowie"<bowiebks at isomedia.com>  wrote:
>
>> Sometimes I think there must be two "eBays" on line...the terrible
>> monster I
>> keep hearing about from some of you,  or the easy-to-use auction company
>> which I've come to count on.
>>
>> I've been buying from eBay for nearly 15 years...I've had more than
>> 10,000
>> transactions,  both as a seller but mostly as a buyer.  The number of
>> problems I've had can be counted on the fingers of one hand (I do have
>> all
>> five fingers!).
>>
>> That said,  over the years I've found that I'm always more than satisfied
>> when dealing with established sellers who know that they are doing.   For
>> example,  I've bought literally hundreds of records from Warren Hodgdon
>> for
>> thousands of dollars,  and have never had even one glitch.
>>
>> EBay is only as good or bad as the buyer and seller involved in a
>> transaction.
>>
>> As far as eBay's "bureaucracy" I have no issues.  Pay Pal is the most
>> convenient form of sending and receiving money I've ever encountered.
>> None
>> of my sellers overcharge in any way for shipping.
>>
>> But of course the fewer record hunters who make use of eBay...the more
>> for
>> the rest of us!
>>
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Mike Harkin"<xxm.harkin at yahoo.com>
>> To: "78-L Mail List"<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2013 1:00 PM
>> Subject: [78-L] (no subject)
>>
>>
>> More additions to the already lengthy liszt of reasons not to deal with
>> ebarf! No matter how badly I might want something on offer, it wouldn't
>> be
>> worth the risk
>> of disappointment and aggravation with ebarf's bureaucracy, poorly
>> informed
>> sellers, exorbitant
>> shippers, and paypal. I'd prefer to wait and hope for it to turn up from
>> a
>> reliable, tsures-free source....
>>
>> Mike in Plovdiv
>>
>>