Forum Etiquette - Page 2

Edward Tinker · 07-23-2013, 01:49 PM

I too set up a separate account, that I transfer from paypal to my account and then transfer again. HOWEVER, On a person contesting, they minus my account which cost me money at the bank, which is wrong, but I limited my exposure.

I had a thief from down under (New Zealand?), and have sold overseas many times, yet this same person had played the game and ripped off folks. I fought the 'he did not receive', the lady at paypal could look at his feedback (might have been ebay, but essentially same thing), outloud she said, oh, he has a lot of positives with complaints. So, assumed I would get my money (it gets put on hold immediately). So, although he had a track record of saying he had not received he kept my money and I am sure the item. I was mad as hell, and called his local police and reported him. Of course I received one of my only negatives from ebay from him.

I have not said, no overseas sales yet, but I limit what I do sell.

As said above;
1. Ebay is a buyers market - ebay thinks they are the seller
2. Paypal is a forced issue, although you can get around it, I just deal with it - if they start taxing off of it, then I simply will quit using it
3. Ebay is my final choice, will try to sell here, or other boards, gunbroker but to be honest, even with fees, people on the boards are less likely to buy at the higher price you can get on ebay
4. World of difference if you have been a seller or only a buyer, as a seller you see too many difficult folks, so taking a simple picture is not as easy as it sounds.

Zorba · 07-23-2013, 01:58 PM

Does anyone have any experience with eBid?

Edward Tinker · 07-23-2013, 02:02 PM

I have checked out numerous other sites, no one has the exposure that ebay had / has, although they have fallen out of disfavor of many sellers I believe....

lugerholsterrepair · 07-23-2013, 02:17 PM

My new smart phone takes better photo's than the excellent camera I have been using for years. Macro and all. The cameras in phones have come a long way.

I LOVE eBay for buying. HATE it for selling. Like Ed I offer on the Forums first..

As far as email communications..yes it's irritating but patience is a virtue, posses it if you can, sometimes in a Woman..NEVER in a man. I have learned patience..It comes when it comes or it doesn't. You give and expect common courtesy but the computer is easy to hide behind. One click and it disappears. Just the way of the World today. It ain't going to get any better either!

Zorba · 07-23-2013, 02:35 PM

That's fine - if the picture doesn't look like it came from a phone, then it doesn't matter!

You're right - "it ain't gonna get any better!"

lugerholsterrepair · 07-23-2013, 02:54 PM

Zorba, Yes, I was surprised myself. Pleasantly surprised. Tech trends are getting better day by day at a rapid pace.

lugersrkewl · 07-23-2013, 07:11 PM

we need to get postino a dvd player..

sheepherder · 07-23-2013, 11:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lugersrkewl

we need to get postino a dvd player..

Postino has a Hollywood Plus hardware DVD decoder card + a Hauppauge WinTV video card and plays the DVDs on his computer and watches the movie on his Toshiba TV set...

...OR...Captures the TV movie on his computer and converts it to digital and compresses it so it will fit on a DVD disk...

GySgt1811 · 07-24-2013, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NoncomRetired

CQ-CQ...anybody out there? (same as Ham radio).

Off topic, I know...sorry, but...

All the "kids" with their tweets think they invented abbreviations, like "lol" etc. Hell that was done already 70 and 80 years ago working the 40 meter band with a key or a bug. As in...

CQ...CQ... = Seek You, Seek You

Gawd, I'm old...

Gunny John (AKA, "Sparks" K9SVD)

PS. Anybody need a QSL for their shack wall?

PPS. CQ-CQ...anybody out there? (same as Ham radio) It IS Ham radio, before VOX. Used to be that a novice could only use code on the 40 meter band until he/she passed their advance test. Then they could drop the "N" from their call sign; i.e., KN9SVD became K9SVD.

sheepherder · 07-24-2013, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GySgt1811

Gawd, I'm old...

Gunny John (AKA, "Sparks" K9SVD)

My dad was W2JNR...Used to have a stack of his old ham postcards; somebody threw them out...Or they grew legs...Like his war surplus Hallicrafters radio set...That pulled in everything...

laoshi75 · 07-24-2013, 04:44 PM

George, this happened to me a few days ago...a guy (not member of the forum) asked for some photos, I took the photos, sent many photos by several emails, no answer. I emailed him today, he replied laconically "not interested"...
Ebay: I don't sell on ebay anymore, I just buy.
Paypal: I only pay with PP (buyers protection). I do not accept payments anymore except from buyers I know. I adopt the german practice: bank transfers only !
christian

alvin · 07-24-2013, 06:30 PM

I sold a few items on ebay, received payment via paypal. The real pain is their service fee. No major buyer issue yet,,,,,, except one buyer wanted to return a vest pocket pistol magazine back to me, saying it's for Baby Browning and I wrongly described it as FN 1905 magazine (?) He wanted to get his $5 back. Actually, that magazine fits and works on 1905 well. I simply refunded him and gave him the magazine for free.

alanint · 07-24-2013, 07:10 PM

If you have any more vintage magazines for $5. Any magazine.

Please let me know.

07-23-2013, 02:17 PM	#4
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	My new smart phone takes better photo's than the excellent camera I have been using for years. Macro and all. The cameras in phones have come a long way. I LOVE eBay for buying. HATE it for selling. Like Ed I offer on the Forums first.. As far as email communications..yes it's irritating but patience is a virtue, posses it if you can, sometimes in a Woman..NEVER in a man. I have learned patience..It comes when it comes or it doesn't. You give and expect common courtesy but the computer is easy to hide behind. One click and it disappears. Just the way of the World today. It ain't going to get any better either! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

07-23-2013, 02:54 PM	#6
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	Zorba, Yes, I was surprised myself. Pleasantly surprised. Tech trends are getting better day by day at a rapid pace. __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."

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07-23-2013, 01:49 PM	#1
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	I too set up a separate account, that I transfer from paypal to my account and then transfer again. HOWEVER, On a person contesting, they minus my account which cost me money at the bank, which is wrong, but I limited my exposure. I had a thief from down under (New Zealand?), and have sold overseas many times, yet this same person had played the game and ripped off folks. I fought the 'he did not receive', the lady at paypal could look at his feedback (might have been ebay, but essentially same thing), outloud she said, oh, he has a lot of positives with complaints. So, assumed I would get my money (it gets put on hold immediately). So, although he had a track record of saying he had not received he kept my money and I am sure the item. I was mad as hell, and called his local police and reported him. Of course I received one of my only negatives from ebay from him. I have not said, no overseas sales yet, but I limit what I do sell. As said above; 1. Ebay is a buyers market - ebay thinks they are the seller 2. Paypal is a forced issue, although you can get around it, I just deal with it - if they start taxing off of it, then I simply will quit using it 3. Ebay is my final choice, will try to sell here, or other boards, gunbroker but to be honest, even with fees, people on the boards are less likely to buy at the higher price you can get on ebay 4. World of difference if you have been a seller or only a buyer, as a seller you see too many difficult folks, so taking a simple picture is not as easy as it sounds.

07-23-2013, 01:58 PM	#2
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	Does anyone have any experience with eBid?

07-23-2013, 02:02 PM	#3
Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,966 Thanks: 2,066 Thanked 4,595 Times in 2,116 Posts	I have checked out numerous other sites, no one has the exposure that ebay had / has, although they have fallen out of disfavor of many sellers I believe....

07-23-2013, 02:35 PM	#5
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	That's fine - if the picture doesn't look like it came from a phone, then it doesn't matter! You're right - "it ain't gonna get any better!"

07-23-2013, 07:11 PM	#7
lugersrkewl Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Ussr Posts: 425 Thanks: 198 Thanked 75 Times in 58 Posts	we need to get postino a dvd player..

07-24-2013, 04:44 PM	#11
laoshi75 User Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Thailand/France Posts: 491 Thanks: 288 Thanked 98 Times in 42 Posts	George, this happened to me a few days ago...a guy (not member of the forum) asked for some photos, I took the photos, sent many photos by several emails, no answer. I emailed him today, he replied laconically "not interested"... Ebay: I don't sell on ebay anymore, I just buy. Paypal: I only pay with PP (buyers protection). I do not accept payments anymore except from buyers I know. I adopt the german practice: bank transfers only ! christian

07-24-2013, 06:30 PM	#12
alvin User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: US Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 132 Thanked 729 Times in 438 Posts	I sold a few items on ebay, received payment via paypal. The real pain is their service fee. No major buyer issue yet,,,,,, except one buyer wanted to return a vest pocket pistol magazine back to me, saying it's for Baby Browning and I wrongly described it as FN 1905 magazine (?) He wanted to get his $5 back. Actually, that magazine fits and works on 1905 well. I simply refunded him and gave him the magazine for free.

07-24-2013, 07:10 PM	#13
alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,917 Times in 1,193 Posts	If you have any more vintage magazines for $5. Any magazine. Please let me know.