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I don't know RadioMart and I have no idea if he is is a crook or not,
but either way, I don't think that "reporting" him will make any difference. In my opinion, eBay couldn't care less. Not long ago I bid on an assortment of "vintage" crystals. I paid instantly via Paypal, and the crystals showed up pretty quickly. The problem was that more than 20% either showed obvious signs of water damage (long-term immersion and rust) or the housings were just plain *empty* (yeah- some clown had removed the quartz!) I attempted to contact the seller...not that I expected anything... but just to let him know that this wasn't quite right. He refused to answer my email so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. On what grounds? No grounds. He was simply miffed and that's it. By the way- he never did respond to my email. I contacted eBay and told them I take the feedback system seriously, that my feedback was 100% prior to this event, and that if I was to receive negative feedback, I would think the seller would be obligated to show where I had failed to meet my obligations. I challenged them to cite justification. eBay basically told me that the feedback system is based on "opinion" and that they will not "censor" that guy's "opinion." So, in other words, we don't care-- get lost. I would argue that if anyone is being "censored," it is people who have been cheated. The next time I'm shafted by a seller, I will have to weigh the cost of my transaction versus the cost of unfair and unwarranted retaliation should I leave negative feedback. Ten or 20 bucks worth of useless junk wasn't worth having my perfect recorded stained. I've had a lot of fun on eBay over the years, but frankly, this has disgusted me to the point that my future participation on that site is doubtful. Pete Tommy D wrote: On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:58:39 -0800, "K" wrote: Here is proof positive this guy is a crook. If you click on the first link, and scroll down the pictures, check out the serial number. Then click on the second link, and again scroll down to the serial number, they are the same. He bid on his own stuff, and won it, so had to relist it again! Geeze, what a guy. I wouldn't buy gold bricks cheap from him! K "None" wrote in message ... Up to his old games - here's the most recent 'won' auction: http://tinyurl.com/2w2ns6 The 'lucky' bidder wanked it up to $2000. Of course, we all know that Radio Mart uses alternate IDs to shill bid his own stuff into the stratosphere, and occasionally ends up the high bidder himself. Whereupon he has to reslist cuz the 'buyer' failed to pay (he sure gets a LOT of 'non paying bidders' doesn't he!!) Sure enough in this case, cuz he's just relisted it: http://tinyurl.com/32d4lz Of course, he always says 'non paying bidder' - naturally. But hey Martyn - we all know you like to occasionally win the shill auctions yourself! Have fun paying those Final Sale fees to Ebay on your shills - or do you report yourself as the non-paying bidder perhaps? Did you know that shill bidding, even on Ebay, is illegal in all 50 states? Just curious... Has anyone ever attempted to report this crook to eBay? No, they will NOT favor him because of his feedback, etc. He's small fish in a big ocean compared to many serious (and honest) sellers on eBay. If enough people report him, sooner or later, he will get booted. Please, people, report this guy to eBay! And keep reporting him until he's off. Tom |
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Unfortunately this is true of Ebay. Sellers can screw buyers all the time
with little action from Ebay. I leave these bum sellers negatives all the time. Of course they always leave me a negative, but I fail to see the negative when they were quickly paid. Ebay is just bunch of computer software, and no one there wants to take personal intervention of any kind. I even had this guy leave a negative by mistake. He and I both notified Ebay. They would not change it. The feedback system is just another example of less than scrupulous behavior. They allow those stinking private auctions too. Where is the transparency in that ? Now they have started hiding all bidders identities. I have not been to many live auctions where I did not know who was bidding against me. PayPal protection is a joke. I have never had it re-imburse me over any crooked deal. Ebay and the information world is not what it was 10 years ago. Happy New Year Dave "H. P. Friedrichs" wrote in message news:dqSdnUiMVucW6O3anZ2dnUVZ_gudnZ2d@velocitywest .net... I don't know RadioMart and I have no idea if he is is a crook or not, but either way, I don't think that "reporting" him will make any difference. In my opinion, eBay couldn't care less. Not long ago I bid on an assortment of "vintage" crystals. I paid instantly via Paypal, and the crystals showed up pretty quickly. The problem was that more than 20% either showed obvious signs of water damage (long-term immersion and rust) or the housings were just plain *empty* (yeah- some clown had removed the quartz!) I attempted to contact the seller...not that I expected anything... but just to let him know that this wasn't quite right. He refused to answer my email so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. On what grounds? No grounds. He was simply miffed and that's it. By the way- he never did respond to my email. I contacted eBay and told them I take the feedback system seriously, that my feedback was 100% prior to this event, and that if I was to receive negative feedback, I would think the seller would be obligated to show where I had failed to meet my obligations. I challenged them to cite justification. eBay basically told me that the feedback system is based on "opinion" and that they will not "censor" that guy's "opinion." So, in other words, we don't care-- get lost. I would argue that if anyone is being "censored," it is people who have been cheated. The next time I'm shafted by a seller, I will have to weigh the cost of my transaction versus the cost of unfair and unwarranted retaliation should I leave negative feedback. Ten or 20 bucks worth of useless junk wasn't worth having my perfect recorded stained. I've had a lot of fun on eBay over the years, but frankly, this has disgusted me to the point that my future participation on that site is doubtful. Pete Tommy D wrote: On Mon, 24 Dec 2007 11:58:39 -0800, "K" wrote: Here is proof positive this guy is a crook. If you click on the first link, and scroll down the pictures, check out the serial number. Then click on the second link, and again scroll down to the serial number, they are the same. He bid on his own stuff, and won it, so had to relist it again! Geeze, what a guy. I wouldn't buy gold bricks cheap from him! K "None" wrote in message ... Up to his old games - here's the most recent 'won' auction: http://tinyurl.com/2w2ns6 The 'lucky' bidder wanked it up to $2000. Of course, we all know that Radio Mart uses alternate IDs to shill bid his own stuff into the stratosphere, and occasionally ends up the high bidder himself. Whereupon he has to reslist cuz the 'buyer' failed to pay (he sure gets a LOT of 'non paying bidders' doesn't he!!) Sure enough in this case, cuz he's just relisted it: http://tinyurl.com/32d4lz Of course, he always says 'non paying bidder' - naturally. But hey Martyn - we all know you like to occasionally win the shill auctions yourself! Have fun paying those Final Sale fees to Ebay on your shills - or do you report yourself as the non-paying bidder perhaps? Did you know that shill bidding, even on Ebay, is illegal in all 50 states? Just curious... Has anyone ever attempted to report this crook to eBay? No, they will NOT favor him because of his feedback, etc. He's small fish in a big ocean compared to many serious (and honest) sellers on eBay. If enough people report him, sooner or later, he will get booted. Please, people, report this guy to eBay! And keep reporting him until he's off. Tom |
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![]() so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. Think about this - Why did you, as a buyer, leave feedback at all? You SHOULD have been given positive feedback as soon as you paid for the item. When you didn't get your deserved positive feedback, you left yourself open for receiving retalitory feedback when you gave him what he deserved. The feedback system is a farce. Yes, I agree, as a participant on ebay you want a close to 100% positive feedback rating. Once you get 10-20 positive feedbacks at 100% stop leaving positive feedbacks for the scumbag sellers who wait "till we are sure your shipment arrived in good condition and you have left us positive feedback then we will return the favor." Is a 150 rating really any better than a 20 rating? Another thing we buyers should do is have buying and a selling accounts. Several of them. When we get screwed and want to leave negative feedback (other than the warm feeling it gives us, what is the reason?) we know we will get retaliated against, so we just take it and then disable that low rated account ! Your selling account will carry a relatively high rating if you are honest and that is the only one that matters. Ok? Problem solved. If you ever buy from Radio Mart do it with a brand new zero-rated account and don't worry about it. When he gives you a negative back, just throw that account away and open a new one for buying. We are all as smart as he is, we just have to use our brains. Rick K2XT |
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On 27 Dic, 23:29, "Rick" wrote:
*so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. Think about this - Why did you, as a buyer, leave feedback at all? You SHOULD have been given positive feedback as soon as you paid for the item. When you didn't get your deserved positive feedback, you left yourself open for receiving retalitory feedback when you gave him what he deserved. The feedback system is a farce. *Yes, I agree, as a participant on ebay you want a close to 100% positive feedback rating. *Once you get 10-20 positive feedbacks at 100% stop leaving positive feedbacks for the scumbag sellers who wait "till we are sure your shipment arrived in good condition and you have left us positive feedback then we will return the favor." Is a 150 rating really any better than a 20 rating? Another thing we buyers should do is have buying and a selling accounts. Several of them. When we get screwed and want to leave negative feedback (other than the warm feeling it gives us, what is the reason?) we know we will get retaliated against, so we just take it and then disable that low rated account ! *Your selling account will carry a relatively high rating if you are honest and that is the only one that matters. Ok? *Problem solved. *If you ever buy from Radio Mart do it with a brand new zero-rated account and don't worry about it. *When he gives you a negative back, just throw that account away and open a new one for buying. *We *are all as smart as he is, we just have to use our brains. Rick *K2XT Not so simple! After reading your posts I'm just wondering whether using a zero-rated account would always be the right strategy for buying, regardless of the reliability and reputation of sellers. Otherwise, when to use a zero-rated account for buying? How might a buyer identify the fraudulent seller beyond the few known cases? I have my own black-list which includes three sellers and now I'm going to add radio-mart, but the ebay world is much more wide. What to do in the cases when zero-rated bidders are invited not to bid? I've heard that ebay checks names and addresses in front of new subscriptions, and if they match no longer active accounts, new subscriptions are blocked. Is it true? Is there any limit to the number of accounts for any given name and address? What about paypal accounts? How many times should I transmit to ebay my credit card info, and how many times would I prefer it is present in the ebay dadabase? (As a honest seller, I would prefer not to have bids from zero-rated accounts, as they could appear as shill bids. Further, for the honest seller the zero-rated bidder is always a risk. Hence, on the other side of the wall, so far I thought it would be better for me presenting myself as a non zero-rated bidder, but maybe this makes no sense, ebay is now sick.) Antonio I8IOV |
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Why would you set up zero-rated accounts, just to buy crap from a crook ?
W1CNY "Antonio Iovane" wrote in message ... On 27 Dic, 23:29, "Rick" wrote: so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. Think about this - Why did you, as a buyer, leave feedback at all? You SHOULD have been given positive feedback as soon as you paid for the item. When you didn't get your deserved positive feedback, you left yourself open for receiving retalitory feedback when you gave him what he deserved. The feedback system is a farce. Yes, I agree, as a participant on ebay you want a close to 100% positive feedback rating. Once you get 10-20 positive feedbacks at 100% stop leaving positive feedbacks for the scumbag sellers who wait "till we are sure your shipment arrived in good condition and you have left us positive feedback then we will return the favor." Is a 150 rating really any better than a 20 rating? Another thing we buyers should do is have buying and a selling accounts. Several of them. When we get screwed and want to leave negative feedback (other than the warm feeling it gives us, what is the reason?) we know we will get retaliated against, so we just take it and then disable that low rated account ! Your selling account will carry a relatively high rating if you are honest and that is the only one that matters. Ok? Problem solved. If you ever buy from Radio Mart do it with a brand new zero-rated account and don't worry about it. When he gives you a negative back, just throw that account away and open a new one for buying. We are all as smart as he is, we just have to use our brains. Rick K2XT Not so simple! After reading your posts I'm just wondering whether using a zero-rated account would always be the right strategy for buying, regardless of the reliability and reputation of sellers. Otherwise, when to use a zero-rated account for buying? How might a buyer identify the fraudulent seller beyond the few known cases? I have my own black-list which includes three sellers and now I'm going to add radio-mart, but the ebay world is much more wide. What to do in the cases when zero-rated bidders are invited not to bid? I've heard that ebay checks names and addresses in front of new subscriptions, and if they match no longer active accounts, new subscriptions are blocked. Is it true? Is there any limit to the number of accounts for any given name and address? What about paypal accounts? How many times should I transmit to ebay my credit card info, and how many times would I prefer it is present in the ebay dadabase? (As a honest seller, I would prefer not to have bids from zero-rated accounts, as they could appear as shill bids. Further, for the honest seller the zero-rated bidder is always a risk. Hence, on the other side of the wall, so far I thought it would be better for me presenting myself as a non zero-rated bidder, but maybe this makes no sense, ebay is now sick.) Antonio I8IOV |
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What's the problem with a zero rated bidder? When the auction is over either
he pays or he doesn't. I don't give a tinkers damn who buys what I'm selling as long as they pay. If I'm not happy with the price I should have set a higher reserve. My fault. -- Clif "Antonio Iovane" wrote in message ... On 27 Dic, 23:29, "Rick" wrote: so I left negative feedback---nothing personal or nasty, mind you. I simply stated the facts. Guess what? He slams *me* with negative feedback. Why? No reason. Think about this - Why did you, as a buyer, leave feedback at all? You SHOULD have been given positive feedback as soon as you paid for the item. When you didn't get your deserved positive feedback, you left yourself open for receiving retalitory feedback when you gave him what he deserved. The feedback system is a farce. Yes, I agree, as a participant on ebay you want a close to 100% positive feedback rating. Once you get 10-20 positive feedbacks at 100% stop leaving positive feedbacks for the scumbag sellers who wait "till we are sure your shipment arrived in good condition and you have left us positive feedback then we will return the favor." Is a 150 rating really any better than a 20 rating? Another thing we buyers should do is have buying and a selling accounts. Several of them. When we get screwed and want to leave negative feedback (other than the warm feeling it gives us, what is the reason?) we know we will get retaliated against, so we just take it and then disable that low rated account ! Your selling account will carry a relatively high rating if you are honest and that is the only one that matters. Ok? Problem solved. If you ever buy from Radio Mart do it with a brand new zero-rated account and don't worry about it. When he gives you a negative back, just throw that account away and open a new one for buying. We are all as smart as he is, we just have to use our brains. Rick K2XT Not so simple! After reading your posts I'm just wondering whether using a zero-rated account would always be the right strategy for buying, regardless of the reliability and reputation of sellers. Otherwise, when to use a zero-rated account for buying? How might a buyer identify the fraudulent seller beyond the few known cases? I have my own black-list which includes three sellers and now I'm going to add radio-mart, but the ebay world is much more wide. What to do in the cases when zero-rated bidders are invited not to bid? I've heard that ebay checks names and addresses in front of new subscriptions, and if they match no longer active accounts, new subscriptions are blocked. Is it true? Is there any limit to the number of accounts for any given name and address? What about paypal accounts? How many times should I transmit to ebay my credit card info, and how many times would I prefer it is present in the ebay dadabase? (As a honest seller, I would prefer not to have bids from zero-rated accounts, as they could appear as shill bids. Further, for the honest seller the zero-rated bidder is always a risk. Hence, on the other side of the wall, so far I thought it would be better for me presenting myself as a non zero-rated bidder, but maybe this makes no sense, ebay is now sick.) Antonio I8IOV |
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