John, Gary, et al.:
Gary, it seems to me that you have earned the right to a choice comment or
two on eBay's "seller's feedback" function. I've never bothered bidding on
an item from a stinker (and I always check a seller's feedback).
But hey, Gary, you nominated these guys for the Jerks of the 'Net Award a
few weeks ago. Whence comes this gluttony for punishment? <g>
Joel
At 12:34 PM 8/24/1998 -0700, you wrote:
>Pittsburg Camera Exchange is famous on the net for this type of behaviour.
>Their actions are openly discussed on the rec.photo groups. Most knowledge
>bidders shy well clear of their auctions. They also will refuse to tell you
>the reserve amount if you ask before the end of the auction. Most legit
>sellers I've dealt with have no problem with that. I'm sorry you were
>subjected to their BS, Gary. Now you know better. Don't give up on e-bay
>because of a few creeps. BTW, I'm starting to see a lot of familiar names
>from the list popping up as bidders on e-Bay. It seems that lately for some
>reason, a lot of the available Oly gear is showing up there from private
>sellers. Some of the old standby dealers have empty cupboards or the same
>old overpriced things.
>
>Regards,
>John Austin
>
>>Gary Reese wrote:
>>Recently I expressed my opinion that setting high reserves on eBay, having
>no
>>one meet the reserve price and then soliciting unsuccessful bidders was
>poor
>>ethics. I had a hunch that certain companies/sole proprieters were doing
>this
>>as standard operating procedure. Here is an example of such by the
>so-called
>>Pittsburg Camera Exchange (a.k.a. Bernies Photo), who doubiously claims to
>>have the largest stock of used camera equipment. Note that my unsuccessful
>>high bid was $92.00, with 19 bids submitted:
>>******
>>Thank you for bidding on this item. The reserve on this item was $155.00.
>>If you are interested in the item at this price, please send us your zip
>>code so that we may figure out the cost of S&H to your home or business.
>>
>>We will reserve this item until you have had a chance to refuse it, before
>>offering it to the next highest bidder.
>>
>>Thank you for your consideration,
>>***end***
>
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