Is there a way to refuse to sell to buyers like this once they post a bid?
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From: "Frank Griffin" <frankrad4@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 4:25 AM
Subject: Re: [OM] Ebay Jerks and Weasels
> I sent him $90 dollars and he left me positive feedback. What he wanted
> was the lens and some money so that he can turn it around for a profit.
> Getting his money returned for the lens was never the objective. The
> insistence on getting two way postage refunded as well as the item cost
> was to get a partial refund, because he knew I would have refunded
> purchase cost no questions asked. I saw this coming , because he deals
> equipment, yet paid near the top to get the item. I tend to look at the
> final outcome of things when confronted with such decisions. I figured I
> had more to lose in the long run if I got into a squabble. I sell some
> other things on ebay, and my only competitor also has 100 0.000000eedback, so
> that one negative would have been the only difference between us, in the
> eyes of a buyer.
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> Frank
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> On Fri, 4 Apr 2003 11:23:48 -0800 "Jeff Keller"
> <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > If you've got a web site that you can use to post copies of the email
> > you probably don't have to worry about a little bad feedback.
> > Probably
> > most ebuyers are familiar with inappropriate/revenge feedback. If
> > you
> > can show what happened I doubt many people would be concerned by a
> > single bad feedback. If you leave feedback he will almost surely
> > take
> > revenge.
> >
> > But base your decision on the numbers. Will your pocket book be
> > significantly hurt if you get it back and try to sell it again? Are
> > you
> > sure that there wasn't something you missed? If the $ are
> > significant
> > and you are certain you didn't miss anything stay calm and do what
> > you
> > believe to be right. Keep in mind some people such as myself who buy
> > EX
> > from KEH receive items that look new to them. That may be what they
> > were
> > expecting if you describe it as such.
> >
> > My single neutral came as revenge to feedback I left after filing a
> > fraud complaint to get the guy to ship me an XA. I haven't bothered
> > to
> > post the info on a website but could easily show the guy was bad
> > news. I
> > probably will if I ever get around to putting a few excess odds and
> > ends
> > up for sale. If an e*ayer has a lot of only positive feedback, he is
> > very lucky, good at negotiating acceptable compromises, AND not
> > contributing to "policing" the system.
> >
> > Good luck and best wishes,
> > -jeff
> >
> > *******
> > So do I eat the shipping, or the
> > $100.00 or have this guy ruin my feedback if I don't submit to his
> > extortion ?
> >
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