Hi George:
True, but in this case there is active listing going on and no returns on
Foxy's calls, one week is one thing 6 is another.
By the way the OM 3 listing was pulled by eb*y, so rip offs happen too.
Gord
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From: <ClassicVW@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Hi Foxy,
> I too, would think the guy was genuine by his track record. Go thru the
ebay
> method of getting contact info and see if there's a phone number
available. I
> had an experience where I had won an OM-4T and 55/1.2 lens and the seller
did
> not return my emails for a week. I had already paid by sending a money
order
> to the listed address. It turned out the seller, the one who actually had
the
> gear, and the ebay account holder were two different entities. The seller
had
> no ebay account and had a friend list the stuff for him. Well, that
ebay-er
> (unknown to me) was on vacation and didn't answer, and, I, of course, knew
> nothing of the fact that the gear's owner and the ebayer were two
different people
> living 100 miles apart. Contacting ebay got me the account holder's phone
> number and everything was soon explained and apologized for, and as a
gesture,
> returned the shipping cost to me.
>
> During this experience, while I was worrying myself sick over it, another
OM
> list member counseled me to take it easy, that there's lots of
explanations
> why people seem to disappear for a while. He told me he also thought he
had been
> ripped-off once, only to find that the seller was rushed to the hospital
and
> had heart surgery.
>
> George S.
>
>
> foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> > Hi guys.
> > I bought three calculators from a bloke in Canada from eBay. He has 1394
> > feedbacks with 99.4% positives. And he generally sells lots of crystal.
> >
> > Anyway, I bought three Ti-68 calculators from him on 14th Feb 2004.
Nothing
> > has shown up yet. The amount of gear he has for sale makes me believe
this
> > guy is genuine. However, I noticed he is selling another calculator, the
> > same as I bought. And he is not answering my email so far (1 attempt to
his
> > home, and I've just sent one to his ebay email).
> >
> > Any suggestions for my next step?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Foxy
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