Auction Hall of Shame!

jedimarley · Post by **jedimarley** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:05 am

slym2none wrote:
jedimarley wrote:
myron wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:That sure is a weird name to pick for an ebay account.....sickobasement.
some *SKREE* n twenty/thirty something still livin with his momma...
Slym?
Do I have a "Kick Me!" sign on my back???

:x

-slym (eBay user ID "pewter4144")

I didn't put it there.....

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Feb 27, 2006 7:14 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rai-33-Very-Rare-La ... dZViewItem

Yeah right, and only 6 more bucks to ship.

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:17 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOODSHOT-1-CHROME- ... dZViewItem

I like how he explains the dirty keyword spamming.

Technique · Post by **Technique** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:27 pm

GGSAE wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOODSHOT-1-CHROME- ... dZViewItem

I like how he explains the dirty keyword spamming.

Did you report the auction to ebay?

Not only is the auction fraudulent but keyword spamming is a no-no.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:56 pm

I think it has been reported.

-slym

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 5:57 pm

If at first you don't succeed.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alan-Moore-Miraclem ... dZViewItem

Raise the price!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6610031951

Technique · Post by **Technique** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:04 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:If at first you don't succeed.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/Alan-Moore-Miraclem ... dZViewItem

Raise the price!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6610031951

That's not a cheap listing either.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:42 pm

GGSAE wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOODSHOT-1-CHROME- ... dZViewItem

I like how he explains the dirty keyword spamming.

He revised his auction, yet "rrp" is still there, which is part of what I, er, someone reported on, I'm sure.......

-slym

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:44 pm

Hey, just thought I'd ask: anyone ever do business with an eBayer by the user ID of blf74? He's the one I won the Rai #3 from for cheap...

-slym

GGSAE · Post by **GGSAE** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 9:14 am

slym2none wrote:
GGSAE wrote:http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOODSHOT-1-CHROME- ... dZViewItem

I like how he explains the dirty keyword spamming.
He revised his auction, yet "rrp" is still there, which is part of what I, er, someone reported on, I'm sure.......

-slym

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 6:16 pm

slym2none wrote:Hey, just thought I'd ask: anyone ever do business with an eBayer by the user ID of blf74? He's the one I won the Rai #3 from for cheap...

No-one? Well, I just want to warn everyone - he put my bagged & boarded copy of Rai #3 in a Priority Mail envelope and mailed it. To North Carolina. From MICHIGAN! No cardboard, no bubble-wrap, just toss the comic in a Priority envelope and send it on it's way...

It's surprisingly not beat to hell, but it does have a nice warp/bend that I think can be straightened out with gravity and then being boxed up - but STILL!!!

:x

-slym (still trying to figure out what FB to leave him)

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:48 pm

http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZfevrishQQhtZ-1

I am so incredibly *SQUEE* off right now...this *SQUEE* ended FOUR of his auctions EARLY, even though I had snipe bids on ALL of them for HIGHER than the auctions ended at. I'm ESPECIALLY *SQUEE* about the Punisher auction and the Psi-Force auction.

He DID it so one person wouldn't win the "20 boxes" and get free shipping.

In the process, he screwed himself out of more money in the amount of higher bids.

I'm INCREDIBLY *SQUEE* because I WANTED those books, and there's no legitimate reason for him to have ended these.

I'm REALLY tempted to tell him to shove the rest of his auctions that I won. I don't need to do business with jerkoffs who can't abide by their own rules.

What do you all think?

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:12 pm

Yeah, cancel your bids, in effect..... screw him! SCREW THE MAN!!!

-slym

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:15 pm

I'm STILL steamed. Getting outbid is one thing, but losing out because the seller ended the auction EARLY, and you had a higher bid waiting to go off....? That's just effing stupid.

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Sun Mar 05, 2006 11:19 pm

Just e-mail and let him know you were interested in his auctions, and even let him know your highest bids (padded if you feel like.) Then tell him you would never do business with him now.

-slym

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 1:12 am

slym2none wrote:Just e-mail and let him know you were interested in his auctions, and even let him know your highest bids (padded if you feel like.) Then tell him you would never do business with him now.

-slym

The problem is, I actually WON a couple. ARGH!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:05 am

Here's a great idea! Get a bargain bin book, color touch it, slab it, then put it on ebay!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rai-0-Apparent-Slig ... dZViewItem

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 11:14 am

400yrs wrote:Here's a great idea! Get a bargain bin book, color touch it, slab it, then put it on ebay!!!

http://cgi.ebay.com/Rai-0-Apparent-Slig ... dZViewItem

Ha, ha... man that's too funny.

mrwoogieman · Post by **mrwoogieman** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 12:00 pm

mrwoogieman wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
tcolli wrote:
Daniel Jackson wrote:Yeesh......

http://cgi.ebay.com/Armorines-0-Rare-Ma ... dZViewItem
Wake up Mr. Auction guy, you're dreaming.
Yeah, well, Vikes has been dreaming for almost a decade now.
YIKES -- I BOUGHT A BOOK FROM VIKES!!

That could be his (former) customers' motto or something.

Unfortunately, I just got sucked into his Magnus 0 w/o card for the $14.95 opening bid (no one outbid me, wonder why? ). Anyway, let's have a contest to see how close it is to the advertised NM/M -- that's a 9.8 in CGC vernacular.

I'll go first: NM- 9.2.

The Magnus 0 arrived last week from Vikes; his NM/M without a scan was really a ...... NM- 9.2!

slym2none · Post by **slym2none** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 2:49 pm

I've gotten yet ANOTHER seller that doesn't know how to pack comics. This was my other really good deal (Solar 1-5, X-O 1, Magnus 4-7) coming from Canada this time - comics only bagged, no boards; wrapped in bubble wrap; placed in envelope and mailed.

-slym

Daniel Jackson · Post by **Daniel Jackson** » Mon Mar 06, 2006 3:21 pm

slym2none wrote:I've gotten yet ANOTHER seller that doesn't know how to pack comics. This was my other really good deal (Solar 1-5, X-O 1, Magnus 4-7) coming from Canada this time - comics only bagged, no boards; wrapped in bubble wrap; placed in envelope and mailed.

-slym

And sellers like this wonder why they get negatives....

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:39 am

This isn't an auction, but I didn't want to start a new thread either...

I was walking around the local mall this past weekend. A clothing store moved out recently, and in its place now are several vendors selling things like coins, sports cards, antique dishes, etc. Sort of a mini flea market. (I guess the mall is getting desperate.) One of the vendors had some non-sports trading cards. He had the Unity set for $10.00. The Valiant Era I set for $8.50. And the Marvel Universe Series 1 (1990) for the low discount bargin price of $35.50. He said he'd make me a nice deal and sell all three for $50. No chase cards. Basic sets only.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:58 am

Heath wrote:This isn't an auction, but I didn't want to start a new thread either...

I was walking around the local mall this past weekend. A clothing store moved out recently, and in its place now are several vendors selling things like coins, sports cards, antique dishes, etc. Sort of a mini flea market. (I guess the mall is getting desperate.) One of the vendors had some non-sports trading cards. He had the Unity set for $10.00. The Valiant Era I set for $8.50. And the Marvel Universe Series 1 (1990) for the low discount bargin price of $35.50. He said he'd make me a nice deal and sell all three for $50. No chase cards. Basic sets only.

How'd he react when you

in his face?

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:09 pm

Heath wrote:This isn't an auction, but I didn't want to start a new thread either...

I was walking around the local mall this past weekend. A clothing store moved out recently, and in its place now are several vendors selling things like coins, sports cards, antique dishes, etc. Sort of a mini flea market. (I guess the mall is getting desperate.) One of the vendors had some non-sports trading cards. He had the Unity set for $10.00. The Valiant Era I set for $8.50. And the Marvel Universe Series 1 (1990) for the low discount bargin price of $35.50. He said he'd make me a nice deal and sell all three for $50. No chase cards. Basic sets only.

In the interest of politeness, I'm sure you didn't laugh out loud...much....but I REALLLLY have a hard time not doing that when I run into morons like this.

REALLLLY hard time.

Hell, his "discount" price isn't even a decent one!

Heath · Post by **Heath** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 1:38 pm

I tried to be nice about it. When he told me the "special deal" he'd make me for all three, I just said, "I'll keep that in mind" and walked off.

But, as I walked off, I mentioned something to my wife about his price guide being at least 10 years out of date. I wasn't loud, but I didn't whisper either.