Auction Hall of Shame!

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Sat Feb 12, 2005 8:21 pm

And $3.50 for insurance. What a friggin' deal.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 1:35 am

More eBay fee avoidance. Check out those TERMS! So GENEROUS!

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 12:35 pm

OK, ok!!!!! I'll start harrassing her now.....

Geez, all you guys had to do was ask!

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 2:15 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 40567&rd=1

Does the scam seem familiar?

I'm on it!

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:29 pm

Check out the price on these Solars
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZrick_c ... x99QQhtZ-1

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 6:49 pm

Those are a bit high for the Gold Key stuff, but not too bad. More than I'd pay tho.

X-O HoboJoe · Post by **X-O HoboJoe** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 10:50 pm

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 80847&rd=1

Very nice book, but DAMN . . .

tbrezz · Post by **tbrezz** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 11:08 pm

X-O HoboJoe wrote:Those are a bit high for the Gold Key stuff, but not too bad. More than I'd pay tho.

That's the problem lots of people start stuff to high Odds are they won't sell because most people are not willing to start off that high. If it was a little lower and you get a few people interested It will sell and they might be so competitive that it goes closer the his buy it now price. But we will see what happens

dino · Post by **dino** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 2:14 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6510464038

dare I suggest shill bidding?

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Mon Feb 14, 2005 5:29 am

nah, clearly two different tlc's. Theres a lot of tlc's out there you know.

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Wed Feb 16, 2005 5:48 am

A desperate plea to sell $1.50 worth of books for $5 + $7 shipping so I can move someplace warmer auction. I think he's going to be waiting on Spring to get out of the cold.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 57869&rd=1

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:35 am

Got these the other day...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6505478200

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 6505480385

The X-Men annuals are 'Near Mint condition and come bagged and boarded'

The Cap #241 is 'VF'.

By 'bagged and boarded', he meant 'all 7 books will come in two old Bell bags and two boards.

And by 'Near Mint' he means this:

See the book length crease near the spine? There's a buttload of creases you can't see, nature of the scan beast. Fun, huh? It's BAD. It's a VG/F, at best. Annual #8's the closest, and it's about a VF.

Here's the back cover of the 'VF' Cap #241:

Again...lots and lots of dings, creases, dents, etc that you can't really see, BUT...look at the dirtiness alone! Yowza! VF! It's a VG/F, again.

This was the seller's response:

"the comics are in mint condition. the comics in the photo are the ones you received. you can tell by the picture that they are in mint condition. maybe something happened to them during shipping? i know the cover of the cap was faded, that is why i said it was vf. the interior is still nice, and it only has minor wear. grading comics is subjective. five different people could grade the same book five different ways. i have had over 50 auctions on e-bay for well over 500 comic books, and you are the first person to question my grading. i am sorry you feel that way, but hopefully you are happier with this more in depth response."

I especially loved the 'you can tell they are in mint condition by the picture!'

Too funny.

It sucks that people like this can send out crap books fraudulently, and still leave me a negative when I neg them. Sigh.
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dino · Post by **dino** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:40 am

I'm with you zeph. This is too much. Something needs to be done. This seller clearly has a stock answer for anyone that buys his books that isnt a sucker. This makes me mad.

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:23 pm

Why would someone bother listing an auction like this?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 93056&rd=1

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 6:26 pm

ZWH, I wouldn't call those books NM, but I WOULD call them "Minty Fresh"

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:36 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: It sucks that people like this can send out crap books fraudulently, and still leave me a negative when I neg them. Sigh.

Do what I do, wait til the night before 90 days and hammer the

it's not 100% safe, but darn close.

ZephyrWasHOT!! · Post by **ZephyrWasHOT!!** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:46 pm

MagnusRF wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: It sucks that people like this can send out crap books fraudulently, and still leave me a negative when I neg them. Sigh.
Do what I do, wait til the night before 90 days and hammer the it's not 100% safe, but darn close.

Yeah, I discovered that trick about 5 years ago...then, eBay changed it so that so long as the auction page was still accessible, you could leave feedback.

Now..they've changed it back. It's either precisely 90 days, or REAL close to it.

gowaltrip · Post by **gowaltrip** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:04 pm

ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote:
MagnusRF wrote:
ZephyrWasHOT!! wrote: It sucks that people like this can send out crap books fraudulently, and still leave me a negative when I neg them. Sigh.
Do what I do, wait til the night before 90 days and hammer the it's not 100% safe, but darn close.
Yeah, I discovered that trick about 5 years ago...then, eBay changed it so that so long as the auction page was still accessible, you could leave feedback.

Now..they've changed it back. It's either precisely 90 days, or REAL close to it.

I really need to know the rule on this one. Someone ripped off my girl. She paid and never received the item. Even after emails said they would send, they never did, and now the seller has stopped responding to emails and questions. We have done submitted to ebay about not receiving the item, but nothing came of that. It did not cost much, so its really no big deal its just the point of paying for something and not getting it, so we want to leave a negative without getting one back. Is it 90 days as of midnight on the 90th day? Or is it 90 days as of the time it ended at? Im sure timing is everything on this trick and I want to get it right.

Sorry, never done this trick, but we really want to do it. And dont want to mess up our 100% feedback rating doing so.

Thanks in advance

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 6:43 am

I've always done it on the eve of the 90th day, and had no problems!

Good luck!

mrknapp33 · Post by **mrknapp33** » Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:40 pm

Just a tip about seller david-and-williams-dad and a feedback question:

Bought some books from him and the grading was TERRIBLE. Claimed books were NM, but they arrived with folded-over corners, severe spine creases, and curled covers. He did offer me a refund, but the books only cost $8.50 and it wouldn't be worth my hassle to find repacements. I first threatened a neg if he didn't offer an explanation, but have since decided to leave him a neutral feedback instead. Is this proper conduct or should I neg him anyway?

MedicAR · Post by **MedicAR** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:19 am

To me, the neutral is enough. He DID offer a refund, even though it was a small amount. I would point out that he sold VG books as NM but offered a refund in the comments too.

Just my 2 cents!

mkb133 · Post by **mkb133** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 9:09 pm

I don't get it. Am I missing something here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT

ckb · Post by **ckb** » Thu Feb 24, 2005 11:11 pm

Movie hype. If you have these, sell them now and buy the trade.

mkb133 wrote:I don't get it. Am I missing something here?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT

x-omatic · Post by **x-omatic** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:20 am

Snicker.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 31379&rd=1

400yrs · Post by **400yrs** » Fri Feb 25, 2005 5:41 am

Sell your 100 9.8 copies to this guy quickly!!! Hard to find in high grade and low print runs!!