always read the small print
Posted 01/02/2011 - 09:12
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Mannesty wrote:
The best learned lessons in life are the expensive ones. You only make those mistakes once.
The best learned lessons in life are the expensive ones. You only make those mistakes once.
Years ago (many years unfortunately) a bloke came into my shop with a leather jacket saying he had a vanload of them to clear cheap and I could have 3 for £200. I unwrapped it from its plastic and it looked good .. so the bartering began. Got him down to £100 (which was a fair amount in those days) and he agreed, huffing and puffing that I was a hard negotiator and no one else had got them so low but he had to clear his stock.
Anyway, he went out to the van and got 3 new jackets .. I paid him the £100 and he left.
Only later when I unwrapped them to show off my bargain did I find out that they were PVC
As you say .. only made that mistake once.
Posted 01/02/2011 - 09:51
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If only you had a van load of truncheons to clear at the same time.
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Sam-Joseph
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Posted 01/02/2011 - 12:24
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Had a read of one of his other auctions "Painting" Item Description: Hi, its not a joke, Iam 25 y old man with two kids I lost my job 9 weeks ago Im desperate ! please be human and help, I need to pay 3760.29 GBP by 11 feburary, this include my rent areas and couple of more bils like gas, electricity , for any information or question please feel free to contact, any kind of help is welcome thx behalf of my family
Fair enough he might be in difficulty but whats basically fraud isn't the way to sort it.
Fair enough he might be in difficulty but whats basically fraud isn't the way to sort it.
Posted 01/02/2011 - 12:32
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Equally, he might just be posting a sob story in an attempt to provoke sympathy. We've all heard the tales about supposedly destitute beggars seen strolling off to their parked BMW at the end of a successful day...
Matt
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Posted 01/02/2011 - 16:06
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The leather jacket man wasn`t an Italian by any chance was he Mike ?
My Italian boss got ripped off by two "eyeties" selling from the back of their car after a trade show in Manchester ( purportedly ) swore blind to us they were a bargain and leather - turned out to be a rubber synthetic fabric - tee hee - he wore them out of spite !!
Tony
My Italian boss got ripped off by two "eyeties" selling from the back of their car after a trade show in Manchester ( purportedly ) swore blind to us they were a bargain and leather - turned out to be a rubber synthetic fabric - tee hee - he wore them out of spite !!
Tony
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Posted 01/02/2011 - 19:50
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Looking on Ebay at the sellers feedback, he's done the same again with a pushchair PICTURE for £350. Nasty, maybe i'll be extra careful on any quick impulse buying!!!
Patty
Patty
Posted 01/02/2011 - 19:55
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what is needed is a protest against Evilbay to stop that sort of thing.....
Fired many shots. Didn't kill anything.
Posted 01/02/2011 - 19:55
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Well, I just reported them. If ebay wants to entertain this kind of person they will very quickly loose my business.
Lurking is shirking.!
Posted 01/02/2011 - 20:07
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He's a disgrace and needs to be stopped
let the education continue
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proud owner of a couple of cameras and a few bits and bobs
Posted 01/02/2011 - 20:44
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Still,
Could be worse.....You could've actually purchased an actual 7D!
At least the picture would look nice on the wall of my shed!!
Also. Would I actually be stealing from this seller if I downloaded the image from ebay and printed it myself?
MZ
Could be worse.....You could've actually purchased an actual 7D!
At least the picture would look nice on the wall of my shed!!
Also. Would I actually be stealing from this seller if I downloaded the image from ebay and printed it myself?
MZ
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Posted 02/02/2011 - 17:47
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dougf8 wrote:
Well, I just reported them. If ebay wants to entertain this kind of person they will very quickly loose my business.
Well, I just reported them. If ebay wants to entertain this kind of person they will very quickly loose my business.
Reported him too.
And sent him a quick message.
If you can't say something nice about Pentax, you won't say anything at all.
Apparently.
Apparently.
Posted 02/02/2011 - 18:30
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Me too
I`ll save the message
Tony
I`ll save the message
Tony
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I am now on Flickr which is nice !
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All the information is there to say that this is a con, but only if the buyer wants to see it.
In this case, the buyer has seen only Canon 7D and lens for £500.00.
The best learned lessons in life are the expensive ones. You only make those mistakes once.