Mellotronists

Hi All

Seems like Ebay is full of 'bargains' but many of them are either 
crap or non-existant.
I can't understand why Ebay permits private listings by people with 
no feedback. You can't even warn the buyers they're about to get 
ripped off.
But I did report an auction for a mini-moog to Ebay today. Seller had 
zero f/b, the photo and some of the text was cloned from a previous 
auction, listing was private, and payment terms money order! Alarm 
bells, or what!?
I didn't expect any action, so was surprised and chuffed when item 
was no longer listed 2 hours later, so maybe I saved somebody from 
being ripped off.
No way would I bid on a high value item. It just isn't worth the risk.

Paul



--- In Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com, NormLeete@... wrote:
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>  
> In a message dated 13/03/2007 00:31:56 GMT Standard Time,  
thisisgb@... 
> writes:
> 
> amen! im  getting real sick of ebay, straight up
> 
> 
> Dear All,
>  
> So am I. The bit that gets me is that it is described as an auction 
but it  
> is closer to being a set of small ads in a "local" paper. I hate it 
when people 
>  don't stick to their word...
>  
> If I had 30 quid for every duff guitar that gets brought in to the 
music  
> shop that I help in at the weekend that "was a bargain on ebay" I 
would be rich.  
> Hang on I do get 30 quid so something's not right here.
>  
> Anyway there are quite a few like that.
>  
> Norm
>