Re: PARTSLIMITED...Wrong parts on INDY heads update....bad

["Jim Blair" <carnuck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A: I posted some time back about a guy that wanted the plastic road pylons I 
had on EBay. I posted a correct weight and size of package alnog with my zip 
and the note: SHIPPING NOT INCLUDED and some guy in Texas wanted them and 
bid. UPS wanted $150 for shipping (cones went for $37) and the guy insisted 
that I send them to him for what he bid for because "EBay ALWAYS includes 
shipping costs!" Clown went so far as to have a lawyer threaten to sue me 
for breach of contract. I took the cones down to UPS and said I'd ship them 
collect, but that would have been $300 and if they refused, I would have 
been on the hook for the difference.
   Turned out that EBay had a calculator on the sale (when they first 
started doing it) that gave a cost of $37 for UPS shipping, so the guy bid 
that. I got my only bad mark, but it went away on it's own for some strange 
reason.


From: farna@xxxxxxx
Subject: Re: PARTSLIMITED...Wrong parts on INDY heads update....bad
To: mail@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Message-ID: <ADVANCES62yfyz5b6KZ00000496@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Well, a factory AC equipped car can be fixed, whereas one that never had AC 
would be more difficult to add AC to. But I see your point as well.

I agree 100% on e-bay. When it started they were as careful about protecting 
a buyer as a seller, maybe even more so for the buyer. Now you can't even 
leave decent feedback if a sell goes bad -- "not as advertised, guy is a 
crook" is about the best you can do. Used to be able to write a short 
paragraph and explain a bit. They are just to big now to care. Any time you 
buy something you are taking some risk, and you WILL lose/get cheated on 
occasion. For me even the recent (possible) $130 loss is more than balanced 
by the good deals I've won and being able to get some things I just couldn't 

get locally.