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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

I sell high ticket items on ebay, wish there was a way to limit flakes who bid on items that have no intention of buying them, they just like to bid up an item as if it was a game.


25 posted on 09/25/2015 4:13:37 PM PDT by eastforker (Cruz for steam in 2016)
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To: eastforker

Flakes and deadbeats burn me to no end.

I realize things happen and if someone asks to be let out with decent sob story, I generally let it go. There may have been 2 or 3 in all the years I’ve been on Ebay.

One that did irk me was a flori-duh idiot who promised every few days a cashier’s check in the mail. After a few weeks I gave up. It was for a ragged old Blazer that I really didn’t plan to do much with. I’ve decided to keep it and use as a tractor.

An AOL address filter would be nice too. Just about anyone I’ve had a problem with 9 out of 10 times had AOL. There have only been a handful of minor problems ever.


28 posted on 09/25/2015 4:35:45 PM PDT by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: eastforker
My first attempt at a somewhat big ticket item(laptop)was years ago...remember had to relist about 4 times when folks were trying to steal it. Typical email from "buyer"...

"I send box, you put laptop in, I pay later, make sad sister happy, good you happy?"

29 posted on 09/25/2015 4:42:51 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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...maybe I should have returned scammer email with...

"you put sad sister in box, I pay later, all happy, good?"

32 posted on 09/25/2015 4:48:30 PM PDT by RckyRaCoCo
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