Re: [CR]false advertising

(Example: Framebuilders:Dario Pegoretti)

From: "nelson miller" <nelsmiller@msn.com>
To: "Aldo Ross" <swampmtn@siscom.net>, <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
Subject: Re: [CR]false advertising
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2001 01:52:32 -0800


Group-- I've got an old Campy cottered crank on ebay and recieved a demand to change the auction wording because it was a "cotterLESS crank, and was Nuovo Record, and only worth $79.00 in the box!" (in spite of the axle not having square ends and the cups being chrome plated!) So the advice from the experts out there works both ways-- absolutely amazing, isn't it? Nelson Miller


----- Original Message -----
From: "Aldo Ross"
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 1:23 PM
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [CR]false advertising


I've sent correction information to about 20 sellers, and probably 15 of them not only changed their ad, but wrote to thank me for the information!

Aldo Ross


----- Original Message -----
From: Monkeyman
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Sent: Friday, February 02, 2001 2:39 PM
Subject: [CR]false advertising



> >I think the really stupid ebay auctions are those in
> >which the bidder misrepresants the item, exagerating
> >rarity, condition, importance, etc. Such auctions can
> >be seen daily.
>
> I've actually written to two different sellers who are selling Chorus stuff
> as Record and in nice terms explained the difference and where they can
> follow up on my information. No replies or changes in the ads. This kind
> of behavior just pisses me off (sorry for the srong language). Only a
> month ago I started using ebay to buy things, or try at least, and found
> yes it's a sellers market but sometimes it's the only place you can find
> things. This week I've been looking at things on ebay a little deeper and
> found that over half of the things I look at are misrepresented in some
> way, and if not represented the sellers will use key words that have
> nothing to do with the item being sold. Try a search for campy and see how
> many things aren't. Add this to the fact that I fell into the trap of
> overbidding on something I really didn't want, it may be time to remove my
> profile and stick to buying from friends and listmembers.
>
> Let's hear some things about why we should support Ebay, or what good deals
> someone got?
>
> enjoy,
> Brandon"monkeyman"Ives
>
>
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