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
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
> >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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