As a completely opposite example of an eBay seller, I had contacted the seller of the Baines someone outed a week ago with some questions to which he promptly replied. When he ended the auction early, I emailed him twice in the last few days to expesss my disappointment and my continued interest if he relisted. Today, he replied, apologizing for not answering sooner, explaining that a deal to buy a used BMW, to which he was going to apply the Baines proceeds, had fallen through, and offering to make me a copy of the original 1935 Baines brochure, if I was interested.
Fortunately, I think there are more good people like this on eBay than there are jerks like the one selling the Derosa. I'm thinking of inviting the Baines seller to join our group.
Regards,
Jerry Moos
Houston, TX
> In a message dated 1/3/2003 3:04:07 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> brdavis@adppa.com writes:
>
> << I'd like to add a recent experience that I had with this same seller,
of
> the
> same negative heads up Caveat Emptor variety. >>
>
> This guy is a maniac.
> Yesterday afternoon, I wrote to him asking about the engravings on the
seat
> stay caps and fork crown & could he send pictures of those areas... He
> responded in n odd way, saying he was going to buy the bike himself and
hoped
> no one would bid on it...(?) And that his reputation was fantastic so not
to
> worry..
> I returned the message, asking again for pics of those areas to "decide
> whether to bid or not" and offered a " word to the wise" that he should
take
> greater effort to establish his reputation as I had read some not-so-good
> stuff about him, canceling auctions, etc. ... Well, that ignited the
powder
> keg! Around midnight my home phones rings and this guy has tracked down my
> number and curses and calls me every name in the book! He threatened me
with
> a law suit and wanted to know who had said anything bad about him, etc
> etc...I finally hung up on him after he refused to calm down.
>
> I went to his eBay feedback and noticed something odd... He has only a
couple
> neutral or negative responses (which seems amazing given his volatility)
but
> I see that the positives have an odd pattern. Very often, there are
> repetitive comments .. Same buyer and same comment, two in a row, even
three
> in a row, over and over again throughout the listings... Very strange.
>
> So be careful folks, I think we have a true fruitcake here..
>
> Dale Brown
> Greensboro, North Carolina