I have to disagree with Peter and Rod. Seems to me Steven Maasland is outing this ebay mule for the good of the group; to warn others. And to say Steven uses this list only for his own purposes is absurb. I think many of us on CR benefit greatly from Mr. Maasland's expert knowledge that he regularly shares with this list. I know I have. I see this ebay seller warning as a sign of Mr. Maasland's openness and willingness to help, not his pompacity.
-Dan Borden in Brookline, MA
At 11:53 AM -0500 2/6/05, Peter Koskinen wrote:
>My mother taught me at a very young age "That if you have nothing nice to
>say about somebody, don't say anything at all." Life is too short for
>whining.
>
>These on list complaints should be kept private and off list.
>
>Peter Koskinen
>Sunny in Chapel Hill, NC
>
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>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org
>[mailto:classicrendezvous-bounces@bikelist.org] On Behalf Of rhandsfield
>Sent: Sunday, February 06, 2005 11:29 AM
>To: themaaslands@comcast.net
>Cc: Classic Rendezvous
>Subject: Re: [CR]Ebayer to be avoided: gary-at-home
>
>You make me-and others sick. Once again you use the list as your personal
>WHINE outlet. When others post such warnings to the list-YOU criticize
>them. Are we supposed to ignore the fact that for you the CR list exists
>solely as a forum for your arrogance and as a means for you to hype your
>eBay sales. I have added you to my auto-delete button. Rod Handsfield,
>MD. Wichita, KS.
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
>To: "Classic Rendezvous" <Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>
>Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 12:10 AM
>Subject: [CR]Ebayer to be avoided: gary-at-home
>
>
>> For all of you that sell things on ebay, I would like to heartily
>> advise that you place the ebayer going by the id: " gary-at-home " on
>> your blocked bidder list. He is ebay scum.
>>
>> He is based in Canada and has already purchased from many CR-listmembers.
>>
>> As many of you know, I have a set of NOS steel Cinelli bars and stem
>> up for sale.
>> http://ebay.com/
>> This ebayer carefully read my item description and consciously placed
>> a bid that was higher than the reserve which was clearly noted in the
>text.
>> By bidding above the reserve, this immediately removed the 'Buy it Now'
>> option from all other ebayers. The bidder maintained his bid for over
>> 6 full days and then retracted it stating that he entered the wrong
>> bid amount. Not only does this go against ebay rules, it is also
>unethical.
>> This also obviously places a stigma on the auction. I will be
>> reporting this incident to ebay.
>>
>>
>>
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>> Steven Maasland
>> Moorestown, NJ
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