Re: [CR]RE: Stop this Outragous shipping Thread!! (But not e-bay queries.)

(Example: Framebuilding)

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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 18:39:52 -0800 (PST)
From: "Joe Starck" <josephbstarck@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [CR]RE: Stop this Outragous shipping Thread!! (But not e-bay queries.)
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
In-Reply-To: <20050207.142428.27642.78706@webmail26.nyc.untd.com>


--- "richardsachs@juno.com" <richardsachs@juno.com> wrote:
>
> snipped:
> "Just wondering if I misconstrued your words above."
>
>
> okay. you are officially bugging me.

The words are yours.
> here's the deal, and it's consistant with all my
> posts about similar ebay discussions going back
> to my list babtism in 1999:
> there's too much, "he said, she said", in all the
> posts
> regarding ebay listings. some folks question
> authenticity.
> some can't read fine print. others don't like the
> seller.
> some think the bidders are "scum". it's ALWAYS
> something.
> and, imo, there's no grey area. heaping criticism on
> an
> ebay item or bidder/buyer

But there's less "heaping criticism on" than there is helpful criticism of, as I've read past e-bay inquiries.
>always devolves into a
> backyard.
> over-the-clothesline, one-sided gossip fest. there's
>
> never both sides presented onlist. i don't like it.

But at least the buyer may have fresh concerns to ask the seller. I like that. Joe Starck, masidon, wi
> so, yes, i am, (your words),"proposing to shun from
> helping a CR listee ebay-buyer of a vintage
> bicycle."
> e-RICHIE
> chester, ct
>
>
>
>
>
> -- Joe Starck <josephbstarck@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- "richardsachs@juno.com" <richardsachs@juno.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> > hersefan@comcast.net wrote:
> > "I can't take this much longer...<cut> but
> shouldn't
> > we be
> > re-named the ebay rendezvous list where we spend
> all
> > our
> > time discussing pet peaves..."
> >
> >
> > i propose that discussing ebay practices and the
> > critiquing of ebay listings and their veracity be
> > off limits. i usually get no support on this one,
> > but i hate to think of mike in agony. c'mon, let's
> > give ebay a rest.
> > e-RICHIE
> > chester, ct
>
> It's the "shipping" thing hersefan is bonking on,
> isn't it? As for "critiquing of ebay listings and
> their veracity," when a listee posts, "There's a '62
> whatever on ebay, what do you all think?," wouldn't
> that question be part of the reason for the
> existence
> of CR, discussion of vintage bikes? Richard, are you
> proposing to shun from helping a CR listee
> ebay-buyer
> of a vintage bicycle?
>
> Just wondering if I misconstrued your words above,
> Joe Starck,
> masidon, wi
>
>
>
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