Scotto wrote on 07/22/10 at 18:33:06:


That is a terrible thing that sellers do. I wont bid on many auctions due to that being done. I know of several "reputable" dealers that do that.

Ebay related rant...

New changes coming in August will all but take away the ability for sellers to communicate with potential customers.
The ask a question tab has been moved and hidden at the bottom of the page.

They are also working on making to where sellers can keep potential buyers from being able to ask questions in the form of "smart faqs"

What kind of idiots are the people in charge of doing this?
The same that came up with this idea for dividing its selling groups:
"TRS" stands for Top Rated Seller
then you have the "ASS" (Above Standard Seller)

I hate ebay.

I agree there is a lot of shill bidding going on...and I mostly don't understand the 'private bidder'.  The big difference between the 'private bidder' and everyone else, is that you can't reference their bidding history.  Everybody is supposedly private to begin with.

Time to use facebook possibly, or some other site to trade in meteorites.

G'Day Everyone
I got a little bit behind on this one and I don't think I expressed myself very well due to my frustrations. So let's start off

Moonman:
   why the hell I said gravity.. I must have been reading some article and it just stuck in my head.

AL:
   No I don't think you misunderstood. I had two very small SaC 005, one I gave away and one I've still got. So I got a hair up my butt and thought if I get this, I was going to up the size of what I've got and put together a tribute to Jim that could be passed around on a 12 month basis with proceeds going to Jim's family. But I think I bit off more than I could chew after I collected my thoughts.

VAM:
   Thanks for the info on that auction site. I've been looking at many. I was pretty much around at the start of ubid and ended up having a huge run in. Then I played a little with Craig's list, but 99.9% of the time I get spam, that's if it stays on. Usually within a day, it's flagged and pulled down. Spacifieds that Eric put up, I threw my Hasselblad on that and ended up selling it to a lovely lady 20 minutes from where I live. Since then, we've become friends and she's helping  with alot of antique junk I have here. She has a degree in Fine Arts and Antiquities so that was a plus. I might have to consult her on my coin collection, which I've been collecting since I was 10 that I'm going to let go shortly.  

Thanks for the head's up on the SAC 005

And I also second what you said in regards to Ruben. He's a fine gentleman.

So to sum it up so I can get back to reading the rest of the posts...

My whole issue here was NOT with the buyer or the seller. My issues were with Ebay.  It's getting frustrating.


Johnno

Thanks again members for your input, it's much appreciated.