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On Oct 26, 10:54 pm, "Gini" wrote:
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On Oct 26, 10:17 pm, "Gini" wrote:
"Poppin Fresh" wrote
"Gini" wrote
Good call. Fee avoidance, alright. Also, his meager 10 feedback are
all
as a buyer.
Did you report this to eBay?
No, I didn't. The OP should report it, along with full headers. This
seller would be NARU'd in a heartbeat.
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I dunno. Ebay is pretty slow to act on this kind of thing. They say
they
like to see "a pattern"
before acting. I wonder how many buyers get screwed while eBay is
waiting
for the
pattern to show up.
And once again, I ask, where exactly is the fee avoidance in this?
Please be specific.
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This seller is using this auction as a "sell-through" for the balance of
the
materials
normally needed to finish the project, while only paying eBay fees for
the
"limited amount"
of material offered via the auction (which is precisely what he told the
OP
during previous
communications). This is apparent in the following statements
from the description:
"Additional colors and styles are available from us"
"Further contact is needed for accessories"
"This offer is for a limited amount of this particular product."- Hide
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OK, thanks for pointing out what the real beef is.
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You're welcome.
(Further comments inline below)
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If you go back to
where the big disagreement started, it was with the post Big made,
saying using Western Union as a payment option is a violation of Ebay
policy. AFAIK, it's not, stated so, and then somehow I got called
names.
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I have no dog in that fight.
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I have to take exception to your statement that the seller ever told
the buyer that he is doing anything to deliberately avoid Ebay fees.
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Huh? I said that?
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All the OP said was on a previous transaction, he wanted some
accessories and the seller added them on to the final price. We don't
know what the accessories were or how they relate to the original
product. And how do you know how this was done?
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It is not my concern "what the accessories were."
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If it was a buy it
now, the seller could have added the accessories to the listing and
raised the purchase price. Even if it were not done through Ebay, what
is the limit to what other items you could offer someone that were
never listed? Suppose he listed shingles for sale and in the course
of discussion with the buyer, learned the buyer also wants felt and
roofing nails? In your understanding of Ebay rules is he then
required to list the nails and felt and sell them through Ebay?
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I did not provide you with "my understanding." I provided you with the eBay
rule
on fee avoidance and the auction specifics that violated that rule. This
isn't a gray area that you
appear to be trying to make it out to be.
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Now, I do agree that in the case of the new listing, if the buyer
needs 15 boxes of the shingles shown and he contacts the seller and
the answer is to supply it without going through Ebay, then that is
indeed a violation. As for saying additional colors, styles, etc are
available, contact us, I've seen that in plenty of Ebay ads. I've
also seen sellers then put up a listing specific to what that
particular buyer wants.
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That is not fee avoidance. That is a "private auction."
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What do you think this seller should do to
make the listing right?
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Not my concern. Is this your listing? For further information,
see eBay "Help" pages.
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