Beware of secondhand/re-conditioned goods sold as new

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

Hello Everyone

I just wanted to tell you about a bad experience I had on eBay.

I bought a digital camera bundle which I thought sounded like good value - tripod, camera bag, battery charger and sd card. I paid over ?20.00 for this. When the item arrived I could see that the carton in which the camera bundle was packaged clearly had the word ‘re-conditioned’ on it. This was not made clear at the time of purchase. The battery charger was cheap-looking and made from a cheap type of plastic. The camera bag was in fact a cheap-looking pouch and the tripod was so small that it was only good for putting on the table.

As you can imagine, I was not at all pleased with the item. The seller was made aware of my complaint through the resolution centre, but to no avail. However, the seller did offer to send me ?5.00 to buy a replacement battery charger but I refused this offer because my complaint was not only about the the battery charger. An honest seller would have offered me a full re-fund.

Be careful!!! There are sellers who will sell you poor quality or secondhand items as new. You may not get recompense from these people - even sellers who have a high positive rating can cheat you.

Thank you for reading.

Lordes2006

I look for

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

cat salt shakers

menorahs

patricia polacco books

wierd kitchen gadgets

nicole engblum’s immigrants

Seller Accountability - a grassroots movement

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

’s corporate culture is to allow everything - they cant stand the idea of punishing/restricting sellers.
I complained about things like sellers overcharging for shipping and handling and did nothing.
I complained about fake ID’s, badges, FBI and police-only material being auctioned and they did nothing.
I complained about unscrupulous sellers who had screwed me on myEbay home page and the wonks made me remove it.
will pile on the little guy - the buyer who gets three marks for not completing a purchase but you know what,
They wont do a thing to sellers.
They dont want to ban or suspend sellers because that is how they make their record profits and big stock portfolios.
I think the only thing I have ever heard removed from an listing was human organs like kidneys being auctioned.
If they really cared, would make an easy single port of entry for complaints and establish service thresholds for sellers, something like 10 negatives a month or 20 negatives in six months.
Have you ever tried to register a complaint with ? It is like a very bad dream.
Would love to see a threshold set for negative feedbacks in a month and if a seller goes over that maximum, seller is banished from for the next 90 days. Now that would help clean up this problem. Then publish these sellers id and actual full name and state so that everyone can learn they are cheaters. Put it in the community section and call it EBAY SUSPENSIONS. It would be huge and help alot.

Reputable sellers - if you are going to charge handling - PUT IT IN BIG LETTERS AT THE TOP OF THE LISTING AND STATE THE AMOUNT so that the buyer has a clue about this before they bid - WAY TOO MANY sellers have adopted this ambush-em after the bid to keep their profit margins high even if the item goes cheap. Until we as a community insist on these kinds of accountability changes, is going to continue to have 1 or 2% of its sellers hiding its practices from the buyer.

Anniversary Guide from Harris Michael Jewelry

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

Anniversary Stone
1st Peridot
2nd Red Garnet
3rd Jade , Pearl
4th Blue Zircon, Topaz , Amethyst
5th Pink Tourmaline , Sapphire
6th Turquoise , Amethyst
7th Yellow Sapphire
8th Tanzanite , Tourmaline
9th Amethyst , Lapis , Tiger’s Eye
10th Blue Sapphire
11th Citrine , Turquoise
12th Opal , Jade
13th Moonstone, Citrine
14th Agate, Opal
15th Rhodolite Garnet , Ruby
16th Red Spinel, Peridot , Aquamarine
17th Carnelian
18th Aquamarine, Opal
19th Garnet, Topaz , Aquamarine
20th Yellow Diamond , Emerald
25th Tsavorite Garnet
30th Pearl
35th Emerald , Coral
40th Ruby
45th Cat’s Eye, Alexandrite, Sapphire
50th Imperial Topaz
55th Alexandrite, Emerald
60th Star Ruby
65th Blue Spinel
70th Smoky Quartz
75th Diamond

Computer Boards

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

I buy and sale computers and I need to know exactly what the Boards will work with like from slowest speed processors to the fastest speed processors, least memory to largest memory,what kind of processors,what slot what socket that the board will work with.I have checked out hundreds of boards and didn’t find the information to tell me if I could even use these boards so I went on to those who left the information. I can’t depend on Emails for I get little information that way also.Please as Much as you are able leave as much information on these Boards to help us determine if we can use these boards and you will sale them.Many sites do an excellant job listing their boards and I praise them for they win sales from me.I will buy yours to if you tell me exactly what you have so I can tell if I can use it.I replace Computer Boards and do upgrades and this will help you and it will help us.This is mainly for people who upgrade themselves and then resell their older boards. But I also noticed that some of you bigger guys who should know better are doing the same thing.You don’t give enough information for your customers to make a good decision to buy your product.This is the reason for this guide.It is to help you make sales faster and easier.

The BEST Grading for your buck

collectibles toys March 1st, 2008

With so many grading services out there today, it’s hard to know which one is the best.

Well, being a member of the ANA, I can tell you there are only a handful that I would TRUST and KNOW I was getting a proper grade. The following grading services are those I would recommend:

NGC

PCGS

ANACS

Not many, is there? That’s because these are the TOP 3 in the country. They are world renown, trusted and respected in the world of Numismatics. Beware of “mom and pop” grading services, such as one other I wrote a review on, called INB. After some investigating, I found the actual slabs they use on an internet coin supply site. They are NOT professional graders by any stretch of the imagination. My guess is they run a pawn shop or are flea market operators….but that’s just my guess.

There are a number of other “graded” coins listed on Ebay by a number of other “grading” companies. BEWARE. If you are in the market to have a truly high-quality coin, I suggest you stick with one of the three grading services I mentioned above….MOST especially if you plan to re-sell. NGC will sell a thousand times faster and for a much higher price than some no-name graded coin.