I will agree with everyone else, Portlines is the way to go. I've talked to Doug in person, he was quick on getting on the parts I needed, and had every single little piece going for a PREWAR engine, which he doesn't seem to specialize in. Definitely go with Portlines.
Trevor
clifstrains I thought it was just me. I recently had the same problem while trying to make an Ebay purchase from rfgco. Six months ago I tried to order multiple items from their main store and received notice that they were having problems due to a storm. After waiting a couple of months, I tried to contact them and was stone walled. I still haven't received an answer. Unfortunately, they are the only ones that have certain parts. Maybe he has a disgruntled employee who is sabotaging his operation, or he is just a nut case sitting in a dark corner rejecting all these orders because he just loves to$1****$2people off.
I thought it was just me. I recently had the same problem while trying to make an Ebay purchase from rfgco. Six months ago I tried to order multiple items from their main store and received notice that they were having problems due to a storm. After waiting a couple of months, I tried to contact them and was stone walled. I still haven't received an answer. Unfortunately, they are the only ones that have certain parts. Maybe he has a disgruntled employee who is sabotaging his operation, or he is just a nut case sitting in a dark corner rejecting all these orders because he just loves to$1****$2people off.
Call Doug at Portlines and tell him what you need. I would bet that he either has the part or can get it for you. Let us know. Incidentally, what part are you looking for?
Rich
Alton Junction
Based on the fact the seller had your positive feedback comments removed from the 2010 sale... I would say he has placed you on his blocked bidder list.
I would not worry about it. I'm sure others would be happy to take your money. LOL.
It could be something as simple as a software glitch.
Earl
Just a follow-up. Today I spend a couple of hours, burnt up nearly half a ream of paper, and probably used up all of the red ink in a nearly new printer cartrige, but I have a checkerboard overlay for the water town I am refurbishing!
I won the item on eBay, along with a "Sam the Signalman". Both items were heavily rusted, so I have been doing a fair amount of sanding and wirebrushing. I have started the repainting process with an undercoat of Rust-oleum Rusty Metal Primer. Tomorrow I will put on the topcoat. The glass tube is intact, currently I'm using a soda-straw cover for masking it during the paint process. Fits like a glove.
So I guess that will be the end of the saga of the RFGCO eBay sale that wasn't.
I have figured out what is wrong with my brain! On the left side nothing works right, and on the right side there is nothing left!
A while back I somehow managed to score a bottle of the RFG "original formula" AF smoke fluid from a different auction site, I think it was eCrater. It's the closest yet to the aroma of memory, curb stomps the Mega Steam version, but an internet friend who ordered some directly from the RFG site has not yet received his (it's been months) and he doesn't much care for the sample I sent him.
If I had to guess, the R.F. Giardina Company is a one-man operation that may be somewhat overwhelmed by the power of the internet. Not making any excuses, just hypothesizing.
BTW, if you want authentic smelling Flyer smoke fluid DO NOT, repeat DO NOT be tempted by Anormal1's ebay offering, which literally stinks.
Pete
"You can’t study the darkness by flooding it with light." - Edward Abbey -
if there to busy to comunicate I'm to busy to deal with.
Life's hard, even harder if your stupid John Wayne
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All that sellers items have the same rejection when you try to send them an email. Obviously, they don't want to answer potential buyer's requests.
My advice?
Pick a different seller.
Yep, it looks like all 10 are still available.
Here is the message that you get when you try to ask the seller a question:
This is the auction in question; as you can see they still have 10 available. No surprise since the refuse to sell any of them...
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHECKERBOARD-TOWER-STICKER-AMERICAN-FLYER-TRAINS-GILBERT-/350560970069?pt=Model_RR_Trains&hash=item519f0fe555
Do you have a link to the auction?
Is the auction still active?
How many of the item were still available when you pressed the Buy It Now button?
one more long shot idea but yes it could happen there could of been say 2 left and someone just a milisec befor you bought the last 2. just an idea as I have lost out on a item where someone did the buy it now just as I was doing it.
Obviously, he doesn't need your money!
It sounds like some sort of mistake as mentioned, hard to know.
Being that it was a Buy It Now, and the quantity was more than one, the auction should have ended when the last one was sold. That's the way eBay works.
Since you have 100% positive feedback and have bought from the seller before, I seriously doubt that he blocked you.
That said, it may remain a mystery if the seller doesn't respond to questions.
When you hit the "buy now" button and then confirm, there is a message "The seller cannot accept your bid."
I am considering the possiblity that the item is sold out, they listed a total of 10 of the items for sale. But then why not just end the auction if the stock is all gone? I am unfamiliar with the rules with respect to these commercial listings.
At what point in the process was it "rejected" and how was that communicated to you?
My son is a Power Seller on eBay, and I have asked him to comment to me on this one.
rtraincollector your bid was rejected was it the buy it now bid or was it a best offer bid.
your bid was rejected was it the buy it now bid or was it a best offer bid.
It was the Buy It Now bid. And the item is only about $12.00.
your bid was rejected was it the buy it now bid or was it a best offer bid. also they may have had a bad dealing with someone that has a very close ebay name as yours and they just blocked him/her but missed spelled it and ended up with yours instead. thats the only reasons I can give you.
I ran into an interesting happenstance on eBay and I wonder if anyone else can shed some light on it. I was responding to a current BuyItNow auction for a Flyer repair part, and my bid was "rejected". No apparent explanation as to why, they just refused to sell me the item. There is nothing in the listing that would explain why they would do so. So I looked up the eBay proceedure in such a case, which was to send the seller an email. But when I tried to do that I ran into another wall. A message indicating that "due to our volume of business, we do not respond to email inquiries"! Woah!
I am at a loss to explain this. My eBay record is 100% positive. I can't think of any reason they would have to blackball me. The last time I purchased an item from rfgco was in September of 2010, and they gave me a positive ranking for that sale. The only accept PayPal, but I only use PayPal for my eBay purchases. Has anyone else had a similar occurence with this vendor?
Not that I'm going to loose any sleep over it, I'll just have to go to Portlines to get what I want.
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