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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by leighant quoting KenLarsen: "I look for some hint of feedback history about the seller. No history - no sale." That does sound like a careful approach. But does it mean one should never buy from someone trying to sell off a few surplus items or dispose of an estate, because that seller hasn't been a seller before. Sounds like the merchant who won't take a check unless it is numbered over 100, so all the check printers start their numbering somewhere other than at the beginning... [/quote] I start my checks at 1500. Only to be confronted by large peices of papers tacked to the wall with tens of names written in magic markers and titled "DONT TAKE CHECKS" and the whole town can read that sign and understand who has had a problem with checks in that grocery store. I for one dont ever want to be on that list. I enjoy estate sales because some one has passed on after carefully collecting for 30 years or whatever and sometimes there is a gem to be bought. I think I have several sales from the spouse who knew nothing about trains or knew anything about the stuff that goes on in Ebay. Ebay is a good venue but only if the Buyer, Seller and Product is worthy of investment of focus towards a problem free transactions. I use it for out of production items. If ebay became really bad? I would have no problems junking it and visiting trainshows. And I think ebay is aware of that and are interested in dispute resolutions, problem solving and live assistance to help close auctions and move a stalled process forward.
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