bjboswell
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posted on January 31, 2005 07:04:42 AM
Sorry I don't know how to create a hotlink... ebay # 3778700001
If this is Not THE MOST CONVOLUTED LISTING I HAVE *******EVER****
READ I CAN'T THINK OF THE LAST ONE THAT MADE ME SHAKE MY HEAD. Boy I don't want to be on this gals ---- list! Good thing she has pictures or it would take a detective to find out what she was selling!
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tomwiii
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posted on January 31, 2005 07:17:31 AM
I think I now have a headache...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3778700001
"For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.The future of Social Security is much too important to be used as a political football." ~ Ronald Reagan
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niel35
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posted on January 31, 2005 07:25:19 AM
Me too, Ralphie. Ugh, what tripe!
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ladyjewels2000
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posted on January 31, 2005 07:45:39 AM
Wow - I would never bid on their auctions - too confusing. Is it broken now, was it broken later - or did they just get a better offer from someone else????????
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bjboswell
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posted on January 31, 2005 07:54:25 AM
well kids I bit the bullet and wrote to her about the auction. Is there any damage to THIS item and where was it made. I got back a turse WELL IF YOU'D READ THE DESCRIPTION" no joke! I wrote back and said "excuse me, but WHERE in the description can I find this information?"
Damn even her pictures are cloudy!
[ edited by bjboswell on Jan 31, 2005 07:54 AM ]
[ edited by bjboswell on Jan 31, 2005 07:55 AM ]
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tomwiii
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posted on January 31, 2005 08:02:40 AM
Casper Popping Pills During Snowstorm?
http://tinyurl.com/6m2v8
Actually, these auctions depress me -- she might have really NICE stuff & be a real SWEETHEART, but HOW CAN YA TELL??
"For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.The future of Social Security is much too important to be used as a political football." ~ Ronald Reagan
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mcjane
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posted on January 31, 2005 08:27:08 AM
There is something about this seller that annoys me, even her user ID cbalancesheetkate annoys me.
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bjboswell
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posted on January 31, 2005 09:17:26 AM
gosh darn it gets better..... on some of her listings she says "A SMALL PORTION OF THIS SELL, AS DETERMINED BY US THE SELLERS, WILL BE DONATED TO A CHARITY WITHIN 1 YEAR OF THIS SELL."
Now this is a person I am tempted to buy something from just so I can get my hands on that list!
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playbackfactor
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posted on January 31, 2005 09:17:35 AM
That is a completely annoying auction. I couldn't even bring myself to read that mess! I tried to skim through it and could not garner any info.
Tom's right- this is depressing. And I can't believe you'd get a "READ THE DESCRIPTION" response! Probably this person spends HOURS on a couple of listings and thinks they're really informative and desriptive. URGHH! What a mess...
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cwb
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posted on January 31, 2005 10:43:15 AM
Hey - it gets better!!! I checked out some of her other auctions - they werent quite as "busy" as the soup tureen - but interestingly enuf ... many auctions show pictures that are clearly watermarked by SHOPGOODWILL.COM.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm..... AND she states the items came from an estate sale.
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glassgrl
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posted on January 31, 2005 11:05:31 AM
that must be how she donates to the "charity". she buys from Goodwill.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=37940&item=3778962515&rd=1
I couldn't resist. I had to ask seller a question and ask why the pics says shopgoodwill.com.
I'll let you know what she says
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cwb
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posted on January 31, 2005 11:14:30 AM
She has a about 8 auctions that are using the Shopgoodwill.com logo. I was going to ask her about it, too - but noticed she's in my part of TX ... thot I'd see if I could just drop by and pick up the junk ...
Just wish they'd learn how to spell and type!!!
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glassgrl
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posted on January 31, 2005 11:19:18 AM
well at least she answers quick....
"We broker for many shopes and some are cheritable, yet we are unable to say thta on ebay.
Thnak youf or your interest, we all appreciate your help"
should I email her back and ask her if they have a dictionary for sale?
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EstateSaleStuff
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posted on January 31, 2005 11:35:15 AM
shopgoodwill?!! ... shame on her. ... yes, on this link glassgrl gives, at bottom on a question to seller she says she can't check for a maker's mark because item is still at the 'estate' .... is she floating goodwill-auction items????
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photosensitive
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posted on January 31, 2005 12:19:03 PM
She needs a spell check, a proof reader and an editor.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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bjboswell
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posted on January 31, 2005 12:48:09 PM
cwb do you do any of the Round Top shows? where are you in TX? I do Zapp hall in Warrenton.
I am wondering and will be watching for the negs when she sells something and goes back to Goodwill to "pick it up" and its gone... OH I forgot she has that covered in the description with her dither on if it "breaks" before the auction closes I can't sell it... thing! Boy this gal is a mess!
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photosensitive
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posted on January 31, 2005 01:09:34 PM
Took a look at shopgoodwill.com. It is an auction site. Is she buying from it and reselling using the picture she downloaded?
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
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cwb
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posted on January 31, 2005 01:21:38 PM
She probably IS buying from ShopGoodwill for resale. But I'll bet she hasnt had much experience on their site to know that THEIR PRICES are often waaaaay more than ebay prices. I personally shopped that site the 1st yr it was online as I used to collect all kinds of krapola - before it was really discovered. Prices just got too high. And I think its apparent she stole the photos. Not clever enuf to get rid of the watermark I suppose.
BJBoswell - your que on Roundtop - I went there once on a personal daytrip. Place was ridiculously overpriced, overcrowded .. & we never went back. We pass it all the time on the way to the hillcountry.
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cwb
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posted on January 31, 2005 01:30:48 PM
Ok - I had to ask her about the Goodwill pics. I used to volunteer at Goodwill a few yrs ago + a dear friend of mine ran a dept in the Houston area Goodwill HDQ .. and I am 99% sure they do NOT broker their auctions out ... here's the response:
"Thank you for your comments however we do broker for many organizations, I will have to forward your request to the correct department. As I am unfamiliar with this area.
Thank You
The Inheritance
WE ARE AN MANNED ANSWER LINE "
Correct dept my Aunt Fanny
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glassgrl
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posted on January 31, 2005 01:38:12 PM
did she spell that well for you?
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cwb
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posted on January 31, 2005 01:41:01 PM
1. Yes - she did consult her dictionary apparently. I just copied/pasted her text.
2. AND, she musta FOUND the "correct dept", cuz all the photos have now been cropped to remove the logos ... bad cropping jobs, too .. oh well, whatever works.
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tomwiii
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posted on January 31, 2005 02:04:23 PM
You know, I meet a lot of folks like this -- they ain't nefarious...just CLUELESS!
When I started on eBay in 1999, I didn't even know what PayPal WAS!!!???
Most of what I learned, i learned HERE with help (?) from HCQ () and SHOSH ( ) and bunches of others...
"For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.The future of Social Security is much too important to be used as a political football." ~ Ronald Reagan
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mcjane
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posted on January 31, 2005 03:55:21 PM
How about that Tom, I learned a lot of what I know from the same two people.
I don't think HCQ posts anywhere at this time, but shosh posts at inkfrog.com forum under the name viola.
Do you remember zilvy?
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tomwiii
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posted on January 31, 2005 03:59:54 PM
ai...
how about those bob twins from canada...remember, the booksellers?
ah...da good ole days...3 yeary ago 
"For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.The future of Social Security is much too important to be used as a political football." ~ Ronald Reagan
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niel35
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posted on January 31, 2005 04:03:19 PM
Can't get much by you people on EO. Ur a terrific bunch, right Ralphie?
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cta
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posted on January 31, 2005 05:07:14 PM
bjboswell, just look what you started here.  Made that poor seller go in and change all her pictures. Just think how much time she had to spend going through all her auctions with the "shopgoodwill.com" watermark on them. This is the new photo that is showing up in these auctions now.
Now that picture sure is gonna help her sales. 
We are just an awful bunch that likes to cause hate and discontent to all those who irritate us. Now I know why I don't have my eBay user name listed here.
~ Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes. ~
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tomwiii
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posted on January 31, 2005 05:18:25 PM
$11 with a RESERVE???
Her fees must be stratospheric
Buy eBay fer Dummies, or, at the very least, give Ralphie a call & learn how to take a decent PICTURE!
And learn the fee structure
OTOH: I wish we had some of her goodies -- Ralphie would write nice descriptions & I'd take nice PICS & we'd be ROLLING IN DA MOOLA!
"For too long, too many people dependent on Social Security have been cruelly frightened by individuals seeking political gain through demagoguery and outright falsehood, and this must stop.The future of Social Security is much too important to be used as a political football." ~ Ronald Reagan
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bjboswell
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posted on January 31, 2005 05:39:35 PM
Well at least now when we go through her 175 listings this evening we will know which ones were Grammy's and which ones belong to Goodwill!
"We are just an awful bunch that likes to cause hate and discontent to all those who irritate us."
CTA not at all this is not hate this is amazment that anyone would spend all the money this person is spending in listing fees alone and writing the "descriptions" she has. Without the photos on most of them, you don't have a clue what it is? how big? small? what ever and condition well forget that... no this is simple amazment. I think having read and participated in this chat area for awhile now that all of us make a living at this and its serious business.I'm amazed that she thought she could get away with this... actually I'm amazed she has for 2 months. I am seriously considering buying something so I can get her "bad dealers list" I really want to know what people have been saying to her. HECK we may be on her list now! Good thing I have a different bidder ID! Good thing Gram or Great Gram!!! had reasonable taste!
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jackswebb
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posted on January 31, 2005 10:54:02 PM
I wanna stay tuned to this one... I thought it was e bay LAW,,,,you must have physical possession of the ITEM. NO? YES? I am confused...I guess.....Oh heck maybe the rules were enhanced? Go out on the street, shoot a picture of a car for sale, list it,,,,WINNER!!! came in too low, sorry it was side swiped by a SEMI.....(ie:broken)
ah, long day, crazy,,,,,
AND THE BEAT GOES ON......
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cwb
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posted on February 1, 2005 09:14:43 AM
My sis & I were looking at a couple of other auctions ...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3773402249
and noticed NO description on the candelbra. Just rambling on about her grandmother, and being a grandmother. She even has other bidders who've asked ?s, and she answered.. but not the questions! .... so my sis sent her an EM asking for description, and why she talked about her history, but NO DESC on the item she was selling.
Her reply: This item is not for sale thank you
Geeze!!
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