skeetypete
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posted on July 27, 2001 05:47:34 AM
Ok this morning i made the biggest non genius, idiotic, stupid, loser move of the year.....After jerking around with a deadbeat bidder who lied about payment being sent for 30 days, refusing to do any kind of m.o trace etc, i go to leave his well deserved neg....what do i do, some of you know whats coming, i leave a text comment stating his deadbeatedness(new word) and then in myhalf sleep state forget to check the neg box....DOH!!!! what a dumbarse i am.........so i emailed timesensitive etc.......hows that for a genius move....now i can hardly wait for the deadbeat to hassle me about this in an email, i know its coming........i will make a big effore to get it removed/changed but hold out little hope that it will happen.........man i am stupid!!!!!!!
[ edited by skeetypete on Jul 27, 2001 05:48 AM ]
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LaneFamily
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posted on July 27, 2001 06:04:37 AM
I am glad someone else had the brass to tell everyone they did this. I do not feel near as bad now about mine.
I tried to get e-bay to take it away but they would not. Just looks like a funny POS on their account.
Jim
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cdnbooks
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posted on July 27, 2001 06:14:30 AM
...and here I thought this was another thread about the new AW-eBay relationship....
Bill
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skeetypete
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posted on July 27, 2001 06:15:40 AM
i call em as i see em when i post replies to other threads, i see no reason to cut myself any slack.
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morgantown
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posted on July 27, 2001 06:40:29 AM
Well, that's not half as numb as when a NEGATIVE is left when POSITIVE was INTENDED. I still don't know how some people could be so careless, especially with the additional warning screen.
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thekismeme
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posted on July 27, 2001 06:59:54 AM
I did it once too ~ meant to neg ~ left neutral ~ we all make mistakes!
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skeetypete
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posted on July 27, 2001 07:10:22 AM
yes mistakes are made by all BUT of the 100 or so negs i have left in the past 4 yrs this JERK deserved it the most!!!!
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capefeartrading
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posted on July 27, 2001 07:14:15 AM
Man! I just did that very same thing last night  ! At least I DID get my comments in the comments box though! I guess it'll just look like I was too chicken to actually neg the guy...but I sure meant to! Before I did that, I did get my FVC for the item! I sent eBay a request to change the feedback from positive to negative or at least take it out where I could go back in and actually neg him - yes, I know they won't do that, but it never hurts to ask...  at least he's got at least one FVC (mine) against him  , which isn't the only one hopefully, as he'd received 2 negs from one seller before I attempted to do the same! Maybe he'll be NARU'd soon! 
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litlux
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posted on July 27, 2001 08:06:21 AM
skeetypete - My respect and admiration for you is unbounded. In a day and age in which most people are unable or unwilling to take responsibility for their actions, owning up to mistakes is a real act of self-respect and courage.
You are a shining example of grace under pressure for all of us!
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ashlandtrader
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posted on July 27, 2001 09:50:18 AM
Skeetypete--
You are too hard on yourself. Yet I understand as I would be banging my head against the wall. Maybe you'll get a good answer from timesensitive (hah-- that was a joke). No, but seriously if they say no the first time email them again. The one thing I have learned about dealing with ebay is persistance pays off.
Hope they change it.
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barrelracer
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posted on July 27, 2001 01:45:56 PM
so I don't understand exactly what happened here.
If you enter a comment but forget to check any box, does the "don't leave comment now" apply?
Or did you check the pos or neutral instead of neg?
~Not barrelracer on ebay, don't pick on them!~
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soldat2
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posted on July 27, 2001 04:48:54 PM
I have also left a positive when I meant to check the negative box. Countless emails to ebay produced nothing but responses stating too bad (in other words but.....).
We are all idiots, just at different moments in time.
I seem to practice a little more than most sometimes though...........
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skeetypete
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posted on July 27, 2001 04:55:32 PM
barrelracer
the comment defaults to positive, you have to change it toleave anything else
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micheneraddict
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posted on July 27, 2001 11:06:40 PM
skeetypete,
Not when you leave your feedback through Ebay's Feedback Forum. The default there is the bold Don't Leave Feedback Now radio button. Where do you leave your feedback from?
Micheneraddict
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skeetypete
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posted on July 28, 2001 05:53:46 AM
i usually use vran unless i have only 1 or 2 to leave. then i just go to the actual auction page and click on leave FB for bidder....it defaults to pos. when using that method
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celebrityskin
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posted on July 28, 2001 09:21:30 AM
I've done this in the past as well. Bugs me.
The worst: Leaving a negative when I meant a positive. Try explaining that to a bidder. It was nasty!
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barrelracer
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posted on July 28, 2001 08:47:47 PM
Yes. like micheneraddict said, I do my feedback through the ebay feedback forum, so I wasn't understanding this thread.
Thanks.
~Not barrelracer on ebay, don't pick on them!~
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