posted on October 8, 2004 06:40:20 AM new
Several years ago I was an active member of the eBay Outlook - before Auction Watch became Vendio. I've been reading the eBay Outlook forum for a few weeks as after almost a 3 year hiatus I've begun buying again and selling (some) on eBay.
I have a question:
Why did I have to register a credit card in order to post on here? Vendio still had my user ID and my password stored and allowed me to login but would not allow me to post on here without taking billing information. Is there now a charge for participating in the forum?
posted on October 8, 2004 08:29:46 AM new
Hi PD ... welcome back ... i don't remember why they started requiring a CC to sign in, but they started doin' that for everyone ... so don't feel like you're being singled out LOL ...
hope to see you post here often ... it's a nice group over here.
posted on October 8, 2004 08:40:54 AM new
No charge for posting : )
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on October 8, 2004 09:26:34 AM new
Here is the deal (guess I have been here for a while) - They used to hire moderators, who came down with a heavy hand and actually took part in the conversations. If something got out of hand, they closed and deleted threads. They decided to get rid of the moderators, so they went with a credit card to register, thinking that if people could be traced, you wouldn't get bombthrowers spamming the board - You know what, it worked! I doubted it, but I have to give them credit, it is probably a lot cheaper than hire moderators.
Friends don't let Friends say stupid things like Friends don't let friends vote Republican!
posted on October 8, 2004 11:50:47 AM new
Thanks to everyone for the answers. I do remember a lot of rough stuff - if CC registration has made this a more civil place, then I guess I'm OK with it. It just seemed weird to have to input my CC info when I wasn't trying to purchase anything.
Now, the real reason I finally capitulated...
I bought a car for my college age son on eBay motors (he picked it & did the bidding, etc with my permission using my ebay ID - he's 19, an adult and trustworthy!). The auction ended on 8/29/04 and I still have not received the title to the car from the seller. The seller had been pretty responsive to my queries until this week. I have emailed and left a message on his voice mail this week but he did not answer the email and did not return my phone call.
At first, he was supposed to overnight the title to me in the return FEDEX envelope which I enclosed with my payment. He said he'd be home to accept payment on 9/1 but the delivery was delayed by one day because in fact no one was at home to accept delivery. Seller received payment before noon on 9/2/04 and I hoped the title would be delivered to me on 9/3. All he had to do was place the signed title in the return envelope and drop it off at a Fedex box before 5 PM that day. When the title did not arrive on Friday, 9/3, I figured it would come on 9/6.
When no title was forthcoming on 9/6, 9/7 or 9/8, I called the seller and he fell all over himself apologizing. It seems he sold the car for a friend and the title which "I saw with my own eyes" was with his friend - the seller did not have possession of the title before listing the vehicle for sale on ebay.
He said he would tell his friend that the title had to be overnighted to me no later than 9/9 and I should receive it by 9/10 or he would call the deal off. I told him I didn't want to call the deal off - but I did want the title, especially since he had had payment (money order - his insistance) for 8 days by now.
To make a long story short, his "friend" never could locate the title which the seller supposedly saw with his own eyes before listing the vehicle. Three weeks after the auction was over, the seller arranged for a temporary registration of some sort with IL Dept of Motor Vehicles and my son finally gained possession of the car. The temporary permit is good for 3 months.
One other bone of contention is that the A/C on the car was described as "excellent condition" and does not and never did work since my son picked up the vehicle. Seller says he will fix the A/C but I'm not holding my breath.
The 60 day mark is nearing and I don't want to let this seller get away without feedback. At this point he richly deserves a negative FB but if I give him one, he may never fulfill his obligation to provide the title and he may give me a retaliatory neg - even though I complied with every jot and tittle of his requirements.
If this seller does deliver the title and fix the A/C prior to the 60 day deadline for giving feedback....(hope springs eternal!)... what should I do? There is no way that this has been a positive experience BUT if he actually does eventually does fulfill his obligation as a seller to make the defect right and transfer the title, what should the feedback be?
posted on October 8, 2004 11:57:36 AM new
Time to call his local PD and press fraud charges.
You have a receipt. You have a contract per an auction your son won and paid for.
Ta da. Should light a fire under his wonder buns!!!
posted on October 8, 2004 04:25:58 PM new
hey ... i can pipe up here ... been thru this ... we live in Ohio
we've bought THREE, count 'em 3, cars thru ebayers ....... two of them from a reputable, nice amount of feedback, 'family owned and run' car dealership in lawrenceville NJ (okay i am sure they don't mind if i use their ebay id name, form34) ... we love those 2 cars, and have had them for 2-1/2 years with no 'unusual' problems that wouldn't be normal with a moderately used car with normal wear/tear ... we'd make a day trip of it to go pick up those two cars ... awesome and fun .........
........ BUT we then bought a 97 camaro for our son, from an individual in Missouri ... really a nice upstanding (low feedback) man, married, with children/ a paramedic ... nice guy ...
you notice there is a Warranty company that offers free 30 days warranty on cars that meet their criteria thru ebay? (in hopes of them selling you a longer warranty) ...... well, because of &(&^%*(& OHIO bmv clerks saying 'you have the wrong paperwork blah blah' and some back and forth Certified Mailings, we actually had possession of the car 29 days after the "end of auction"... the car drove beautifully, all the way from Missouri to Ohio ... and drove great for 3 days IN Ohio, around town .... ... ... then yep! the friggin' engine 'locked up' when son was backing it out of the driveway .... $2,200 later it had a new used engine placed in it .... that was back in June ... it's been running ok, but Gawd how I hate that car every time i look at it.
^%*(& OHIO bmv clerks saying 'you have the wrong paperwork blah blah' and some back and forth Certified Mailings, we actually had possession of the car 29 days after the "end of auction"... the car drove beautifully, all the way from Missouri to Ohio ... and drove great for 3 days IN Ohio, around town .... ... ... then yep! the friggin' engine 'locked up' when son was backing it out of the driveway .... $2,200 later it had a new used engine placed in it .... that was back in June ... it's been running ok, but Gawd how I hate that car every time i look at it.