neglus
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posted on July 31, 2007 07:14:31 AM new
Wow! Wonder what's up with this?
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQfgtpZ1QQfrppZ25QQsassZbargainland
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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TheFamilyBiz
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posted on July 31, 2007 08:09:43 AM new
If you check a listing, it shows that there are 2 other items listed - click the link - and it's eBay's standard language about the item being removed or no longer available.
Wonder if the check didn't clear?
eBay's 3rd Largest Seller goes "Poof"
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otteropp
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posted on July 31, 2007 08:16:12 AM new
It looks as though with EBay's new stance on suspending sellers due to poor feedback and star ratings that they finally got around to them.
690 Negatives in the past month and just over 90% Feedback.
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zoomin
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posted on July 31, 2007 08:21:05 AM new
maybe their 90% feedback causing some damage?
I'm sure eBaY has received numerous complaints about them.
Eventually feeBaY has to come down on their bigger sellers ~ too many bidders disappear from HUGE sellers with BAD service.
Bad for the big picture.
I would guess eBaY loses users daily due to bad experience with sellers like this one.
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zippy2dah
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posted on July 31, 2007 09:55:34 AM new
Gee that didn't take too long did it?
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rpm757
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:05:54 AM new
I never bought from this group, but, the buyers had to know what they were buying here.
This is a sacrifice to those finger pointers who were actually ripping off people. (many I'm sure are still there)
This is like suing the tobacco people because you got lung cancer. You need to take some responsibility for your own actions.
You can see that it was junk, they told you it was junk, if you don't want junk, don't bid on it!
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zoomin
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:11:10 AM new
Maybe let the buyer beware to you, but they have an unfair advantage over newbies.
Other than on eBay, is a 90% positive rating bad to you?
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rpm757
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:38:12 AM new
This group (bargin..) was discussed here before. They sell junk they tell you that. as a buyer you got to realize it is junk.
go to a flea market and there are sellers just like that, they sell junk. I may not want it and you may not want it, but it is of some use to someone. So they buy it.
There has been a need for a long time for a section on e-bay that you sell stuff that is junk and you buy it without returns.
(about newbies)
I recently got a neg from someone with a "6" rating because the coin was tarnished. Its silver, its old , you do not clean coins, so it will happen.
We live in a society where the public wants tomatoes and fresh fruit out of season at the lowest price possible. and it is a conspiracy when there is a blemish on them.
We can't have everything the way WE WANT IT, just because!
If we buy something we need to take some time to figure it out before we buy it or as the saying goes
You bought so the items is yours now!
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neglus
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:41:20 AM new
I think if it were a matter of paying the ebay bill, they would be NARU. I don't think they've moved listings elsewhere unless they changed their business model - they NEED ebay for auctions. They are not a fixed price seller.
Perhaps they are taking an enforced vacation because of the new ebay crackdown on the bottom 2% of sellers?
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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neglus
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:48:58 AM new
Just looked at most recent negative and neutral FB and most items are about non-receipt - certainly a valid reason to neg even with their "Caveat emptor" policy (as opposed to condition)
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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zoomin
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posted on July 31, 2007 10:49:41 AM new
That BIG "ranked 3rd on eBaY with over a million positive feedback" is too deceiving and likely the cause of many negs.
They ARE clear about the quality and condition of their items.
LOTS of info and fine print, they even have something of a return policy ~ for buyers remorse, no yet!
I don't think it would be hard for them to revamp their auctions and manage their buyers expectations better ~ it would make a HUGE diffence in their feedback and star rating if that is why their auctions were inexplicably pulled.
Seems like some sort of 'waarning vacation' since they are not NARU.
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zippy2dah
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posted on July 31, 2007 11:18:57 AM new
It looks like just an account restriction. No new listings until they clean things up some. I predict a flurry of mutual withdrawals in the near future.
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otteropp
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posted on August 1, 2007 11:25:41 AM new
There is one new listing showing now.
To my eye it doesn't look much different than they looked before unless they have taken some 'dire warnings' off the template but I still see the Caveat Emptor button
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on August 1, 2007 04:29:21 PM new
Up to 29 listings now.
Looks like an account restriction. Otherwise they'd have thousands up.
fLufF
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sthoemke
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posted on August 1, 2007 05:26:49 PM new
Buy from Bargainland if you love Mystery Shipping And Handling Fees.
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NEGLUS
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posted on August 1, 2007 05:34:49 PM new
588 new listings and rising...
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http://stores.ebay.com/Moody-Mommys-Marvelous-Postcards?refid=store
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zoomin
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posted on August 1, 2007 05:45:14 PM new
The "deceiving star" that I mentioned a few posts ago now says 'over 900,000 positive feedback' instead of "over one million positive feedback"
coincidence???
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otteropp
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posted on August 1, 2007 11:04:29 PM new
I was reading on the EBay Boards that apparently Bargainland has their own website now that started today.
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on August 2, 2007 08:19:52 AM new
Nearly all (if not all) the new listings have "FOB" as shipping and handling.
This will inevitably create even more unhappy customers. I can't believe this was done as a result of an account restriction, so maybe we've been wrong all along.
fLufF
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zoomin
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posted on August 2, 2007 09:01:47 AM new
also now has a logo right on the top:
where low prices come first and service comes second
as well as a buyer beware caveat emptor logo
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sthoemke
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posted on August 2, 2007 06:27:59 PM new
Positive Feedback for Bargainland: 90.4%
1 out of 10 buyers is an unhappy customer!
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kozersky
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posted on August 2, 2007 06:31:29 PM new
I like their return/refund policy. I have modified it and will use soon.
Bill K-
http://www.kozersky.com
http://www.kozersky.net
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on August 2, 2007 06:46:20 PM new
No, one out of ten customers who left feedback is unhappy enough to leave negative feedback.
The actual percentage of unhappy customers is probably higher. We don't know how much higher.
The dress I bought from them wasn't a great buy once you factored in the shipping.
fLufF
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[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Aug 2, 2007 07:36 PM ]
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pixiamom
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posted on August 2, 2007 10:22:16 PM new
What does FOB mean? I'm from the old school - Freight on Board Destination (recipient assumes damages occurred during shipment) or Freight on Board Origin (shipper assumes responsibility).
[ edited by pixiamom on Aug 2, 2007 10:22 PM ]
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on August 3, 2007 09:04:29 AM new
I think you'd have to ask Bargainland what they think it means.
What *I* think it means is that "We've done the numbers and discovered we're not getting enough bids. We've decided to make up the shortfall by concealing the s/h charge from bidders until the end of the auction, when it's too late for them to back out."
There will always be bidders who innocently (stupidly) assume that shipping will be some reasonable amount.
fLufF
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zoomin
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posted on August 3, 2007 11:28:02 AM new
I sent them a question yesterday asking how I could bid on their items when none of them had shipping costs listed.
No response from them.
Their newly listed items have shipping quotes.
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