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What kind of revenge for an Ebay asshat?

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Greek Shipping Magnets - 26 Apr 2005 15:17 GMT
It had to happen eventually. After countless transactions all with
stellar feedback I came across a real f.cker.

Said f.cker sold me a moto-related item. I contacted them immediately
about shipping costs and informed them I'd be away for the upcoming
weekend.

They never got back to me before I left and took several days to come
up with a finally tally. No problemo. I respond that the 2-day
shipping would be fine. Never hear from them again. And yes I used all
the email addys they had listed. I wasn't about to whisk the funds off
without hearing from the first.

I then see the item I won reposted. And another dude won it. And the
transaction was completed along with positive feedback being given by
the new buyer.

But wait, there's more! Apparently it wasn't enough for this twat to
reneg on the deal (I had gotten a decent price). Nooooooooooo, they
also posted negative feedback to my account about the experience.
Claiming non-performance on my behalf, when in fact THEY were the
non-performers choosing to ignore my win and sell for a higher price.

So, it's time for some payback. And payback is going to be a bitch.
Any ideas?

PS
As a future warning try to avoid buying moto-related items from a dolt
mommy who has no idea about motorcycles. I dunno how she came across
the item I coveted but everything else in her transactions is like
baby shoes, figurines and other frilly sh.t.

Thanks for venting!
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 15:49 GMT
>It had to happen eventually. After countless transactions all with
>stellar feedback I came across a real f.cker.
[quoted text clipped - 29 lines]
>
>Thanks for venting!

Kind of like you, I've had several hundred eBay transactions with only
one bad experience.  I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off
payment.  The seller had a spotless feedback record.  But the forks
never arrived.  I e-mailed, and the wife replied, saying that the
husband had taken ill and was in the hospital.  I decide to give her
some time, since I wasn't in a rush and it sounded like she had more
important things to attend to than pulling a pair of forks off of her
husband's parts bike.

I never did end up getting the forks, and the dozen or so auctions of
theirs that ended around the same time as mine almost all resulted in
negative feedback being left for them.  They went from stellar eBayers
to "no longer a registered user" in about a month.  Their username was
"wheeliebardown".  You can look at their feedback and see how it went
to sh.t almost overnight.

In your case, I would leave negative feedback for the seller, complain
to eBay, and try to get the seller to agree to a mutual withdrawal of
both pieces of feedback.

What was the timeline for all this?  How long between the end of the
first auction and the negative feedback she left on you?  How long
between the end of the first auction and when she re-listed it?  If
these times are overly short, it would be evidence against her claim
that you were a non-paying bidder.

Other than pursuing the matter through eBay and trying to clean up
your feedback, there's not much you can do that's not illegal,
childish or too much trouble.  You could mailbomb the sh.t out of her
e-mail address (100,000+ e-mails a day in her inbox would get her
attention), or you can create several new eBay accounts and put in
bogus bids on her other auctions.  I guess you have her home address
as well, but anything you could do with that still falls under the
illegal/childish/time-consuming umbrella.

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The Family - 26 Apr 2005 16:08 GMT
> I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off payment.

> I never did end up getting the forks.

> Scott Gardner

So, as a curious, non-ebayer, what happen(s)(ed) to your payment?

Gary
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 16:29 GMT
>> I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off payment.
>
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>
>Gary

The sellers certainly spent it.  eBay doesn't actually handle the
monetary transactions between buyer and seller.  For high-dollar
auctions, you can set up an escrow arrangement through eBay, but even
in that case, I think the actual escrow-management duties are farmed
out to another company.

Many people pay for auction items using PayPal, and eBay does own
PayPal, but it's a "wholly-owned subsidary" type of thing, so I still
don't think of PayPal payments as "going through" eBay.

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The Family - 26 Apr 2005 17:07 GMT
Well, if you just lost the money, you are aware that you can file
criminal charges against the seller, in her locale.

It's handled through the local government's fraud division of the
DA's office. I sat on the grand jury in my area, and we processed
similar cases all the time. Although, I don't recall any involving
Ebay, we certainly did handle acts that involving much less doc-
umentation than you've described. Sometimes, it's affectionately
known as the "swindle squad".

Personally, I wouldn't fool with any Ebay recourse anymore, if
the bucks/time warrant, I'd just go the DA route. At least check
it out to see what's available. You might be surprised.

If you're looking for retaliation, nothing gets attention like an arrest
warrant!

Gary

> >> I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off payment.
> >
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> PayPal, but it's a "wholly-owned subsidary" type of thing, so I still
> don't think of PayPal payments as "going through" eBay.

may get away with no pain, but you just don't feel comfortable." (LCDR
Thomas Quinn, USN)
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 17:51 GMT
>Well, if you just lost the money, you are aware that you can file
>criminal charges against the seller, in her locale.
[quoted text clipped - 14 lines]
>
>Gary

My incident involved less than $100 and was over four years ago.   And
if the proceeding would have to take place where she lives, the travel
expenses, hotel cost, and aggravation would have more than offset any
potential award.

As for GSM, he hadn't sent her the money yet when she re-listed the
item and sold it to someone else, so he hasn't been deprived of
anything tangible that he could recover in court.
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Michael Sierchio - 26 Apr 2005 18:11 GMT
> As for GSM, he hadn't sent her the money yet when she re-listed the
> item and sold it to someone else, so he hasn't been deprived of
> anything tangible that he could recover in court.

Breach of contract is a tort and cause for action.
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 18:21 GMT
>> As for GSM, he hadn't sent her the money yet when she re-listed the
>> item and sold it to someone else, so he hasn't been deprived of
>> anything tangible that he could recover in court.
>
>Breach of contract is a tort and cause for action.

I didn't say it wasn't actionable, just that he hasn't lost anything
of tangible value.

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dg - 26 Apr 2005 19:09 GMT
Depending on how you paid, you can possibly get your money back.  My wife
has mailed items to people, the items took too long to ship for some reason,
the buyer complained to paypal and the money was taken back from my wife!
Of course a day later their stuff arrived in the mail so they now have their
money AND the item.  About 6 months passed and finally my wife got the money
back.

If you pay with a credit card, usually credit cards have great fraud
protection and you can get the money back.

--Dan

>> I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off payment.
>
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>
> Gary
Calgary - 27 Apr 2005 01:29 GMT
>So, as a curious, non-ebayer, what happen(s)(ed) to your payment?
>
>Gary

I think he said he didn't pay, since he had not heard back from the
seller.
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The Family - 27 Apr 2005 01:56 GMT
Thanks, I guess I didn't catch/understand that.

Gary

> >So, as a curious, non-ebayer, what happen(s)(ed) to your payment?
> >
> >Gary
>
> I think he said he didn't pay, since he had not heard back from the
> seller.
Gary L. Burnore - 27 Apr 2005 02:03 GMT
>Thanks, I guess I didn't catch/understand that.

Understand what?
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Greek Shipping Magnets - 26 Apr 2005 16:16 GMT
>What was the timeline for all this?  How long between the end of the
>first auction and the negative feedback she left on you?  How long
>between the end of the first auction and when she re-listed it?  If
>these times are overly short, it would be evidence against her claim
>that you were a non-paying bidder.

The whole thing happened within a month. She sent me a reply about
shipping costs, I got back to her and then nada... no more replies. I
wasn't about to paypal a good chunka change when she got all quiet on
me like that.

Within that month the same item was sold for more money to another
bidder, delivered and they left wonderful feedback for each other.

>Other than pursuing the matter through eBay and trying to clean up
>your feedback, there's not much you can do that's not illegal,
>childish or too much trouble.

I already did report through Ebay. What I was thinking was posting a
link that describes the entire account factually an in greater detail
than the measly line they give you.

She's already gotten back to me accusing me of a "hurtful email" for
calling her a renegging seller. Apparently she's playing the helpless
woman card, having gotten good results with it in the past. It's
pretty obvious she simply didn't like the price I'd won and was giving
me the runaround. She took her time getting back about shipping and
make sure she inflated it somewhat to boot!

I'd ordinarily let this whole thing go, but sometimes you gotta teach
the greedy asshats a lesson.
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 16:41 GMT
>>What was the timeline for all this?  How long between the end of the
>>first auction and the negative feedback she left on you?  How long
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>wasn't about to paypal a good chunka change when she got all quiet on
>me like that.

Well, she had your shipping address, you had her PayPal account, and
you'd made contact and agreed on a shipping method and costs.  What
else were you expecting to hear from her about?

>Within that month the same item was sold for more money to another
>bidder, delivered and they left wonderful feedback for each other.

If the item was re-listed within ten days of when you won it, that
would be a big help for you.  eBay generally expects sellers to allow
*at least* ten days for buyers to send payment.  If she re-listed it
inside that 10-day window, it makes it apparent that she had no
intentions of shipping it to you.

>>Other than pursuing the matter through eBay and trying to clean up
>>your feedback, there's not much you can do that's not illegal,
[quoted text clipped - 13 lines]
>I'd ordinarily let this whole thing go, but sometimes you gotta teach
>the greedy asshats a lesson.

I'd certainly leave the negative feedback for her.  If you want your
feedback to include a link to a longer explanation, you could probably
do that as well.  I don't know how much she cares about her feedback
rating, but negative feedback on her account might be just the
incentive she needs to get her to agree to a mutual feedback
withdrawal.
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Debra Keith - 26 Apr 2005 18:02 GMT
> I'd certainly leave the negative feedback for her.  If you want your
> feedback to include a link to a longer explanation, you could probably
> do that as well.  I don't know how much she cares about her feedback
> rating, but negative feedback on her account might be just the
> incentive she needs to get her to agree to a mutual feedback
> withdrawal.

ebay won't let that happen. the link will be removed and you'll get a
"warning".  

i'm sure there is some small print in the user agreement that says you
won't do such a thing.

the worst you can do... is leave negative feedback.

sucks.. huh?

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Andrew - 26 Apr 2005 18:13 GMT
>>I'd certainly leave the negative feedback for her.  If you want your
>>feedback to include a link to a longer explanation, you could probably
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
> sucks.. huh?

I had a negative feeback left for me over a $2.00 auction I forgot to
pay within the time limits.  (This is before I was using paypal.)
Anyhow the guy left me negative feedback, and since it was my fault I
owned up to it, and said, yeah, I forgot to sent the $2.00.
It is my only bit of negative feedback.  I was kinda upset at first, but
then I figured, who the heck cares.  1 negative transaction out of 120
or so.

I'd just leave negative feedback and move on.

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Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 18:42 GMT
>>>I'd certainly leave the negative feedback for her.  If you want your
>>>feedback to include a link to a longer explanation, you could probably
[quoted text clipped - 22 lines]
>
>I'd just leave negative feedback and move on.

I feel the same way.  I've never gotten any negative feedback, but
with over six years on eBay and over 250 positive feedbacks, I
probably won't lose much sleep if it ever happens.  I think most
people realize that one bad feedback out of a couple hundred is either
an honest mistake, retaliatory feedback, or both.

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Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 18:19 GMT
>> I'd certainly leave the negative feedback for her.  If you want your
>> feedback to include a link to a longer explanation, you could probably
[quoted text clipped - 12 lines]
>
>sucks.. huh?

Yep - good call.  I double-checked the feedback policies, and "links
or scripts" aren't allowed in feedback comments.  I think you could
still put in something like "contact me for more details", though.  He
could then give the link to any interested parties via e-mail.

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Stephen! - 27 Apr 2005 06:14 GMT
> Yep - good call.  I double-checked the feedback policies, and "links
> or scripts" aren't allowed in feedback comments.  I think you could
> still put in something like "contact me for more details", though.  He
> could then give the link to any interested parties via e-mail.

...and to make it even easier, set up an email address with an auto-respond
so you don't even have to worry about doing it manually...

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Cam Penner - 26 Apr 2005 18:17 GMT
> She's already gotten back to me accusing me of a "hurtful email" for
> calling her a renegging seller. Apparently she's playing the helpless
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> I'd ordinarily let this whole thing go, but sometimes you gotta teach
> the greedy asshats a lesson.

Before you get to medival on her hieny, make sure that one
of your e-mail servers (yours or hers) didn't spend time in
a spam block list.  E-mail can and does vanish without a
trace in cases like that, and e-mail is NOT a guaranteed
delivery medium.  It may be a case of some spammer taking
up residence on your ISP's mail server and getting your e-
mails (or hers) blocked for a few days - long enough to
lose the incoming/outgoing mail.

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durkster - 26 Apr 2005 16:17 GMT
> >It had to happen eventually. After countless transactions all with
> >stellar feedback I came across a real f.cker.
> >
> >they also posted negative feedback to my account about the
experience.
> >Claiming non-performance on my behalf, when in fact THEY were the
> >non-performers choosing to ignore my win and sell for a higher price.
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> to eBay, and try to get the seller to agree to a mutual withdrawal of
> both pieces of feedback.

Thats the best advice but negotiate first, you need them to remove the
bad feedback as that is going to stay with you,
Your anger will leave you eventually.

Once crap starts on ebay it can get nasty, retaliation should be the
last option as it only leads to more pain.

However if you were to start working on building up a new account then
you could ebay stalk them and totally abuse your old account.

Some dolt from New York tried doing that to me, he 'would bid me up' on
items I was bidding on and then he would go to far and end up winning
expensive items which he couldn't pay for.

I ended up emailing the sellers he was not paying and soon after his
first account was toast, he came back with another and again was banned
.

Its a losing proposition unfortunately and a lot of work for little
reward.

Martin
Scott Gardner - 26 Apr 2005 16:45 GMT
>> >It had to happen eventually. After countless transactions all with
>> >stellar feedback I came across a real f.cker.
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
>bad feedback as that is going to stay with you,
>Your anger will leave you eventually.

I don't think eBay allows you to directly remove feedback comments
you've left for someone else.  BOTH parties involved have to contact
eBay and request that BOTH parties' comments be removed.  Then, the
eBay personnel have to remove the comments - you can't do it yourself.

That's why I think GSM should complain to eBay and leave negative
feedback.  The woman who reneged on the auction has no incentive to
agree to a mutual withdrawal of feedback unless there's a black mark
on her account as well.

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Stephen! - 27 Apr 2005 06:10 GMT
> Kind of like you, I've had several hundred eBay transactions with only
> one bad experience.  I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off
> payment.

Why are people who happen to be the top bidder on Ebay claim referred to as
a "winner"?  What is it, exactly, that you win?  It's not like you are
getting the item for free...  You still have to pay for it...  Is this the
result of a generation of kids going through school without getting grades
and playing soccer where nobody keeps score?  They're all winners too,
right?

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Robert Bolton - 27 Apr 2005 07:13 GMT
>> Kind of like you, I've had several hundred eBay transactions with only
>> one bad experience.  I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
> and playing soccer where nobody keeps score?  They're all winners too,
> right?

Judging by the price some people pay to be a winner, I'd say the prize is having
beat your fellow bidders.

Robert
Stephen! - 27 Apr 2005 09:04 GMT
> Judging by the price some people pay to be a winner, I'd say the prize
> is having beat your fellow bidders.

I've been to only a few real auctions but I don't remember anyone there
being referred to as a "winner"...  "High Bidder", yah...  I guess I just
don't get it...

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Scott Gardner - 27 Apr 2005 11:49 GMT
>> Kind of like you, I've had several hundred eBay transactions with only
>> one bad experience.  I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off
[quoted text clipped - 6 lines]
>and playing soccer where nobody keeps score?  They're all winners too,
>right?

I'm not really sure why I typed it the way I did ("won a pair of
motorcycle forks").  I certainly didn't win the forks, since I still
paid for them.  I did "win" the auction, though.  I don't think it's a
misuse of the term, since auctions are a competitive affair between
the bidders.  Also, saying "I won the auction" is less of a mouthful
than "I was the high bidder on the auction".

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Joey Tribiani - 27 Apr 2005 16:06 GMT
> .
> >
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> the bidders.  Also, saying "I won the auction" is less of a mouthful
> than "I was the high bidder on the auction".

ebay telling you you are the "winner" probably is where it all comes
from....it is somewhat of a competition to "win" and as with all
competitions you have "winners" and "losers"....
Andrew - 27 Apr 2005 18:36 GMT
>>.
>>
[quoted text clipped - 24 lines]
> from....it is somewhat of a competition to "win" and as with all
> competitions you have "winners" and "losers"....

Except when people get in bidding wars, then the winner *is* the loser!

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Scott Gardner - 27 Apr 2005 20:33 GMT
>>>.
>>>
[quoted text clipped - 26 lines]
>
>Except when people get in bidding wars, then the winner *is* the loser!

That's why I'm a  big fan of the "bid-snipe".  I decide up front how
much I'm willing to pay for the item, and then enter that as my bid
about ten seconds before the auction ends.  That way, if I get outbid,
I don't have time to put in another bid.  Only bidding once, and doing
it very late in the auction, helps keep me out of bidding wars and
pissing matches.

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Stephen! - 28 Apr 2005 07:41 GMT
> I'm not really sure why I typed it the way I did ("won a pair of
> motorcycle forks").  I certainly didn't win the forks, since I still
> paid for them.  I did "win" the auction, though.  

I guess that makes some kind of sense...  My comment was not directed at
YOU personally...  I've been to several autions of the years and the high
bidder there was just that, the "High Bidder"...  I don't think I've ever
heard of someone who paid for what they got referred to as a "winner" until
Ebay came along....

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Trey - 27 Apr 2005 06:51 GMT
> Kind of like you, I've had several hundred eBay transactions with only
> one bad experience.  I won a pair of motorcycle forks and sent off
[quoted text clipped - 15 lines]
> to eBay, and try to get the seller to agree to a mutual withdrawal of
> both pieces of feedback.

one I came across was from a guy in Florida. He had a negative feedback from
some guy saying " did not respond to any emails" the guy then responded
saying "um, FLORIDA! we just had a Hurricane and it knocked out the power"
Checking the dates, it matched up with the past hurricane that hit. gotta
love these types of people out there.
Larry xlax Lovisone - 26 Apr 2005 17:04 GMT
> Said f.cker sold me a moto-related item. I contacted them immediately
> about shipping costs and informed them I'd be away for the upcoming
> weekend.
.

> Any ideas?

Yes... ask about shipping cost prior to even bidding... that way you can judge
the sellers response time and also it helps to keep the seller honest after the
sell... it's especially important when dealing with overseas Ebayers...

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Andrew - 26 Apr 2005 18:26 GMT
>>Said f.cker sold me a moto-related item. I contacted them immediately
>>about shipping costs and informed them I'd be away for the upcoming
[quoted text clipped - 7 lines]
> the sellers response time and also it helps to keep the seller honest after the
> sell... it's especially important when dealing with overseas Ebayers...

Yeah, this is the way I do it, especially with sellers that have little
or no feedback.

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Greek Shipping Magnets - 27 Apr 2005 00:13 GMT
>Yes... ask about shipping cost prior to even bidding.

Not always feasible. I typically only bid on stuff ending ASAP and
many times the auction would close waiting for a reply.

I know all of my auctions have ended with excellent feedback. I
contact and pay immediately. I ship promptly. Why is it a big deal to
expect similar?

And why would anyone with good intentions leave negative feedback
after reneg on a deal? That's just plain stupid and greedy.

Thanks all for listening to my rant. I'm gonna go the negative
feedback/retraction route. And of course offer my email to anyone who
listens!
Andrew - 27 Apr 2005 18:35 GMT
>>Yes... ask about shipping cost prior to even bidding.
>
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> feedback/retraction route. And of course offer my email to anyone who
> listens!

I really think you're stuck and that's about your only option.  Bummer.

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Michael Sierchio - 28 Apr 2005 00:24 GMT
> Yes... ask about shipping cost prior to even bidding... that way you can judge
> the sellers response time and also it helps to keep the seller honest after the
> sell... it's especially important when dealing with overseas Ebayers...

I had a recent experience in which a seller reamed me for leaving neutral
feedback on an item.  This was a fabricated Al, non-OEM, monoposto subframe
for a Ducati 749/999.  The subframe indeed does fit, and seems robust, but
there were two mitigating factors to my joy -- 1) the seller took about a
week after funds were collected by his bank to ship the item, and 2) the
reinforcing tabs (non-OEM) are positioned in such a way as to make shock
adjustments extremely difficult.

His response to me was that he was concerned about what others thought
of him and his reputation.  I asked if he cared about what *I* thought,
and if he didn't think my feedback on the design of the item was
accurate.  It's not as if I had the opportunity to handle the item
before committing the funds.  He didn't show a pic of the thing on
a bike.

Your thoughts?
mjt - 26 Apr 2005 19:08 GMT
(Greek Shipping Magnets <an.a.s.is@x.x>) scribbled:

> So, it's time for some payback. And payback is going to be a bitch.
> Any ideas?

... have Debra Keith draw one of her famous cartoon
characters of the woman and post it on the 'Net :)

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Larry xlax Lovisone - 26 Apr 2005 21:55 GMT
> Said f.cker sold me a moto-related item.

Here you go Jr.Pudknocker... I found another one on Ebay...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=68399&item=6957643368&rd=1

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Paul Calman - 26 Apr 2005 23:04 GMT
> Here you go Jr.Pudknocker... I found another one on Ebay...
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=68399&item=6957643368&rd=1

Isn't that Troy's bike?

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Stephen! - 27 Apr 2005 06:16 GMT
>> Here you go Jr.Pudknocker... I found another one on Ebay...
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=68399&item=6957
>> 643368&rd=1
>
> Isn't that Troy's bike?

No...  Boy's bike is pink...  Remember his sig line?

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Rayvan - 27 Apr 2005 20:09 GMT
Post the name of the seller here so at least none of us get taken by
these clowns, then tell her you did it via email. Make her think that
EVERYONE uses Reeky!
Jim Tiberio - 27 Apr 2005 20:30 GMT
> It had to happen eventually. After countless transactions all with
> stellar feedback I came across a real f.cker.
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> So, it's time for some payback. And payback is going to be a bitch.
> Any ideas?

Set up a bogey account and buy several of his items and not pay.

> PS
> As a future warning try to avoid buying moto-related items from a dolt
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>
> Thanks for venting!
 
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