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I would have been suspicious of buying from him because

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In Reply to: RE: Was anyone scammed on eBay by powerseller974 from France. posted by IMINTHEBASEMENT on August 26, 2007 at 12:38:15

He has only 88 feedback ratings yet calls himself "powerseller..."
a little presumptuous?
Relatively new sellers on the "up and up" are trying hard to
gain a 100 percent feedback rating. His feedback isn't reflecting this.
You may already be familiar with this online website. I've found it to be a valuable tool in "assessing" sellers. Enter their Ebay user name and you can see (all at once) the negative feedbacks people have left, as well as the feedbacks seller has left others.

http://www.toolhaus.org/cgi-bin/negs (Open in New Window)

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I find it impossible to have 100%. People do things like - Duilawyer 09:34:54 08/31/07 (5)
want their money back because it is not the original styrofoam surrouding the perfect amp. (Yes, I had a Paypal chargeback for not original styrofoam). I had a buy agree to pay $4 shipping for the LP, and after the auction say he would only pay $1.25, then eng me claiming I was greedy.
I had a Canadian buyer neg me for "not being understanding" that he bid on a United States only auction and I would not fill out phoney customs docs (right after 911). So I am at about 96% and proud of it. 3% of people online are psychotic, if they don't get their way, fine with me.
- 96% are proud, 3% are psychotic, and then there is 1% like you! ~t - three_sox 07:21:53 09/09/07 (0)
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- Same exact thing happened to me - Pacman 18:12:30 08/31/07 (3)
  A guy hit me up for $25.00 because a pair of speakers, which arrived with no damage, were not packed correctly.I was missing two small (6"X9") pieces of styrofoam. I paid the money to keep my perfect feedback at Audiogon. This was pre-feedback censorship, which is why I kind of understand Audiogon's policy. A better one may be to allow comments on feedback.
  - its extortion. From now on every sale - Duilawyer 18:40:17 09/01/07 (2)
    must have a disclaimer:
    
    "Seller does not guarntee authenticity of packaging; the sellers goal to safely pack and ship your item overrides the buyer's desire for previously used ("original") packing materials. Seller may at his discretion subsitute or augment the packing as he sees fit to package the merchandise in teh safest manner. Purchase of this item constitutes agreement to this term, and waiver of any right to refund for "unauthentic" packaging".
    
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    - RE: its extortion. From now on every sale - sherod 18:01:13 09/10/07 (0)
      Excellent disclaimer. Pass this on to the Ebay and Audiogon staff. Wouldn't you think that one of their "staff" lawyers might have thought of this already?
    - Good idea; Thanks; nt - Pacman 19:13:48 09/02/07 (0)
      nt
toolhaus.org rules. I've been using it for years now.* - eso 07:19:03 08/28/07 (0)
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RE: I would have been suspicious of buying from him because - IMINTHEBASEMENT 15:14:52 08/26/07 (0)
Thanks for the toolhaus site. Makes surfing for negatives less tedious. You'd think eBay would have this option if they really were concerned about alerting bidders.
I thought the few feedbacks that were bad may have been understandable but I tend to sugar coat the facts if something looks a little off. I have seen many sellers get negative feedback in the beginning and get it together after they got the hang of it.
I only hope that eventually the rotten side of human nature will get weeded out of the gene pool!

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