I'm Crying Now - E-Bay Buyer Beware
01-11-11, 08:59 AM
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i bet it crashed. like a cheap netbook.
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01-11-11, 09:08 AM
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Fixed for accuracy.
So when I read that somebody had one bad experience buying and selling and they say 'I'm never doing eBay again', I think, yeah OK, whatever works for you. I do understand the frustration, but I don't think those people have had enough experience with eBay to understand how it works - and how sometimes it doesn't work so well - but they are not seeing the Big Picture here.
So when I read that somebody had one bad experience buying and selling and they say 'I'm never doing eBay again', I think, yeah OK, whatever works for you. I do understand the frustration, but I don't think those people have had enough experience with eBay to understand how it works - and how sometimes it doesn't work so well - but they are not seeing the Big Picture here.
01-11-11, 09:16 AM
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I think tablets are the way we'll all consume media going forward. I think future versions will be slicker, lighter, etc. For an initial effort out of the box, the iPad is a massive home run. Hence APPL trading @ $345/share.
My conception of how future tablets will be is visualized in the early scenes of the 2002 Spielberg scifi flick 'Minority Report'. All things considered the fact that Apple came out with a real world device that echos that film's fantasy props in the real world in 2010 (WAY ahead of anyone else) shows how visionary and capable they are.
01-11-11, 09:18 AM
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Peloton Shelter Dog
Yes, I have not had the experience on e-Bay that you have. I have only used it off an on for a couple of years. I have had a few significant sales ($10,000 watch) and purchases (Scott Contessa - about $2,000 I think). I thought I understood their process for dealing with problems - I have read their instructions, etc. - and fortunately had never had reason to use it. Sure - my "I'm never using e-Bay again" statement was out of frustration. This experience has simply taught me that all those assurances on their site are for naught. Bottom line - It's a real hassle if you have an issue. For me, after this, I probably won't be tempted to use e-Bay again, but you are right - my one experience doesn't mean that e-Bay doesn't work.
01-11-11, 09:46 AM
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stole your bike
did the OP get flamed yet for purchasing a Trek yet?
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01-11-11, 09:54 AM
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definition of a pyrrhic victory:
1. OP finds a way to get the case re-opened
2. ebay decides to side with buyer and forces a return for refund
3. seller refunds money, re-lists item as it really is "2008 series 6" etc
4. item sells for higher price.
5. OP has no bike.
1. OP finds a way to get the case re-opened
2. ebay decides to side with buyer and forces a return for refund
3. seller refunds money, re-lists item as it really is "2008 series 6" etc
4. item sells for higher price.
5. OP has no bike.
01-11-11, 09:55 AM
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My conception of how future tablets will be is visualized in the early scenes of the 2002 Spielberg scifi flick 'Minority Report'. All things considered the fact that Apple came out with a real world device that echos that film's fantasy props in the real world in 2010 (WAY ahead of anyone else) shows how visionary and capable they are.
Read a book
EDIT: An ACTUAL book.
01-11-11, 09:55 AM
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the only thing i have ever "won" was a shtty saddle that hurt my behind so much i wanted to cry. no wonder no one else bid on it. anything else i wanted, eventually got bid up above the price i could get at an online shop for brand new. those ebay sellers all have their buddies with high bids to make sure they don't have to sell below the extortionate price they want. crooks. all of them
01-11-11, 10:07 AM
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cool perhaps, but lacking in nearly all of the necessary grey matter the original used. PKD was a master of that, without much need for actual violence. The movie was just a Hollyweird shoot-em-up in comparison.
01-11-11, 10:14 AM
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01-11-11, 10:14 AM
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Yeah, but righteous production design and props. And that's all that matters to those of us who operate in the visual world. You musicians are too friggin cerebral. Relax.
01-11-11, 10:28 AM
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my brain hurts!
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I didn't take the time to read thru every post, but FYI that is a 2009 5-series frame.
01-11-11, 10:30 AM
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Also FYI there was no change in the 5 series from 2009 to 2010, so model year doesn't really matter.