[geeks] First Bad eBay Experience

[Eric Dittman]

> Actually if you do that he could ask EBay to remove it as "retaliatory,
> inflammatory, provocative or harrassing" and you could be given a warning.
> It's always presumed that you read the fine print anyway.

I don't view posting a warning as any of that.

> It's not that I don't sympathize, it's jsut that having dealt with EBay for
> years now I've been round and round this particular circle a few times.

A neutral feedback saying the product had easily an easily misread
description is just that.  Feedback on my experience.  If eBay views
that as "retaliatory, inflammatory, provocative or harrassing" that's
their right, but I always have the right to appeal through legal
channels.

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eric Dittman" <dittman at dittman.net>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2002 1:52 AM
> Subject: [geeks] First Bad eBay Experience
> 
> 
> > I just had my first bad eBay experience.  My own fault, really,
> > as I didn't read the fine print closely enough.  I now have
> > two Intel Mobile CPUs that I can't use, as these are microBGA2
> > and not microPGA2 CPUs.  The fact that BGA wasn't capitalized
> > should have caught my eye.
> >
> > The guy was selling a lot of these, too, so I guess he got stuck
> > with a lot he couldn't use, either.  If I could find a couple of
> > the microBGA2-microPGA2 carriers (which are actually what is used
> > to make the microPGA2 CPUs in the first place) I could convert
> > these.
> >
> > Oh, hell.  I can't leave negative feedback, either, because he
> > did send me what was actually on sale, but I can leave a neutral
> > feedback rating telling potential buyers to read the fine print
> > on his auctions.
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