[Coco] An intriguing one at Ebay

[Jim Hickle]

Don't fall for the lie that there is good in all people.


--- On Tue, 6/10/08, Shain Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Shain Klammer <sklammer at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Coco] An intriguing one at Ebay
> To: "CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts" <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2008, 3:44 PM
> I agree, its cheap, I personally dislike auctions which
> have shipping/handling/postage that are wholy unrealistic
> and overtly
> expensive in order to try and hide their hope that no one
> would notice that
> the $2 auction win costs $52.
> 
> This appears to be first-time seller, from a small town who
> claims to be
> helping someone else out.  The seller used a
> non-representative picture
> - well perhaps the seller doesn't have a scanner,
> digital camera, or
> *even* access to the stuff...  yes, it would have been nice
> for the seller
> to say so; but, is that unique in eBay?
> 
> Wouldn't it be easier/kinder/nicer to offer some help
> by pointing out their
> mistakes before sending in the authorities?  Certainly
> enough emails have
> been sent through here about it...
> 
> sk
>