[meteorite-list] Re: be careful with Brad Sampson :-(

From: John Gwilliam <jkgdiver_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:24 2004
Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.20020301155929.0098f7e0_at_pop.primenet.com>

I'll jump in here.

Brad, you claim to have been selling on Ebay for four years. A check on
Ebay shows you have been a member since, Tuesday, May 26, 1998. Close
enough for me. Using your minimum estimate claiming you ship between 25
and 50 items per seek, brings the total of auctions you have completed (as
a seller) to roughly 5,200.

Do the math.

25 items shipped X 52 weeks per year X 4 years.............25 x 52 x 4 =
5,200.

If this is correct, can you explain to me why you only have a grand total
of 173 positive feedbacks (124 from unique users), 1 neutral, and 6
negatives? Less than 200 feedbacks out of 5,200 items sold (actually, you
claimed shipped) seems a little bit low to me.

Inquiring mind,

John Gwilliam

At 05:33 PM 3/1/02 -0500, Brad Sampson wrote:
> One was from a problem with a bidders email in which i tried to contact
>him and was unable to and another was retaliatory because i left a negative
>for a bidder who didn't pay. So actually that leaves 4. Not bad considering
>that i've been selling on Ebay for 4 years and ship between 25 and 50 items
>per week. That breaks down to about 1 negative out of 1,300 to 2,600
>transactions per year.
>
>Brad Sampson
>meteor.dealer_at_gte.net
>http://www.angelfire.com/me2/meteorites
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Charlie Devine" <moonrock25_at_webtv.net>
>To: "Radosevich, Dave" <Dave.Radosevich_at_trw.com>
>Cc: <meteor.dealer_at_gte.net>; <meteorite-list@meteoritecentral.com>
>Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:18 PM
>Subject: RE: [meteorite-list] Re: be careful with Brad Sampson :-(
>
>
> > Dave, Brad, and list:
> >
> > I agree with you completely, Dave. Does any other meteorite seller have
> > 6 negative feedbacks on eBay? Read those negatives and you see
> > complaints similar to those mentioned on this list, and the same tired
> > excuses from Brad. Brad, when people send you their hard earned money,
> > they deserve better treatment than you deliver. It's as simple as that.
> > Anything less then simply keeping your customers posted with reasons for
> > significant delays is irresponsible and a lousy way to do business. You
> > have colossal nerve asking for apologies from anyone.
> >
> > Best wishes,
> > Charlie
> >
> >
>
>
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Received on Fri 01 Mar 2002 06:09:30 PM PST