[meteorite-list] Ebay pain in the $%$$

From: Michael Farmer <meteoritehunter_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:16:18 +0200
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I hand delivered many pieces this year in both France and Germany.
Michael Farmer

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Michael


On Jun 29, 2009, at 1:53 PM, "Mark Ford" <mark.ford at ssl.gb.com> wrote:

>>> Anyone else here had problems with me shipping?
>
>
> eBay is getting worse, and the world is officially going madder by
> the day!
>
> I for one have never forgotten the time I bought a small Allende
> from you Mike, you where flying out to Germany around the same time,
> and you actually bought the item in your suitcase and shipped it to
> me from germany to save me the extra fees and delivery time! - Now
> you don't get a better service that that EVER!
>
>
> Best,
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com [mailto:meteorite-list-bounces at meteoritecentral.com
> ] On Behalf Of Michael Farmer
> Sent: 28 June 2009 20:31
> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
> Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] Ebay pain in the $%$$
>
>
> I guess this guy is going nuts all over the internet, on that
> worthless Skyrockcafe website and to the IMCA. Since I am not a
> member, that should be fun.
> Funny, I have thousands of positive feedbacks and now 2 negatives! I
> guess that proves how badly I treat my buyers.
> So, in order to prevent these problems, now my Ebay shipping cost to
> the buyers will increase to $3.00 for any item, this will allow me
> to print shipping confirmation for every US package. Too bad this
> kind of scam has to hit us all, as I have always prided myelf with
> rapid service, usually shipped same day paid, and lowest ebay
> shipping costs around, that gets me chargebacks as you must provide
> shipping tracking even for $1.00 item, kind of lame since that would
> cost around $20.00 for EXPRESS UPS OR FEDEX
>
> Anyone else here had problems with me shipping? Do I steal your items?
> No, don?t think so.
> Sellers, be warned these people are ready to hit you for every
> nickel, paypal refunds their money instantly, and sellers cant even
> leave negative feedback to tell who bad buyers are anymore, it is a
> wonder why we use ebay at all.
> Michael Farmer
>
>
> --- On Sun, 6/28/09, Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> From: Michael Farmer <meteoriteguy at yahoo.com>
>> Subject: [meteorite-list] Ebay pain in the $%$$
>> To: meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
>> Date: Sunday, June 28, 2009, 10:56 AM
>>
>> Does anyone know this person?
>> Ebay name:
>>
>> graftonwisconsin
>>
>> Beware, a total waste of time. He won a whopping $1.50 item
>> from me, it was shipped two weeks ago, apparently he emailed
>> me an ebay question, waited one day and started filing
>> complaints and pay-pal charge-backs, now a negative
>> feedback. All this because I am traveling and could not
>> answer his question in a matter of hours. I have
>> hundreds of Brenham crystals, and would gladly send
>> replacement if given more than an hour or two to respond!
>> I would recommend blocking him unless you want the same
>> headaches for this kind of chump-change buyer.
>> Michael Farmer
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