Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"

[Teo Zenios]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com>
To: <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 13, 2005 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: Public Service Announcement: AVOID "bobsbid1"


> On 10/13/2005 at 3:58 PM Vintage Computer Festival wrote:
>
> >...or Another Reason Why I Fricking Hate eBay
>
> Sellam, you have to choose your sellers carefully.  Last week, I bought an
> Overland Data 9 track drive.  It arrived with the tape door plastic
broken.
>  I wrote the seller and was issued an IMMEDATE (and I do mean just
that--it
> was about 3 minutes after my email) refund of the item+shipping =
> everything that I paid.  Seller apologized for the problem and told me to
> keep the drive.  I'll repair the door and the drive will have cost me
> nothing.
>
> I don't buy from sellers wtih negative feedback.  There's a neat tool for
> Firefox that lets you see negative feedback for any seller with just a
> mouse click.
>
> Cheers,
> Chuck
>
>

I was looking at a stack of SCA HD's that person has currently on ebay,
something about them bothered me and I didn't bid.
Most places that offer DOA warranty do ask you to send the item back before
you get a credit (and they don't pay for shipping or refund the original
shipping). Places with a policy like that usually sell the item dirt cheap
and charge a crazy shipping fee so even if you do want a refund you get very
little back.

If a deal looks too good it probably is.