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

[Michael Farmer]

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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