ebay tips & tricks, scam, spoof, pishing

[GrahamNR17]

Glad you got your stuff at last
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Cameras:
35mm: ME Super
120: Pentacon Six TL :: Pentacon Six
Digital: Olympus E-PL1 (for sale) :: Kodak DX6490 :: Pentax K10d :: Panasonic DMC-LS5
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Carl Zeiss Jena: MC Biometar 2.8/80mm (P6) :: Flektogon 4/50mm (P6)
Pentax: SMC M 2/50mm
Hoya: HMC 3.8/70-150mm (broken)
Cosina: 3.5-4.5/19-35mm
Industar: N-61 2.8/52mm
Helios: 44-2 2/58mm
Tamron: 02B 2.5/28mm :: 910P 6.3/95-205mm :: 103A 3.8-4/80-210mm
Kodak: Meniscus from 127 Hawkeye (on bellows)

[mo]

Thanks, I have posted the images up in the equipment gallery so you can see why I wanted it.
In my case it was the seller and to be honest a little impatience on my part (LBA) The seller took 2 weeks just to give me his bank details after I had to chase him up...phonecall and emails.But all is well in the end...you have not so good sellers mixed with the dishonest sellers and impatient buyers... ...and then the postal system!
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Moira, Moderator
Pentax K200D,Pentax MX
Ricoh Singlex TLS,KR-5,KR-5Super,XR-10
Lenses
Auto Rikenon's 55/1.4, 1.8, 2.8... 50/1.7 Super Takumar 1.8/55...Macro Takumar F4/50... CZJ Biotar ALU M42 2/58 CZJ Tessar ALU M42 2/50CZJ DDR Flektogon Zebra M42 2.8/35
Auto Mamiya/Sekor 1.8/55 ...Auto Mamiya/Sekor 2/50 Auto Mamiya/Sekor 200/3.5 Tamron SP500/8

[Esox lucius]

I am up to my ears with eBay selling, it is no longer possible to sell anything without having to worry about classic fraud that uses PayPal's "protection" which decides in favor of buyer now matter how crooked buyer is.

Classic case: I sell, ship on May 2nd. May 9th buyer claims item not received, I reply that tracking shows item for some strange reason has been returned to my post office in city of origin but Post Office cannot find it when I go there and ask. I send message that I will investigate, and reply when I have info from Post Office. May 10th, one day later (before Post Office replies me) buyer files PayPal claim for full refund, freezing my assets and account. Before I can even locate shipment! I reply that case is investigated, Post Office will reply May 11th why do you open PayPal claim. Buyer files claim regardless.

Buyer has not read 4 messages I have sent about issue, files dispute without reading.

PayPal sends me warning that case is clearly in favor of buyer, I risk negative feedback despite going above and beyond seller duty and obligation. This is a fucked up system - never selling anything on eBay after this again.

[rawhead]

Similar situation happened to me, and so after I'm done selling the few "Ebay oriented" stuff I have left, I'm going to stop selling on Ebay permanently.

My situation: I sell item (Porst 135mm f1.8) in mid-February. Buyer in Russia asks me to ship using the cheapest method––USPS Priority Envelope. I tell him sure, but I can't insure it, so he'd have to take responsibility in the case of package loss/damage. I send it off. A month later, buyer files an "Item not received" claim to Ebay/Paypal. Paypal puts a hold on the amount, which I needed to supply from my bank account to continue using Paypal for other purposes.

Buyer files the claim without ever contacting me, though he states in the claim that he as "Already tried contacting seller" (blatant lie).

USPS tracking shows that the item was received and processed through a USPS facility and "In Transit", though not delivered. I contact USPS but of course they can't track it after the package leaves the US. Ebay decides the claim is in the buyer's favor, and reimburses the entire amount, including shipping. I appeal, to no avail.

Now I have literally sent hundreds, maybe over a thousand packages to various countries using USPS Priority. Not a single item lost. Then this happens. Either Russian post is very incompetent, and they lost the package, or it was delivered, but never marked "delivered" (which would mean that the buyer is scamming me). In either case, I said to Ebay, I see no reason why their "Buyer Protection" should function so that the seller is made 100% responsible *even for the shipping cost*. Ebay is the one that recommends sellers to use USPS (UPS, or FedEx), and the buyer is the one that demanded I use an un-insurable mode of shipping. I do exactly as I am told/asked to do, and I get to be 100% responsible for the incompetence of USPS/Russian post or the wrongdoings of the buyer. Clearly, there is no such thing as "Seller Protection" here.

I'm fed up. Ebay will probably continue to be an alluring place to make purchases, and I may continue to use them for that, but I want to say loud and clear to everybody that, that is NOT because Ebay & Paypal are doing *their* best to make it so, but rather at the *complete* expense of the sellers. It is just wrong.

Rant over.
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EOS 5D Mk II, Sony NEX-6, Pentax 67II, Kiev-60, Hasselblad 203FE, 903SWC, Graflex Norita 66, Mamiya M645 1000s, Burke & James 8x10, Graflex Pacemaker Speed Graphic (4x5 and 3x4), Century Graphic (2x3), R.B. Graflex Seried D, Rolleiflex SL66E, Rolleiflex 2.8C Xenotar, Mamiya C330f, a few M42, six P6, three OM, four Hasselblad, two Pentax 67, two Mamiya 645, one Noritar, and a sprinkle of EF. Oh, and an Aero Ektar.

[Esox lucius]

As an eBay seller, you can never send anything uninsured. If you ship uninsured, sooner or later some scammer who knows eBay/PayPal policy will use the loophole to collect item and claim unreceived --> seller lose money and item. This means expensive shipping, something that automatically translates to low points in buyer feedback...

That's the best of cases, you lose only item and money. Worst of all, these scammers will leave you negative feedback, ruining (in my case) 8 years of flawless seller performance: I lose item, money and eBay reputation.

For a seller, eBay is so f****d up there is no reason for anyone to even consider selling there anymore - what a change for a service that used to pioneer social media and the benefits of online trading, without borders.

Greed, the cancer of today's World. For one fucking Nikon D70 worth 100 EUR - how low can you go?

[iangreenhalgh1]

I have had similarly bad experiences lately, I just wish there was an alternative for selling gear, I've been ripped off left right and centre and ebay does nothing to help sellers.
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'The question I would really consider (especially if an amateur and on a budget) is whether or not anyone (including yourself, of course) can tell the difference in any situation for which you will use the lens...and if they can, why are they burying their noses in your prints hard enough to tell the difference instead of responding to the prints emotionally and thinking about what they might mean?' - 2F/2F on apug.org

Digital: Sony NEX-3, Samsung NX100, Canon EOS 450d
35mm SLR: Konica FT-1, Konica FC-1, Konica Autoreflex T, Carena SRH760, Exakta RTL1000, Canon EOS 10qd
35mm VF: Olympus Stylus, Konica C35, Konica A4, Konica MG, Konica MT-9, Ricoh FF-9, Ricoh AF-80
35mm RF: Zorki 6, Kiev II, Kiev IV, Contax IIIa, CZJ Werra III,
Medium format: Franka Rolfix, Mess Ikonta 524/16, Voigtlander Bessa with Skopar 3.5/105, Voigtlander Bessa with Voigtar 3.5/105, Kiev 6C, Century Graphic 23, Ensign Selfix 820, Kershaw 450
MF lenses: Schneider Angulon 6.5/68, Componon-S 5.6/100, C-Claron 4.5/135, Xenar 3.5/105, Mamiya C 2.8/45, Mamiya 2.8/80, CZJ Flektogon 4/50, Biometar 2.8/80, Zodiac 3.5/30, Tominon 4.5/135, Pullin Pulnar 2.8/100
Large Format: Ernemann HEAG Series VII version II 9x12 with Kodak Anastigmat 6.3/170
Konica Hexanons 4/21, 2.8/24, 3.5/28, 2.8/35, 1.8/40, 1.4/50, 1.7/50, 1.8/50, 3.2/135, 3.5/135, 3.5/200, 4.5/300, 3.5-4.5/35-70, 4-4.6/28-135, 3.5/35-70, UC 3.5/45-100, 4/70-150, 4/65-135, UC 4/80-200. Hexars 3.5/28, 3.5/135, Konishiroku 2.8/35
Carl Zeiss Jena Flektogon 2.8/35, Skoparex 3.4/35, Tessar 2.8/50, Sonnar 1.5/50, Biotar 2/58, Pancolar 1.8/50, Cardinar 4/100, Zeiss-Opton Biogon 2.8/35
Meyer/Pentacons 2.8/28, Primagon 4.5/35, Trioplan 2.9/50, 1.8/50, 2.4/50, Primotar 3.5/50, Primotar 3.5/135
Topcon RE Auto Topcors 1.8/58, 3.5/135, 5.6/200
Russians: OKC1-18-1 2.8/18, OKC1-28-1 2.8/28, Jupiter-12 2.8/35, Jupiter-8 2/50, Industar-50 3.5/50, Industar-26M 2.8/50, Industar-22 3.5/50, Zenitar M2S 2/50, Helios-44-2, Jupiter-9 2/85, Jupiter-11 4/135, Tair-3C 4.5/300
Tokina 3.5/17, Nikon Auto Nikkor-N 2.8/24, Nikon Micro-Nikkor-P 3.5/55, Ross Xpress 3.5/4in, Ross Xpress 4/5in, Ross Xpress 4.5/8.5in, Wollensak APO-Raptar 10/541

[Esox lucius]

[Excalibur]

erm wouldn't be better if you just sell in your own country, although small countries may have a problem with the size of the buying public...for me I'd just sell in the UK even for a cheaper sale, at least the goods can't get lost in China or Russia or wherever, but would think forums are safest for buying/selling.
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Nikon L35ad, EM & N2000, Canon A1, AV1, T70 & T90, Centon K100, Minolta X-700, X-300, SRT101b and AFZ, Pentax S3, Praktica MTL3, MTL5 & BC1, Konica Autoreflex TC, FC-1, FT-1 & C35, Olympus Om20, Yashica T5D, Contax 139, Fuji STX-2, Bronica Etrs, Mamiya RB67 pro AND drum roll:- a Sony DSC-P92
.........past gear Tele Rollieflex and Rollei SL66.
Many lenses from crap to excellent.

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[Attila]

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