Thanks to everyone for replying to my Ebay inquiry. I've had good luck
with everything except one item that I never got or got my money back,
but it was only a $5 item so I can't complain too much. Thanks, Mike
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 18:22:59 -0400 "royscorrigan"
<rscorrigan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Wrong. But, I'd rather you read the 'Trust and Safety' board to see
> this.
> Offtimes this goes on a LOT longer than two screws. ::grin::
> Believe me.
> That's one of the reasons we exist on the volunteer side...to
> monitor just
> that type of activity. Ebay CAN be a safe place to trade.
> Unfortunately,
> that's not always the case. The biggest problem is the sheer size
> of eBay,
> and the fact that they cannot always police themselves due to that.
> Steven
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:owner-virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> Behalf Of DHEATH@xxxxxxxx
> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 5:50 PM
> To: virago@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: Ebay and Bikes
>
>
> I'd say that e-bay is fairly safe... if ya scr*w your
> buyers and you get more then 2 bad reports... E-Bay
> will ban you from their site... so it's a sort of a
> checks & balance, self controlling program...
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: The Trout in the Milk
>
> I got my Virago on an ebay auction last November. Actually I did
> everything wrong -- bought a bike from a brand new seller with zero
> feedback, no photos of the bike, minimal information on the
> description.
> But I paid $2000, plus shipping and tiedowns and soforth, and ended
> up
> with Jenny. She'd been in storage sevaeral months and needed a
> carb
> cleaning and new battery, so all in all I paid around $2600 for her,
> a
> 1995 Virago with 66,700 miles, a Mustang touring seat, and
> slash-cut
> Jardines. I figure I got a great deal!
>
> Trout
>
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