jasonw1239 wrote:That is an extremely polite way of saying that it reeks that somebody would sign up to The Acaeum and for their first posts start defending a shady dealer. JasonW
Kingofpain89 wrote:Why bother?
GraysonAC wrote:If someone's dumb enough to think they're going to make any difference by defending such an obvious pile of crap, then I guess they're dumb enough to think that posting in that thread will lend them credibility.
bclarkie wrote:Oh don't worry about it. The point is moot now:Myspace
GraysonAC wrote:Want to know how many have been lost?0.The only items I've ever lost were to Brazil and Italy, ever. That's in around 3 years of shipping. The vast majority of folks here have exactly the same experience.
Want to know how many have been lost? 0. The only items I've ever lost were to Brazil and Italy, ever. That's in around 3 years of shipping. The vast majority of folks here have exactly the same experience.
Xaxaxe wrote:True dat. I've had one item go missing since the summer of 1998, and (as I've mentioned elsewhere) I have reason to believe that that particular buyer was actually lying.+++++edited to change "1978" to "1998." I don't remember being on eBay in 1978 ...
What's the issue here?
Xaxaxe wrote:I'm confused, BC ... could you give us slower folks a quick recap? What's the issue here?Man, I don't know how you keep all this stuff straight, either ...
bclarkie wrote:Oh and for reference here is the TFM flameout:Lessons learned. Foul, Please lock this thread :)
I don't want to get too involved with this subject, but I hope I have the respect of everyone here, so they they will listen when I say that this is NOT a big deal. First off, tfm is a very good friend of mine - I vouch 100% for his character and integrity. Secondly - he was the first to find the James Binks auctions and made an offer on everything before anyone had placed a bid. tfm has told me (and I believe) that he would never offer a "Buy Out" price on auctions with bids on them. Of course, the morality of this has been debated at length on these boards, but I suspect that almost every one of us has made an off-ebay Buy it Now offer for items at one time or another. Keeping this in mind - I don't know exactly what the offered price was . . . but in view of tfm's track record, I suspect that it was more than the seller was likely to get . . . . or, at least, equal. In any case, James accepted the offer, cancelled bids (which came later in the day) and . . . there you go. So there is nothing Shady going on here . . . unless you think that making a private offer on ebay items with no bids is Shady. If you do, then I think that 90% of the Acaeum can be put on this thread. You can start with my name. (For what it's worth, tfm has been completely absent from the Acaeum since he left and has never checked back in. And, he also wasn't trying to "sneak" them in and was aware that listing them would cause a ruckus.)