Deadlord39 wrote:Neg time.
MShipley88 wrote:Turns out the seller was out of the country over the past couple of weeks. In other words, he hadn't seen my Ebay message to him, and sending him the link was a needlessly petty thing to do.It seems I have lost perspective.
killjoy32 wrote:hey mark, youre not a mind-reader mate. whatever his circumstances are, you were not to know.it is a common thing where sellers reply very slowly or not at all, so you take a view that a delay in replying is one of them options.if the guy has any nouse about it, the situation can still be fixed, all can still be happy with the transaction and a possible future sale again would still be there due to the nature of settling a current issue.why have you lost perspective? i would have prb done exactly the same and that was echoed by others here chummer.Al
MShipley88 wrote:As it is, he has been pretty cool about the whole matter. Hopefully, he'll join the Acaeum and jump in on this thread to explain his side of things. I hope he chooses to stick around and join these posts because he seems like a pretty good guy.
MShipley88 wrote:improvstone wrote:MarkCan you clarify. Is the handling cost in addition to the cost generated by the shipping calculator or is your total cost the same as the shipping calculator? Yes....or rather, No: There is no mention of a "handling fee" in the text of the auction or in the postage calculator. It was attached entirely after the fact.Mark
improvstone wrote:MarkCan you clarify. Is the handling cost in addition to the cost generated by the shipping calculator or is your total cost the same as the shipping calculator?
MShipley88 wrote:Just a follow-up for anyone interested: All The Worlds Monsters II arrived two days ago. (Sigh ) It was saddle stitched, and not perfect bound as the seller had said.
You're being more than fair, Mark. Being an "industry figure" does not grant a license to post inaccurate listings or to randomly add handling charges ex post facto.
And it's even better that those of us who actually took the time to give you our honest, non-PC thoughts are going to look like complete dickheads now that you've thoughtfully provided the target of YOUR original problem with a link here. Lesson learned, I guess: providing an honest answer will get you burned every time.
Xaxaxe wrote:One last thought: if this had been anybody who wasn't an "industry figure," we would have had him on the Shady Dealer and/or Laughable Description threads and we would have been mocking him without mercy.
Mars wrote:Yes this is okay according to Ebay. The only complaint you might get is that $10 is excessive. You will notice that on the auction page where shipping is listed, the word HANDLING is not mentioned. It only says SHIPPING COST. Handling is something that the seller can determine after the auction has finished and then add it in to the additional fees box on the Ebay checkout.
Xaxaxe wrote:I can think of at least 15 members here who are currently drooling and hoping to hear some old late 70s-early 80s "war stories."