Ha! Ha! Coogie! Another WIN! WIN! WIN! for us! LOOSE! LOOSE! LOOSE for you! Reap the whirlwind my fat little friend!  

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"i would like to piont out that you are zero rated, and cannot persume t otell me a 7,071 rated powerseller on over 35,000 trasnactions how to run my busines that been on ebay for 7 years and in  total 30 years worth of experience?" The Coogster!

am this highly rated proffessional seller the laregst in the Uk for a reason,  i know what I am doing.

"you are a good reason why i block most new sellers, please do not be any more trouble, I see no reson for further contcat other than an apology, and payment, in 6 days i will process npb , strike, -FB,  and seek you as NRU" The Coogster!

Interesting...on toolhaus.org he used my id from here as aa signature for some feedback he left gwvamp666:

Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:22):
if buyer dont reply to NPA dispute ebay remove FB even if +FB ~Kosh Vorlontay
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 TSR AD&D 2.5E ROAD TO DANGER 11376 FROM DUNGEON MAGS (#120139772421) GBP 0.99 View Item
 Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:23):
dispute timed out I requested buyer to reply many times +FB removed ~Kosh Vorlon
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 D&D 3E 3.5E D20 PTOLUS PLAYERS GUIDE MONTE COOK WW16116 (#120139760276) GBP 0.99 View Item
 Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:23):
if I had removed the alert sans reply it would be removed I tried ~ Kosh Vorlont
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ATOM wrote:
This was taken from Coogies response to my query about excessive postal rates! About six months ago. He then decided not to send me the items, kept the money, blamed the postal services (again) for misplacing the goods. When i queried he blocked me, then i left negs, he responded in kind and as usual filed a non paying bidder complaint.(Despite the fact i paid with pay-pal). He also got me banned for auction interferance despite no proof and the fact at the time i did nothing except complain about non delivery! The final insult was the fact that he resold the items i had won two weeks later to someone else.(three items were quite specific like water damaged mods and Monsterous Compendium with various sections missing etc. Shrink wrapped Firestorm peaks mod.The Asshole even left the same listing codes? And despite being reported E-Bay just let it go?

This has been said before, but Coug has GOT to have some inside help.  The fact that he does a lot of business with Ebay doesn't seem to explain everything he gets away with.   And if he does have inside help, there's not a lot we can do but hope his inside help takes a long vacation or has an extended leave of absence or switches jobs or caves in.  

Not that I am giving up hope our efforts pay off eventually.  As I have said recently, I suspect he's beginning to run low on stock.  And if he runs out of stock, his sales of S&H lag and then he's really vulnerable.

Kosh Vorlontay wrote:Interesting...on toolhaus.org he used my id from here as aa signature for some feedback he left gwvamp666:

Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:22):
if buyer dont reply to NPA dispute ebay remove FB even if +FB ~Kosh Vorlontay
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 TSR AD&D 2.5E ROAD TO DANGER 11376 FROM DUNGEON MAGS (#120139772421) GBP 0.99 View Item
 Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:23):
dispute timed out I requested buyer to reply many times +FB removed ~Kosh Vorlon
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 D&D 3E 3.5E D20 PTOLUS PLAYERS GUIDE MONTE COOK WW16116 (#120139760276) GBP 0.99 View Item
 Excellent ebayer. Item as described. Would recommend. A+++ Buyer: gwvamp666 ( 482)  Sep-14-07 14:59
Reply by cougarrinard (Sep-16-07 10:23):
if I had removed the alert sans reply it would be removed I tried ~ Kosh Vorlont
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I don't get it...Cougie is having POSITIVE feedback removed?  That's nuts.  Way to go, champ.

Mike B.

Advising a seller to read an Ebay member's feedback seems like a completely legitimate thing to do.

The record is public...posted in public.

Something like..."Hey!  Read this guy's feedback!"  How could that be wrong or unethical?

That might be me, I believe. I send out warnings regularly.

Awwww he likes you !

Welcome oncebitten!  You have come to a good place of people who love to game, collect games and promote positive gaming among other pursuits.  You'll get a variety of advice here, but I suspect most of it will be good.  If nothing else, you definitely will find a bunch of people whom sympathize and empathize with you.  I myself have been a victim of Coug's shenanigans, and have tried to be helpful with people like you in similar straits.

You have basically three avenues before you.  You can give positive feedback, negative feedback or none.  Let me say straight away that many people here view negative feedback from Coug as a badge of honor.  Unfortunately, I was not aware of this community when I was going through my travails, so I simply clammed up and ignored all his BS and rode it out.  

Giving positive feedback holds the least advantage for you since he does have a reputation for giving negative feedback after others have given positive feedback.  And since Dave is known for browsing this forum, once he sees your post, you stand an excellent chance of receiving negative feedback no matter what.  I recommend against that route.

You can also report all of this to Ebay, but our collective experience is that Ebay appears to ignore his problems and put the blame on the person reporting.  It is also our typical experience that Ebay usually talks big and does nothing.  I therefore recommend you report all of this to Ebay and hope for the best.  Several folks suspect Coug has an inside man protecting him. Still, this holds few disadvantages for you and some possible gains.   I recommend reporting him.

If or when you report this to Ebay, present it like a lawyer.  Have a neutral party review your presentation and make sure it contains all the facts and little to no emotional content.  You likely have a worthwhile case, but the method of presentation is as important as the case.  If you would like one of us to review your presentation, I'm sure several of us can help.

If you give him negative feedback, make sure you give legal negative feedback.  In other words, make sure there are no web-links present and such.  I know it's a real pain to read this whole thread, but you can learn a lot about what works and what hasn't worked.  Coug knows lots of tricks to get it removed.

I also recommend you no longer communicate with Coug.  The more "rope" you give him, the more he has to hang you.  Save all communication from Coug.  The more "rope" you have, the more you can use to hang him.  He tries to goad and bully.  Do not take the bait.  He has been called a lot of nasty names so he's probably heard them all.  The only "name" that appears to really hurt him is with negative feedback.

One thing you may be experiencing is that you have never had negative feedback before.  Don't worry about it.  Every reasonable person realizes there are problems and problem people.  Frankly, I wonder about people with perfect feedback; do they have a spine?  Or another way to think about it is this way: Is the better measure of a person who their friends are or who their enemies are?  All great people in life had enemies.

Finally, add Coug to your blocked list of bidders.  Don't allow him to enter your life again.

Thanks again for trusting us.  I hope this helps!

And he's about to win a decent-looking copy of Wild Things!




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