ATOM wrote:Well spotted guys but this looks like it was organised by Cougy as his pathetic attempt to show he can still win large auctions.He was seriously disgruntled about missing out on that last bulk buy because of his sordid past.This guy is obviously Cougys american connection.He won the items
off Grafxfx about a week ago.Now he is selling them on specifically for
Cougy with an extra £70 added for postage and handling.I am sure the
transaction will be just fine and the seller/accomplice will be harping on
about how safe M-Bags are and people should use it with assurance.He He

He is showing us all that he can still win American Bulk Auctions, and thereby still get past the Cougy blockade.

Also be advised anyone who sent warning emails will most probably have them forwarded to Cougy and then to the ebay complaints department.
This my friends is a Cougy sting operation.(despite the fact that we are just doing a public service)

ATOM wrote:Anybody care to work out how profitable all this has actually been for Cougy?The items do appear to be in excellent condition.How much will he actually make on this lot?...heres hoping it gets lost at sea!

schief wrote:Ye gods.


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FormCritic wrote:I would advise Acaeum members to be circumspect in what they say to a seller in an auction like the one by Center_Stage_Hobbies.

Confine yourselves to purely factual statements.

Cougarrinard is clearly fustrated with people pointing out his reputation to large lot sellers.  

He has loosed a lot of bluster about wanting copies of Ebay communications to "report to Ebay."  

Make sure what you point out is totally accurate so he has no ammo with which to actually retaliate.

Mark  

Deadlord39 wrote:what else can i do?

Traveller wrote:Doesn't this transaction violate ebay rules in some way?  I know that bidding can be limited based upon feedback, but can a seller limit bidding to only one person?

danteisevil wrote:I want to thank you for your concern. I was reading this fourm. It does worry me. I sent everything via mbag on Friday. I tried signing up on the forums to post my response but the confirmation email has not come  through yet. I hope everything works out well.

 First of all, I want to say that you all know that this auction isn't any of your business. I do want to thank you all for your concerns. However, I want to clear up a few things. I have no previous relations with this buyer and all of the comments on this board are far from the truth. The buyer has excellent feedback and the sale worked out for both of us. I have a friend who is very interested in d & d and originally this set was for him. The friend didn't have an ebay account but I did, so I won the auction for him. Unfortunately, my friend did not have the funds at the time and I cannot sit on that price for more than a week without pay. The seller that I won the item from informed me that another buyer tried to get in on  the auction but the timing didn't work out. He asked me if I was willing to speak  to the buyer.
Everything was negotiated with the buyer and I setup a private auction for the buyer. But, I want to clear this up when I read about something I did on these forums. It does disturb me quite a bit. I needed to turn this item over quick and everything seemed to workout. I made a quick turnover for what I wanted and my friend didn't have the money on hand anyway so I didnn't want to sit on this bill. The ebay user had excellent pay time and everything worked out. I read some of the previous responses on this board and they are all wrong. This is the first time I have sent anything to the uk and probably the last. I only stumbled upon this auction for a friend and nothing more. Now I have a sad friend and a little money in my pocket. And to me, the buyer would make use of this collection much  more than I can, seeing that he is a collector. My friend is a big collector as well but doesn't deal with ebay. The sad thing is that he didn't get what  he wanted. Now he will probably have to pay even more to get something close  to this auction.
To address some of the comments. This is not a conspiracy or a contact of this ebay buyer. I have bought a total of about 5 things on ebay in years and the only reason this was bought originally was for a friend. You all can say what you want and come up with any ideas you have but I assure you everything was done under ebay rules. - Danteisevil

Thank you all for your concern and I will keep reading on this thread as time goes by.  I do apologise for my slow ebay response as I don't use ebay very much. I do thank you for making me aware of what I am getting into. Is there anything anyone can do about this in case the charge did happen in the future? I am not assuming it will but if it does what are the options?

danteisevil wrote:All in all, I think it is just a big misunderstanding.

Understandable to the above post. I seriously needed to turn this over quickly so that I could get that charge off my credit card.  If the buyer makes more money, then he worked harder than I did for it. Personally, what the buyer makes off of it and what I wanted for it, were fair in my eyes. It isn't my concern what the buyer makes off of it. I don't deal on ebay much and I am not in it for a profit. This was more to not pay interest on a cc this month due to helping a friend.  I don't feel that I was 'had' in any way. Everything went very smoothly and from what I know of the buyer, he was very polite, straight to the point, and helpful.



I take no offense. No worries!