gyg wrote:
As a slight aside, and I'm not condoning such actions,but  why hasn't Dave had anyone go round his house and kick his head in?!
That might sound a little daft, but I'm pretty sure that if I had behaved so consistently badly, then I would have had people on my doorstep by now!!!

The problem is that he owns such an extensive property portfolio, it would be so difficult to pick the right house!

According to Gladys, the friendly clerk at the Fairview Park (Ohio) Post Office, as of May 14th there will be NO MORE m-bags AT ALL.

I asked her if they were simply changing the format or upping the price, and she insisted they were doing away with them ENTIRELY.

Hmmmmm.............

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:According to Gladys, the friendly clerk at the Fairview Park (Ohio) Post Office, as of May 14th there will be NO MORE m-bags AT ALL.

You should tell her to read her own web-site, then:

http://www.usps.com/ratecase/simplified ... _rates.htm

... especially the part down at the bottom that specifically says: "[M-bags] will continue to be offered in all retail locations."

Actually, I'm not that surprised by your post; in my experience, postal employees, frankly, do not keep up with their own rules and regulations. When I lived in Southern California, for example, I used to mail items at a number of different branches (this was before I printed all my postage), and I would get different answers to the same questions depending on which branch I was in. I just stopped asking questions; it seriously was not worth my time to debate a bunch of clowns about their policies.  

FormCritic wrote:
It's 90 days, Sardan, and then 90 more days to reply once a negative feedback has been posted.

Mark

Hmmmmm.  Against my better judgment I bought a couple of items from him.  He overcharged me on poastage and was very rude in his emails.  I had some fun with him and a few email responses but was going to wait 90 days then neg him.

Then I forgot.

Just checking one item was 5 February.  Checking with www.timeanddate.com 90 days expired yesterday yet I still seem able to leave feedback.

Not sure whether to bother now as he doesn't seem to be using this ID any longer.  Don't want to get negged back for little point.

smarmy1 wrote:Just lost an auction to the Coug  


** expired/removed eBay auction **


US bidders only.  

presumably (or maybe not!) he had already done the 'I am a blah titanium.. blah, friend in the states , blah they all hate me speech' and had permission to bid. It might be that he asked the question and the seller didn't have it displayed on the auction, as you don't have to. In fact if someone asks a question in one of my auctions I generally don't display it (2 exceptions - 1)_ if it's something pointed out that might be relevant to other bidders and 2) if it's funny!)

Either way, I'd shoot the seller an email both inquiring why a International bidder won the auction and letting them know not to ship any untrackable methods just to make sure.  

Aside, what exactly is Dave going to do with that lot?  I mean even if would get the cheapest shipping method available he is still looking at 5 used 2nd edition Lankhmar modules for over $30 total.    Unless that shipment gets lost, there is no way in hell he is making any money on that even with his outlandish shipping charges. Yeah Dave, 2 houses.....right.....

gyg wrote:
presumably (or maybe not!) he had already done the 'I am a blah titanium.. blah, friend in the states , blah they all hate me speech' and had permission to bid

No real loss.  I haven't even read the Lankhmar CA1 I bought a few weeks back.  The modules looked nice and clean and if the seller won't sell to the C-man, then maybe I'll get a second-chance offer.    

I console myself with the fact that if I had to lose in an auction, then I lost to the very best titanium coug on Ebay.    Since the auction said 'US bidders only', maybe he's on holiday with the Queen this week and having them shipped to W's place.  Do you think that's a confirmed address?

It only goes to show how bored I am at the moment really.

Seeing Xax's and BC's posts about the vast fortunes being made by Coug  I just went through his selling history for the past week.

(This is all vague ramblings - make of it what you will)

436 items - total selling price £670 (give or take a few pence)

about half were unsold so call it 215 lots of shipping at £5.00 a go  - total postage income £1075

Total income £1745

Now this is not too shabby if he has no costs whatsoever - but take off costs (I'm guessing a lot of this - too lazy to research properly)

436 items - at 10p each to list - £44
Final value ebay charges  - £40
Actual postage (he does buy some stamps!!)  £400
Cost to buy this stuff at £1 per item (humour me!) £436
Packaging supplies £1.20

Total overheads £921.20

Total weekly profit 823.80

Call it £850 * 52 weeks = £44200

Easily enough to buy 3 houses!!!


Bear in mind that most of the above is bollocks - I suggest his overheads are much higher, even with the missing m-bag scam. The postage must surely be a lot more and he presumably pays a decent amount of tax on that kind of income.

I've not included private sales or any other nonsense in this, as I say, take it on it's merits!

FWIW I think that he's probably got a fairly normal lifestyle - 1 house - 1 wife - 1 child etc  - I think he probably does tick over making a living with this stuff - it's just that all the '3 houses...band....born to DM...blah blah blah' is just Walter Mitty stuff.

Feel free to comment


(edit just relised 26/4-4/5 is a bit over a week - not making quite as much a year as I thought! (sorry))

Kingofpain89 wrote:
I am sure that a large chunk of those earnings goes towards things that any typical 700 lb. tub of lard needs:

1) Oversize clothing (made from Nomex...same stuff that hot-air balloons are made from)
2) Motorized wheelchair w/ annoying airhorn
3) In-House nurse that makes an extra bonus due to hazard pay (spongebaths)
4) Custom home - extra wide doors, escalator/elevator to upper floor, walk in refrigerator, reinforced everything, industrial strength pipes in all bathrooms, loading dock in back for all of the food deliveries.
5) Colostomy bag made from a tyvek/kevlar weave to prevent bursting due to intense pressures.
6) Lots of porn.

Ouch, I was thinking it, but you actually wrote it <wince>.