david whitfield <[email protected]> wrote:
I think I did reply to this in length, late last night, but will re address the points you out line, just to show i AM the honest traders here and NOT one of the idiots who ARE breaking ebay rules (please report them all ,then let ebay decide ?)  if i were sio bad how come I am still on  ebay after 7 years?  7300 ratings and 36,00 trasnactions?

I ask people before bidding , as I did you, if they will either ship to me in UK or via my USA mate.   Most are ok one way or another.   Glad your taking such an interest in my  bids, but like I say mosyt people just want a kind request and will allow me to bid.   some even let me pay for the items and ship them as per ebay contrcat, theres a novalty????

I only bid when I have requested permission, and had my name/ ID cleared on their exmpt bidders lists (why else would I?)  and I would not be even able to bid otherwise?  would I?

I love the way that the idiots have infected you with all their lies.  its just like reading their forums, did you cut & paste it direct?    or just regurgatate it?    i only use the FB boosters when I have idiots who leave -FB to redress the  balance.  Also it gives pages of things for the idiots to look at and concintrare on while I get on with my other businesses thagt as yet they dont even realise.  I laugh when i read their petty forums, the same 12 people patting each othetr on the back cos they stopped the very things i WANTED them to.   now ou as well, great.

I asked permission to bid, why else would I have done?

why dont you think you deserve -FB?    it wont effect a 0.1% on mine but think it will effect your greatly?    just gibe me one good reason why you dont deserveit?  IF that is ebay still allow you to stay on ebay and not NRU you for non selling seller?

 why even keep such an email ?  if not sent why not just delete it?

before you make yourself look even sillier may I remind you of the item details;

Post to: Worldwide

and the Q&A I asked and still appears on the screen;

  Thanks for your inquiry. And no, I don't worry about people who have nothing better to do than slander others on eBay - there can be some pretty competitive and MEAN people here in this venue. Although I would love to do business with you, the weight I have on this lot is 55 pounds - which translates to a MINIMUM of $110.00 US for shipping on this item - and that would be economy post, which would take 4-6 weeks to arrive. The methods I would PREFER to use actually cost over $170/US. So sadly, that would be cost-prohibitive and a hassle to us both. Best of luck with your online businesss - and thank you so much for your interest! Good luck in the future, Matt


pretty conclusive that you agreed to ship to me AND would ignore the idiots with nothing better to do?    think thats why ebay are still considering the non selling sellers NRU nothing to do with me now, entiriely up to them, well & you.

Ok, I'm going to try to appeal to your human side only once more.

In my REPLY to you I say :

"SO SADLY, THAT WOULD BE COST PROHIBITIVE AND A HASSLE TO US BOTH. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU, AND GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR AUCTIONS."

If I would have been blunt, it would have read - "Dude, I SAID no international bidders. So stuff your preferred M-Bags and go away."

In the auction itself - I say that due to the weight of the item, it is a US ONLY ITEM despite the fact that yes, I did not change the "default" option on my eBay template and it stayed "worldwide." Obviously, you SAW where I said US ONLY because you EMAILED FOR PERMISSION which I DENIED. Are you the ONLY one who reads kindness as the ability to be bullied?

Are you that vindictive that you want to attack me for not wanting to screw around with shipping internationally? Yes, 99% of the time I WILL ship internationally - but I specifically stipulated NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS ON THIS AUCTION due to the weight!!!!  I do not trust M-bag shipping, nor would I use it. If you do, that's great, but don't try to FORCE other people to utilize your methods. Again, your US buddy isn't even ATTACHED to your account - meaning he is NOT your "confirmed address" - so how would shipping to him alleviate (which means take care of) my concerns? You could still claim you didn't receive it, and all PayPal would show was that I shipped to somebody COMPLETELY DIFFERENT than the GUY WHO ACTUALLY PAID ME!

When I said I would ignore what people said, that was a courtesy to you as a seller. You seem to have "selectively" pulled what YOU want to see out of the email, and completely DISREGARDED everything else.

I think it speaks volumes to me about you and the way you do business. I offered - VERY NICELY - to just ignore the rumors and asked you politely not to bid. You bid anyway, and now you are bullying me, because you wanted my stuff and Center Stage Hobbies doesn't want to "play ball" with the big, tough UK Powerseller who loses M-bags approximately 5% of the time? Sure - I am certain you ask "permission" sometimes - but I know for a FACT that you disregard other people's descriptions, too. A friend of mine ONLINE who won an auction as a second chance bidder got a chance to win the item because the SELLER said COUGARRINARD disregarded his refusal to ship internationally and BID ANYWAY!

Get a life. I hope the people online who have seen through your garbage and bully tactics succeed in shutting you down. And BTW...some of these "others" whom you say are "idiots" are powersellers, as well. So don't think you are the online "Lord" of RPG games.

Rest assured that the number of people who see what you pull with other eBayers is growing....it's only a matter of time before buyers start to see your "mutual withdrawal tactics" and your strange "lost M-bags" - which, strangely enough, seem to come mainly from US sellers. I would imagine they already have. I've seen many occasions where items THEY can sell for $30 and UP go for less than $10 US when YOU are selling them. Who is the one who is being "affected?" We, as people who have had the misfortune of having to deal with you, are the ones who leave negatives. You retaliate, because yes, as eBay intends, the truth hurts.

Don't contact me again, but I would be happy to give you a well-deserved negative. If you decide we need to exchange negative feedback, let me know - at this point, at least YOU deserve it.

Look at the situation through a thinking person's eyes - understand you were wrong - and please drop this. I will not be responding again.

Matt
eBay CenterStageHobbies

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:This morning, the Britty Kitty replied to my attempt to be remotely decent.

i only use the FB boosters when I have idiots who leave -FB to redress the balance. Also it gives pages of things for the idiots to look at and concintrare on while I get on with my other businesses thagt as yet they dont even realise. I laugh when i read their petty forums, the same 12 people patting each othetr on the back cos they stopped the very things i WANTED them to. now ou as well, great.

please rememebr that I buy/ bid on sveral hundred auctions a week.
i cannot remember who had stipulations for what when, I go by a system that I have used for 7 years on ebay, if the item says worldwide it usually ok, if i ask and the seller says ok, then I usually assume its ok?  silly me?

I view things as thier worth + S&H = what I can afford to pay for them,  You loved quoting the H2 at me? well consider this i sell as much if not more direct to my retail customers for full OOP collectable prices, not the rubbish your new mates think the prices are worth.  I  got £50 for my last H2, which was why I diod not mind paying $24.  the one I sold for £4 was part of a huge lot, i could afford to take less on it,   I have bought two houses form D&D profits, I think I know what I am doing?

sorry but i did not read your email as you now implied, indead ebay did not either it seems?  

I even have agreed several times now to pay the price with your S&H.  and have suggested you top up the extra S&H over & above my M bags that tyou distrust even though you have never used them?   relying on the idiots lies again?

sorry if i dont reply to each & ever part of your emials, most of the time i am seathing that you can even listen to liars, and people with no ratings oiver my FB?

why say dont contact youagain when you send an email full of questions?

sorry i typed all this then got to the part (did not want to be accused of not replying again so workred through it this time?)

I fail to see how you can even say what you did?  there is no proof of anything any of the liatrs say, i have never dealt with any of them,  making their lies even more rediculous.  

yes i really deserve -FB dont I?  asked for a cheaper methord, was refused, so agreed to pay full amount?  what a nasty buyer.  I agree.  terrible a paying bidder?    but then i know a non selling seller, as do ebay

good luck with your short ebay career.  with attitrudes like that I am sure you will not last long,   nothing i need to do you 'll do it for yourself, listen to the idiots, they dont care how amny accounts they wreck as long as they get to me,  

dont reply , else i will why should you get the last word?    I want the auction i won fair & square, YOU are breaking the legally binding contract you agreed to by placing the item u[p for sale. remember that,  i have dont NOTHING wrong, and i hope that you report the emails to ebay as they are all auction interferance, and if you do not report them or take any notice of them you are also guilty.

Feedback information for item number:  
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Item title: HUGE AD&D Module and Hardcover Book Lot - VINTAGE

Item URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... 0106346448

Buyer: cougarrinard( 7363)  

Feedback you left:  HORRIBLE EXPERIENCE...Bids on US ONLY auctions despite being told NOT TO!!!

Reply left by cougarrinard: item states ships worldwide, Q&A states ok to UK, when won wont ship, AVOID WIPE

Followed up by centerstagehobbies: TYPE "COUGARRINARD" ON GOOGLE BEFORE YOU BID AND WATCH YOUR EYES POP OUT!!!!

Feedback you received:  item and Q&A states ships to UK, then wont, avoid this non selling seller, JOKE

Reply left by centerstagehobbies: Please read my item description - states US BIDDERS ONLY. Sad...very sad.

Followed up by cougarrinard: SHIPS WORLDWIDE, & Q&A es please bid fool has played into liars hands, weak wipe

Message from seller:  may as well have a laugh as you were expecting this? 100% to 99.2% LOL? i have reported you for so many things ebay may remove this B4 U can but i just wanted another legit way to contact U LOL  

Date/Time: 15-Apr-07 06:31:30 BST

Center_Stage_Hobbies wrote:I think he's raving because my response on his Feedback Profile was "Google Cougarrinard before you bid and watch your eyes pop out!!!"

I would like to have the feedback left on my profile by eBay user "cougarrinard" removed because it violates the eBay rules and regulations regarding abuse of feedback.During the process of my auction, Ebay#  
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, I was emailed by Mr Whitfield (cougarrinard), asking permission to bid on the auction, which clearly states in the AUCTION DESCRIPTION "NO INTERNATIONAL BIDDERS." If you read my reply to him, I attempted to be cordial, letting him know that I was sorry he was having difficulties with other eBayers, but I could not ship internationally as it was not cost-effective for either of us.Through repeated correspondence, which Mr. Whitfield said he has used for a complaint about ME, he insists that I said he COULD bid when it was clear he could not.Today, after more exasperating correspondence from "cougarrinard," I left a negative feedback saying he would not honor my auction terms and that communicating with him was a terrible experience.Since then, I have been harangued, reported to eBay, emailed on several occasions, and told that he would make sure "I am NRU" on eBay's system, as all "non-selling sellers" should be.Again, please refer to the terms of my auction - I am aware that I did NOT change the default setting on the auction template, which indicates "Shiping: Worldwide" - however, the auction states - in all capital letters, no less - no international shipping.That being said, how can someone who, based on my auction terms had no right to bid - leave me a retaliatory negative feedback?Please do not follow eBay UK's example, and cop-out because of my failure to change my template setting. It was clearly stated in the auction there would be no international bidders on THAT auction, and even my EMAIL to "cougarrinard" said the same thing! His email to me indicates that he even ASKED permission to bid, which in my response - clearly posted in the auction - I DENIED!!!Your prompt attention to this matter would be appreciated. I have heard from many people eBay will do nothing - but I am keeping my fingers crossed that you care enough about our selling community to deal with bullies like Mr. Whitfield (cougarrinard) appropriately.Respectfully,Matt