I have Cougarrinard blocked from bidding on anything I auction, and I will never bid on an item of his. If more did the same, perhaps we could retire this thread.

serleran wrote: I went to ebay.co.uk and ran a search for everything with TSR in it, under the roleplaying section, and like 500 items show up. Then, I go to the advanced search and exclude mister cougie... 5 items (yeah, a whole 5!) show up.

Are you sure that you aren't excluding more than you should?  That sounds impossibly low.



Do buyers and sellers in the UK prefer to use ebay.com instead of ebay.co.uk?

lawrenson wrote:I don't think many ppl put "TSR" in their Headers.

AD&D, D&D or Dungeons & Dragons, are more popular.

Cheers,
Malcolm

yeah i never search for TSR i have to say.

always AD&D or D&D etc

Al

Hi,

quite frankly, unless its a very rare or unusual item, it just isn't worth me listing stuff on Ebay.

I can get vastly more dosh taking the lot to shows and conventions, and tagging on to Mrs Malcolms card stall.

I get a minimum of £5.00 ($10) for any module unless its damaged. You don't have to sell much for it to add up. People don't mind paying a bit extra if they can see what they're getting, plus they don't have to pay postage.

Stuff on Ebay sells for peanuts, and I won't be party to the "Postage makes profit" mentality.

Cheers,
Malc

lawrenson wrote:Hi,

quite frankly, unless its a very rare or unusual item, it just isn't worth me listing stuff on Ebay.

I can get vastly more dosh taking the lot to shows and conventions, and tagging on to Mrs Malcolms card stall.

I get a minimum of £5.00 ($10) for any module unless its damaged. You don't have to sell much for it to add up. People don't mind paying a bit extra if they can see what they're getting, plus they don't have to pay postage.

Stuff on Ebay sells for peanuts, and I won't be party to the "Postage makes profit" mentality.

Cheers,
Malc

hey malc

i need to speak to you about this show thing as well.

Al

megnelwil wrote:From what I can gather this is probably the #1 resource on the Internet for early edition D&D. A treasure trove of information, well supported facts and advice, opinions etc. In other words, it's credibility is sky high. That is, until it comes to devoting entire threads to one particular seller, that's when the credibility takes a hit in my humble, newbie opinion.

And because you're a newbie, we'll give you the benefit of the doubt. If you wish to read the entire thread, and even go back to the Shady Dealers thread of old to find some Cougie nuggets, then still wish to five a high five to Cougar, at least you were informed.  It's very possible you simply aren't experienced enough in knowledge to realize the mound of evidence against Cougie on several fronts...all of which HAS HAPPENED...not simple speculation.  Some of the documented examples:

1.  Leaving negative feedback for a positive (documented above)

2.  Harassing buyers mercilessly for positive feedback...to be left first, you understand, before Cougie leaves any.

3.  Bidding on auctions that clearly state "US Only"

4.  After winning the auctions, badgering the seller into accepting his winning bid, even though it was clearly stated the seller wasn't selling outside the US, by threatening to report them to Ebay;

5.  Badgering US sellers into sending items via M-Bag, an untraceable and unreliable method of overseas shipping;

6.  Saying the items "never arrrived", yet months later the exact same items turn up for sale in his ebay store;

7.  Then charging back the paypal payments on the "lost" items, allowing Cougie to keep the items AND pocket his money;

8. Not replying to queries about postage, then overcharging excessively when the item is won;

9. Holding private auctions for photocopies of rare RPG items;

10.  Shipping items that are missing maps, cards, tokens, pieces or other necessary items, then blaming the buyer that he/she didn't SPECIFICALLY ask whether the items were included (despite in many cases being essential to the play/worth of the item);

11. Listing every single item he sells as "VGC", for the purpose of disguising incomplete or damaged items with an innocuous grading term;

12.  Selling homemade clay and playdoh figures as "miniatures";

13.  Starting a second EBay name to sell RPGS under, specifically for the purpose of hiding out for awhile as negs were piling up on the Cougarrinard Ebay name, then abruptly abandoning the name and making the feedback private when the ruse got too public and the new name started accumulating negs (thus the name of the thread)...

14.  Accumulating "mutual withdrawls" at an incredible rate, as he uses the Ebay system to neg any opposition then badger them into the MW so as to protect both their feedback (his 65+MDs are quite a large amount if you survey any other comperable Ebay RPG sellers);

15.  Filing a NPB on anyone who has left him a negative, WHEN HE HAS BEEN PAID, thus allowing Ebay to "cancel" the neg, after which Cougie then cancels the NPB notice so as not to face retaliation from Ebay for illegally filing a report;

16.  Has shown incredible contempt and hatred to this forum, one in which you think the "credibility is sky high", by dismissing it's members and research in his About Me page for several years (his inarticulate diatribe has recently been removed);

17.  Unlike other Ebay members, has refused to ever come on the site and defend or explain his actions, instead has silently and secretly trolled the forum under an assumed name, cowardly reacting to postings here through his About Me page instead of believing in himself and his business enough to reply face to face to criticism;

18. Declared at one point he was a "Titanium Power Seller", terms of which at the time were FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS A MONTH, which would mean Cougie was making $600,000 dollars a year on RPG selling...part of a sleazy pattern of lying that permeates everything he says or does (many other lies and falsehoods reported on his ABout Me page through the years too numerous to mention..);

19  Engages in "Feedback Purchasing" regularly when his feedback falls below a certain level, or his negs pile up, which is in clear violation of Ebay policies;

20.  Attempting to "corner the market" on certain ebay items, specifically his campaign to buy every H1 being offered at an inflated price, only to turn around and list them at an even MORE inflated price in his store (while this endeavor did fail miserably, and it is not illegal to do so, it IS quite in bad taste to greedily drive the price up of a particular item in hopes of both making an excessive profit and keeping the items out of the hands of legitimate collectors...

I could go on...and on...but these were just off the TOP OF MY HEAD..and I'm sure Ive forgotten some classic Cougie bon mots over the years, there have been so many (notice I didn't even note his inarticulate, misspelled rambles.....I have always had the theory he's dyslexic, which is unfortunate and probably he can't do anything about..or the allegations of shilling, which he almost certainly does yet has never been proven)  With this mound of evidence, I personally feel I would NOT be doing a service to the hobby and business I love if I DIDNT make this information public...which, BTW, leads to dozens of newbies like yourself every year thanking the members of this forum profusely for warning them about Cougie and his tactics before they become a victim.  
 I would personally wonder about the credibility of someone who PRAISED Cougie..for, as the gone and not-lamented Danteisevil proved, they are often merely a sock puppet of the Evil Cougie Empire.  
 But as always, YMMV.  I hope you yourself never face a problem with him, because he will steam roll you like he does dozens of others when he wants to get his way.....

Mike B.

megnelwil wrote:From what I can gather this is probably the #1 resource on the Internet for early edition D&D. A treasure trove of information, well supported facts and advice, opinions etc. In other words, it's credibility is sky high. That is, until it comes to devoting entire threads to one particular seller, that's when the credibility takes a hit in my humble, newbie opinion.

Hi,

were you the bloke my Missus (Karen from House Atreides) was talking to at Game07?

Cheers,
malc

She had a talk with someone who was enquiring why everyone on the Acaeum picked on Cougie.

She soon explained things...  

Cheers,
Malc

Kosh Vorlontay wrote:He is doing it again.

In this auction he asked this seller if he could bid and the seller said no, US and Canada only:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


and then wins  this from the same seller:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


I think I'll educate another of the "unfortunate"

I sent him a query through the above auction that the coug won of his, this is what I sent him:

In the following auction, the buyer asked if he could bid and you said no, US and Canada only:


** expired/removed eBay auction **


He then proceed to bid anyway on your auctions and wins this current auction from you.

I am contacting you to let you know that this individual has certain "practices and tactics" that I think you might need to be made aware of.

For information please go to this website:  

viewforum.php?f=1  

and type in his ebay handle in the search pattern and read about him. It is very "enlightening" and might save you alot of grief and money.