Re: Don't buy into pre-orders for Apple II products

["Apple2Steward" <none@none.net>]

Conrad wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> I have just been waiting for some information from eBay and I 
> don't
> think it will be realistically possible for me to sell my items
> there, so it will have to be through forums only. Since I have 
> never
> sold an item on eBay before, they will hold the funds for some 
> period
> of time after the sale, which is their anti-fraud policy 
> apparently.
> Seeing as this would just create another huge delay, I think we 
> can
> all agree that selling on a forum is probably the way to go.
>

Once again, Conrad, you disseminate vagueness.

The actual ebay policy is as follows:

http://pages.ebay.com/help/pay/payment_unavailable.html

First of all, why are you "waiting for . . . information from 
ebay" - isn't it available on their website?  Probably the same 
reason why you are still waiting for your "friends" in China to 
send you an amended bill of lading.  Oh, wait a minute, it's not 
a bill of lading, it's mysterious "paperwork."  Or the same 
reason why you maintained that it took a ship 57 days to transit 
from China to Vancouver.

On 4/17, the problem was that someone misspelled your name on 
"some paperwork."  Now you're "waiting for . . .information from 
ebay."

And the only sales venue that would actually afford a buyer some 
protection, you can't use because it would create a "huge delay."

Amazing!