Selling, maybe

...is your leap from "my brother sent money to a random person" to "eBay isn't a safe or secure place to do business".

I never said E-bay was "not a safe or secure place to do business". I said *I* don't trust it. That's my personal opinion, nothing else.

No-one here cares one jot whether you become an eBay Power Seller or whether you never log on to the thing in your life. It's your unsubstantiated assertions about safety and security (based on the fact that your brother was a plank) that are being challenged.

Having had no knowledge of e-bay and it's practices (other than it being an auction online service), up until this thread, I had no idea checks or cash were discouraged. so how was I to know he was stupid? I didn't until I asked him again, and he explained it better. Not everyone grew up in the electronic age. My dad still won't have a credit card, for example.

Done here, nothing to see.

Brenda
(Still trying to figure out how this started with Star Wars and wound up the Battle of e-Bay ;) Hehe!)

Post #207,707 by Nightowl 5/16/05 4:55:17 PM Reply	Selling, maybe Buying is another. My brother sent a large amount of money to get a particular piece of sound equipment. It wasn't ever shipped and the guy skipped out. He never was able to find him and counted it a loss. I don't believe anything is without risk, anyway. Besides, I hate auctions. I just want to know the price and then pay it, not bid on stuff. So if you're trying to sell me on E-bay, you might as well try selling me on AOL. You'll get the same results. ;) Brenda "The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
Post #207,737 by jbrabeck 5/16/05 6:47:55 PM Reply	He sent money? Cash, Check, money order? Use Paypal or CC. Seller who won't take PP or CC doesn't deserve business. A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #207,741 by bepatient 5/16/05 7:03:26 PM Reply	Cash or Equivalent? They your brother made a mistake. An expensive one. Never give cash or equivalent ANYWHERE without having goods in hand. This is not specific to online transactions. eBay tells you this. Common sense tells you this. If you push something hard enough, it will fall over. _{Fudd's First Law of Opposition} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #207,763 by Nightowl 5/17/05 12:11:42 AM Reply	Yep, he made a mistake He admitted it. And he's learned from it. I don't know how he pays now, but it's not like that. Look you all can have your e-bay and love it and use it all you want. It's just not my thing. :) Brenda "The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
Post #207,767 by pwhysall 5/17/05 1:18:49 AM Reply	What's annoying... ...is your leap from "my brother sent money to a random person" to "eBay isn't a safe or secure place to do business". No-one here cares one jot whether you become an eBay Power Seller or whether you never log on to the thing in your life. It's your unsubstantiated assertions about safety and security (based on the fact that your brother was a plank) that are being challenged. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #207,784 by jbrabeck 5/17/05 7:32:43 AM 5/17/05 10:18:09 AM Reply	Kinda like I went shopping at Walmart (everyone recognizes that name) and someone stole my wallet. Therefore, Walmart is not a safe place to shop... edt: oops.. fat fingers in the morning... A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!" Edited by jbrabeck May 17, 2005, 10:18:09 AM EDT Expand All History
Post #207,786 by pwhysall 5/17/05 7:39:20 AM Reply	Eggzackly. Peter [link\|http://www.ubuntulinux.org\|Ubuntu Linux] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home] Use P2P for legitimate purposes!
Post #207,792 by CRConrad 5/17/05 9:47:03 AM Reply	It's quite thyme, though. And rather rosemary. HTH! :-)
Post #207,793 by jbrabeck 5/17/05 10:19:19 AM Reply	Didn't know what you were talking about until I reread my post. Blurred eyes and fat fingers first thing in the morning. :-) A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #207,852 by CRConrad 5/17/05 4:45:58 PM Reply	But now you've orphaned my half of Scarborough Fair! :-) Yeah, I knew that was rather cryptic; it was supposed to be. That's what I call humour... Idunno, sometimes I have the tiniest twinge of suspicion that maybe my sense thereof is ever so slightly weird... Naah, can't be! :-) [link\|mailto:MyUserId@MyISP.CountryCode\|Christian R. Conrad] (I live in Finland, and my e-mail in-box is at the Saunalahti company.) Your lies are of Microsoftian Scale and boring to boot. Your 'depression' may be the closest you ever come to recognizing truth: you have no 'inferiority complex', you are inferior - and something inside you recognizes this. - [link\|http://z.iwethey.org/forums/render/content/show?contentid=71575\|Ashton Brown]
Post #207,855 by Another Scott 5/17/05 5:02:27 PM Reply	:-)
Post #207,859 by jbrabeck 5/17/05 5:36:06 PM Reply	Partly sage ... Ok, now it's unorphaned. :-) A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #207,860 by Ashton 5/17/05 5:38:37 PM Reply	Nahhh.. yer just good at parsleying the doggerel here :-\ufffd
Post #207,891 by Nightowl 5/17/05 10:12:12 PM Reply	Re: It's quite thyme, though. And rather rosemary. HTH! :-) Actually, Rosemary is my sister. :) Brenda "The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr
Post #207,892 by Nightowl 5/17/05 10:15:08 PM 5/17/05 10:19:37 PM Reply	Re: What's annoying... ...is your leap from "my brother sent money to a random person" to "eBay isn't a safe or secure place to do business". I never said E-bay was "not a safe or secure place to do business". I said I don't trust it. That's my personal opinion, nothing else. No-one here cares one jot whether you become an eBay Power Seller or whether you never log on to the thing in your life. It's your unsubstantiated assertions about safety and security (based on the fact that your brother was a plank) that are being challenged. Having had no knowledge of e-bay and it's practices (other than it being an auction online service), up until this thread, I had no idea checks or cash were discouraged. so how was I to know he was stupid? I didn't until I asked him again, and he explained it better. Not everyone grew up in the electronic age. My dad still won't have a credit card, for example. Done here, nothing to see. Brenda (Still trying to figure out how this started with Star Wars and wound up the Battle of e-Bay ;) Hehe!) "The people of the world having once been deceived, suspect deceit in truth itself." -- Hitopadesa 600?-1100? AD, Sanskrit Fable From Panchatantr Edited by Nightowl May 17, 2005, 10:17:00 PM EDT Edited by Nightowl May 17, 2005, 10:18:42 PM EDT Edited by Nightowl May 17, 2005, 10:19:37 PM EDT Expand All History
Post #207,965 by jb4 5/18/05 11:47:49 AM Reply	Suggestion... (new thread) Created as new thread #207964 titled [link\|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=207964\|Suggestion...] jb4 shrub\ufffdbish (Am., from shrub* + rubbish, after the derisive name for America's 43 president; 2003) n. 1. a form of nonsensical political doubletalk wherein the speaker attempts to defend the indefensible by lying, obfuscation, or otherwise misstating the facts; GIBBERISH. 2. any of a collection of utterances from America's putative 43rd president. cf.* BULLSHIT

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