ebay seller sonicadvantage

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p>Sent Robert Patton (sonicadvantage) the following email on a raw T206:<br />"Do you guarantee the card has not been trimmed and altered?"<br /><br />his response:<br />"Please don't buy from me with questions like that."<br /><br />then a follow up email from him letting me know he blocked me from his listings.<br /><br />I should have known not even to bother since he has over 1000 transactions and a 98.4% rating. Thought others would like to know.

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Posted By: <b>CN</b><p>Thanks for the heads up I was looking at a few items of his but now I will pass. CN

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Posted By: <b>Jeff Lichtman</b><p>Matt -- with an answer like that, what WOULD be an appropriate question?

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Posted By: <b>barrysloate</b><p>Anyone that defensive probably has something to hide.

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Posted By: <b>Bernie</b><p>He has "new lower shipping rate" as well ... all the way down to $7.50. Guy is a ripoff.<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Zinn</b><p>$7.50 for a $15.00 very possibly trimmed card.<br /><br />Hope the a$$hole reads this.

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Posted By: <b>Matt E.</b><p>nevermind.......

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Posted By: <b>Mike</b><p>Another sad experience with the same seller (sonicadvantage) ... just for the record. I asked (via eBay - "question about shipping for this item")<br /><br />I am looking at the Leach - nice card! If I win it, can I have it shipped US mail at a traditional rate, rather than UPS Ground? Thanks for offering the card for purchase.<br /><br />The <b>way</b> over the top (IMO) response - sent to my email directly, and <b>not</b> to my ebay Messages...<br /><br />-------<br /><br />Like stick it in an envelope and stick a stamp on it? Priority is well over 5.00. Parcel post is thrown on the porch and has no proof of ever existing. Insurance is a joke and can take 2 months to recoup lost funds. <br /><br />Is a 2.00 increase from a 5.00 charge to a 7.00 package really not worth all the time and effort you put into your collection. My grandfather and father spent their entire life on this collection. Have you seen those itiots at the post office? I wouldnt trust them with something I bought at wal-mart moreless something we have been protecting for nearly 100 years in my family. <br /><br />Sorry for the inconvienence but I pay a minimum of 7.05 to ups and pay my kids 1.00 per package towards thier allowance for liquidating thier inheratence towards their college fund. If you want to dis' my 8 and 2 year old that's not right. <br /><br />-------<br /><br />I didn't have the heart to ask what his grandfather and father would think about how he respected their "lifetime of efforts" with regards to his upbringing.<br /><br />It going for a whopping $0.99 ... glad to know, though, that the card is "unmolested"... Classic. <br /><br /><a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150236797619" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150236797619</a>

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Posted By: <b>Jodi Birkholm</b><p>There's no word more professional than the Ebonically-derived "dis". I would be careful of asking any more questions. It sounds like somebody is ready to "bust a cap in your a$$".<br /><br />I think the most stellar part of his response is the mis-spelling of the word "idiot"!!!<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>brianp</b><p>Things get a little muddied by the end of this gentleman's rant. But if I understand correctly, this man has his two year old to help package the cards--it's part of how he makes his allowance. How dare we dis' this man's hard workin' two year old!<br /><br />Brian

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Posted By: <b>Mark Steinberg</b><p>To the two posts directly above, summarizing the seller's mindless rant... sheer genius! That "ebonically derived dis" comment will likely be the best laugh I have today... <br /><br />Amazing how some people trying to actually sell things are dumb enough to bite the hand that feeds them. Hope everyone here resists any temptation to bid on this person's offerings.

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Posted By: <b>J Levine</b><p>I also like how he has a restocking fee for a collection that was put together by his grandfather...priceless.<br /><br />Joshua

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Posted By: <b>Vanessa Phipps</b><p>I sent him the same question that Matt sent him and he responded with this: Do you think if I were to trim it I would make rounded corners and crooked centering? The 100s of buyers haven’t complained yet and they have 15 times the feedback you do and sell cards for a living. <br />I love pissing these peopl off.<br />

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Posted By: <b>B.C.Daniels</b><p>can you teach a guy like this to write in English or is he too far gone?<br><br>BcD <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p>Now, he's selling a bunch of these as t205's<br /><br /><a href="http://tinyurl.com/5myu8e" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/5myu8e</a>

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Posted By: <b>Matt</b><p><img src="http://vbbc.forumotion.com/users/17/23/61/smiles/449324.gif">

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Posted By: <b>Craig W</b><p>Notice that for the T205's it's ok to "dis" his kids with $5.60 US Postal Service Priority Mail! <br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Sean</b><p>I e-mailed him last night about the "T205's" and he wrote back this morning and he seemed civilized to me, and he change the listings to T202 End Panels. <br /><br />But...I do have a problem with his UPS shipping. I would guess he's making a buck or two (or investing it for the kids), but to charge $10 shipping for a $20 card? My guess is he would do a lot better if he had $3 shipping, and the card sold for $17; than if he charges $10 for shipping, and the card sells for only $10 - $15 because of the shipping cost.<br /><br />Being an arse with his answers to the questions will only hurt himself and he will maybe figure it out someday?<br /><br />sdbh<br />

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Posted By: <b>Steve</b><p> I say help him out, God knows he's sure as Hell out there fighting for YOU!..<br /><br /><br />&gt;My expectations for providing you a top quality product and the best possible buying experience are of the utmost importance. I will work my very hardest to provide the best eBay experience possible for my buyers. <br /> <br />If you are not leaving me 5 out of 5 stars for each area of my feedback, there is something I need to change and would like to hear from you exactly what you feel needs improvment or change. Please let me know at any point if you feel I have not done something you expect or if you simply feel I need to do something different in the future. I value your comments so do not hesitate to contact me. <br /><br />I often communicate with ebaY directly and discuss lots of things with my Top Level Power Seller Account Manager regarding various issues and techniques which are working, and more importantly NOT working, for me and my buyers. This means I discuss how feedback and DSR affects me, how shipping costs affect my buyers, how paypal protections affect both buyer and sellers and many other areas of ebaY and paypal. ebaY is very interested in hearing these things in a constructive manner from its sellers. I constantly try and improve my business policies and auction terms to make this a better experience for both of us. Let me know if you have any suggestions which will make it better for both of us.&lt;<br /><br />A message from the Sonic Advantage Customer Care Team.<br /><img src="http://www.network54.com/Realm/tmp/1209415276.JPG">

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Posted By: <b>Bob Pomilla</b><p><img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14> , Steve.<br /><br />Amazing, that a guy would have a hissy fit over his ability to tell whether or not a card has been trimmed or altered, being questioned, yet this same "expert" can't tell the difference between a t205 and an end panel from a mutilated t202, which is Vintage Card Collecting 101.

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>Hi I don,t buy cards but did buy a set of speakers off him. He had them as near mint cond. with brush like scratches that my high resolution camera will not pick up on one speaker. When I got the speakers there were scratches on one speaker so I emailed him. <br />He asked for pictures and said I had buyers remorse (the speakers were 1500$) so I sent him a picture from My 100$ no brand camera that picked up the pictures fine. HE got all upset went on and on about it so I said I would let it go and give him good feed back. <br />HE SLAMMED me the next morning saying I messed his up DSRs because I did not give him all 5s He went on an on then gave me negative feed back and said I tried to EXTORT from him because I asked about the marks and also said I did not send pictures which I did and still have them. There Is more to this but you all need to make sure what you are buying from him. I am now on Square trade trying to get the feedback off. But my in fact go after him. Buyer beware.<br />Sorry to jump into your thread I found this doing a search on him.

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Posted By: <b>Steve</b><p>Wow! He had a hissy fit cuz he did not get all 5's? what a chump.<br /><br />Steve

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Posted By: <b>Rawn Hill</b><p>Baseball cards.........was that the topic?

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Posted By: <b>Chris Long</b><p>i am on heavy drugs and cant think steight much od the time and paid him 9 days afte the end and he mad? he sent me a free gift dVD set of 4 dvdes too and to bnegin with offered to cancel the transaiction sense i didnt want to pay 97 bucks for shipping but i desided to payanyway after 9 days of making hem waait.. he has to be insazne thaa all of us cant pay right awey like he wants. watz rong with a week after to pay. too bad waaaaaa. He needs to get a life sense all us card collectors need to stick togehter. we are all alike. Werock!<br /><br />kiss my petitutti mister tuff guy<br /><br />yes I am highly medicated right now- but also highly pissed off about this dude<br /><br />stay away and piss off sunicdevantage<br /><br />docgodzilla213 ( 204) <br />Member since Nov-01-07 in United States <br />

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Posted By: <b>Steve</b><p>Wow.<br /><br /><br />Steve

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Posted By: <b>phillies*phan</b><p>Back in Feb I bought a beautiful Carlos Smith t206 from him for about $100. The same day he was running an auction for Heinie Smith. Guess which one he shipped me. That's right, Heinie. Luckily for both of us the buyer of the Heinie agreed to send the Carlos to me and I shipped him the Heinie. I was very happy with the card in the end but those darn kids almost cost me.