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Posted By: Dan Kravitz
Jim Pavlish from ABC Trading auctioned a 1938 Goudey Dimaggio on December 25th. I won the auction and promptly sent him $1,250.00. At the time his feedback was solid. Shortly after sending the money the emails stopped. After a 2 month period he claimed that his daughter was very ill, and either the card was coming or he would refund my money. Neither has happened 6 months later. Has anyone had any dealings with him or know this guy? If not, I would highly recommend never doing business with him. His word is worthless! Watch out for his Ebay address abctrading. I know his feedback is good, but what he did to me and I noticed a few others are that he asks you to retract your negative feedback for his quick response to the issue. What he proceeded to do was ignore the issue. If he is a member of this board and has done successful deals with any of you, that is great, but I am out a substantial amount of money and I'm pissed. |
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Posted By: DJ
I dealt with Jim two years ago and had no problems on three high dollar transactions. Haven't dealt with him since. Ouch! I feel for you and I'd be pissed. Keep on it and thanks for sharing. |
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Posted By: Trevor Hocking
I have done a bigger deal with him about a year ago and all went well. I hope it works out for you. |
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Posted By: Dan Kravitz
I would imagine that with his feedback that in the past most people had a good experience with him. He is not the same person as he once might have been. He has flat out lied and avoided all contact with me, leaving me with a sour taste that will only go away if he makes good on his word. In life we are given certain things and some we need to earn, but if you lose your word you are nothing but a lier and a crook! |
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Posted By: Brian
Just curious: what does eBay do in this case? I have thus far not had this problem on eBay (although I've had other problems with an auction house recently) and have always wondered how safe you are when you send lots of money to an eBay seller (and especially do not use PayPal). I believe that an insurance policy such as CIA would cover a loss in such a case? |
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Posted By: Wesley
Sorry to hear about your difficulties Dan. I have had only one large transaction with Jim and it went smoothly. Hopefully you will receive what you purchased. |
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Posted By: Dan Koteles
hopefully his child is well which matters most, but.... |
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Posted By: Steve
Dan |
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Posted By: Cobby33
I don't think there's much eBay does about this, or any similar situation (based upon personal experience). |
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Posted By: Dan Kravitz
I hope he wasn't using his kid's health to push me aside. If that is the case, the guy needs serious help. I just received 2 private emails from 2 different auction houses that refuse to do business with him, so he is stuck dealing with Ebay, where he can scam the unexpected. I hope he reads this and understands that this hobby is based on your word and the ability to conduct yourself in professional way. It's one thing if you are ignorant to the unwritten, understood rules, it's another to steel money and use your daughter's health as your excuse. This hobby is small. A few bad transactions (or in my case no transaction) and your name is garbage. Watch out for this scum! Thanks for the suport. Sometimes it feels better to rant a little. |
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Posted By: Steve
Dan |
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Posted By: Jim F
I noticed that he includes a phone number in the feedback he leaves people. You may want to try it if you haven't already. He seems to be active as he left feedbacks yesterday. It's not the first time a good ebay seller has gone bad. He may be one of those guys that sells items from auction houses that he has not paid for yet and the game just caught up with him. Jim |
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Posted By: Brian
Being relatively new to this forum, I wondered if the idea of a blacklist has been extensively explored? A search of postings on the site did not reveal any previous extensive discussions, but maybe I am looking in all the wrong places.... |
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Posted By: Dan KOteles
I'd be on a morning flight & on his doorstep. |
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Posted By: Keith O'Leary
As I could add one to the "warning" list along with all the documention you need. |
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Posted By: leon
That blacklist is a great idea. Unfortunately it probably won't work. Even my best friends still dealt with Elkins after he admittedly stole from me. He has paid me back now but it took 6 months. Brian McQueen was selling my stolen card on this board for crying out loud. The guy I set up with, at the National, and is my closest confidant in the hobby, Scott B, still did deals with him after he stole from me. The baseball cards rule, unfortunately......Folks barely care what people do as long as they can get a card....it is sad.....(and unfortunately I have fallen into that category before too)......so I am not saying I am holier than thou....just pointing out the facts.... |
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Posted By: andy becker
i don't really agree with what you are saying leon. |
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Posted By: leon
You don't have to agree with the facts. It's your choice. ..Btw, let's take this off line if you want to discuss it more. I was absolutely wronged and everyone overlooked it to get a friggin' card. Period. You can perfume a pig but it still stinks.... best regards |
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Posted By: Wesley
It would be impossible to come up with the criteria for blacklist for bad sellers. While Leon may have had a bad transaction with Scott, that was an isolated incident and there are many forum members who have had successful transactions with Scott in the past. I have had good dealings with Scott in the past and personally do not think he would qualify for any such list. Leon would disagree and I do understand where he is coming from. So would the blacklist be determined by Leon and a handful of his personal friends? If that is the case, I wonder how many people would simply ignore such a list. |
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Posted By: andy becker
leon, email me if you want to, but i thought i should address this is open forum. |
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Posted By: Brian McQueen
Even I am starting to get annoyed by this Elkins stuff and I consider myself one of the more patient board members. I let it "slide" when you threw me under the bus for the whole d304 Barry thing, but I'm getting sick and tired of having to read about this issue every week. |
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Posted By: leon
Andy- it's cool. Scotty has 99% good transactions. I had many with him before he taught me a lesson |
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Posted By: leon
Brian M- since your friend Scotty sold you a stolen card maybe you should speak with him about that. Please tell everything though. You took the card down off the BST but put it back up before I got paid for it...I don't care who you are friends with, that's certainly your business, but when I see my stolen card on the BST and you are selling it, it then becomes my business. regards |
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Posted By: Brian McQueen
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Posted By: leon
I never said you bought it knowing it was the one he stole from me. You did put it up again before I was paid but after Scotty said he would pay for it...to be factually correct....take care |
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Posted By: Brian McQueen
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Posted By: leon
Fair enough since you have two....my apologies for that... |
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Posted By: Joann
I think something like a feedback forum for board buyers and sellers would be a good idea. Individuals could post their personal opinions and make statements of fact as they see fit. Others can go through the comments and draw their own conclusions. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
I think the debate has run its course. A feedback forum is a lousy idea because it is open to abuse by an A-hole poster with an axe to grind, hence in need of active, judgmental moderation that no one wants to be burdened with. Better to handle it ad hoc as we presently do. |
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Posted By: Cobby33
Although a "blacklist" is a good idea in theory, it won't work. You would have the same problem that eBay has with feedback. You'd get some jackass who decides to slam you because you slammed them for not paying for an item - or not sending an item - then you have a pissing match and both people look bad. |
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Posted By: Brian
Yes, people do need to solve disputes between one another, but this forum has leverage which can be used in beneficial ways. A list, forum, or similar device would not prevent cheating, but it would reduce it. People could choose to heed or ignore it--that is their choice, and they would do so perhaps at their own risk. Perhaps even just a more "formal" way of handling dishonest people on the current forum? |
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Posted By: JimB
I think some sort of feedback forum would be great. I deal a lot more with the BST on this board than on Ebay. My ebay # of transactions is relatively low (100% positive), but it would be nice to supplement that with acknowledgements of successful transactions with board members. |
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Posted By: cmoking
I'm not sure if a 'blacklist' does good or if it does harm. I have heard from some people complain and bitch about some people on this forum - people that I think are solid and upfront citizens (it may have been YOU that they were talking about, don't count that out). But many of those complaints were just misunderstandings or just bitching about not getting a card ... not truly bad things. I am going to guess that if there was such a list, that some good people will wind up there because some bad people will try to put them there because they did not get their way. |
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Posted By: Trevor Hocking
WOW I am really shocked here. Are there that many deals going bad and pissed off people in this hobby! I have done my fair share of deals in my day and have only had one bad incident and in that case, with a little persistence I got my money back. We do not need a feedback system or a blacklist look how good that work for Dan in his ebay deal, great ebay feedback bad deal. |
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Posted By: warshawlaw
The firm I worked at 15 years ago had an office fantasy football league. The chairman of the league/its treasurer got fired and absconded with the prize pool. You never know when you are dealing with people, or as the mutual funds guys say, past performance is not a guarantee of future results. |
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Posted By: bigfish
Dan, |
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Posted By: Dr Richard Taylor
I have done business with Jim Pavlish for 5 Plus years and I can say with 100% conviction that he not only delivers what he promises he does more than that.Jim has spent countless hours with both myself and my wife Irene not only educating us but saving us tens of thousands of dollars helping us stay away from fraudelent autographs. I think this thread is a hoax and I would be very careful about a slander suit if I were the poster. As I find it almost impossible a man of this stature would not make this right. I will go 1 step further provide me the information that can be documented and I will refund your money if Jim does not. |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Just to clear up the often tossed around term of slander.... |
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Posted By: needles
I have had multiple dealings both large and small with Mr. Pavlish and have never had a problem. He has been as professional as anyone I have ever dealt with. His reputation in this industry is impeccable. I have been with him at some shows and have seen Mastro's for one give him an unlimited credit limit to make purchases at there auctions. |
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Posted By: Richard Taylor MD
For those who asked my email is richardtaylormd@adelphia.net For the record I spoke to Jim and he has a delivery confirmation number showing this package was delivered to Dan Kravitz Mr Kravitz also sent Mr Pavlish a notarized letter stating someone else got the package and asked Jim if he could submit a claim to his (Jims) insurance company.I knew something was not kosher and anyone who wants feel free to contact me. I find it a shame that someone can use this forum to damage someones reputation which is impeccable my email adress again is richardtaylormd@adelphia.net . |
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Posted By: Anonymous
Maybe you're right Dr. Taylor. But i will say, for someone who claims their daughter is sick and that is delaying his service, he sure does do a lot of eBay business: |
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Posted By: Dan Kravitz
OK - here is the whole story. I won a Goudey Dimaggio from Jim item # 8739064539 for anyone who wishes to view the description. The following day I contacted Jim, who by the way was extremely reassuring that he was a stand up dealer and in fact taught a class on the perils of Ebay (kind of ironic). After Jim reassured me that he rarely has any issues with Buyers and has insurance for lost items, I got a cashiers check and over-nighted it to him which he needed to sign for. 1 week passed and I called Jim who claimed that the package would be sent that week. 2 weeks went by and I called Jim again to find out where the card was. He claimed that the card was delivered and he had a confirmation from the post office. I'm not sure why he didn't send it so that I needed to sign for the card or send it insured, but I never got the card or a confirmation letter. I waited a few more weeks because maybe the card would show up. I then started to email and call Jim to find out what we can do about the situation. He did not send me a response to my email or my phone messages for almost 2 months, so I left him some negative feed back that he obviously noticed. He called me and told me that his daughter was extremely ill and that he was just getting back to his emails. I felt terrible for the guy. I wished him and his family well. Jim asked me if I would rescind my negative feedback from Ebay. I told him that that is all I have to show for my 1,250.00. He promised me that he would make good on the money by either getting me another card on my want list or by returning the money. He asked me if I thought it would be an incentive for him to pay me back if I didn't rescind my negative feedback, so I did. I even offered to split the difference with him because if he truly sent the card, we both lost money. Our deal was that if the card doesn’t show up, or the insurance would not pay for the claim, then he would send me 1/2 of the $1,250.00 by the end of March. I have emails that will back this up if the good Dr. or anyone else is interested. Finally, as if this hasn't taken enough time up in my life, Jim gives me his cell phone and claims that he will be in Chicago for the Sun-times show, and that I should call him on Saturday and he would be there all day. I call Jim on Friday night and he does not answer or return my messages. The following day I go to the show and call him 3 more times through out the day, still no response from Jim. Since then I have called and emailed him on a weekly basis to no avail. For those who suggested I just pick up the phone and call him, maybe he should pick up the phone and call me to explain why he hasn’t lived up to his agreement. Finally I email him and told him that his word is garbage and that without your word you're scum. Enough people have done deals on this board with me to know that my word is gold. Not one board member can say that they have had a bad experience with me. I am proud of that. Jim should be ashamed of the way he has handled this transaction and I have every bit of correspondence to back up my claim. |
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Posted By: joe
Holy Moley, $45,000.00 for a Babe Ruth baseball. That has to be a record. What was so special about this ball? |
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Posted By: cmoking
Babe Ruth balls are rare. Like most men, he only has two. |
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Posted By: Aaron Seefeldt
I feel it necessary to speak up on behalf of Dan Kravitz. He told me the entire story earlier today and I believe him 100%. |
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Posted By: Dr Richard Taylor
Dan: |
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Posted By: Aaron Seefeldt
Dr. Taylor, how do you know the "package clearly shows it was sent to you" (referring to Dan)? Have you seen the package lately??? |
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Posted By: needles
Joe, |
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Posted By: Aaron Seefeldt
Mr. Taylor and Needles: |
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