OT - eBay Rant: When Sellers Lie About An Offer

[perezfan]

Me too... someone needs to come up with a viable alternative.

It gets worse by the minute, yet for some reason they have a virtual monopoly on this type of venue.

[DHogan]

I guess it's easier to tell a lie, than to tell the truth these days.

My wife had a doctors appointment one day last year. She's disabled and needed to be taken by ambulance. We made an appointment with the ambulance company before hand to pick her up. They didn't show up. I called them and spoke to someone in their office. They told me that the ambulance was stuck in traffic ! I told them to stop lying and turn the siren on.

[JollyElm]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Me too... someone needs to come up with a viable alternative.

It gets worse by the minute, yet for some reason they have a virtual monopoly on this type of venue.

Yeah, but the moment a viable alternative appears, we know exactly what'll happen. Give it time and they will eventually do the exact same ridiculous things as ebay.

[sbfinley]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Me too... someone needs to come up with a viable alternative.

People have provided viable alternatives, and the majority of collectors just stared at them like I imagine a caveman would a lava lamp.

[kamikidEFFL]

I don't even look at anything that has a BIN on eBay. Waste of time 99% o them are some ridiculous price. they will never get and when u ask them they one of the two things, 1st not respond or give u another crazy number and they don't like to work with u. eBay is no fun anymore. I'm all about auction houses straight to the point and no BS

[buymycards]

This really has nothing to do with eBay. The seller sounds like an idiot. This is a seller problem, not an ebay problem.

[ALR-bishop]

I am just a buyer on ebay but over the years it has been a great venue for me to find and get cards I want. There are goofy sellers out there, but there are some crazy and less than honest buyers as well. If a seller is asking more for a card than I think it is worth to me, I just don 't buy it. No big deal

[packs]

It's not a big deal at all. Just annoying.

[Exhibitman]

Al is right. For the buyer eBay is a fantastic venue that like every other giant swap meet has vendors of all stripes. For every crooked or crazy seller I've encountered there have been a hundred normals.