RE: "untested" PCBs...

From: Paul Sommers <Paul.Sommers_at_cwo.com.au>
Date: Mon Nov 29 1999 - 19:44:17 EST

Ahhhhh! These could be the same Williams boards he owes me from a year ago!!

50% of the time is not good enough for me.

Cheers
MacMan

> ----------
> From: Simon Whittam
> Reply To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
> Sent: Tuesday, 30 November 1999 10:39
> To: 'vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu'
> Subject: RE: "untested" PCBs...
>
> Why do you keep refering to the KrazyKatt1 as "Jan". It's actually Adam
> Judd (her husband) who's using her name and account since his rep is worth
> "mud"
> (or another similar substance) ever since his misdealings on RGVAC/M.
>
> This guy owes me some Williams boards from a deal on RGVAC
> over 1 year ago. He supposedly sent me a refund but that's mysteriously
> gotten lost in the mail too ... TWICE! ... see the pattern?
>
> Buyer Beware!!
>
> I also think it's naive to believe the feedback ratings on Ebay. Case in
> point,
> this seller!! I will admit, however, that 50% of the time he seems honest
>
> and friendly thru Email but I'll be glad when I don't have to deal with
> him anymore.
>
> SPW
> Kanata, On
> CANADA
>
> p.s. I'm glad he's loosing packages to you Yankees as well. So much for
> his across the border and customs excuses ... time to write another Email
> to tycho780. :-( Wish me luck!
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric Clayberg [SMTP:clayberg@smalltalksystems.com]
> Sent: Monday, November 29, 1999 6:07 PM
> To: vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu
> Subject: Re: "untested" PCBs...
>
> >But there's a difference between NOT giving negative feedback and a
> HUGE
> >list of EXELLENT, A+++, WOULD TRADE AGAIN, FAST SHIPMENT blablabla
> >ect... That just don't add up to me...
> >
> >For example. If everybody is unhappy with, lets say, MR X, there might
> >not be negative feedback, but there IS a lot of hoorays... How come?
>
> Actually, there are a lot fewer hoorays than you might expect. Jan
> has sold
> several hundred items on eBay (>200 in the last month alone) to a couple
> hundred different people but only has positive feedback from seventy or so
>
> unique people. That means that her feedback percentage is pretty low
> relative to the amount of stuff she has sold. Her repeat feedback
> percentage is also quite low. Since she is friendly and does do enough in
> the way of service to avoid outright negative feedback (replacing parts,
> shipments, etc.), most folks who have slightly unpleasant experience just
> don't leave any feedback at all.
>
> -Eric
>
>
Received on Mon Nov 29 18:43:36 1999

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