27 Feb
2006
27 Feb
'06
10:11 p.m.
A while ago there was some talk about Ebay and not wanting to use Paypal
there for assorted reasons. Since I'm a relative newcomer to this list, I
figured I should wait before saying anything along these lines. So...
I'm in the business of selling classic computer stuff on Ebay under the ID
of "frotz661". See if you can guess the hidden references in that name.
Anyhow, I let some people talk me into accepting money orders. Then I got
burned by people who like to wait forever, money orders from Bumpassville
Supermarket, and so on. So I decided not to accept them anymore. You
guys seem to be a more reliable bunch, so if you email me ahead of time,
I'll accept a US Postal money order.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
27 Feb
27 Feb
6:36 p.m.
At 02:11 PM 2/27/06 -0800, you wrote:
A while ago there was some talk about Ebay and not wanting to use Paypal
there for assorted reasons. Since I'm a relative newcomer to this list, I
figured I should wait before saying anything along these lines. So...
I'm in the business of selling classic computer stuff on Ebay under the ID
of "frotz661". See if you can guess the hidden references in that name.
Anyhow, I let some people talk me into accepting money orders. Then I got
burned by people who like to wait forever,
That's a common problem no matter what payment method you use. Add a
statement to your listings stating that payment must be recievved within X
days or negative feedback will be given and the item relisted and then do it!
money orders from Bumpassville
Supermarket,
and? Who cares where it's from as long as it's good. the ones to watch
out for are US Postal Money Orders since they're currently being forged.
and so on. So I decided not to accept them anymore. You
guys seem to be a more reliable bunch, so if you email
me ahead of time,
I get money orders all the time and I've never had a problem with them.
(Knock on wood!) I also take checks and never had a problem with those
either.
I'll accept a US Postal money order.
See above!
Joe
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David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
11:53 p.m.
USPS money orders are safe as you can carry the package to the PO,
cash the MO and put the cash in your pocket and then place the package
on the desk and pay the man to ship it. I will not accept Money
Orders from ANY other source.
On 2/27/06, David Griffith <dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu> wrote:
A while ago there was some talk about Ebay and not wanting to use Paypal
there for assorted reasons. Since I'm a relative newcomer to this list, I
figured I should wait before saying anything along these lines. So...
I'm in the business of selling classic computer stuff on Ebay under the ID
of "frotz661". See if you can guess the hidden references in that name.
Anyhow, I let some people talk me into accepting money orders. Then I got
burned by people who like to wait forever, money orders from Bumpassville
Supermarket, and so on. So I decided not to accept them anymore. You
guys seem to be a more reliable bunch, so if you email me ahead of time,
I'll accept a US Postal money order.
--
David Griffith
dgriffi at cs.csubak.edu
--
Jim Isbell
"If you are not living on the edge, well then,
you are just taking up too much space."
28 Feb
28 Feb
12:11 a.m.
On 2/27/2006 at 5:53 PM Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
USPS money orders are safe as you can carry the package
to the PO,
cash the MO and put the cash in your pocket and then place the package
on the desk and pay the man to ship it. I will not accept Money
Orders from ANY other source.
As always, caution is advised here. There's been a rash of forged and
altered money orders in the last few years--and it's you on the hook if the
thing gets bounced. I'd recommend delaying shipment a day or two after
cashing the MO to make sure that it's genuine.
From a buyer's standpoint, bearer instruments like
money orders are not
such a good deal if they get lost.USPS is excruciatingly slow
on processing
claims--you can expect to wait at least 6 months get your money back if a
money order is stolen.
And whatever you do, don't fall for the "Well, I know the item sold for
$100, but I don't know what it'll cost to ship, so I'll send you a MO for
$250 and you can just reimburse me the difference." It's becoming
increasingly common for that MO to be bogus.
Cheers,
Chuck
12:51 a.m.
In message <200602271611030669.09F9D9EA at 10.0.0.252>
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
From a buyer's standpoint, bearer instruments like
money orders are not
such a good deal if they get lost.USPS is excruciatingly slow on processing
claims--you can expect to wait at least 6 months get your money back if a
money order is stolen.
Hm, I suspect the same applies to Royal Mail Postal Orders. Thing is, it
seems there's no way for RM to do anything other than say "yeah, it got
cashed". They don't take your address when you cash them, so it'd be damn
hard for them to trace you if it did turn out to be fake...
And whatever you do, don't fall for the
"Well, I know the item sold for
$100, but I don't know what it'll cost to ship, so I'll send you a MO for
$250 and you can just reimburse me the difference." It's becoming
increasingly common for that MO to be bogus.
I got a wonderful little email from someone "wanting to buy" something I had
listed on ebay a few years ago. When I say wonderful of course, I meant
"badly written scam". Something along the lines of "Hi, how much to ship
to
Lagos [alarm bell starts ringing here] and my associate in UK owes me $2000,
can i tell him to send cheque to you and you reimburse me? [ALARM BELL
IRREVOCABLY ON]". Square-bracketed text = my notes.
I (politely) told him where to stick his cheque, and that if he insisted on
shipping to Lagos, he'd have to pay by direct bank transfer. Never heard from
him again - gee, I wonder why...
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1:32 a.m.
Philip Pemberton wrote:
I (politely) told him where to stick his cheque, and that if he insisted on
shipping to Lagos, he'd have to pay by direct bank transfer. Never heard from
him again - gee, I wonder why...
you went into a verified "human at end of email" list for him, and he
made .02 selling your email to a spammer.
I never even reply to these clowns anymore.
I'm not polite when I do reply, or what I say about them, you are to be
commended.
1:36 a.m.
On Monday 27 February 2006 08:32 pm, jim stephens wrote:
Philip Pemberton wrote:
I tend to simply bounce such stuff...
It hasn't stopped it, but I don't seem to get the same ones from the same
emails as often as I used to.
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ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can
be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters"
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M Dakin
I (politely) told him where to stick his cheque,
and that if he insisted
on shipping to Lagos, he'd have to pay by direct bank transfer. Never
heard from him again - gee, I wonder why...
you went into a verified "human at end of email" list for him, and he
made .02 selling your email to a spammer.
I never even reply to these clowns anymore.
I'm not polite when I do reply, or what I say about them, you are to be
commended.
7:48 a.m.
In message <4403A830.9060004 at msm.umr.edu>
jim stephens <jwstephens at msm.umr.edu> wrote:
you went into a verified "human at end of
email" list for him, and he
made .02 selling your email to a spammer.
Hm. I've had SpamAssassin installed for the best part of a year now. I don't
even notice the spam any more - 99% of it gets dumped in my "SPAM" folder in
Mpro.
I never even reply to these clowns anymore.
Me neither. I only did it once - the time can be better spent doing more
constructive things.
I'm not polite when I do reply, or what I say
about them, you are to be
commended.
:)
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