tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post7973598289180377974..comments2024-03-25T15:02:25.695+11:00Comments on oz.Typewriter: My Typewriter eBrayRobert Messengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04366507489948676594noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-23961095753838081942013-02-06T14:43:23.306+11:002013-02-06T14:43:23.306+11:00This post, as always, reinforces my strong belief ...This post, as always, reinforces my strong belief that *I*, at least, will not buy typewriters on eBRAY.<br /><br />I have been able to amass quite a collection without resorting to it, and I sincerely hope my resolve continues to be steadfast.<br /><br />So very sorry to hear about this very major f***up, Robert!Cameronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11633967390492270136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-74813645780734370702013-01-31T09:51:19.104+11:002013-01-31T09:51:19.104+11:00I've been buying and selling stuff on eBay lik...I've been buying and selling stuff on eBay like a fiend, since its earliest days in 1998. The miracle--as with so much in life--is that things go right as often as they do. And that's what keeps us in the game.<br /><br />Behavioral science calls it an intermittent reinforcement schedule--one of the strongest yet most vexing means of establishing behavior we know. You're never certain whether you're going to win or lose, but you pays your money and takes your chances, and you win at least enough to keep you going and coming back for more. You have to lose pretty bad and often for the behavior to extinguish entirely.<br /><br />We complain about computers and any other number of non-foolproof systems, yet just ponder the rapidity of processing of ones and zeroes or the grinding of gears that by and large reliably returns the result we hope for and expect! It's a miracle. Another sort of intermittent reinforcement.<br /><br />As is our capacity for conducting ourselves honorably in the world at large. It's a miracle that we have yet to kill ourselves off entirely, be it on battlefields, freeways, or schoolhouses. Never mind correctly representing and standing by what we sell on eBay!<br /><br />So I guess it boils down to having faith in our fellow heathens, that for the most part we can expect that each of us will do the right thing.Doug Fnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-16154960920965535202013-01-31T09:20:01.943+11:002013-01-31T09:20:01.943+11:00Sorry to hear about this ! I have always wondered ...Sorry to hear about this ! I have always wondered why a seller for such an expensive typewriter wouldn't take some extra care in the packaging. It doesn't really cost much more or required more effort... really puzzling ! David 9.aihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13802006161597680166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-4655413043601055442013-01-31T08:55:38.463+11:002013-01-31T08:55:38.463+11:00Ebay is such a gamble these days. I often wonder i...Ebay is such a gamble these days. I often wonder if I'm secretly just playing the pokies, and not admitting it to myself. I don't like to actually gamble, but I do find myself throwing money at stupid things on there. <br /><br />That said, what a balls-up. That blue machine looks great, but... far out. <br /><br />Why is it always the Royal machines that stress us the most. Scott Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13243020164163596709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-11736267600918933532013-01-31T06:36:36.226+11:002013-01-31T06:36:36.226+11:00I knew the seller was not to be trusted when I saw...I knew the seller was not to be trusted when I saw he uses a wolf as his avatar...<br /><br />... Now, seriously; I don't know if eBay has in place any kind of buyer protection policy (they should). If they do, you could take the issue to them and notify them about the extra shippment you're going to pay to return the item, and show them it was all the seller's fault. That way they COULD, SHOULD and probably WOULD press the seller to absorb the extra shipping costs, either reinbursing it to you via PayPal, or by sending you the item you bought at no extra cost, when and if he recovers it. <br /><br />I think we've all had this kind of experience to some extent in our typewriter hunting grounds... it might be a good excuse to type a book of sorts (or at least an article for ETCetera: "Horror stories from the typewriter hunts" (hint, hint!) <br /><br />Good luck with your claim!Miguel Chávezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09411154570699775904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-67844595899166546002013-01-31T04:58:02.430+11:002013-01-31T04:58:02.430+11:00Ebay is rife with listings that feature "stoc...Ebay is rife with listings that feature "stock" or copied photos. In most cases the seller is too lazy to take the pictures themselves, but in others, it is intended to deceive. I feel your pain.professorcnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-24745079057164621482013-01-31T04:56:20.991+11:002013-01-31T04:56:20.991+11:00Sounds like this seller, if he gets both items bac...Sounds like this seller, if he gets both items back, has lost all profit due to the shipping expenses. That'll teach him to be more careful.<br /><br />The mendacious and ludicrous behavior that you point out are all too typical of eBray, I'm afraid.Richard Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16232053429935587826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-59273518885823092562013-01-31T03:52:16.707+11:002013-01-31T03:52:16.707+11:00That's just... completely stuffed up! I'm ...That's just... completely stuffed up! I'm so sorry you had such a rotten experience, and have to send it back to them to boot. I wonder if the Romanian buyer would respond to the seller's message. Maybe he will. But the seller would've incurred unnecessary shipping costs just cos of that lack of a little care in packing and sending. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5248447883714712696.post-77290387253226734972013-01-31T00:50:58.974+11:002013-01-31T00:50:58.974+11:00I'm so sorry about the Royal! :(
Hopefully the...I'm so sorry about the Royal! :(<br />Hopefully the Romanian will be kind and return the Royal to it's rightful owner... You never know!<br />Keeping my fingers crossed for you.Nathttp://natslaptaps.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com