[Mccoypottery-talk] fakes

[Brittany Gifts]

The item number is 2059907803 and of course it's
closed - didn't realize what was going on until it was
too late, the 'bidder' in question (fake ID) is
tropicalpants...reason for suspicion....the only
action this new bidder had was this one auction and I
tried to contact them just to get my mail returned
undeliverable to 

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that email name tells me everything I need to know,
but ebay has done nothing about it yet.  Their
response was that they will look into the fake email
addy and they thanked me for bringing that to their
attention.....

Brenda

--- Blaine Ritchie <ritchies@gte.net> wrote:
> Howdy...
> 
> There is a group of people on eBay whose mission it
> is to get crooked
> sellers kicked off eBay for shilling.
> 
> If you can give me the item number, or some other
> way to look up the seller,
> I will pass on the info anonymously (with a comment
> like, "Can you guys look
> at this seller and see if it is OK to bid" type
> comment.
> 
> THese people need to be taken out of business.
> 
> And for future reference, unless you REALLY want an
> item, even if you bid on
> it, and won, if you suspect shilling and do not want
> to pay, don't. If the
> seller presses it, tell him you are going to contact
> the police, as shilling
> is illegal in every state.
> 
> -Carla
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brittany Gifts" <brittgifts@yahoo.com>
> To: <mccoypottery-talk@lists.mccoypottery.com>
> Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:40 AM
> Subject: Re: [Mccoypottery-talk] fakes
> 
> 
> > Hi all, this is my first post.  I've been reading
> and
> > trying to learn as I'm new at collecting McCoy
> > Pottery.  I couldn't resist replying to this
> tho...I
> > recently turned in a seller for shill bidding and
> it's
> > so obvious to me that the person was doing it
> (which I
> > didn't catch til after I won the auction- making
> me
> > legally responsible for my high bid), but ebay
> > protected the seller....the only logic I can find
> in
> > this is that the higher something sells for, the
> more
> > money they (eBay) make.  I realize they have to
> > 'prove' someone wrong as they are a business and
> try
> > to be fair with everyone supposedly, but it seems
> to
> > me that I wasn't even given much of a chance to
> > explain myself (beyond the original complaint).  I
> > imagine that with much of this pottery, they're
> simply
> > ignorant and don't give the time to truly
> investigate
> > since it all sells so well.  Just my feelings on
> the
> > matter....not trying to offend anyone!
> >
> > Brenda
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --- McQuita@aol.com wrote:
> > > it has been reported over and over and
> > > over.....hopefully if enough of us
> > > offer them legitimate complaints, they'll
> listen.
> > > chiquita
> > >
> >
> >
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