A word of warning to those using 'that' online auction site

[bigduke6]

Jim

Try and exchange any contact details with a seller or buyer in a message via eBay UK before an item has sold, and their snooping software detects email addresses and deletes them, and you may also get a threat from them to shut your acount down either temporarily or permanently as they say their T&C are breached, and you are trying to sell outside eBay.

Several years ago I had someone local wanted to view an item (a lathe) before the auction ended so they could decide whether or not to bid after checking the condition. Perfectly reasonable you might think, but, eBay repeatedly blocked the messages, blocked my account, and when I took it up with them, wouldn't accept my explanation!

What doesn't appear to get detected (yet) is to photograph your contact details, and send them as a message attachment.

Use morse code, bought a few radios, radio parts etc ( all military) usually the sellers are Hams so not too much trouble for them to decode a phone number.

Ebay getting to pricey now, I recently sold a No32 Mk1 scope on EBay, I realised who the buyer was and also was a bit taken back on there valuation fee, so I contacted the buyer to say I would cancel the order and after he got his refund to call me and we could proceed.

I haven’t heard from the buyer and have been away, only had a glimpse of my eBay account yesterday and he left negative feedback and said I’d cancelled the order as I’d sold it too cheap...... some mothers have them as they say.

Sorry to hear of your sell off Neil, I’m selling a lot of mine, but decided to keep the L42 and matching No 4T. ( obviously you know the story of the scope, every time I pick the scope up , it reminds me of a scene in Pulp fiction.....)