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post #41686 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:03am

FRENCHY:

 

I need a desk chair. Thoughts?

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post #41687 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:10am
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Originally Posted by mexicutioner View Post

as an attorney (but not your attorney) lemme tell you this: no one is bound by honor to fulfill a contract. people are only bound by their reluctance/hesitance to pay the price for breaking the contract. in your case, it's the possibility of negative feedback. so, ask yourself: would you pay $400 to remove a single negative feedback from your record? if not, keep the suit and sell it to someone else. if so, send him the suit and (most likely) kiss the $400 goodbye.


Good info, negative feedback it will be for me given it is the lesser of two evils.

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Originally Posted by hmmurdock View Post

Definitely don't send. If it were me, I would write the apology letter, put it through a couple google translations then send while making sure to mention I was a Nigerian price who had untold fortunes if only he could wire me additional monies so I may escape my captors.


Classy laugh.gif !

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Originally Posted by IrateCustomer View Post

What does SNAD represent?


As hmmurdock implied, it is an eBay seller getting shafted with a John Homes sized pole in the backside.

In a less graphic way, it is simply a Paypal procedure where Paypal holds funds on your account when a buyer complains an item received is not as described - a common excuse that buyers would use when trying to get a silly refund due to buyers remorse or applying a fraud. Of course a buyer could have a legit reason, i.e. bad seller misrepresenting his items as being better than reality or the item claimed authentic in auction page when it is not.
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post #41688 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:11am
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Originally Posted by IrateCustomer View Post

What does SNAD represent?

 

Stands for "significantly not as described." Sellers may state that they do not take returns, but eBay "enforces" returns when buyers file a SNAD claim, even if the seller has a no returns policy.

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post #41689 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:25am
PSA, boys. The dye used in Zanella Platinum unicorn xharcoals is not Oxy xolor safe, and will turn your soak a blood color.

In other news today, the world has one fewer unicorns than yesterday. I feel like the murder I am.

On the upside, the local got an HF custom light blue with LP wool. May be beyond repair, but the white mop buttons are spectacular. Oh, and a hand full of (Burberry, Hermes and VV).

That is all. Carry on as you were.
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post #41690 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:31am
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Originally Posted by eazye View Post

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You get the idea. fing02[1].gif

Eazy's look on his says it all:

"I can't believe this hot chic is with me...and she even knows I buy my clothes used!!!!!! "
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post #41691 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:52am
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Originally Posted by jkidd41011 View Post


Eazy's look on his says it all:
"I can't believe this hot chic is with me...and she even knows I buy my clothes used!!!!!! "

LOL. Props Eazy. 

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post #41692 of 73286
7/11/12 at 11:56am
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Originally Posted by grendel View Post


I also have no madras sportcoats (unfortunately), am not tiny (unfortunately), and don't do kung fu (although I've heard it's pretty fun).

No, the sport coat would be fashionably small -- and bright -- hence the lulz!

(I know I've seen you in Technicolor, don't deny laugh.gif )
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post #41693 of 73286
7/11/12 at 12:00pm
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Originally Posted by eazye View Post

Amen brother, she still looks as good as she did in Labyrinth.

Wasn't she twelve in Labyrinth? peepwall[1].gif
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post #41694 of 73286
7/11/12 at 12:41pm
3 observations upon last 3 weeks of thrifting:

+ J Riggings has surpassed Ron Chereskin, Mr. Stafford and that dink Oscar De La Renta as my chief enemy on the racks. I think it's somehow breeding when the lights go off and the doors get locked.

+ Whomever observed some time ago that Pink shirts all seem to have frayed collars put a pox on them. Every single one (probably now in the hundreds) I've seen since? Frayed.

+ With this heatwave, no one wants sweaters. Cashmere, Alpaca, good stuff just there for the picking. Also, for some reason, I'm witnessing lots of Banana Republic sweaters and shirts (OK, lots is an exaggeration: average of one piece per store) with upside down labels. New, some NWT. Do you guys see these "rejects" or is this a new development? It's just...weird. Suddenly popping up everywhere.
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post #41695 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:15pm
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Originally Posted by VLSI View Post

I believe he's said before that he is a professor.


Thanks for narrowing that down...professor of what?

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post #41696 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:17pm
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Originally Posted by tben View Post


Thanks for narrowing that down...professor of what?

 

Sartorial Anthropology

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post #41697 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:25pm
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Originally Posted by LooknGr8 View Post

+ Whomever observed some time ago that Pink shirts all seem to have frayed collars put a pox on them. Every single one (probably now in the hundreds) I've seen since? Frayed.

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i'm pretty sure that was me
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post #41698 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:32pm
Virtual high five and ass slap to _Achilles. He hooked me up with a killer charcoal Zileri Sartoriale suit and a pair of mid gray Chester Barrie FF wool pants. icon_gu_b_slayer[1].gif
It's my first experience with a Zileri Sartoriale in person - shit is nice and currently at the tailor getting fine tuned.
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post #41699 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:36pm
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Originally Posted by Klobber View Post

Quick eBay advice, send or not send?
Guy won a suit, hails from Canada, is called Dr. John K***. British surname no doubt! Sounds good right?
Trouble is:
1. Private feedback, I cannot look at anything!
2. Contacts me with the worst level of unintelligible English I have ever seen. I would have figured an educated man / M.D. that appears to have a British name would have at least a good grasp of English. Grammar mistakes or spelling errors are normal, but his message seemed like someone wrote in their native language and used Google translator to turn it into English.
This is important to me. I have been shafted before by the SNAD's, I really do not want this to happen again, not when I have $400 riding on it.
My gut feeling / judgement says to refund his money and take negative feedback if he decides to leave it. I will write an extremely nice, apologetic, and polite email to him.
Any of you disagree with my approach? LMK.
I know eBay policy is I am bounded by contract to send. However, they have proved themselves to be dishonorable in the past so I do not feel duty bound to honor their policies.

I have one negative feed back out of nearly 300 and it still grates the hell out of me.

Here's what I would do.

Above anything else, be absolutely honest and transparent. Write back to him and tell him that you are inclined not to consummate the deal, and tell him exactly why: There is no way to check his feedback and his command of the language makes you suspicious. If he gets pissed off, so be it, but make sure you provide an out. Suggest a way to make the transaction work, with one unconditional demand: You must be able to check his feedback and record on eBay. Explain, as nicely as possible, that you have been burned before, that $400 is a lot of money and that you just can't take the risk with these circumstances. Butter him up but good, but make it crystal clear that whatever you are sending, if it gets sent, will be documented a hundreds times over, which, unfortunately, will not protect you in the event he complains about non-existent odors. As a final out, say that you're canceling the transaction because you just don't feel comfortable, and send him five or ten bucks for his trouble. Then re-list, with instructions to bidders based on all of the above stuff: No sales to folks with private feedback without prior checking, etc.

In my experience, it is best to listen to your gut. If your gut is telling you to beware, you'd best beware.

Good luck.
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post #41700 of 73286
7/11/12 at 1:38pm
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Originally Posted by pnutpug View Post


I have one negative feed back out of nearly 300 and it still grates the hell out of me.
Here's what I would do.
Above anything else, be absolutely honest and transparent. Write back to him and tell him that you are inclined not to consummate the deal, and tell him exactly why: There is no way to check his feedback and his command of the language makes you suspicious. If he gets pissed off, so be it, but make sure you provide an out. Suggest a way to make the transaction work, with one unconditional demand: You must be able to check his feedback and record on eBay. Explain, as nicely as possible, that you have been burned before, that $400 is a lot of money and that you just can't take the risk with these circumstances. Butter him up but good, but make it crystal clear that whatever you are sending, if it gets sent, will be documented a hundreds times over, which, unfortunately, will not protect you in the event he complains about non-existent odors. As a final out, say that you're canceling the transaction because you just don't feel comfortable, and send him five or ten bucks for his trouble. Then re-list, with instructions to bidders based on all of the above stuff: No sales to folks with private feedback without prior checking, etc.
In my experience, it is best to listen to your gut. If your gut is telling you to beware, you'd best beware.
Good luck.

 

negative feedbacks go away after a year FYI

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