Re. 2. This really pisses me off. This clown is back on eBay after being kicked off. Check out my blog posts from
January 3, and
Jaruary 4 this year. Read the comments too, they fill in the whole story. My blog reader did get his money back through PayPal, but I think everyone was surprised.
Re. 3. I wrote about this horn
on my blog as well. This horn has nothing to to do with J'Elle Stainer. These Windmaster saxes come from Lopes--the company that did the
Low G extension on the Buescher bass that I tried out while at Gandalfe's house, that Quinn was selling.
All I do is set 'em up for you to knock 'em down, Helen!
/me: contemplates changing Helen's title to something that has "Bass" in it.
In any event, I sit corrected. I'm sure you even mentioned Lopes to me at some point and I just forgot about it.
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Additionally, notes about bad eBay'ers, especially if they deal in woodwinds, are good for posting. I should create a section for that.
Anyhow, I read a bit on the Saga of "John." I think I see the problem: as far as I'm aware, you can't put a deposit on something through eBay or PayPal. It's a little "side deal," like the 20 or so scammers that wanted me to close my eBay auction and sell to them for hundreds more than my iPhone would cost brand new. Point: if you're buying or selling through eBay,
EVERYTHING should go through eBay, even e-mails. As soon as one party or the other wants to make a "special arrangement," that's cause for concern.
FWIW, there was a
gentleman scammer that was selling re-engraved horns through eBay a few years back, like old Conn stencils engraved with the Selmer logo, etc. I mentioned this to eBay and they took down the ads. There also have been many people that steal comments and quotes wholesale from my old website and don't give me credit (or blame; they can keep that). One guy was so bad, I complained to eBay, they sent me a "violation of copyright" form, I filled it out, faxed it back in and the ads were taken down. It might just be who you talk to on any given day.