to be fair, Moviegoods might be a swear word, but I have had nothing but good experience with them, if you read the description and know what you are buying. They Do describe repros as repros (or at leat used to, its been a few years), I bought a lot a few years ago, the one problem was I felt the items were over graded, they gave me a full refund and let me keep the items, all within 24 hours, no questions.
I understand people hating they steal images and make posters, but the grey line is crossed by everyone who sells original posters... (ever read the NSS text?).
Kinda playing devils advocate.
but really if you approach them, as they are, a business, they are their to make a buck, do your research, know what your buying, I find them less offensive than dealers who bid on their own items, or their staff, or dealers making false claims, or the countless other things anyone can do.
I asked a dealer if he wanted to sell me a Bond poster for 150 euros , he replied *yes , you can*.....then I paypal him the money and then he tells me he did not agree....sorry mac but when you replied *yes , you can* then you agreed to the deal.
Honorable thing is to follow thru , its kinda impolite treating people like that moron1
at least 666
"wasting like 15 minutes of my time on like 20 dollars of stuff yeah that makes much more sense right trying to get me to do this time wasting stuff for 20 bucks of stuff when its ludicrously easy to avoid bothering me with"
Obviously, these things have spread like a case of the clap at a swingers convention,
Hey guys I had to register here (and hopefully will be an active member to this awesome place, so much good info here!) to reinforce the views on Egbert (dealing with him under movieposterbargains) by sharing my first, and last experience with him.
I wanted to buy a few different posters, most notably the Inception one he has for sale right now, which after coming here and reading up a bit on him I am skeptical as to weather or not they're originals. I recently ordered 2 Inception posters from another seller for a GREAT deal but they arrived trashed so I have to find others. So I asked if there was a way I could get discount shipping and pay for them individually. Basically meaning if I wanted to buy 2 posters, I would pay for one plus the main shipping cost, then the other immediately after with the extra shipping, so 2 payments. I asked this because I have 2 different sources of funding I was going to use through PayPal. Direct transfer from a bank account and a credit card. Not an outrageous request right?
Well after it taking MANY back and forth messages over 2 days trying to explain what I wanted to do I finally had to spell it out step by step. After doing so I was told it was some sort of "violation of PayPal regulations". Another few back and forth messages and I think he finally got it and then told me that, well let me quote it:
"wasting like 15 minutes of my time on like 20 dollars of stuff yeah that makes much more sense right trying to get me to do this time wasting stuff for 20 bucks of stuff when its ludicrously easy to avoid bothering me with"
Now sifting through the atrocious grammar he was basically telling me that my simple request as to send boom boom 2 quick invoices for 2 different products was a waste of his time, not worth the time, and a bother. I still get a kick out of the fact that he thinks 15 minutes isn't worth a sale, and he thinks that helping me pay for his product that I'm willing to buy is a waste of time. How do people of this IQ and poor business sense have the ability to own businesses and/or companies and make money. It baffles me beyond belief.
I honestly can't see how this guy makes any money when he's got this kind of attitude. Just goes to show how bad the world is I guess.
I've only just started buying movie posters, I'm not a collector so to speak but I will buy a bunch that I like and put them up, and I have to say I'm extremely thankful to have found this forum to avoid people like this guy.
I wouldnt touch it Harry. There are very few people I would buy a mint looking rolled Blade Runner insert from, and a random ebay seller isnt one of them. That isn't to say the guy is dishonest. It's pretty possible he has no idea what a minty what it is how to distinguish one from an original. Of course, it would be interesting to see what he would do if he was educated. But in order to prove its a minty white, you would have to buy it first. So its a catch 22 and not really worth the trouble. Also worth noting is the item location (New York). Obviously, these things have spread like a case of the clap at a swingers convention, but the epicenters are Rochester, NY and Claremore (Tulsa), OK. Who knows how many comic/pawn/collectible shops that douche bag has been in hawking his wares. Its probably reasonable to assume a higher frequency in these areas than anywhere else
But you are safe now...here in good ol' APF. Welcome!
Dont be afraid to ask those questions. No matter what they are. I have both posted and pmed quite a few of what I thought were"stupid questions". There are no stupid questions.
Does anyone know anything about movieposterkings on eBay?
The ironic thing is that before our deal went "south", he referred me to this website before I became a member here.
These are 4 that I've had more than one poor outcome with:
granadaposters
123-liquidation
cglaberson
kristelll
123-liquidations is a joke. Avoid him at all cost. I bought around 15 posters from him all at once. He packaged them poorly inside a used 4x4x28 corrugated brown box. This box looked like it was at least 20 years old and there was no rigidness left in the cardboard. Needless to say, the posters arrived damaged. I returned the posters to him and his response was how do I know you didn't send back a box of moldy bananas. Never got a refund on $700.00 worth of posters I paid for from him. I had to file a claim with my credit card company and luckily they covered my loss. I am not sure if they ever went after him for the money or not. Paypal was worthless as they would not offer any support at all. 123-liquidations is the equivalent of Carson Cochren with Greg Eggberts personality. I was on the verge of making a trip to New York where he is from and paying him an unfriendly visit. He's a fucking joke.
These are 4 that I've had more than one poor outcome with:
granadaposters
123-liquidation
cglaberson
kristelll
These are 4 that I've had more than one poor outcome with:
granadaposters
cglaberson
Add another one to the list: "nejoker"
He shipped me a poster in a crappy triangular tube from the Post Office AND had wrapped a rubber band around the poster. The box arrived crushed in about 12 places as expected and this was his response:
"I have used that same box for 100's of posters and never received a single complaint. A refund will be given only after I receive the item back. Please ship it to the return address."
The poster is nothing but a piece of trash at this point and we wants me to pay out of pocket to return a $15 poster? The dirt bag is getting his first negative feedback!
You can open a claim with eBay/PayPal... they will refund return shipping if the seller will not.
I bought a Watchmen Teaser that was supposedly in "great shape" for only 99 cents. I guess I got what I paid for. Not only was it not in great shape but it was shipped in a re-used tube that simply pinches at either end to keep the contents from falling out. To add insult to injury, there was a single piece of scotch tape on either end. It seemed to me like it was shipped by a 14 year old.
I hate these tubes. We get them from the studios all the time and the posters are damaged nine times out of ten.
This is exactly why they use them. Fox was the first to go back to them as part of their 'Screw eBay' campaign.
Is reeldeals.com a reputable place? I can't figure out why this is only 12 bucks http://www.reeldeals.com/ProductDetails.aspx?id=3031
Its a full size DS one sheet, pretty well liked, and seems sort of rare. Is this just a great deal?
Has anyone dealt with movieposterplace on ebay?
Sounds like a good "New Topic" to me. Why would you ask this question in the Sellers to Avoid discussion without knowing about them.
Sounds like a good "New Topic" to me. Why would you ask this question in the Sellers to Avoid discussion without knowing about them.
Has anyone dealt with movieposterplace on ebay?
This belongs in a new thread that would be dedicated to posts that contain both grammatical and punctual errors.
That's one sensitive "?" mark! :P
No, it's not one ? mark. That asshole is nothing but a forum antagonist. He scoffed at my idea of a new sub-forum. Now he has to eat that new sub-forum.
He scoffed at my idea of a new sub-forum. Now he has to eat that new sub-forum.
No, it's not one ? mark. That asshole is nothing but a forum antagonist. He scoffed at my idea of a new sub-forum. Now he has to eat that new sub-forum.
he scoffed at how you went about it. there is a difference.
Man I hate having a conscience; and just wish I could leave my mind out here for everyone to read...
Conscience is overrated, put back the comments!
Here you go... my thoughts...
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Conscience is overrated, put back the comments!
Here you go... my thoughts...
(http://www.mysterycorp.com/temp/choptopconversion_3000b.gif)
Fuck You scumbag (This is called bringing my response down to the rat hole that yours come out of).
I echo Jay's thought. I admire the freedom of this forum, but when members interpret "freedom" as "license" to do anything, it is time for the forum owners to step in and do something, or risk having the best contributors lose interest and leave.
Bruce
Fuck You scumbag (This is called bringing my response down to the rat hole that yours come out of).
I love sarcasm.
In fact, when practiced by the right people it is almost an art form.
There are many on this forum who agree to disagree, and they tend to do so civilly (in most cases).
But, I believe we all agree that there is no room at APF for vulgar name-calling.
It serves no purpose but to alienate members and make our guests reluctant to participate.
I echo Jay's thought. I admire the freedom of this forum, but when members interpret "freedom" as "license" to do anything, it is time for the forum owners to step in and do something, or risk having the best contributors lose interest and leave.
Bruce
Urr....umm...in case you didn't see the timeline, the animated Homer gif was posted before my "vulgarness". Just sayin'. Until that bullshit is shot down, I could care less what others say about what I post in response.
Urr....umm...in case you didn't see the timeline, the animated Homer gif was posted before my "vulgarness". Just sayin'. Until that bullshit is shot down, I could care less what others say about what I post in response.
But heaven forbid any member have too much interest, what did you call it, show "over-exuberance"? That's obviously too fucking far and that much enjoyment isn't fucking allowed here. Apparently only some interest is the acceptable amount. Certainly requesting positive changes in the forum structure IS WAY TOO FUCKING FAR!
Hypocrisy: The practice of professing beliefs, feelings, or virtues that one does not hold or possess; falseness.
Mumble....mumble.. Find another forum if this one sucks so much...mumble...I am sure some would be willing to give you another chance...if your mature enough to let it all go...
Mumble... That is all I have to say about that.
Forgive what? Self-defense? No thanks, I'd rather not be forgiven for that.
Originally, I also attributed Wonka (as in my Lebowski re-write) to helping you achieve your goal. You have you now alienated yourself from him (perhaps your only ally during the process) through pure annoying and pointless shit.
Urr....umm...in case you didn't see the timeline, the animated Homer gif was posted before my "vulgarness".
No, it's not one ? mark. That asshole is nothing but a forum antagonist. He scoffed at my idea of a new sub-forum. Now he has to eat that new sub-forum.
yeah take your dirty moth to NS4 ;)
Come on Ted, have another look at the hand and sponge...
I would just like to point out that this pinned thread is now pretty much ruined.
Could we please in the future keep the infighting out of the informational threads?
I just read through this entire thread to catch up and see if any new information should be noted. I also in that time found out that about 50% of the thread was that Chop Top guy cussing out every forum member that posted here....why is he not banned? Unless I missed something of course, if it were my forum, he'd be gone after the first post.
I just read through this entire thread to catch up and see if any new information should be noted. I also in that time found out that about 50% of the thread was that Chop Top guy cussing out every forum member that posted here....why is he not banned? Unless I missed something of course, if it were my forum, he'd be gone after the first post.
I humbly request that the admins delete everything from response #72 onward and allow this thread to get back to its original useful purpose.
I just read through this entire thread to catch up and see if any new information should be noted. I also in that time found out that about 50% of the thread was that Chop Top guy cussing out every forum member that posted here....why is he not banned? Unless I missed something of course, if it were my forum, he'd be gone after the first post.
But yeah, hate speech is our biggest no-no. Aside from that, people disagree, people bash, people mock and ridicule... that's just the nature of a public forum. It's up to you to fight back or ignore the other person. Chop-Top can be over the top sometimes, but I haven't read anything offensive yet.
T
Chop-Top can be over the top sometimes, but I haven't read anything offensive yet.
Except maybe his avatar :D
That thing creeps me out, which I assume is the whole point.
Except maybe his avatar :D
That thing creeps me out, which I assume is the whole point.
well if you know the movie and know his ID thenn it makes sense, and if thats offensive, dont see the movie (and dont its shit - sorry chop top)
it was banned in Australia for YEARS and I read and read about it, and I LOGVED the 1st,when I finally saw it, I felt like I had wasted a decade of my youth thinking I was going to see something great. TCM it aint. TCM 2 it is, and for now I will forget it exists.
I should add something
almost universally, the complaints (I mean real complaints) have been with items under $20
but $1 items.. they've definitely been the worst sellers.
Addendum:
Like magic he just messaged to ask how much he owes and he will pay.
Please remove his name from my previous post
(ed. Done)
laugh1 Hahahahaha..
Maybe he just read your post.
The power of APF (cue weird, eerie music..)
He did make you wait over 30 days.
Do you want us to edit his name out of your post?
I'm seriously considering quitting the use of my regular linen backer........goes to US w/o notice , doesn't give me track # after numerous emails.
I'm gonna make hell on earth if he does not send my items soon......f-in ridiculous moron1
How can Italy Post store my poster from Jan 1st to 16th before sending it.......dummies moron1
I think my parcel was returned cuz they couldn't read the address (it was in pencil)
Gotten half of em back , still waiting for the rest......
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
From: Charlie
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 5:03 PM
To: <posters@daybillposters.com>
Have the daybill, looking for the one-sheet…
Thanks,
Charlie
From: posters@daybillposters.com [mailto:posters@daybillposters.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:26 PM
To: Charlie
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
OK.
Yes we have it.
Regards
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
From: Charlie
Date: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 8:31 PM
To: <posters@daybillposters.com>
OK how much? Can you send a pic? Ship to US?
From: posters@daybillposters.com [mailto:posters@daybillposters.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 5:25 PM
To: Charlie
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
Hi there,
Poster is in storage at our Adelaide unit. Condition is 'Very Good' according to my records.
Cost would be $200 Australian dollars + $20 postage.
I suggest you wait until I retrieve from storage, photograph and send photo should you wish to proceed. Agree?
If not, I will not retrieve poster.
Please advise.
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
From: Charlie
Date: Thu, February 01, 2012 6:12 pm
To: <posters@daybillposters.com>
Did you make a typo? $200 Australian? Or $20 Australian? I might Buy it for $40 and buy something else to get to the $100 minimum… If $200 is your price please don’t waste your time getting it out of storage…
Regards,
Charlie
From: posters@daybillposters.com [mailto:posters@daybillposters.com]
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 8:09 PM
To: Charlie
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
Sorry, it was a typo. I meant $220
;-)
No probs. Thanks for coming back.
I am sure you have heard this before. “You’re an idiot…” And obviously have a skewed version of reality. Good luck with your overpriced shit, you Aussie prick… You could have easily made a hundred bucks or more over a poster in storage. It’s a $20 to $40 poster. Dare I say again, “idiot…” or perhaps dumbass is a better description.
Wow,
Charlie
$100 minimum? WTF is that about?
They won't sell you anything unless it equates to at least 100 bucks?
Well I found an Aussie Stargate but it had to be from the biggest prick Aussie dealer in the country:
Go get 'im Charlie!
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v285/Scion-of-Darkness/1233762673_koala1233705714064330.gif) $200? He must ne smokin' koala turds...
From: posters@daybillposters.com [mailto:posters@daybillposters.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:44 AM
To: Charlie
Subject: RE: Looking for a Stargate One Sheet
Dear Mr Charles XX
I find your email incredibly offensive. Please do not contact us again.
Hi Mr. DaybillPosters.com (since you never signed your name to an e-mail)
I see you looked up my name. I am not attacking you. You are safe, no need to ring up the local AFP (although perhaps I should let them know you attempted to price gouge me). I am simply calling it as I see it. I apologize if the choice of words offended you, but the intent was very much warranted. In the states it’s actually a crime to gouge prices based on demand. Not that collectibles apply, but that is simply what you are doing; price gouging. I find that very offensive; incredibly offensive as a collector. As a member of the poster collecting community, you sir and the like are sore spots in our hobby. Cleary you are only driven by monetary purpose. But as I think about it, $100 for a $20 poster isn’t that bad… So I am concluding your version of reality is definitely skewed. Because at gouged prices you won’t find buyers and only make a lot of money every once in a while. Whereas, if you offered your wares at reasonable prices (with the inventory you appear to have) you would make much more… When writing the previous e-mail I was reasonably certain you would be offended and that you would not again entertain me as a customer, so I don’t have an issue not contacting you again…
I have also let many others know not to contact you, as they may find the same hassle and attempted gouging…
Best of Luck,
Mr Charles XX
Although he's asking silly money for the poster, he was fairly polite in his email exchanges, I'm not sure he warranted a barrage of abuse :-* :-* :-*
It seems to me that the guy has the right to set his own prices and terms. You have the right to pass on it. End of story.
We have a long list of dealers who charge "too much" for their posters. We accept it because that is the nature of retail. We tend to frequent the wholesale market, looking for bargains.
Basically, this feud is a wet firecracker and not worthy of you.
Fair enough... Dealers always reserve the right to set prices; hi or low... It could also be from a huge let down knowing I finally found one and the guy was taking advantage of me... The last time this poster sold at auction it went for a huge sum of ~$3.10 or something... So $3.10 vs $200; the guy is either crazy or taking advantage of me... His Apocalypse Now US one-sheet it only listed for $175?!?!?
And was this really polite:
Sorry, it was a typo. I meant $220
You mention that he looked up your full name. Do you mean he also used your surname?
I see he refers to you as 'Mr. Charles.' Are you Charlie Charles?
I'm confused, because the early emails clearly indicate 'From: Charlie' and 'To: Charlie.'
Did he actually look up your full name?
Yeah - I can understand your annoyance completely, I've been in similar situations. His response was a bit childish, but could've been an attempt at humour gone bad.
Don't lose any sleep over this Charlie,you said your piece,if that offends him,screw em. The price is ridiculous, forget about the dude.
Stew
Charlie:
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His website prices are all over the shop, some very common daybills for nothing horror films for $100 or more, and a couple of nice hammer daybills for $35 or less. ? and a few other cult and scarce horror dayills for $20, makes no sense.
Hi Charlie,
Just read your story about the $220 Stargate poster. How a seller can ask that type of price and sleep at night is beyond me.
Anyhow, I think I can help.
I've just listed my personal copy on ebay - go and get it! Opening price - a humble $20. I've had this poster since 95', I feel it's time to pass it over to a new home.
http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330682311509
Cheers
Wills
Charlie, check your email I think i might have solved your problem.
cheers
rick
Charlie, check your email I think i might have solved your problem.
cheers
rick
What are you going to do when Spader finally makes Stargate II?
Who collects sequels?
Famous last words....
We'll see who posts the first BLACK SWAN 2: FEATHER UP MY ARSE one sheet... wynk
Well if Portman survived stabbing herself and comes back for a sequel I would have to buy at least a standard US 1 SHT.... :P
Who collects sequels?
Who collects sequels?
Hey, if Pretty Woman is a $555 poster, then a $220 Stargate is a steal....
Reported Poster Italia to the police......this just takes too long moron1
Egbert:
Dragonbirdlw - Avoid, avoid, avoid.
Movieposterbargains - Same
123-liquidation on eBay. Bought a $5 poster, took almost a month to ship, arrived in a triangular USPS tube - damaged, said I would be refunded within 24-48 hours (that was over a week ago) - still no refund), and no reply to emails.
What a PoS!!!
In his/her defense, he/she explained some issues he/she supposedly had. I could have been more patient, but it's been almost six weeks since I sent payment.
MOR Furniture, eh? Thanks for the advice.
Yeah, I hear ya that I should be glad that it was only $5 and not a lot more, but it's more about the principals than the $.
Unfortunately the guy has some cool stuff, some of which are at decent market prices, but there is an incredibly low probability that I would buy anything else from him/her. If I said anything to the guy about future purchases, it would be, in Charlie's epic words: "So now, not only have you been called out, you've lost probably hundreds if not thousands of potential dollars from 'Precious' who thought you were actually an OK guy." ;D
If I said anything to the guy about future purchases, it would be, in Charlie's epic words: "So now, not only have you been called out, you've lost probably hundreds if not thousands of potential dollars from 'Precious' who thought you were actually an OK guy." ;D
You're really tempting me to add it again, aren't you!!! :D
Seriously though, how come you accepted a damaged parcel? The postal service has a duty of care.
This is why the forums are such a great tool in keeping sellers honest, and if not they lose out on a ton of money from potential buyers.
I know I would have spent another $500+ at Movieposters.com if I wouldn't have found these forums. ;)
It's a classic line. I would add it to my sig if it had been said to me.
If a package is damaged, other than one time, they always leave it, even if it required a signature. The one time I got a tube that had a huge dent in it and the woman asked me to sign for it, she strategically placed it inside my door with the dent facing the wall, while I signed the card. nono All the others times I sign the card, they wait until I sign it and then hand me the package.
No doubt about it, MW.
movieposter.com (http://www.movieposter.com/) is alright. I got this Heavy Metal poster from them at a decent price, and everything was good.
Oh, i'm not saying anything bad about their products, or the handling... but their prices on some things are far more than what you can get them elsewhere.
I think the seller is being silly making you wait six weeks. For a $5 poster he should just refund and move on. I'd send a msg saying you'll leave a neg if refund doesn't come through in 24 hours. That's fair, as it's been a pretty negative experience!
In Aust the PO pays compensation for lost / damaged items up to $50 for regular mail. Above that I get insurance for locally delivered. Costs peanuts.
Catch ya,
M.R
I did a PayPal deal so I can't leave negative feedback. He/she can keep the money and have to live with the fact that he/she has lost "probably hundreds if not thousands of potential dollars"... 8)
I did a PayPal deal so I can't leave negative feedback.
Maybe Neo means that he sidestepped an Ebay sale and bought it direct from an Ebay seller?
Hence, there is no Ebay transaction with which to leave feedback.
greg egbert... I bought some posters in his vendio and 20 days later he told me that 2 of the 10 posters i have bought he doesnt have any more!!! no refund!!! and dont send me the tracking number!!! i am suspecting that he send it by first class mail although i paid for priority mail international :-\ or worst
greg egbert... I bought some posters in his vendio and 20 days later he told me that 2 of the 10 posters i have bought he doesnt have any more!!! no refund!!! and dont send me the tracking number!!! i am suspecting that he send it by first class mail although i paid for priority mail international :-\ or worst
Finally send to me the tracking number, this was my response: I have paid for priority mail international and that's a first class mail tracking number. Also you tell me that you send it the 13th of the past month and the traking says that the package was sent on May 03, 2012, I think I just waste my money, what a shame.
God I want to kill myself :-[ :-[ :-[ :-[
File a claim. If he gets away with that kind of misrepresentation, he'll do it again.
The very fact that he's ignoring you is bullshit.
Stop the putz in his tracks.
cheers
Well I filed and claim, he didn't respond, I escalated it to eBay and they're telling me I have to pay to send it back to France with tracking, for a full refund of the purchase price plus the original shipping cost. So in other words I have to pay more to ship it back than I paid to have it shipped to me as International Tracking is expensive. I always thought eBay was overly buyer conscience, ironic how when you actually need them to stand up for you as a buyer they pull this crap with a bum seller. I'm not interested in investing anymore money in this, especially when the seller has completely ignored me! I told eBay I wasn't interested in doing this, and didn't want a full refund but a partial. Looks like I'll just have to leave him negative feedback. Anyone know if I have recourse with Paypal? I still have a few days left before the 45 day limit. Don't know if I can file a claim with them since I already opened one with eBay. So it looks like this guy going to get off with nothing more than negative feedback, frankly I'm surprised eBay is cutting this guy slack when the seller has made no effort whatsoever to even try to make this right. Wouldn't surprise me if he's been through this before and knew nothing would happen.
Paypal and eBay are basically the same entity in this situation.
This is another reason I stopped buying from over seas, I was spending more on postage than posters, and any problems it was more cost to send items back.
The thing with ebay is tracking numbers...., if the seller sends you a tracking number, basically your screwed. If you don't get a tracking number, ebay will side with you....
If you didn't get a tracking number you should have said it never turned up and you would have got payment and postage back...
Unfortunately in dealing with wankers (bad sellers, and ebay), you must become one yourself.... ;)
Yea, lucky for this guy I'm an honest person. I'm a firm believer in what goes around comes around. Plus things all seem to even out in the long run, at least for me, if I get short changed on something I find I usually get more back on something else later. Still it's aggravating, but ultimately not worth anymore time.
Hey is that a Portman Dior poster? If all it has is the three inch tear and crease I might buy it from you...
No it's one of the Knightley Coco Chanel posters.
....Sellers who send out damaged goods and then ignore buyers shouldn't have the right to an item back
Man, that Mark takes No prisoners.... thumbup good on ya.
RIP OFF ARTIST -
posterstoreusa.com
Hollywoodnoise.com
aka on eBay:
posterstoreusa
hollywoodnoise
This seller is possibly tied to emovieposterS.com as well (Not Bruce's site)
We need to remain aware that most ebay sellers are not poster dealers. They simply happened across the material, and don't know how to pack and ship a poster. This guy obviously sees this as a hassle as negative feedback hurts his normal business of selling gizmos.
If it was that much of a hassle, he should not have been selling the banner in the first place
At some point logic not laziness needs to be the operative word when it comes to packing.
Sadly in this case the seller was a douche on top of being an idiot and wouldn't accept responsibility for the damage. That's why we pack everything as best as we can and even then we buy insurance for the items that we ship.
Nasty.
Just another reasons to steer clear of the Mondos...
Nasty.
Just another reasons to steer clear of the Mondos...
Huh?
I have an admitted prejudice against the Mondo prints and their ilk...
Congrats on completing Step One!
;)
Urgghh... I'm shuddering at the thought of doing this but I want to buy a poster from Tloceposters. I know, I know but I've been looking for a nice chaplin poster and he has one on there for around Ł30. It's not a very desirable poster and the photo shows it has folds and everything!!!! I understand he does sell originals and I suppose for Ł30 it's worth a risk. Please reassure me that he does have some originals??? :-*
Urgghh... I'm shuddering at the thought of doing this but I want to buy a poster from Tloceposters. I know, I know but I've been looking for a nice chaplin poster and he has one on there for around Ł30. It's not a very desirable poster and the photo shows it has folds and everything!!!! I understand he does sell originals and I suppose for Ł30 it's worth a risk. Please reassure me that he does have some originals??? :-*
Urgghh... I'm shuddering at the thought of doing this but I want to buy a poster from Tloceposters. I know, I know but I've been looking for a nice chaplin poster and he has one on there for around Ł30. It's not a very desirable poster and the photo shows it has folds and everything!!!! I understand he does sell originals and I suppose for Ł30 it's worth a risk. Please reassure me that he does have some originals??? :-*
Cheers guys... it's the Chaplin Revue poster I was looking at not the Downey Jr one. I'd rather wait and find one from a respectable seller (i just want a cool chaplin poster!) I don't want to fund the dark side!
Can't you comment on the FB post mentioning this reality?
Avoid this seller on ebay at all cost. gaspetc. He is a douchbag fraud and very rude. My item arrived crushed and contacted him and he tried saying I was commiting fraud. Funny though I sent him pics showing him the damage and he said that. He said he reported me to ebay so I opened a case against him. DO NOT BUY FROM gaspetc
Not sure if this would be of interest to any in the UK. I never bought posters from him....
Mark Mountford- Councillor guilty of film poster charges
A town councillor made Ł90,000 selling fake posters for blockbuster Hollywood films including Star Wars, Die Hard and The Dark Knight Rises, a court heard.
http://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2013/04/23/councillor-guilty-of-film-poster-charges/
Ł90,000!?
Wow...either a lot of idiots out there or a lot of people who do not care about authenticity
I clicked on a handful of his previous auctions and the ones I read all clearly stated that he was selling reprints or reproductions done on good quality paper. The descrips didn't read as though he was passing these off as genuine or real posters. I think he even called them "prints."
So from the article, he was ultimately nabbed for copyright issues or illegal use of company logos, sounds like?
It says poster business ...I assumed it was for copyrights and for selling fakes too....
Another pilock to avoid... garyrich50
Here's another goose who should know better - george004
Apparently excellent condition means a 1 inch tear and creases. (I think Rick got a nice sized hole in his poster).
Postage at $18 consists of single layer cardbaord cut to the same size as the poster.
Poor description and worse packaging is what you'll get.
And Paul what a twat!Ł6.95 is extortionate Chris,I could send you a poster cheaper than that (folded).
But still amazed at what you Brits consider to be "expensive shipping costs" - I would take the conversion on Ł6.95 any day!
Ł6.95 is extortionate Chris,I could send you a poster cheaper than that (folded).
Stew
Go on then, I dare you. :pFine.. ;) let me check my pile of daybills.
46 years it spent it's life rolled, then this Tosser gets hold of it....
Ah, Paul, I feel the pain RE that poster.
Common sense would have been to contact you and say "Hey, look, I know I said postage would be this much, but could you send a little more as it is going to cost more than I thought to send".
Postage isn't cheap now for rolled posters in the UK.
Small parcels are automatically Ł5.20 and that's before adding a signature and the cost of the packaging.
I think a signature is now Ł0.95 so that's Ł6.15, then the cost of a very good quality tube is around Ł1.60 in bulk (around Ł3.00 when bought separately) so there's a minimum of Ł7.75 and then for some there is the cost of actually travelling to the Post Office.
Yep - agree with all of that. It has stopped me buying cheapy posters on ebay unless I can get more than one in the tube.
Adam, if you're sending posters and want to save a few Ł, try parcel2go or parcelmonkey. I've found you get a tube delivered for around Ł4 and they'll pick it up from you rather than you having to go to the post office.
I recently went to post a tube to a friend in the US...it was one of Bruce's big strong tubes. Royal Mail wanted Ł50 to post it! Laughable. I went with Fedex using parcel 2 go and it was 'only' Ł24. That was for a fully tracked service and it was delivered in about 5 days. RM are just too pricey these days.
It wouldn't surprise me if they got it wrong, Paul. The lady at the counter asked her colleague over and they measured the tube 3 or 4 times before telling me that price...I think their pricing is too confusing for the staff.
Well you can avoid this guy like the plague. A month a half of delays and excuses and I get 1 of 700 posters....That does suck man. Sorry to hear that.
cinemastore-new I think he's this guy too posterstore70 and this guy cinemastore-top
He just received two negatives last week from someone and then made his feedback private, I should have filed a claim on him right then, but since the guy kept responding to me I figured I'd give him a shot.... learned my lesson now all I have is a charge-back to fall on. That's my first and last attempt at ever buying another lot of posters, and my last time buying from Italy for a while, not worth it.
Well you can avoid this guy like the plague. A month a half of delays and excuses and I get 1 of 700 posters....
cinemastore-new I think he's this guy too posterstore70 and this guy cinemastore-top
He just received two negatives last week from someone and then made his feedback private, I should have filed a claim on him right then, but since the guy kept responding to me I figured I'd give him a shot.... learned my lesson now all I have is a charge-back to fall on. That's my first and last attempt at ever buying another lot of posters, and my last time buying from Italy for a while, not worth it.
He was also cinemastore2011 (http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=cinemastore2011&ftab=AllFeedback&myworld=true&_trksid=p2050430.m2531.l4585) who packed up after a couple of negs. I know this because his account name history (http://contact.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ReturnUserIdHistory&requested=cinemastore2011) lists him as also being "cinemastore" for which I have purchased from and saved the web page of the sale and his description font/wording/style is the same as used by cinemastore-new. Cinemastore (http://www.ebay.com/usr/cinemastore) account was rebirthed in May 2013 and looks ready to start using, so may be him
Had I known he'd been popping around on so many other accounts with bad feedback I would have easily passed...
I screwed up and accidentally left the guy positive feedback moron1, but the comment was negative and I gave him one star on everything, tried calling eBay to get them to change it and they said they can't! eyeroll I guess it really doesn't matter considering no one can read his feedback anyway since he's made it private. But I did request eBay investigate him on the premise that he has multiple accounts and switches between them after he gets a bunch of negatives. Package two came today, again just 1 poster... My credit card company has already issued me a temporary credit regarding this transaction.So what do you have 2 of 700 posters now??
So what do you have 2 of 700 posters now??
Here's another goose who should know better - george004
Apparently excellent condition means a 1 inch tear and creases. (I think Rick got a nice sized hole in his poster).
Postage at $18 consists of single layer cardbaord cut to the same size as the poster.
Poor description and worse packaging is what you'll get.
As i am still a newbie here I've just been reading up on all the old topics. I seen that Bradburied has a pretty bad reputation so i decided to check his ebay shop out and there are no items in it! I recall a long time ago he had thousands in there. Has he finally got a conscience about selling knowing fakes on certain posters?
I always thought I'd heard that Cory Glaberson was a well known and liked dealer.
Does anyone know if
Member id alvario33
on Ebay is legit...
They've sold about a dozen Back to the Future and Jaws Daybills in the last few months... are these things fake or did they just happen to have a stash?
There are very, very few fake (reproduction) daybills out there. Back to the Future and Jaws daybills are by no means scarce at all so likely the seller (like MANY others) just has stacks of them...
Any idea why the numbers are so small, Chris?
No profit to be made in creating reproductions I suppose - # of collectors of daybills vs. most other post formats is minimal at best.
And really let's not ask the question lest the situation change!! :-X
Sorry guys, this list probably need some vetting. This list was created from all the posting on the subject. I just wanted a running listing. If someone should not be on this list I will certainly remove them. So here's an updated list.
garyrich50
Moviegoods
Egbert
Bradburied
Tloceposters
Rokmodataol
Dragonbirdlw
Movieposterbargains
granadaposters
123-liquidation
kristelll
nejoker (stupid packaging)
pnbhudds
kings.trading.company
deel4you (packaging)
hadleyhints
b007art
posterstoreusa
hollywoodnoise
Poster Italia
xfileed916
mishik
bmattingly32
Mark27766
Why is Bradburied listed as (The Bad?)
I just purchased a R97 It's a Wonderful Life OS from them on Ebay this evening and I just saw this.. now I'm worried.
All explained here::-\
http://moviepostercollectors.com/Fake_Sellers.html
That said, I'm sure your IAWL is the real deal if it's 41". Those are very common.
I would avoid the seller www.ebay.com
Wouldn't a 1997 release poster be 27x40?
All explained here:
http://moviepostercollectors.com/Fake_Sellers.html
That said, I'm sure your IAWL is the real deal if it's 41". Those are very common.
What IS cool about your poster, Brian, is that this particular poster was manufactured under license from the Jimmy Hawkins Co, by FilmPrints, Inc. in 1996.
This is the same Jimmy Hawkins who, at age 4, played the role of Tommy Bailey, in IAWL.
That would be fine if they were in the reproduction category. The volume of sales that go through mobile devices is getting higher and higher. Many and I mean MANY people simply do not read, search.. checkout done.
I see now that I actually found the 1 item they have in the original category.
Retraction.
My french Annik Charlier poster came in. It was shit-packed and very overpriced (I have asked for a partial refund on the shipping charges)
To boot, I got a wicked rash after handling it. Red spots all over my left arm that have stopped itching but are still there 2 days later. Its not hives or anything I've gotten those and they usually go away pretty fast. Hopefully not anthrax or anything.
I dont have the handle handy, will share later spew spew.
Whoa?!? Does the poster smell mildewy?Not particularly... I mean its old paper but I've handled funkier stuff. I opened a paypal claim a couple of weeks ago because he hadn't sent me the tracking info and wasn't responding the any of my multiple emails. After my claim he finally responded saying the mail service had lost the poster an had just recently "found" it and called him to tell him.
That's the oddest thing I ever heard.Really? I think I'm sort of flattered by that actually. ;)
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k267/vintagevick/Movies/_57_zpse6cf310a.jpg)
Edited my post.
Nothing to see here, these are not the droids you are looking for. Move along.... move along...
The jury is still out so I am biting my tongue until all is said and done. I really should have given them more time to respond to my complaints prior to bitching anywhere. I was just really really PO'd when the shipping company called me and was the one to tell me that the WWI Christy poster I bought and could not wait to get back and on the wall in a spot I already picked out and prepped a frame for was glued to a board. They should have been the ones to tell me about it, not the shipping company. Still am unlikely to buy from them again unless I have a full description in writing prior to placing a bid.
That is how I found out I was expecting typical UPS store prices at $25-30when they told me $63 to ship I started asking and found out. I think I saw red for a bit.
Has anyone brought items from franfrak5gikc on Ebay? He seems to have a number of linen backed posters. They do seem to be well restored and linen backed. Any thought would be appreciated.
Rudy
Hi Simes..Yup, the ebay screen shows something happened on the 6th November, but then the little horizontal bars that depict progress are all blank.
you said you got a valid tracking number... but that the post office has failed to scan it... i had that happen recently once, too. A tube was mailed from new jersey, was scanned showing departing that post office on such and such a day.
Then..NOTHING for almost 2 weeks, until it got here to LA, when it was scanned again, by my local post office, once it arrived. As they told me when I called-- sometimes the parcel will move along and postal workers forget or dont bother to scan. Without them bothering to do that.... its just a nice long number on the parcel..... nothing more... :-\
I hope it pops up again on their system, soon, for you, too.
;)
Has anyone brought items from franfrak5gikc on Ebay? He seems to have a number of linen backed posters. They do seem to be well restored and linen backed. Any thought would be appreciated.
Rudy
This thread about Mr Egbert aka movieposterbargains, you might find interesting Simes:
http://www.allposterforum.com/index.php/topic,95.0.html
he could have made lots of sales to me if he was even partially co-operative
like if I ask you "which style are you selling" it isn't useful to write back "go to ebay or vendio store. use the search engine and find out"
other issues withstanding
no, that was a copy paste
hey Rudy heres a link for everyone to use to make it easier to see franfrak5gikc's items
http://www.ebay.com/sch/m.html?_sop=12&_ssn=franfrak5gikc&rt=nc
I have a feeling that is Frank Santos (also uses Pat Wainer, and a couple other Santos aliases)
if so, he is banned from MPB and MPE (Frank was banned as a seller - twice - when I had other sellers and for some reason I allowed him to talk himself back on as a bidder, for which he was suspended, un-suspended and then banned for life in any capacity)
I'm not saying this for certain. I'm curious what his email is or phone #
We all know the usual sellers to avoid who sell the bootleg Star Wars, Empire and Jedi inserts. If we mention their names they threaten to sue. eyeroll
There is a new E-Bay seller who is listing a small mountain of inserts lately using the seller ID of toober. I have not notified him nor do I bother notifying sellers any more but his SW series inserts and several others I can assure are not originals.
Undead,
For my education, why are they not originals. How can you tell? One give away I often see are pictures that are not in focus. I wouldn't buy one based on an unfocused picture of the item.
Not particularly... I mean its old paper but I've handled funkier stuff. I opened a paypal claim a couple of weeks ago because he hadn't sent me the tracking info and wasn't responding the any of my multiple emails. After my claim he finally responded saying the mail service had lost the poster an had just recently "found" it and called him to tell him.So I won my claim as well. Got 25 euros back for an overcharged shit packing job with completely unresponsive seller. I didn't bring up the itchy issue though.
I'm starting to think he had no intention of sending me the poster and when I filed a PP claim he reluctantly did and out of spite included something toxic.
The worst part is that he said ok to reimbursing me 15 euros for overcharging but he wants to send me a cheque. Wtf? More anthrax? I insisted it be paypal will see what he says.
How come I always manage to find the nuts out there
Adding these two users because I detest shill bidding. If you don't want to sell below a price use a reserve or start bidding at that price.
Anyway, essexestateservices and chameleon-collection are one and the same. They apparently use schill bidding to keep their items from selling too low and then throw it back up for sale under a different ID. They even use the same company name in both descriptions.
Jaws poster sold 12/8 (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574860769&toolid=10001&campid=5337388159&customid=&icep_item=301420691994&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg)
Same Jaws new user name same company name (http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-53200-19255-0/1?icep_ff3=2&pub=5574860769&toolid=10001&campid=5337388159&customid=&icep_item=221635085811&ipn=psmain&icep_vectorid=229466&kwid=902099&mtid=824&kw=lg)
moviegoods.com is gone....good riddance....I discovered it was gone after I helped a friend tonight when he mentioned he bought his Dark Knight "Why So Serious" from them. He wasnt happy to say the least.
Hello all,
Has anyone ordered from cinema-city? Found their site yesterday but it seems a little "iffy". Their "blog" section is still showing the site template garble. Searched this site for any comments and only found one from a few years back...
Cheers if you can advise :)
This one is pretty steep... :)
http://www.cinema-city.com/mercury-rising-1998-original-issue-rolled-double-sided-1-sheet-movie-poster/
Thanks for the advice Charlie :)
I saw that Mercury Rising too and an audible "Whaaaa..." came out of me.
I tried phoning them, was forwarded to a messaging service.
Just sent them an email.
No reply to my email yet...
$800??
I just sold that Mercury Rising poster for $5 in my last auction.....
Well you need to educate yourself Richie. You know it's worth $800 if some dealer lists it for that much. Bet you can't buy it for $5 now! Cinedave might be able to get someone to spend $800 on it.
I sent a message via the submission forum on his website last night after I asked.....I had a response when I woke up this morning.Sent a mail about shipping, heard back a few hours later :)
James Valk wrote me back and confirmed his site is alive and well. He also said if I have any specific questions about any poster to feel free to ask...
SO.....maybe somebody will order from him and get him off this list????? Okay okay okay...I will see what he has!
I really think that is a typo.... 800. Add a decimal 8.00....
I made a small order to test the water.....it wasn't one of the $800 dollar posters either sorry guys.
Just in case you haven't seen it on MOPO or the forum that has no name, I had an unpleasant experience with this dealer - beware!
Eduardo Nicolás Prinzo
e-mail: loner1975@hotmail.com
eBay ID: coolposter1975 (no longer a registered user)
I hope Matias was OK you spelling out his name in full in the forum prior to doing so. I strongly suspect most people don't want their full name listed, especially by someone else.
I also think putting private emails out on to a public forum is also a no no.
The group that left APF have a different way of thinking and I can see why they click over there.
Apart from that, the seller sounds incompetent, and uses well worn excuses, but if he was out to scam, I doubt he would have been in communications for as long as he was. Good to get the heads up on the seller. I think he said he was using a friends PayPal account, all a bit odd.
Sorry to hear you have been strung out for so long.
This weekend I'm leaving 2 eBay negs for a seller
I also purchased from this same seller (coolposter1975/Nicolas) on several occasions and (knock on wood), everything always went fine, from good communication, to quick shipping and solid packaging with tracking #, so the exact opposite of what you went thru, Charlie.
Hope it all works out, in the end.
Just another reason why some threads should be open to members only...
I bought a poster from matias 2 months ago and all was super smooth
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Oh sorry. I didn't read that right. Must be the new color scheme.
I bought a poster from matias 2 months ago and all was super smooth
Yeah, I had him pegged as a reputable dealer. I'd made a few purchases in the past as well with no issue - one reason he had my e-mail address. Yeah and I've gotten what I am going to get. My biggest complaint was that he would not refund me when I asked and he could not deliver the posters he sold to me. He essentially forced me to pick posters from what he had to make up what he owed me.
I got stung recently by a seller. His name is
HUGO DE GERARDO GONZALEZ MATA - he lives in Mexico (in MONTERRY).
He sells in some of the Facebook poster groups under the name 'Hugo Gzz'
Avoid this con man, he is a liar and a thief.
Were you attempting to buy Mexican posters?
Are you telling me I can find Mexican posters for sale on Facebook?
If so, I need to get in on that action (but not from this guy)
Also, I have in-laws in Monterrey. Maybe they can track Hugo down and slap him with a wet noodle.
That large poster group link may be wrong. Do you have a name one could search?
I got stung recently by a seller. His name is
HUGO DE GERARDO GONZALEZ MATA - he lives in Mexico (in MONTERAY).
He sells in some of the Facebook poster groups under the name 'Hugo Gzz'
Avoid this con man, he is a liar and a thief.
He rolled it length ways?
It was rolled as I would expect - the roll was 27" long. But the 39" tube was so much longer (with no padding at either end), the bare poster spiraled inside, then shifted back and forth end to end inside the oversized tube. This crushed the 40" side of the poster that was even more fragile because of the exposed single layers of the spiral.
I messaged him that he should learn to pack posters correctly, and that I would not buy from him again, but wouldn't bother to return the thing to Thailand. (It was only a $50 poster). He actually thanked me for the "advice".
Just curious as to why you wouldnt want to send it back? It was not packaged the right way, and got damaged as a result. That seller would be responsible for sending you a return label (covering the postage) and refunding your purchase price, per the ebay buyer guarantee.
Shipping to me was free, so I don't know what it may cost, but he states that if not satisfied any return shipping is to be paid by buyer. Maybe ebay policy says otherwise?
celinedion_2013
To be found on eBay.
He sold a poster with blatant creases that had been coloured in with felt tip and not mentioned in the description. The images on eBay did not show them.
While admittedly I had been drawn in to make a deal off eBay and to make a Friends Paypal payment (Not looking for sympathy here), a polite conversation highlighting the less than obvious faults resulted in my sending the poster back for an agreed refund.
He then emailed to say that the poster I had returned was not the one he sent and said I had two options. Keep it, or he will incur the Thames Valley Police etc etc blah blah.
His name is Ash Jawaid.
He resides at 20 NORMANBY ROAD, S$#@^%HORPE, NORTH LINCS, DN15 6AL, UK
To be completely distrusted.
celinedion_2013
To be found on eBay.
He sold a poster with blatant creases that had been coloured in with felt tip and not mentioned in the description. The images on eBay did not show them.
While admittedly I had been drawn in to make a deal off eBay and to make a Friends Paypal payment (Not looking for sympathy here), a polite conversation highlighting the less than obvious faults resulted in my sending the poster back for an agreed refund.
He then emailed to say that the poster I had returned was not the one he sent and said I had two options. Keep it, or he will incur the Thames Valley Police etc etc blah blah.
His name is Ash Jawaid.
He resides at 20 NORMANBY ROAD, S$#@^%HORPE, NORTH LINCS, DN15 6AL, UK
To be completely distrusted.
Ref celinedion_2013, unfortunately as I went off eBay and Friends PayPal payments, I am aware there has legitimately been 'fraud' on my/our side too.
I will chalk it up to experience and just block him from searches.
mikestone329 at yahoo aka mcarili on aol (Michael Cirelli of Lindenhurst NY) , was booted off board cuz he was selling a Clapton he didnt have , hopefully Ill get a refund from paypal (shouldve known since he was so pushy getting it sold)
"entertainment-sports1967" (formerly Walls of Fame) , returned autographs Oct 18 from CA to FL , still no refund.......it was sent with tracking so I doubt they got lost , feels like seller is stalling , cheating me out of 300$ devil 2
Anyone else ever have a poster arrived damaged (in this case crushed) due to bad packaging - then sent the seller a message to let them know what happened, and kindly asked for a refund, and the seller blocked you? ??? I sent payment quickly, and made the transaction as simple as possible.
In his defense, he sent me a refund and replied that he was sorry. For that reason I'm debating whether to list his eBay name as a seller to avoid.
Earlier I was thinking it's a tough year to get in the Christmas spirit, now this happens. girly2.gif
Neo, personally I would like to know who this seller is to avoid them if possible. Initially blocking you is not cool regardless of whether they came to their senses later on or not.
I enlisted a friend of mine to bid on the seller's auction and still do to this day. The same kind of guy you described. He ships but feels no responsibility when it's out of his hands.
You mentioned a while ago that you don't buy from idiots...
I don't think I've ever been blocked, but I have had some grumpy responses back, as if it's my fault. It annoys me that I have to bother posting the smashed up poster back too, a waste of everyone's time.
The one time I felt I was on the losing end of the spectrum, I enlisted a friend of mine to bid on the seller's auction and still do to this day. The same kind of guy you described.
Yeah sometimes I don't know why they would want their damaged item back.
eBay also has the option of “guest checkout”. If you just logout of your account and then go to buy the item, it will let you checkout without an account. This only works for BIN items, but is a workaround if you don’t want to have to enlist someone else.
Did I say that? Man, that's awesome hahaha. How rude can one be? There are a lot of idiots out there then ;)
T
OMG, this is the exact reason why I will never sell any of my crap. I refuse to deal with assholes.
eBay also has the option of “guest checkout”. If you just logout of your account and then go to buy the item, it will let you checkout without an account. This only works for BIN items, but is a workaround if you don’t want to have to enlist someone else.
This also assumes that the seller doesn’t recognize your name / shipping address and then cancel the order, but I doubt they pay that much attention once an item is sold.
I was looking forward to seeing what new titles he'd list, as he sent me a message when the sale went through saying he'll be listing more. A couple people asked me to buy something from sellers who blocked them, and it all went ok. If enough time has passed you can probably just start a new account and they won't remember the name and/or address of the eBay ID they blocked. You mentioned a while ago that you don't buy from idiots so I guess that seller wasn't too bad, and/or those purchases must have been important. Similarly I'd rather just have my integrity and buy from folks who do better.
I'm much less of a condition perfectionist and more into finding the best deal. He has several posters that are very wavy (squished but not crushed) that would flatten out perfectly if stored flat for a while, like in my flattening a wavy gravy poster thread. However, if something is in different condition than when it was purchased, I also would always demand a refund. This seattlewarehouse guy actually sent a nice message apologizing for the damaged shipment due to his lackluster packaging. Despite the nice message, the fact that he blocked me might imply that he blames me somehow for his mistakes. Another seller I mentioned here a few years ago went crazy blaming me and the USPS for his terrible packaging. That was in the holiday season also. girly2.gif
In many cases, they don’t necessarily want the item back, but want to make sure that you as the buyer a) actually want to send it back and aren’t just bluffing or b) want to add the extra hurdle for you to send it back in the hopes that you might just not bother.
Either way, if you send it back, eBay is excellent these days at ensuring that you get your money back, no matter how difficult a seller may be. It may take longer than I would like, but eBay will eventually step in and get you a full refund as a buyer.
Yep, agree, blocking isn't right... I guess he did it so that you can't review his business.
At least, you got a nice message. I know one - member here - who would lie and send insults. Stealing money for goods he never sent then telling me to fuck myself with my small dick... and people digs him!