[Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay

Sun, 26 Jan 2003 22:56:37 -0600

Nail on the head, Nail on the head.  Exactly what I was trying to say... I
just don't have the vocabulary. : )

Mike Kopstain
Midwest SHO Specialists
827 North Chestnut Avenue
Arlington Heights, IL 60004
www.MidwestSHO.com
Sales@midwestsho.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Nottingham" <nottingham@alltel.net>
To: "'SHOTimes-New'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay

> Caveat emptor.  We as a society have not taken responsibility for own
> actions for so long, we feel it is our right to blame someone else for
> everything.
>
> Is there anything wrong with this guy buying these things for $10 around
the
> corner at his local Chevy dealer, then selling them for $30?  If there is,
> our whole free enterprise system is wrong.  We might as well scrap this
> system and go straight to communism.  The guy is not breaking any laws (I
> don't know of any laws that states that one cannot buy something, then
sell
> it for more than one has paid).
>
> Unless he is just blatently misrepresenting these items, like showing a
> picture of a trick looking carbon fiber STB, then delivering a steel rod
is
> wrong.  OK, just looked at the auction in question...  He shows pictures
of
> the actual bar, no misrepresentation there.  He doesn't reveal his source
of
> the product in question, however.  If you were trying to make a few bucks
> (OK, 2.6 times the amount you have invested), would you reveal YOUR
sources?
> I think not.
>
> Would I buy from this guy?  Knowing that these bars are available cheaper
> elsewhere, no, I would not.  If I didn't know, I probably would, and feel
I
> got a decent deal.  It's like buying gas.  Have you guys/gals ever been in
a
> different town, stopped to buy gas at a place whose prices where 5 cents
> cheaper than what you are used to paying, then 2 miles down the road seen
> the same brand of gas 10 cents cheaper?
>
> Sure, he is playing on people's noninformation of the availability of
these
> items.  Is it ethical?  Maybe.  Maybe not, but nobody HAS to buy or bid on
> his auctions.  This goes back to caveat emptor.  When I buy things, I try
to
> find the cheapest way I can get something with good quality (I don't buy
> cheaply made stuff).  I will try to do as much research as I can, and ask
as
> many questions as I can, then I will buy the item if I feel that is the
best
> or competitive pricing I can get.
>
> Ron N. - Dalton, GA
> 90 SHO
> "It takes a man to suffer ignorance and smile"
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
> To: "'SHOTimes-New'" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:31 PM
> Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay
>
>
> > WHY!? Is this a hypothetical ethics list now? What exactly is he doing
> > wrong that requires anyone else to stick their nose into?
> >
> > If it bothers you so much, don't buy from him.
> >
> > Maybe he's trying to make a buck or two to pay his rent, put food on the
> > table, etc. What is the big deal?
> >
> > Ian
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Steve Tatro
> > Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:12 PM
> > To: Kevin & Cheryl Airth; SHOTimes-New
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay
> >
> >
> > Why don't you send a message to those who bid on these so they may
> > retract their bids and/or complain to eBay.
> >
> > Maybe this guy will get the message.
> >
> > All you have to tell these people is that this guy is actually selling a
> > GM part, which is $10 direct.
> >
> > Later,
> >
> > Steve Tatro
> > Red/Black '93 with 165k miles
> > Cincinnati, Ohio
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@cajunnet.com>
> > To: "SHOTimes-New" <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:18 AM
> > Subject: [Shotimes] Rip-Off on E-bay
> >
> >
> > > This guy is still ripping people off with these GM front strut tower
> > brace.
> > > Now he uses a private auction to fleece the pigeons! Here is his
> > > e-mail: bmalach1@nycap.rr.com. Anybody know him? Last fool paid $26
> > > plus shipping!
> > >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=33591&
> > item
> > =
> > > 2400943710&rd=1
> > > .
> > > .
> > >
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