Ebay - ALDO

More here at the official 'Aldo is a Prat' Yahoo Group!!

Cant find the yahoo group, has it been binned?

Nope, it's still there at the URL given above.

Surprise, surprise! Not before time.

On 25/05/2005 20:04, MartinS wrote,

How about a sweepstake before he's back under yet another derivative of aldo??? Perhaps a prize to the first person here who spots his reincarnation :-)

He's bound to be back - he's probably already trading under his new name.

What's happened to the dozen or so items he had on eBay yesterday?

"Andrew" wrote

This chap's feedback makes Aldo's look quite reasonable.

I'm always suspicious of someone hidingtheir feedback... or private auctions...

Spoiled our fun at work when ebay brought that one in... we used to have "perv hunts" - search for something like, used trainers (rigger boots was a fave) and then find who's bidding and then go back through their items - what a laugh! One nob bough the contents of some girls bedroom wastebasket for the week... odd.

I just wonder what is the difference in creepiness? Going through the contents of someone else's wastebasket... or going through someone else's auction purchases looking for some perviness.

Cheers, Steve

"This member, haystackss, has decided to make their feedback comments private."

yep - taken... bit stalky innit

The feedback is hidden, something I don't agree with, but it's 90% positive (only 3% less than Aldo so hardly unreasonable in comparison) with only 5 negative ratings. Do you know the details of every case that allow you to smear him in this way?

MBQ

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I'm not smearing him (he doesn't need my help), just pointing out that his feedback score is lower than Aldo and that like Aldo he has chosen to hide behind 'private feedback'.

Having said that for someone who has been trading on eBay for less than six months I would suggest that the number of negative and neutral feedbacks is alarming, but the proof of the pudding is whether you would deal with someone with such a relatively low rating?

John.

I Agree. I would not buy from anybody who had hidden their feedback

Most (decent) people on Ebay have a 100% or near record - and those with a few negatives usually have had trouble from the other side of the transaction that looks out of place.

Being a 'low volume' mostly buyer I find it only takes a moment to check where you are buying from/selling to avoid 'risky deals'. Also I'm trying to keep a clean slate....

KevFisher

"Kevin Fisher" wrote

The latter point is the crucial one. Anyone with a degree of decency will trade as openly and honestly on eBay as they would in any other manner.

I'd bend over backwards not to get negative feedback, but someone who manages to upset around one in ten *and* get neutral feedback over and above that *AND* hide their feedback wouldn't be someone I'd choose to deal with. They'd never survive in the real business world.

John.

My experience of most sellers on eBay is that they are "economical with the truth" to put it politely but if I metioned that in their feedback they could slag me off and while I might win the argument it could cost me a future customer. As a rule I prefer to see an item in the flesh before parting with the money. Even that is no protection against scams such as a motor held in place by a bent paper clip which promptly falls out as soon as you get the item home.

(kim)

"kim" wrote

We have a regular trade after local swapmeets of people bringing in models for repair which they purchased at these events.

The best yet was a Wrenn loco which the seller assured was an excellent runner, but which on examination was found to have no armature in its motor.

John.