Everyone starts out on eBay with sunglasses on, so yeah
there are good people in there. However, for a while I was
being "stalked" by a zero feedback bidder. I was selling a
vintage Vendo 44 Coke Machine. Mr. or Ms. Sunglasses got the
high bid, in fact bumping someone who had come to see the
machine locally and was interested. Sunglasses never replied
to e-mails, I offered the machine to the local buyer who
then lowballed me. I relisted the machine only to have
another zero feedback bidder bid on it they bid $12,000 for
a machine that never fetches more than $4,000 in perfect
condition (and this one was far from perfect). I cancelled
their bid and adopted my "no newbies" policy.

Thanks,
Chris

---- Original message ----
>Date: Sun, 01 Sep 2002 09:25:28 -0400
>From: Lawrence Johnson <larry_avery.johnson@sympatico.ca>
>Subject: Re: Tri Star DOKA on eBay currently $13,800 US
>To: 80 Westy Pokey <pokey@VANAGON.ORG>, vanagon
<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
>
>Chris
>I'll probably do the same in the future but I just sold a
Toshiba Notebook to a
>(0) for $US125 over my Buy-it-Now  and he paid too :-) so
maybe the (0)s are
>worth it.
>I used this notebook with my GPS and Delorme TopoUSA
software while traveling in
>our Westfalia Camper (required Vanagon content).
>Larry
>
>80 Westy Pokey wrote:
>
>> I have had several problems on eBay with zero feedback
>> bidders, now I say up front in my auction that they
>> shouldn't bother bidding and I just cancel their bids.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>
>