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Sadly, this sweetie is now NARU. I wonder what happened.
We crossed paths a few times in 2000, she was a gem and really delightful. I mean that sincerely and without sarcasm. These terms are exactly as they were then ... I wonder how long eBay keeps a "me" page after NARU?
http://cgi3.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...id=morgansteel
Anyway, every time I need a bit of perspective after dealing with a wacky bidder, I read this page.
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Originally Posted by FLvamp
I wonder what happened.
What probably "happened" is that someone took some of her threats seriously enough to notify eBay. "I will send my mafioso pals to your home to kidnap your children" might have been screamingly funny when she wrote it, but shows extremely poor judgment.
Sarcasm and satire doesn't play well in print when there is no context for it. You open _National Lampoon_ or _Mad Magazine_ and you expect humor. But a buyer has no reason to expect that a random seller's Me page will be filled with a bunch of phony-baloney nonsense when other sellers use them to convey genuine information.
I read it all the way through. After the first few sentences, I thought it was a diatribe against bidders who spend a couple of pennies and expect the Moon. Midway through, I was no longer sure what the point of it was. A screed against poor eBay sellers?
If this was one long in-joke, she should have just posted it on here or some place similar, where it would have been appreciated.
fLufF
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Not knowing her and taking that at face value it's a seller I would NEVER deal with. I don't think ANY joke to kidnap my children is funny even in the realm of sarcastic wit. And the rest of the page is just plain insulting. If she had stuff like that in her auction I can certainly understand why ebay shut her down if that's the reason.
Oh, and since we don't know how long ebay would leave the page up, here it is in case it goes poof.
Terms Schmerms, Does anyone ever really read them or follow them??!!??
Terms of Sale
Follow these directions carefully. Failure to do so and I will declare this auction null and void, and relist this item or else sell to the next highest bidder. I accept electronic Pay Pal payments only. I have a life, do you REALLY think I have time to be dragging my posterior to the bank to deposit money orders when we have the ease of online payments at our fingertips?? If you don't email me within 10 minutes of the auction's end, I will personally see to it that you are left negative spiteful feedback and I will have all my other friends who are eBay sellers also send you threatening emails and leave you negative feedback too. I will send my mafioso pals to your home to kidnap your children. If you don't pay me within 24 hours, you can kiss your EbayArse goodbye! I will see to it your whole fantasy life comes crumbling down. All the joy you get from "beaming money via Paypal" will be gone forever. You will be permanently thrown off ebay. Of course since your life revolves around it, you will be ruined: You will never again be able to buy all the wonderful collectible teenie beenie babies, porcelain cow salt & pepper shaker sets, Baby Lulu boutique overpriced dresses and fake Prada bags!!
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RETURN POLICY
I am sorry but all sales are final even if I have grossly misrepresented the item in question. If you are such a sucker that you would spend your hard earned money buying used items that belonged to other people who were doing God knows what in them, and then you have the NERVE to complain - HELLO!! you need to face facts! This is not my fault! It is due to your own stupidity for having such an idiotic hobby buying useless crap at online auctions!! If you want the luxury of returning your impulse buys, go to the mall like every other Normal Compulsive Shopper does! This is not Kmart , sweetheart.
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SHIPPING POLICY
I ship daily except any Monday which is followed by a Tuesday, Boxing Day, Passover, laundry day (usually Friday's at my house), Confederate Memorial Day, the entire month of Ramaden, Days where the humidity is over 70% (I refuse to sweat just to haul your package), Kwaanza, any month with the letter "A" or "T" in them, "Odd" numbered days such as January 29th, March 13th - (although certain odd number days I will ship like on the 5th, 25th or the 11th), Arbor Day, The week following the Superbowl, Chinese New Year, Professional Secretaries Day, Rainy Days, the week of the Boston Marathon, all Swedish holidays and Roman Catholic Holy Days of Obligation. Other than those days, I am a very concientious and fast shipper!
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SHIPPING & HANDLING
The total charges for S/H are clearly posted. I recommend you buy insurance because I WILL BE NOT BE HELD RESPONSIBLE once it leaves my humble abode. We all know the US Postal Workers are lowlife thieves. If they figure out that my fabulous valuable used items are in the package, they will take them home for themselves. I will mark the box as "book rate" just to try to throw them off - but PLEASE get insurance, you will be glad you did! No I CANNOT ship everything via first class mail or priority unless you ask me and pay for the difference. If you are pissed off at how slow the mail is, after you were too cheap to pay the postage difference, don't be a schmuck and waste my time complaining to me!!
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Buy My Items ** Buy My Items*** Buy My Lousy Items ** Please I beg you place a bid ** Breathe in breathe out *** you are getting sleepy** very sleepy**very very sleepy**Oh so very very sleepy** Your eyes are getting heavy **You feel the desire to bid on Ebay ** You must Bid *** You must bid now**You Must get rid of your money**you must give your money to Morgansteel*** Buy my items** Buy my items **Place a bid now ** Place a Bid Now**
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Happy Bidding and thanks for stopping by!
"I blatantly plagarized this from the most brilliant, kindest, overworked, respected and well-loved ebay seller Italylisa who is wasting her talents selling junk to losers like you."
I had to agree to add this or italylisa was gonna make me wear a pair of those dreadful polyester retro pants that she sells, and sue me for plagiarism . I bow down to her fantastical way with words and beg her to not steal my children or report me to the authorities. I would wither up and die without all the thousands of pennies I make on eBay or the thrill of beaming cash for instant gratification! Thank you, Italylisa for putting the world in perspective!
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I wouldn't report her, but I probably wouldn't bid.
When she says no returns because I was stupid enough to buy her used junk.
Is that a joke or not?
I never deal with anyone whose policy is no returns.
I think I agree with Fluffy, it would make a very funny post. But its questionable as your selling policy's.
BTW I read her reply's to negs, did you say sweetie?
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I don't know if you can take someone's activity on eBay as a sign of their personality, especially someone who obviously has a sense of humour about the whole thing. I don't agree with this page, but by looking at her feedback, she has one in 2005 around June.
Maybe I misread, but I took that one feedback in 2005 as a sign of a person who doesn't use eBay much anymore, and combine that with the long sarcastic joke on the ME page, I'd guess this eBayer doesn't much give a damn about the site anymore? If they do, then they shouldn't.
I found a few sections pretty funny, and the seller even makes some good points about people who care so much about eBay over the most trivial things. .
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yeah, but even back in 2001, the comments and responses weren't exactly professional... I probably wouldn't buy from a seller with these types of responses...
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...&iid=-1&de=off
Neutral feedback rating pd through paypal 6/10 product didn't arrive til 6/23-packed in an adult diaper
behappy0281 ( 64Feedback score is 50 to 99) Jun-24-01 17:16 1437497419
Reply by morgansteel: You GET what you PAY for. MEDIA MAIL is not PRIORITY. WAS the book DAMAGED?? NO
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True, but that just means that this buyer isn't professional, isn't that how eBay came about? It's not all about professional selling and PC carp. I'd love to say it ilike it is, but I am trying to run a professional business. perhaps this seller never was.
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Positive feedback rating Great Buyer AAA+++
Reply by morgansteel: Hummm... I was the seller on this deal!
LOL!!
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My problem with that would be the adult diaper. I don't care how many people tell me it's safe and and a great way to protect things and such-I still can't get the image out of my mind of someone reaching into their package grabbing the diaper to wrap my item in while sitting on their toilet.
Originally Posted by goodworks4music
yeah, but even back in 2001, the comments and responses weren't exactly professional... I probably wouldn't buy from a seller with these types of responses...
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAP...&iid=-1&de=off
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Originally Posted by Roundabout
True, but that just means that this buyer isn't professional, isn't that how eBay came about? It's not all about professional selling and PC carp. I'd love to say it ilike it is, but I am trying to run a professional business. perhaps this seller never was.
I assumed she was the seller on the transaction that I listed the feedback for.
just so I understand what you are saying...
so eBay "came about" because buyers and sellers weren't "professional"? And therefore eBay was built on sellers like this?
or eBay "came about" because buyers and sellers weren't "professionals"?
gotta go and tackle RL again...