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"John S." wrote:

junius wrote:
John S. wrote:
You have just described hundreds of thousands of Ebay deals...
Every sellers dream is to sell their goods for more than they
paid.

Sure, that's a given. If you've read through the messages on this
guy, you'll see that the function of this sort of thread is to
alert folks to the fact that this guy is presumably an habitual
liar regarding the quality/condition of the products he sells.
While other sellers might do the same thing, there has been an
established pattern noted by some with regard to this specific
seller. By alerting the rest of us to this, the thread is serving
to potentially improve knowledge on the buyers' side. Other
threads have highlighted instances of alleged shill bidding on this
guys part, even noting, for instance, that one of his profiles had
once left feedback on the other.

I've been on this forum long anough to recognize that small core of
individuals who when this topic comes up all pile on with the same
litany of complaints and responses over and over. If this guy was
really that bad his rating would be so low that Ebay would drop him.

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This thread started out with a warning about a specific auction not
vague or wide ranging complaints against this guy.

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Telamon
Ventura, California