tonight --Jens cool,funny thread --
about the vague and/or BS lines many sellers use to fool bidders --was going 'undisputed

until -- the jerryjg post - 'selling for a friend'

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unfortunately -- got me thinking !!

what if the seller is being plain old honest --
he/she knows nothing about the expected performance of the boombox ,that their friend consigned (or etc) them to sell --

so - all they can say is :
"here ,look at all these pictures"
and with that --the sellers tries his BEST and goes to the MAX --posts up 12 high rez shots from every important, common angle.

as for the functions --all he can honestly say is whatever the owner has said ::
"my friend says its 100% well functioning"

finally - he says "please ask questions and i will get the answers from my friend"
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so asking you guys a few questions :

1. whats the problem ?
we have an honest seller who is trying to sell a boombox for a friend --

2. should the seller have refused to list the box --because he is uncomfortable or unqualified to make the accurate performance evaluations ?

wondering what we think -since this happens so often.

Is it really all that common?

Just now, search on Ebay yields 0 results.

I say this is not meant as a general jugement against auction sellers.


there are enough honest sellers selling in auctions as well - like the board members I assume...

It is fine to "sell something for a friend" But then it is YOUR responsibility to make sure things work. It is YOUR reputation and feedback on the line and if something is not as represented YOU have to make it good. You can't just beg off because it was your "friends" item...

hey jens --i sure was not in any disagreement with your funny thread --
in fact i 100% do agree with yours and all the other posts --
lots of ebay sellers use those goofy 'lines' to just 'cover up'
for what they KNOW does not work
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but -- i do want to speak up for the hundreds of sellers --that TRULY KNOW NOTHING about the boxes they sell --

and they are honest to admit it in their listings --
they may say :

"everything seems to work just fine"

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IMHO --all that should mean to us bidders --is to bid low --hope to win --and then HOPE the box works

so - i am referring to all the newbee sellers- or the many sellers that are just ebay consignment stores --with no history of selling anything but toys, bras, etc

now you know what i mean --right ??

ok so heres the thing. i have bought tons of stuff from people that had no idea how to work something.
i mean sometimes old people die and people get thier stuff and they sell it.
or they are aksed to use their puters to sell stuff.
like my grandfather and his 1730s gold french clock.
i have no idea what it is or how to work it but i tried to sell it for him anyways.
i mean even tho i get a 18 thousand dollar offer my grandfather still thought it wasnt enough money.
why a 86 year old man would be worried about money is beyond me. thats getting a bit off topic.
so yeah sometimes people dont know if stuff works and they are telling the truth.
i have bought tons of things which took a few minutes to sort but were perfect working order. only to have the seller say how did you do that. or looks like the right person bought it.
and yeah it is common. really common.

thats an amazing story bill --

so you are selling an $18,000 item -which you know nothing about --except gramps says its not enough --
love it

Gramps probably watches to much "Antique Road Show"

(Ever see one where somebody brings in a large wardrobe or something like that... and they tell them it is worth $50,000... they are all happy until they find out that if they would not have had it refinished 3 years ago it would have been worth $300,000....)

That's funny bill, how does gramps know it should sell for more than $18k? Just curious, sounds like he must know something about the collectability. Antiques Road Show, that's a crack up spud but I think lots of people start seeing big dollar signs watching that show. Fact is most of the stuff in our families is probably crap with no collector value at all.