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Post by The Doctor on Jul 18, 2021 12:15:29 GMT
I'm afraid to look.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Jul 18, 2021 14:11:02 GMT
I think a Battle Gaia is a perfectly suitable wedding present to oneself. Nothing to worry about.
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Post by tomwe on Jul 25, 2021 19:48:51 GMT
Just to let peeps know I have listed on eBay my poster from UK #15, as well as #5 & #6. I was disappointed to find that both the comics were missing a page in the middle - with the help of the TFUK Guide I worked out this is probably due to them being posters! Ah well, hopefully all three will sell - they start at £4.99 a pop. There's one other listing already for both the comics which are over £20. |
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Post by tomwe on Aug 2, 2021 9:46:15 GMT
Just to let peeps know I have listed on eBay my poster from UK #15, as well as #5 & #6. I was disappointed to find that both the comics were missing a page in the middle - with the help of the TFUK Guide I worked out this is probably due to them being posters! Ah well, hopefully all three will sell - they start at £4.99 a pop. There's one other listing already for both the comics which are over £20. Well, these went for £5 (poster and #6) and £12 (#5), with the latter heading to Singapore! Edit: the seller’s eBay account was based in Singapore but in the end it went to a UK po-box. |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 16, 2021 11:43:22 GMT
Different kind of eBay madness.
There are some despicable people in the world, and some idiots. Turns out there are also despicable idiots. I have learned from selling on eBay in the past always to send by recorded delivery because there's a 'thing' it seems where people receive goods, claim they haven't and force you to refund them by getting eBay involved. I understand that, I've been burned before so I always send recorded but don't often bother to add the tracking number to the eBay sale unless the buyer asks - it's for my protection, not theirs.
Last Saturday I sent a parcel to someone. Yesterday they flagged a complaint through eBay, rather than messaging me, to say the parcel hadn't arrived. eBay warn me unless I can sort this out they will refund the buyer and withhold the funds from my next payout (payouts being the new non-Paypal method of receiving money we now have to use). I notice the buyer left positive feedback for me earlier in the week which he is now claiming was a 'mistake'.
Hmm. I check the tracking, which not only shows me the parcel was delivered, but it was signed for with a signature (you can see the scribble made on the screen you have to write on when signing for something) that clearly has the initials of the name I sent the parcel to. The Royal Mail tracking also says it was signed for by the surname of the person I sent the parcel to. Once I'd added the tracking number to eBay, it changes the item to 'delivered'.
I point this out to the buyer, and that him leaving positive feedback earlier in the week probably wasn't the mistake he thought it was. Radio silence. The case remains open and will do until the middle of next week when hopefully eBay regard it closed and take the 'withheld' flag off the payment.
This joker, even though he actually *signed* for the parcel, thought he could rip me off just because I hadn't added the tracking number to eBay so it didn't say delivered - apparently I need to prove an item has been delivered now not to be forced to refund it.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 16, 2021 11:59:37 GMT
I often come home to find the postman has found me out and posted a 'signed for' item through my letterbox. As a recipient, I am grateful for this, as it means I don't have to arrange redelivery. But it's clearly not good from a seller's point of view.
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 16, 2021 12:00:07 GMT
What a twat. It's essentially theft: no different from pinching something from a physical store and not paying for it.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 16, 2021 12:08:35 GMT
I often come home to find the postman has found me out and posted a 'signed for' item through my letterbox. As a recipient, I am grateful for this, as it means I don't have to arrange redelivery. But it's clearly not good from a seller's point of view. Martin This does happen a lot, especially post covid. I checked the tracking on other items I sent last week and most are still listed as not delivered yet, despite the fact they have been because I've had some positive feedbacks. I was lucky in this case concrete proof exists, otherwise I'd probably have to pursue it through Royal Mail. I checked the buyer's feedback left for others and surprise surprise, three of the last four items he bought are listed as negative feedback for 'not delivered'. eBay should have algorithms that monitor this sort of thing. Ralph's right, it's theft. It's basically, 'I'm going to buy this item from you, claim you never sent it, get you to refund me or I'll leave negative feedback saying you're a terrible seller'. It's just crap. |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 16, 2021 14:50:35 GMT
And thats why I stopped using ebay when they changed to the new system, its a pain because I have a giant pile of stuff I need rid of, but I had been lucky for far too long.
If you are selling though you need to add the tracking as the whole thing is then automated, ebay can see the item has been delivered so no chance for criminals to criminal. Well less chance, its still ebay and ebay will always favour the buyer.
Name and shame the buyer so I can add to my blocked list please.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 16, 2021 14:54:47 GMT
For things that won't fit through my letterbox, I now only buy from sellers who offer Click & Collect, so that I don't have to be in and can pick things up from the shop on my way home. C&C strikes me as a pretty safe method for sellers as well as buyers.
As I've never sold anything on eBay, I don't know whether sellers can opt for Click & Collect only and refuse to send to private addresses to prevent recipient fraud?
Martin
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 16, 2021 15:23:18 GMT
For things that won't fit through my letterbox, I now only buy from sellers who offer Click & Collect, so that I don't have to be in and can pick things up from the shop on my way home. C&C strikes me as a pretty safe method for sellers as well as buyers. As I've never sold anything on eBay, I don't know whether sellers can opt for Click & Collect only and refuse to send to private addresses to prevent recipient fraud? Martin I thought the same till I had a horrible experience with it when I selected a local petrol station. I went to collect it and the person working their initially refused to find the package for me. When I eventually convinced her to look she dug through a stack of boxes coplaining the entire time and not treating any of them with much care. Once the box was found it was handed to me and that was it no signing for, no confirmation of delivery. The seller was entirely at my mercy. I agree though its a great service if it treated professionally by the collection company. Normally I would select Argos who are fantastic and if everyone was that good it would be a great service for sellers. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 16, 2021 15:51:56 GMT
Once the box was found it was handed to me and that was it no signing for, no confirmation of delivery. I don't think the shop-keeper the can mark the package on eBay as having been collected until they've had the collection reference number or bar code from the buyer. Giving them that is what counts as signing for it. I had one package via Click & Collect for which the seller had neglected to put the eCP code on the address label, which meant the shop-keeper couldn't get eBay to generate and send me the collection reference e-mail. The shop had my box, and showed it to me, but couldn't give it to me until I gave them the eCP code that should have been on the address label, which they then used to make eBay send me the collection reference number, which I gave them, which allowed them to hand it over to me and mark it as having been collected. Martin |
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Post by Bogatan on Oct 16, 2021 15:59:26 GMT
Once the box was found it was handed to me and that was it no signing for, no confirmation of delivery. I don't think the shop-keeper the can mark the package on eBay as having been collected until they've had the collection reference number or bar code from the buyer. Giving them that is what counts as signing for it. I had one package via Click & Collect for which the seller had neglected to put the eCP code on the address label, which meant the shop-keeper couldn't get eBay to generate and send me the collection reference e-mail. The shop had my box, and showed it to me, but couldn't give it to me until I gave them the eCP code that should have been on the address label, which they then used to make eBay send me the collection reference number, which I gave them, which allowed them to hand it over to me and mark it as having been collected. Martin It was a few years ago so I dont remember clearly, but the person on the till didnt take my reference number , I had it on my phone same as I would when going to Argos. Once she agreed to help she just kept asking for my name (repeatedly) nothing was scanned or registered in any way shape or form. It was terrible service and not one part of the procedure I was used to from Argos and somewhere else was followed. Not saying its common, but on the whole I think Id trust royal mail to screw up less than smaller independent click and collect locations. I imagine the seller would have had tracking to show the package reached the garage but if I had been evil I doubt it would have protected the seller from ebay taking back my money from them. |
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Oct 16, 2021 16:08:58 GMT
if I had been evil I doubt it would have protected the seller from ebay taking back my money from them. I think it would have been the shop, not the seller, who would be at risk in that situation, because if they didn't take down or scan your collection code (which only you would know) they wouldn't be able to mark it on eBay as having been collected. Martin |
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 21, 2021 19:03:30 GMT
Problem mentioned above finally closed by eBay in my favour. The buyer didn't reply to me pointing out he'd signed for the item he claimed he didn't have, and eBay agreed with me.
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Post by Benn on Oct 22, 2021 9:15:13 GMT
Justice!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2021 21:07:59 GMT
Now I have a vision of a barely dressed Pinwig frolicking outdoors in the gardens.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 24, 2021 21:56:17 GMT
I have never frolicked! Absolutely not!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 24, 2021 22:00:12 GMT
How quickly you forget the greatest TNG episode of them all.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Oct 25, 2021 6:48:39 GMT
I think I've forgotten pretty much all TNG episodes. I'll watch it again one day. Still going with DS9. I'm about season 3 episode 16 now. Watched Prophet Motive last week.
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 21, 2021 11:24:42 GMT
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 21, 2021 11:34:00 GMT
Both no longer available...
Did you Red Haze?
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 21, 2021 11:40:04 GMT
No no, I was looking at sold listings to see what the CC issues from around 19 upwards go for with the thought I might add them. I don't need a full run of the comics, I have my own I've been re-reading for the last seven years! I'm missing 14 CC issues out of the 27 and the Movie Poster Magazine. Otherwise, my TFUK collection is complete.
Seems if you wait long enough all bar the last one are obtainable for under a tenner, but that last one seems to go for mental money. There's another one on there sold for £292. But £399 for a reprint issue! That's dedication. What I want to know is if there is any other content in those later CC issues than just the reprint material - like Apeface's A-Z entry only ever appeared in CC13. TFWiki isn't helpful on the content bar the strips.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 21, 2021 11:44:25 GMT
One of them has AND THERE SHALL COME A LEADER... with the first 2 pages in the correct order for once.
Carnivac saga in colour in one.
-Ralph
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 21, 2021 11:57:18 GMT
Yes, #25 has And There Shall Come...
It's the last one that has the Carnivac stuff in, in fact it's just missing The Hunting Party from being a complete reprint of the last Annual.
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Post by Jaymz on Dec 22, 2021 23:39:47 GMT
What I want to know is if there is any other content in those later CC issues than just the reprint material - like Apeface's A-Z entry only ever appeared in CC13. TFWiki isn't helpful on the content bar the strips. Remind me next week as I'm off work and I can dig them out and check. I have a couple of bits already scanned, some of them had content pages, here's the Easter Special:   Holiday Special:   And weirdly the final Holiday and Summer Specials are bigger than all the other Marvel UK TF comics, and then returns to regular size for the final Winter Special:  |
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Post by Pinwig on Dec 23, 2021 0:14:22 GMT
Blimey be careful with that! It's worth a small fortune!
The wiki lists the strips, but it would be nice to know if there's anything else in them. I suspect not for the later ones because no one in editorial would really have cared enough.
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Post by Andy Turnbull on Dec 23, 2021 9:53:39 GMT
There's a couple of A to Z profiles in them, Jazz and Jetfire if memory serves me.
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Post by The Doctor on Dec 23, 2021 10:08:30 GMT
Wow. I remember when £1.25 seemed expensive for a comic.
-Ralph
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Post by Jim on Jan 9, 2022 11:45:11 GMT
This is a different kind of eBay madness, but when did they introduce such draconian selling limits?!?
Thought I'd clear out some Transformers for the first time in a while, and suddenly I can only sell 3 items a month as a private seller? At a maximum value of £200 across all three items? Madness!
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