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The Paperless One Gets Slapped Silly From a Crack Dealer... August 27, 2000 The PAPERLESS ONE got in trouble for this eBay auction. It is possible that it caught the eye of eBay's spam scanning filters, or maybe it was a result of a non-paying bidder on one of my auctions (my first bad eBay experience) trying to rat me out for something. Anyway it automatically cancelled the auction on me, sending me the following form letter:
D'oh! Pissing off eBay would be like a crack addict slapping his dealer! While I disagree with their reasons for canceling my auction,
...I am happy that they did away with it, as the item was just about ready to go at a substantial loss to me and the Junior Paperless One (whose feet are way too chubby for such awesome footwear). Thanks, I guess. This column has once again served as a personal protest forum. The Paperless One harbours no ill will toward eBay and will agree to being cautious in title descriptions in the future. This just proves that life is not ALL rosy on eBay. Last week, as I mentioned at the beginning of the article, I believe that I played a role in getting an eBay user turfed for being a weasel and bidding beyond what they were willing to pay on several auctions, including one of mine. After waiting for a month for this individual to contact me once again regarding the item, I had to file a "non-paying bidder" alert in order to get my fees back for the auction this user welched on. After this was processed, I went to leave NEGATIVE feedback regarding the transaction that never happened, but was surprised to find that the user "was no longer a registered member". Not everyone is a perfect user, but at least the population of weasels is down by one! I later re-sold the item in another auction, and although the winning bid was $15 less than last time, at least it happened!
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