Good Seller / Buyer Beware

Verified experiences with sellers on various online mediums such as ebay, Amazon.com, Gunbroker, Firearms Dct, Auction Arms, and others. Includes bad eBay sellers.

Auction Miscellaneous

Electronics

• (F) bbmeansbiz on eBay.com - Wyncote, Pennsylvania, United States - He misrepresents item condition, embellishment, separates electronics from necessary counterparts such as its hard to find power adapter in order to make more money; pigeonhole buyers into compulsory bidding on the missing part. "Sold me an antique radio without its special microphone, which he put in another auction at a ridiculous price!" (quote from buyer). Uses weakness in eBay system to maintain an artificially high feedback rating. He might part-out an item which should otherwise be sold as a single unit or would commonly be sold as a single unit in order to increase revenue at the expense of the buyer.

• (D) micdave on eBay.com - Wilder, Tennessee, United States - He misrepresents item condition, embellishment. Large surplus dealer more interested in selling items than answering eBay user questions. Does not disclose defects. Poor communication. On one occasion an error was pointed out to this seller which concerned a missing piece of an item for sale, micdave did not respond nor did the seller correct the error in the listing.

• (F) ns7eart on eBay - Seguin, Texas, United States - Item sold but does not arrive to buyer. Actually this seller's feedback has enough warnings that not much more need be said.

• (F) jbirdhill on eBay - Austin, Texas, United States - This guy sells used electronics that are defective, and he is aware of the fact they are defective, and claims to have "not tested" and sells "as is." When asked simply, "can you at minimum plug it into an outlet and see if it powers on?" he claims he has no time and becomes rude or resorts to childish insults. He is quoted as responding with, "I blocked you from my auctions. Loser!" when he was asked why he wouldn't test a radio. In other listings of his there are items he has tested as claims are working. So, if it is defective and he knows it, he simply says "untested" and refuses to test so he can claim to be unaware the item is defective while stating "as is, no returns." Watch out for this tactic. It gives him an out when he knowingly sells junk, while he maintains feedback by exploiting the technicality of eBay policy.

• (F) pauls_tv on eBay - Irvine, California, United States - Charges extremely high shipping and will not refund shipping in the event of a problem. Slow to ship. Many complaints on eBay. In this case his feedback does clearly identify this problem seller.

• (D) ringo.k on eBay - Miami, Florida, United States - Fraudulent listing practices. Action taken by eBay.

• (F) atlas-outlet on eBay - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania - Mike Petraglia of Atlas Electronics did engage in harassment of a woman buyer on eBay and made to her creepy threats to track her down using subtle and indirect language in such a way the threats were cleverly subversive. Law enforcement was contacted.

• (D) ham_stuff on eBay - Geneva, Florida - Takes used and estate equipment, strips them down selling the bare bones item for top dollar then selling all of the removed components. He takes absolutely beautiful vintage electronics and separates all matched components breaking the set, then is dishonest when asked about it.

• (F) dtbradio on eBay - Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States - If you point out something inaccurate in his auction while assuming it was accidental, he bans you from bidding and threatens you. This guy is a crook that knows he is selling hacked up radios. He makes no attempt to defend his fraud and simply blocks anyone that asks about the misinformation in one of his auctions.

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Bad Sellers Brief by Negative Experience

The following are bad eBay sellers in order Alphabetical. The overall feedback score does not always tell the truth as there are ways sellers have learned to manipulate the feedback system. There is a loophole that can prevent the buyer from being able to leave a negative feedback to warn other buyers.

atlas-outlet
augie2004doggie
better-bargains
curtsnovelty
dms_sales1
dtbradio
flyxy2015
gamepocket 
grandudern
ham_stuff
joe-hpx
kcmb
maoshan108_369
masse_ashle
mkad_wi
mwrfsource
scratch-n-dents
swapcominc
us2014.stier
wahlsantiquetreasures

The following are bad Gunbroker ( gunbroker.com ) sellers in order Alphabetical. A+ MEANS NOTHING ON GUNBROKER: This auction site has no intention of alienating any of their paying sellers even if they are disreputable. Gunbroker's seller letter grade rating system algorithm is too simple and sellers with numerous negatives will still appear to be A or A+ rated. It is unfortunate, and buyers are advised to ignore the letter grade and dig though the actual feedback history. One negative in 100 sells is acceptable, however, numerous negatives within 100 sells is a seller you would be advised to avoid.

bastamps - embellishes description and omits flaws that would negatively impact value then claims it was an oversight.  
Docinozark - real crook.  damaged items and will not refund buyers.