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4/05/05 Do you use eBay? If so, how often?

Apr 4, 2005 3:39AM PDT

Do you use eBay? If so, how often?

Yes, daily; I'm an eBay addict
I buy and sell regularly
Tried it few times
Had a bad experience (tell us about it)

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Before you do that, you might wanna...
May 29, 2005 2:04AM PDT

check with ebay/paypal to make sure you're not participating ni an ongoing fraud. Very serious.

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Richard Locke
Oct 31, 2005 5:04AM PST

Could you please give me all information that you would have available regarding Mr. Locke
Thank you.
Chantal

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Hi, Ben.
Dec 19, 2005 3:12AM PST

Best thing to do is click on the user's profile, go to bio, and use the anonymous "email this user" thought the CNet software. Posting personal information openly is an invite to SPAM or worse (speaking of ID theft!)
-- Dave K.

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Charles Locke
Apr 24, 2006 8:32AM PDT

Could you please contact me, Charles Locke has stolen a large amount of money from me and i would appreciate all information you could give me
Thank you

Chantal

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charles locke
Jun 19, 2006 4:37AM PDT

Dear Ben,

Please give me as much information as you can regarding Charles Locke, I am suing him in the State of georgia and it seems that he has stolen large sims of m money from many people and has noe declared fraudulent bankrupcy, anything that could help to bring him to justice could help

Thank you

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would like address of chas locke in atl
Jun 11, 2007 1:35AM PDT

would like any current info on this criminal address etc thanks!!

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Looking for him 10/2009
Oct 5, 2009 1:00AM PDT

We had a contract for him to sell several paintings. He had a potential buyer for one of them. He returned the others. We have not heard from him in several months. We have attempted to contact through telephone and e-mail but have had no luck. We are in SC and looking for him through search engines using his phone number and business name. Any information will be appreciated.

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Charles Locke
Nov 16, 2009 2:27AM PST

Let me know if you are still looking for Charles Locke. He pulled the same thing on me and has not returned three paintings or given me th emoney for them. I do have a phone number and address, but he never answers his phone.

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Contact info
Nov 17, 2009 7:45AM PST

Please send. We have a business card, but maybe your numbers are different. We even tried calling the gallery, but had no luck.

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charles locke
Feb 10, 2011 8:47AM PST

looking for him also, do you have contact information??? I knew him way back when, he was doing well and had no problems then two years ago when i ran into him again, i signed a contract for him to sell a piece of artwork which i allowed him to have the item to show and have not heard from him since.

the number i have does not work n he did not return my call when it was working. Any information will be very, very helpful, horrible thing in the art industry for someone with a great reputation to be considered a no good stealer......... many many thanks any info will be of assistance.

Have you all thought about banding together for a law suit?????

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Charles locke
Feb 11, 2011 7:34AM PST

He has also taken items from me this past summer 2010. I have called him, emailed him,and to no avail.Please contact my personal email catherinehpeek@gmail.com. I have a personal friend that I have spoken to that is a detective in Roswell , Ga where I live. I know where he lived this past summer. He has been renting and probably long gone by now. I would love to come togetheer and do something.
Catherine

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lloking for Locke 10/09
Oct 5, 2009 1:13AM PDT

If you still have the information to contact him, please let me know. We have tried telephone and e-mail given to us 09/2007 but have not received replies.

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Charles Locke
Sep 15, 2005 5:56AM PDT

I am in a terrible situation because of Charles Locke, He owns me a great deal of money ,he says that he is an art dealer and did a transaction for me. He received the money and never paid me. He does not return any of my e.mail, has turn of his cell phone I am in a very worried and upset. Do you have any other phone # address or anything
I would greatly apreciate your help,

Chantal

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charles Locke
Sep 18, 2005 3:54AM PDT

I have been contacted by Mr. Locke 3 days ago. He assures me that everything will be resolved and that all parties involved in this transaction will be compensated to their satisfaction no later than next week.
Chantal Park

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Charles Locke
Oct 31, 2005 5:01AM PST

After telling me that he would pay us back within 3 days it has been now several weeks and I still have not received any money from Charle Locke. Mr. Locke does not return my telephone calls nor my e.mails Charles Locke ows my client $145.000 since August 2005 it is now October 31 2005.

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Charles Locke
Oct 13, 2005 6:19AM PDT

Mr. Locke and I have resolve all our difficulties due to mutual misunderstanding
Chantal Park

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A few bad experiences, but altogether E-bay is pretty good
Apr 6, 2005 2:50AM PDT

I've been buying on E-bay for years. I've had experiences both good and bad. I've had sellers de-register after taking my money-thank God for American Express. I look on bad transactions as a lesson learned.If feedback on a seller is above 98%, I chalk up complaints to difficult buyers. However, always read feedback- skip the positives and HUNT OUT THE NEGATIVES! Some neg feedbacks will really tell the story-changed IDs, etc. Look for sellers with high #'s of feedbacks- they have been doing business for a while. Many negatives in a short time, regardless of how many positives have come before, is a red flag.Look for shipping charges that are more than the cost of the item.(Especially from out of the country)Follow common sense and E-bay can be a great means for getting exactly what you want at great savings. Yes, I have been stung a few times, but don't take away my E-bay!

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Do you use Ebay?
Apr 6, 2005 5:03AM PDT

I use Ebay a lot but one must be very careful,read the WHOLE page not just the bit that really interests you,DO NOT bid on lots that state"not tested or sold as is",be careful of faulse descriptions,ie;unwanted present/not interested in what ever,only to find that listed under sellers other items,the seller has 10+ more of the same to sell!!.
Also Paypal is not as good as they want to tell you,if you have a dispute,it will take ages to sort and then if you are lucky,the chances are that you will only recieve some of your money back.I personally NEVER use Paypal.

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Do I use eBay?
Apr 6, 2005 7:12AM PDT

Never have and never will.
Larry

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bad eBay experiences
Apr 6, 2005 11:45AM PDT

I have been "scammed" twice with non-working electonic stuff, one a plasma Tv and again with a useless laptop DVD/CDRW drive. In each case it was reported to eBay but the vendors just de-registered themselves. In both cases the vendor feedback was shaky.
In my view the buyer gets no protection from eBay!

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Ebay is my favorite pastime
Apr 6, 2005 12:36PM PDT

I mostly buy and sometimes sell on Ebay. I had one problem with fraud early on but managed to recover over half of the $100 I lost. I contacted the local police department in the town of the seller and filed a complaint. The police contacted the seller and he sent a contrite email saying he would repay me but of course never did. I collected from Ebay but the process is painful.

Always check feedback of seller carefully. Anything less than 98 percent is a red flag. Look at the feedback details and see what the seller has bought and sold.

Be careful of New York City sellers (they often disguise their location).

Always check price of the item on Froogle if possible.

Don't buy if shipping and handling fee is unreasonable.

Read description of item carefully.

Don't sell anything valuable on Ebay unless you know exactly what you are doing.

Don't bid on anything unless you understand the Ebay bidding process...I alway Snipe bid.

As far as PayPal goes, it is convenient but I quit using it because my wife insists on balancing our checkbook to the penny and I got tired of trying to explain my PayPal account transactions.

I pay with USPS money order and take payment in anything other than PayPal.

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EBay allows sellers to disguise their location
Apr 6, 2005 1:41PM PDT

You state "Be careful of New York City sellers (they often disguise their location)". I live in NYC but have had problems with sellers in small, unknown little towns right up to big cities. Strangely, I haven't had a bad transaction with a NYC seller.

EBay allows sellers to disguise their location. It doesn't seem that any verification is done when creating an eBay account. Look at the sellers whose location is "Anywhere, USA" or "Somewhere in the USA". Anyone could put down any town or city when they register with eBay.

It doesn't make any difference where a seller lives. There are wolves in disguise everywhere.

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You are right.
Apr 7, 2005 12:29AM PDT

But I still tend to avoid NYC sellers.

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Learn how to check IP's...
Jan 9, 2006 2:02AM PST
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Retracting Positive Feedback
Apr 7, 2005 1:53AM PDT

I once left positive feeback by mistake to a seller that had defrauded me. When I contacted EBAY and told them that it was a clerical error on my part, they would not allow me to retract the erroneous posting and then post the positive feedback to the proper seller.

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Guarantee by both eBay and Pay Pal not clear, and a fraud.
Apr 7, 2005 2:04PM PDT

I purchased a satellite system on eBay. The seller emailed shortly after the sale to say he had broken his arm trying to get the dish off the roof. I told him I could wait for the dish, but to please send the receiver and remote. I received those about a week later, but the remote didn't work. I wrote and he said he would send a refund, but didn't. I kept asking about him sending the dish, and he kept saying his arm was in a cast. I assumed that either the eBay or Pay Pal guarantee would back me up. I kept checking with the seller, and he kept saying his arm was still in a cast. After several months had passed, he quit responding, so I turned to eBay guarantee, but found it wouldn't cover because the month was up. I then went to Pay Pal, and discovered it was only good for a month. Lesson learned: don't try to be nice! It doesn't pay.

At about the same time, I purchased a large pool. The seller said shipping would take 3-4 weeks after the check was received, because of the size. By the time I realized the pool was never going to arrive, the month was up for it, also.

A month is not enough time for checks to clear, and some items to be shipped. It may work for some items, but won't for others. There ought to be more leaway.

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Guarantee by both eBay and Pay Pal not clear, and a fraud.
Apr 7, 2005 2:08PM PDT

I purchased a satellite system on eBay. The seller emailed shortly after the sale to say he had broken his arm trying to get the dish off the roof. I told him I could wait for the dish, but to please send the receiver and remote. I received those about a week later, but the remote didn't work. I wrote and he said he would send a refund, but didn't. I kept asking about him sending the dish, and he kept saying his arm was in a cast. I assumed that either the eBay or Pay Pal guarantee would back me up. I kept checking with the seller, and he kept saying his arm was still in a cast. After several months had passed, he quit responding, so I turned to eBay guarantee, but found it wouldn't cover because the month was up. I then went to Pay Pal, and discovered it was only good for a month. Lesson learned: don't try to be nice! It doesn't pay.

At about the same time, I purchased a large pool. The seller said shipping would take 3-4 weeks after the check was received, because of the size. By the time I realized the pool was never going to arrive, the month was up for it, also.

A month is not enough time for checks to clear, and some items to be shipped. It may work for some items, but won't for others. There ought to be more leaway.

I have bought and sold a number of other items on eBay without a problem, but recently have been selling on Amazon.com, and like it a LOT better!

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Had a relatively bad experience
Apr 9, 2005 2:23PM PDT

Item I recieved was the black-and-white version of what I originally ordered. The person wouldn't answer any of my requests for the reason or a color one. What was worse was that neither Ebay nor PayPal wanted to help fix the issue. I finally had to call my credit card company and they finally re-credited my card after they got the money back. Haven't used Ebay since.

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eBay - Bad expierience -
Apr 13, 2005 4:18AM PDT

Dear Lee Koo,

Only for extra use I opened a e-mail / site page on Netscape. At the end of the procedure of regitering I just got the information that I am now also member of eBay !
It is to my opinion not correct of Netscape to do this without my preconsent.
As I have never felt like using eBay, mostly because you get spam through them all the time for products going from the Pharmacy's (Viagra etc.) to getting e-mail spam from "***** women" trying to get you to go to a site... and even daily relegious christian bible spam.
No, to me is eBay only a big commercial ripp-off c.q. decieving. Mostly It seems they want especially all your private info. to sell to merchants.
So I say : " Shame on eBay and shame on Netscape ! "
Duximus.

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How often do I use eBay--my reply to this poll
Apr 13, 2005 12:09PM PDT

I have used it a few times--with extreme caution. I learned quickly to be careful to read about feedback, ship rates, etc. Always got to look for fake items, too.