A few bits and pieces up on eBay. The 'view all items' thing isn't working for me at the minute, so...

1) Signed copy of Razorlight's album (CD+DVD edition):

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT

2) Rare (1000 only made) 7" single: Zero 7 - Truth and Rights

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT

(a single by those lounge snore-mongers that I'm selling for a friend)

3) Tori Amos - Silent All These Years cassette single

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...me=STRK:MESE:IT

It may only be a cassette single but every single I've ever sold of hers before has made about 20 quid and this one has her rare cover of Smells Like Teen Spirit on it...

Having just bought a flat in the centre of Bristol, there's going to be a lot more of this soon on space-clearance and mortgage-payment grounds...

I've been trying to buy Arcam amps and cd players on ebay. Boy do they go quick and fetch top dollar. Gotta get one of those auto-bidding programmes just to win one!

I've just bought a TBU (a box that lets you put phone calls on the radio) on Ebay. I've wanted one for Flat four radio since before we started, but they're usually over-fancy and cost thousands of pounds... I found one company that was making decent-looking basic ones for £200 and tried to buy one, but they never responded to e-mails or phone calls (although my mum managed to get a reply when she tried by fax). Anyway, I gave up. Then this same company had a TBU on Ebay, and although I didn't trust them, I knew they were the only place I'd get one from, and at least putting it on Ebay suggests they've actually got one in stock. Needless to say, I won it, paid £137 for it, and haven't heard a peep from him since. I'll give him a few more days/friendly e-mails before I get shirty...

If someone wanted to buy goods from you for £200, how disorganised or distracted would you have to be to ignore them over and over again and eventually offer the thing on Ebay starting at tuppence?

What's most galling is that if you give negative feedback, the seller will retaliate. Bad sellers on eBay don't give feedback as soon as you pay (which they should), as they can then keep their options open to get their own back if you complain.

Let us know how it goes.

My stuff is closing tomorrow, and apart from the Razorlight album nobody's bothered. If I thought this was going to be a good fundraiser from my new flat, I may have to think again!

Yeah, he's been very rude to others who've complained, leaving feedback like "LIAR DO NOT TRUST!" but if it comes to it, I'll try to sound saddened rather than angry, and any retaliation will look more out of place. Still, plenty of his feedback says sth along the lines of "No communication and very slow but item got here in the end and was fine," so it's not hopeless.

My understanding is that eBay are useless at removing illegal or unwanted auctions, but pretty good at deleting negative feedback if you've kept your e-mails and can show that it's unwarranted...

I've been lucky... so far. But then I sell far more than I buy.

Not a sausage (or even an e-mail) from the guy I bought the thing off. He's had even more negative feedback in the last few days, and has now made his feedback private. Eesh. Although I'd much rather have the thing, I suppose I'd better start trying to get a refund.

Nasty nasty. Still, plenty of ways to get your money back for undelivered goods. If you used a credit card, you might not even need to go through eBay at all. Not that this is something I do often... I last did it for the Scarborough Castle gig in case the organisers were dodgy...

I just sold my copy of the NME Originals Manic Street Preachers magazine on eBay... for £41. Just a handy tip in case any of you have one lying around...

Check out the Silver Sun bits on Ebay!!!!

What a lot of tat! I assumed it was JB under various guises, but they all say they're based in Caerphilly. Even if it *is* JB, it's still a load of tat.

I got a refund on my uncommunicative non-deliverer today. Shame it came to that, but at least it was straightforward.

Tat? TAT? :o

Classic merchandise, so bad it's good. I have a coaster winging its way towards my desk. What a talking point!!!! Any SS exposure is better than none!

Spread the word, citizens! :P

Shocking... :rolleyes:

I'd be tempted to get a coaster to put on my desk at work, but oh, I'm going to be either changing jobs or finding myself on the dole by the end of the month, balls.

Without wanting to draw too much attention to it, I have (under the astonishingly daft username 'captaindamo') bid on a Silver Sun-related item on eBay.

I have a new flat. That item needs to be in it. Please let me win it... I will be your friend.

Thank you.

Cheers Alex - do you have a new flat too? :o

Nah... if you want it go for it.

How about one of you takes the poster, and the other takes the extra item the seller has just added to the lot...?

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Rare-Promo-SILVER-SU...1QQcmdZViewItem

I remember now, it was Manchester that I got mine. Ahh, happy days.

Not that anyone has any reason to be interested in this... but the non-delivering guy on Ebay has posted a defamatory comment about me in my feedback. Ebay's customer services pages say that Ebay does not remove potentially libellous feedback, because to do so would be to accept responsibility for them. Given that I can't get the feedback removed, and given that this man is a menace (he's left similar remarks about other people), I'm getting some (free!) legal advice... Will be interesting to see what they recommend doing about it.

eBay are spineless. Now, if they got personally involved in transactions too often, the administration costs would be unthinkable. But to (as they do) sit completely at the other end keeping their nose out even when it's blatantly obvious what's happening makes a mockery of the fees they charge.

Oh man. I've just taken a look at what has been said in this instance, and I quote:

"Didn't pay and no comms from. Waste of time AVOID like th plague!!!"

Nice dodgy English - always a good sign. What an utter tw*t. Given the effect it's had on your feedback rating, they HAVE to help - go back and demand more. I work with someone who got bad feedback on similar grounds - at either the second or third time of asking (can't remember) they removed it. And if you communicated through eBay, they'll have records that directly contradict his assertion.

I will try contacting them, but I doubt Ebay will be flexible on this. It seems surprising that they can *knowingly* host libellous material (the 'innocent dissemination' defence was brought in a while ago to protect ISPs who couldn't possibly monitor everything, but it was no defence if they didn't act when they knew the material was there), but a previous test case I read about suggests that their terms and conditions are worded very well, so they really do manage to avoid legal responsibility. We'll see. I've got my appointment with a legal adviser tomorrow.

If you get no joy there, I can get a friend of mine to e-mail you, as he went through similar and eventually persuaded eBay to remove it. In this case, I think the rulebook stated that they didn't have to remove it, but he presented the e-mails he had had and sent, the details on his eBay profile and evidence of his good history, and they eventually relented on the grounds that a) he was probably right and B) they knew they'd be getting more e-mails if they didn't just scratch both sides of the feedback from their records...