And what's really retarded on this sellers part is for the $16 they overcharged me (which I was going to just eat it and move on anyway) AND THE 3 NEGATIVES THIS Jerk LEFT ME.... I guarantee with all the blogs and artist connections I have he will lose much, much more than that in sales. That's my goal anyway.

This is actually the second time a seller left me a negative after we paid immediately with Paypal.

The first one involved my husband buying me a buffalo skull for about $100. The seller never sent it. A couple months of ignored emails later we had to leave a negative as we assumed we had been totally ripped off. That jerk left us a negative which goes back to Ebay being totally retarded with this policy. It should not be possible to get a negative when goods are paid for in advance when buying from unscrupulous sellers. The buffalo guy took off his negative and we did the same which is the only way Ebay lets you wipe it clean. Unfortunately, the buffalo skull guy was a bozo and the buyers should know it to avoid him.

I think the only way we can protect ourselves is to not leave any feedback at all until you receive a positive first. That will be my new policy from here on out.

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New February 25th:

I can use this as a running diary. How nice.

Seems the seller is terribly miffed I put this up. Doesn't like the fact that I am pointing this persnickety little problem out. Doesn't like the fact that I put up their personal information either.

Now, lets get something straight. I did not put anything personal up besides the sellers name. Not where they live or what their phone number is. I have just a bit more class than that.

But according to the latest followup feedback by them, you must "beware of christine-wasankari" because I posted their personal information ALL OVER THE WEB.

Hello? What part of personal do you think is really personal? A name, a business? Did I bring anyone down on their home, their phone number? No. So, whatever. All I did was buy some stuff from them. Wow. Paid for it right away too...sort of a dream buyer really. Especially the way doing business on eBay is today. Too bad. It's really a great platform most of the time.

One thing I will be posting here (and everywhere else) is this interesting little coincidence this evening. I had someone come into my other eBay account and buy a painting. No offers, paid full price and right away. Nice thought if it's for real, and maybe it is. But interestingly there was no real communication either. I offered a bit up, but got a one liner back. Maybe it's legitimate, maybe not.

This buyer has just One feedback and is non-verified with PayPal. I'm not a real believer in coincidence so I'm wondering if there isn't a little more retaliatory hanky panky going on or yet to come. Stay tuned. This should be fun.

I don't like games and I don't like bullies. I'm not mean, I'm about the nicest person you could ever meet. But I will not be pushed around. Period. And this person has taken the cake and plain pushed too hard. It was a pretty easy thing to just pull the feedback. But I suspect this might have gone too far for that now. If they weren't willing to do it then, wow I doubt they will do it now.

Let's just go over the facts again.

I buy their goods and pay for them right away. They get to leave me negative feedbacks. Not a good policy. Not at all. And I'm the one whose mean? Right.

Well, I'm also the one who has the freedom to post it to all my art friends, groups and blogs. And yep, there are many.

So the 16 bucks I got ripped (which I was going to take my lumps, no biggy -- until the FEEDBACK issue came into play) has turned out to be poor a decision on their part. One would think anyway. Their tactics of bullying small eBay people (or who they think is small) just might cost them business.

THIS IS ALL ABOUT THE FEEDBACK!

I've also posted the same ad I have on Google on our main website as well as a site for Port Angeles Art.

also...

One of my several Blogs

I have a number of other artists willing to add it to their sites as well.

Since I have absolute proof of this sellers overcharging me, all I am doing is telling the truth so there isn't a damn thing they can do other than make things right.

Here's some more negative feedbacks this seller threw on people: An interesting note here...these buyers all had all positive feedbacks until they dealt with this seller.

So a powerseller with tons of feedback doesn't look as bad with 33 negatives as a small time ebay buyer who only has 30 feedbacks and one negative.

Bonnie Taylor gave him a negative feedback "not much for the money could have bought it cheaper at michaels"

so they leave this one.

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Buyer, vangosen2007 leaves him a negative:

"It was not huge...thats false advertisement..."

so he counters with "PAIN TO DEAL WITH TOOK FOREVER TO PAY AVOID THIS EBAYER"

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Out of 43 feedbacks, the only negative for this buyer

daddypistachio  also came at the hands of "Scrap-Things"

Can't believe I pd $26 for this paper. Got stuck w/stripes & poca weighs less than...

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Here's another one with the only negative coming from the seller: hoage433

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There were a number of mutually withdrawn feedbacks, which, had I left a negative as some people might have about the high shipping I could have had the same leverage. The mistake I made was leaving a positive but adding a comment about the shipping being high. I can't change mine and this unethical, retaliatory seller refused to withdraw theirs.