Some time ago, I was in negotiations with a seller to buy some aluminum heads. They were a bargain at $800.00, but I managed to acquire them at $600.00; or so I thought. For no sooner than he agreed, somebody swooped in and bought them right out from under me within seconds. The heads had been posted for days, so I really don't think it was coincidental that somebody bought them right at the time they did. This was somebody with eBay who did this. Somebody at a computer terminal with access to everything.
Just today, however, I was about to purchase some transmission parts from a specific seller. I had at least a half dozen of his products in my cart, and "all" of them were discounted by coupon until the eleventh of this month. But when I went to purchase them, the coupons had been removed. Another coincidence? I spent days planning and carefully choosing my parts, and it was all wiped out in an instant.
Fact is, there is no privacy here, and the vast majority of sellers are not only Asian, but each clearly juggling several accounts, further working for a single entity in most cases. In other words, nothing is legitimate or honest; let alone private or even fair.
I mean really. The prices are virtually identical on anything and everything, and this is suppose to be a free market. But in having written five different sellers about like seat covers, the same guy responded to each email, saying the same things, further at the same time. What are the odds!?
You creeps really aren't fooling anyone, and I'm rather sure that it's against the law on numerous levels...
