Buck 307?

DarrylS said:
I believe there is. You click on the number of bids made and it shows who did the bidding. It also shows each bidders "score" ...you click on that and you see what the feedback was. I believe it shows a box there where you can contact that bidder.
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Yes, you can contact the highest bidder, I wonder if doing so to alert him he is bidding on a misrepresented knife, would be in violation of some ebay rule?

His user name implies he is an active or retired Marine, would hate to see him, or anyone else, get taken.

I usually try to follow Bernard Levine's list of rules at a knife show, one of which is "never comment unsolicited on someone elses transaction", but I personally would love it if another knife nut saw me about to get taken and politely spoke up.
 
That's kinda why I been reluctant to actually butt in on this Confederate...I know how I'd feel as both a buyer and seller too...would like someone to tell me I was buying a chicken instead of a turkey too...LOL...
 
DarrylS said:
That's kinda why I been reluctant to actually butt in on this Confederate...I know how I'd feel as both a buyer and seller too...would like someone to tell me I was buying a chicken instead of a turkey too...LOL...
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I'm afraid I'm not up on Levine's rules at a knife show, and since it isn't really a knife show.....I went ahead and sent the Sgt Major an email. As a knife collector of sorts and more important as a someone who retired from the military, I couldn't stand by and do nothing. :(
 
I just posted in an Ebay forum asking if other ebayers think I should tell him, didn't give the specific item, but was curious to see what other ebayers would say.

The main thing I was curious about was if the bidder withdraws, could under some obscure ebay rule, the seller go after the person who reported it. I doubt it, but with ebay you never know, they are about collecting their fees, I haven't seen much real commitment from them to police fraud.

Let us know what the buyer says Mike!

Kuddos to you for stepping up!
 
Makin' Christmas cookies for the kids and tryin' to keep up here is slowin' me down a bit...LOL...Good goin' Mike... The sarge now at least knows something about the piece. He may still want it anyway too...
 
I'm thinking that perhaps the high bidder just wants the box. He already owns a mint condition buck 307 and wants a box to put it in.
Then he will resell the ugly winchester on ebay and probaly get a bunch of his money back that way??
 
I'd bet a dollar to a donut that he already knows about this forum Will...ya can't be that deep into Bucks without knowing about the forum...Good eye flylock...I didn't look as far into his purchases...
 
The new high bidder is not so much of a Buck fan. This changes the moral delema a little bit but it doesn't make the knife any better. Sorry for the double post.
 
The new high bidder is not so much of a Buck fan. This changes the moral delema a little bit but it doesn't make the knife any better.
 
Looks like the new bidder is also extreemly new to ebay in general too...We can't become the "Ebay Police"...The "dilema" rests with the seller who may be misrepresenting the item he/she has for sale...I wish there was a way to get to people without going thru ebay tho...I tried contacting the seller but have gotten no response...
 
I did some checking, what we are talking about is actually against Ebay's rules.

Transaction Interference

Members are not permitted to email buyers in an open or completed transaction to warn them away from a seller or item. If you have a problem with a transaction, please use the feedback forum and review our Fraud Protection Program.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Listing cancellation
Limits on account privileges
Account suspension
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
 
...Well Confederate...If you ever see me bidding on a "chicken" that I think is a turkey, just get my email from the forum...That'll work...
 
I guess maybe fraudulent "warnings" to keep others away from the item you want would be a risk ebay is considering too.
 
:( ...Now that may be very true Carl. Here we all were worrying about someone getting ripped and that is all we were concerned about. That makes me feel really proud to know these guys even if it is only an "online" knowledge. Yet...at the same time as we were all concerned for the right reasons, I'm sure there are piles of people out there who would send "sham" warnings to allow themselves to pick up the item in question. Such a shame that it might happen that way...but I'm sure it does...:(
 
The Last Confederate said:
I did some checking, what we are talking about is actually against Ebay's rules.

Transaction Interference

Members are not permitted to email buyers in an open or completed transaction to warn them away from a seller or item. If you have a problem with a transaction, please use the feedback forum and review our Fraud Protection Program.

Violations of this policy may result in a range of actions, including:

Listing cancellation
Limits on account privileges
Account suspension
Forfeit of eBay fees on cancelled listings
Loss of PowerSeller status
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I guess if I were to go by the letter of that policy, I never actually warned him against the transaction. I simply gave him my description of the item up for bid. He could make his own conclusion.
 
Funny...I wasn't nasty or anything like that when I left the message to him...He just never got back to me...:eek: :cool: ...did he get back to any of you guys??...Maybe he found the "authentic" 307...
 
If he DID list it incorrectly through honest error, I can imagine that, when corrected, he might have been too embarassed to say anything and simply ended it.

On the other hand, a deceptive person who is caught in the act might do the same thing, so the mystery of life goes on. :)

I am going to lean towards the honest screw-up. His other auctions all looked pretty straight forward and had reasonable starting prices.
 
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