I appreciate your comments, Tee, cuz you obviously know what you're talking about here. I tend to mistrust and fire off ugly comments before I give anybody a chance to explain - but then I'm pretty gullible too, and knowing that makes it hard to trust people I don't know. I looked at his feedback as well and it was as you said, stellar. There actually wasn't much, but only 2 of his were buyers and the rest were sellers. I have a stellar feedback as well as a buyer - that wasn't too hard. I'm not a buying junkie - just a junkie.
I know first-time Ebayers often sign up to bid on one item, and I imagine you also checked out the bidders on this item. There was an unusually (I think anyway) number of bidders for this item who were bidding for the first time. I realize they have to bid on something as a first timer, but to have so many on one item just made me uneasy.
I have to admit that I fired off an email to the seller and told him I thought his practice was irresponsible. He sent back an email almost immediately and said everybody does it, what's wrong with it. Obviously, the guy's a nut.
Anyway - I agree and disagree, Tee. I love Ebay for the sheer pleasure of the bid process and the fun of trying to get something you need/want for less than you need/want to pay. But this seller won't be on my fave list.
