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Buzzard's Bass - DO NOT to business with him!!!
- Thread starter JonKim
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OP, I hope you pursue this to the fullest extent of the law. This guy doesn't deserve to be rewarded with other people's future business when he is so obviously insane and disregards your right to privacy.
holy crap I can't believe im just hearing about this guy and he's from my state, I will remember that name forshore
Ooh, confrontational and incompetent, my favorite.
Oh, yeah, talk to your legally inclined relatives about your options with his ISP. I suspect it may be as simple as making them aware he is defaming you with his site, hosted on *their* address. That's almost certainly a violation of his terms of service and is liable to end up with his site in the great public bitbucket...
Yea, I remember those y2k threads. I thought he had gone to Florida and set up shop there. Not that I care. Way back then I was going to order an unlined fretless neck from him. Then all the stuff hit the fan with that thread. Happy I went with Warmoth. The guy sounds like a nutcase.
Just on principle I've never done business with any establishment that has the word "buzzard" in their name. Good to know I haven't been missing out.
Pretty amazing. That guy is a throwback to the days when lunatic sociopaths were allowed to thrive on ebay.
Thankfully (and for several years now), buyers don't have to put up with that crap nearly as much. Buyers are guaranteed to get full refunds from bad sellers, including shipping both ways, as Paypal will refund return shipping as a separate refund, if necessary.
The only question is how much guff you're willing to put up with before initiating a claim with ebay. For me, it aint much. One or two uncooperative contacts from a seller....BAM, I file the dispute. Life is too short, and I know I will get my money back so I don't hesitate.
Thankfully (and for several years now), buyers don't have to put up with that crap nearly as much. Buyers are guaranteed to get full refunds from bad sellers, including shipping both ways, as Paypal will refund return shipping as a separate refund, if necessary.
The only question is how much guff you're willing to put up with before initiating a claim with ebay. For me, it aint much. One or two uncooperative contacts from a seller....BAM, I file the dispute. Life is too short, and I know I will get my money back so I don't hesitate.
a libel suit and the publishing of a private residency without your permission on a public site... yep, you've got a valid civil case if you're so inclined to pursue it. Criminal if he threatens you with bodily harm. Best of luck op, hope you get a resolution to this mess.
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An individual's place of resident is considered a matter of public record so I doubt that the fact that he published it will be an issue. You can look up anybody's address in an online and in many cases in a city or town database. The guy is a dirt bag though.
True.. but this is not a database, it's on a business website- release of "customer" personal information without the consent of the customer is illegal. Given the context with which the address is provided it is even more troublesome. Totally agree with your assessment of the seller though.
If I were in your position and I had the funds to do it, I'd go after him hard. It's wouldn't be cheap though. This guy's obviously a douche but you're gonna end up spending a lot of money if you pursue it this way, though it would definitely be satisfying.
Yeah, starting a case is nothing now, in fact ebay does it for you when you contact the seller. I bought something on ebay a while back with a different feature than the description. I hit the "contact seller" button, I chose my item for the subject, and it asked me to check the option that best explains why I'm contacting the seller. "Item not as described" was one of the options. I checked that and BAM, an ebay case was opened. My intention was to just let him know about it, and give him the chance to exchange it for the one pictured without ebay getting involved. But ebay was already involved. I even felt bad and told him I didn't even mean to start a case, but that's how ebay does it now. I'm sure it's because if there is a return/exchange going to happen, ebay wants to know about it before it takes place in case something goes awry.
Here's a little ebay story of my own..
I've had 1 case against me in about a dozen years of selling on ebay, and it was a just a few months ago. The buyer contacted me and chose the "item not as described" as the subject and a case was started. He said something I sold him wasn't the correct year. I didn't argue, I immediately submitted a full refund and he sent the item back to me. Done. The thing was, there is a lot of overlap with certain vintage parts, and sometimes a certain year bass can have parts that date a year off. I feel I was correct in my description because I have seen and owned several basses from the same era, and I've witnessed the different variations. But you know what? It doesn't matter who's right, because what trumps everything else is, I want people to enjoy doing biz with me and go away happy! I'll take a hit once in a while if I have to, to avoid bad juju.. even when if customer is wrong. THAT is what "the customer is always right" truly means. They're right even if they're wrong, because it's never ever ever going to be worth bad word of mouth. Who knows how many future customers this Buzzard guy will lose because he couldn't just eat a few bucks and resell it.
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The other place you can report your grievance to is the Better Business Bureau, but sadly, or shall I say, not surprisingly, the business is not BBB Accredited.
However, op, take a snapshot of the response of his on his website. Send it to Ebay- he also violated quite a few Ebay rules and regulations including posting your ebay transaction like that and revealing customer information.
However, op, take a snapshot of the response of his on his website. Send it to Ebay- he also violated quite a few Ebay rules and regulations including posting your ebay transaction like that and revealing customer information.
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Cuz they didn't pay up. I've dealt with the BBB at work. It's shenanigans....in my humble opinion. BBB accreditation can be bought...for the right price.
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Internet sales often uses a "fullfillment house" who actually warehouses stock and ships for a number of internet sellers.
The BBB is not worth the effort anymore. All they can do these days is wag a finger at them and say "Now don't do it again."
The reason for Buzzard Bay is that's where he started out Buzzard Bay Massachusetts, he moved back a couple towns inland from the bay.
I have had a number of transactions and many emails and had no concern, thou some quite entertaining conversations I say.
Yeah, really if you dig in it seems like this guy makes a "business" out of buying guitars from Amazon and other sites, and then resells them for $135 over his purchase price as "set up and shipping" fees. He breaks down the fact that he sets up your instrument for you at the
low rate of $100, and then tosses on $35 for shipping. Kinda interesting as my luthier out here in LA (where the cost of living is higher than in MA) charges a whopping $60 for a setup, and his walls are lined with autographed photos of folks like Dave Grohl, Tom Morelleo.....
Clearly this individual is honest and hardworking and isn't trying to make money for nothing. Clearly.
