Which guy?

1. Say you will pick it up.
2. Say you will pay COD.
3. If he doesnt reply...
4. YOU WIN!!!
5. Stop being scabby and get down to your local kiteshop and buy off the real guys, not the e-thugs.

Picture of said e-thugs.





PS. Why would anyone buy a North kite, theyre sh!t.

slatimer said...





unfortunately some of us cannot afford inflated Aussie prices.

Maybe if you cant afford over priced Aussie kites you cant afford to kite?

Eva heard of second hand
Jacko

How much were the kites?

also what city did they say they were from can you post a link?

to the kooks that dont like north kites ,harden up if you dont like a bit of power go back to a trainer

yeah ebay is really hit and miss on deals.If it sounds good,its usually crap.

I bought a set of new SS lines new still in bag for $60($200 from shop),
so you can get the odd bargain but as far kites go.....Id like to see it before I sent my hard earned coin to some random dude you dont know.
You have no warrenty,customer service etc if the kite falls apart.
Support the aussie shops and they will MORE than look after you.Well worth it.

I live rural so dont have the joy of a local shop so all my gear is bought off the net FROM the aussie shops.They have been awsome,even though have never spoken face to face,only e-mail, they really look after their customers.
Maybe could have saved money on e-bay,but the customer service and easy replacement of any faulty bits is well worth it.

If my $900 stimulus package(kite package) ever turns up I will be supporting the aussie stores even more.



After saying all of that,I have bought a kite off the net from someone private.It was off this site, seabreeze.The guy showed me plenty of pics,spoke to me on the phone many times and even offered cash on delivery incase I was unhappy.
When someone does that much and is confident you will be happy or else it cost them coin on the return post,you feel pretty happy its the real deal.
$500 for an as close to new kite as you could get.
Fruck e-bay,check seabreeze for sale first.

eBay has become the domain of counterfeiters primarily because the people at eBay simply won't police the site.

I have had three bad experiences in the past year with sellers (none of it kite-related) that are hocking counterfeit goods. Even after multiple complaints to eBay and PayPal the same sellers are still selling the same counterfeit goods today.

eBay don't give a stuff because every sale means $s and it cost resources to pursue con artists. Unless someone in the Federal Police takes an interest in this (and they haven't) and there are arrests made, it will continue to get worse.

I've essentially stopped buying off eBay for this reason. Just not worth the hassle.

At least 50% of the brand name goods being sold are eBay today are fakes. Some of them are good fakes but nevertheless they are fakes being sold as legitimate brands and they are illegal. But eBay aren't interested, PayPal aren't interested, Fair Trading aren't interested, the ACCC aren't interested and the police aren't interested. Shocking really.

phrase said...

And most of all. I`m not interested.

why post then???

I personally have bought many items of eBay and never had any issues that have not been resolved through the dispute section.. I also did see that north kite from china..it was the first item he ever sold and he had no feedback..then i saw someone had bid on it and thought "what a monkey" .. sorry you lost your cash monkey boy but stupidity will always get you in trouble..

slatimer said...

the guy is a con artist, do not bid/buy or deal with him direct.

you will not get your kite and lose your money.

trust me, I know......

whats the go to notify ebay ???

unfortunately some of us cannot afford inflated Aussie prices.

Brave move, posting that. Sorry you copped a (not too unexpected) flaming. You have however hopefully discouraged others as naive as you once were from repeating your mistakes.
Those deals look tempting, but they're clearly a pack of lies.
Keep the message going guys, Stories like this will hopefully reduce the chances of others being suckered.

surfingboye said...

phrase said...

And most of all. I`m not interested.

why post then???

Moreover, why even read this far down the posts?

D

I can only decide whether I`m interested or not by reading what`s to be said.
And I keep reading in hope that it might get interesting. But it hasn`t.
I still keep reading in times of boardom to amuse myself at some of the senseless stuff some people have to offer. But wait, isn`t that just what I`m doing right now? There must be a word for this kind of behavior.

I had a re-think regarding my last post

phrase said...


I still keep reading in times of boardom boredom

By an unusual Freudian spelling slip you may have not only created a new word but also answered your own question;

boardom : where lack of use of a board leads to Noninterestumseabreezeaddictum.

Did you really try the link in my last post?

Nooooooooooo............ I think I have caught the affliction myself

Fossil
Humour for humour sake only