Lawyers read my "ME PAGE"... I dumped the bottom part

agentjim007

Can I get in trouble for anything I wrote here?

ME

truthteller

Jim,

I'm not a lawyer, but it looks okey-dokey to me. No names used, just the facts.

TRUTH

K6AZ

I see nothing wrong with it. You have a right to use the ME page to refute such an outrageous negative. Let us know if eBay tries to tell you it is somehow against their policy.

BNE

As the 300-lb. Samoan famously said: "As your lawyer, I must advise you. . . ."

I don't think the content could get you into any serious trouble, but is any increased hassle really worth it? Discretion is usually the better part of valor. I would keep the first part, and ditch the "buyer from hell" part. Most people won't even find out about his "libelous" statements; why raise a question in the buyer's mind that didn't exist before? A middle position would be to ask prospective purchasers to contact you if they have any questions about the $10 bill thing, so they can hear your side of the story. This avoids just "putting it out there."

Just my 2 cents.

Bill will follow under separate cover.

Dog97

>>>>I am interested in just how much damage he has done to my credibility>>>>>
Jim, your buyer issues a serious warning to the rest of the honest eBayers who check your feedback: <<<WARNINGHeSold FAKEAltered Item,SaidHeDoesn'tKnowWhatHesDoing,RefusedRefund,THEIF<<<<<

Jim, since you sold Sold FAKEAltered Item I will avoid you like the plague.
Jim, since you Doesn'tKnowWhatYousDoing I will avoid you like the plague.
Jim, since you RefusedRefund on your fake junk I will avoid you like the plague.
Jim, since you are a thieving THEIF I will avoid you like the plague.
Jim, you are a bad bad man and I will avoid you like the plague.

Russ

I think you were too gentle.

Russ, NCNE

Endocrinologist

Jim,
That buyer looks like a jerk. He negs a bunch of people. I'm putting him on my block list ASAP
Good Luck!
Endo

Bulldog

Jim,

I aint a Lawyer so I could not tell you anything legal about what you wrote.

I am a buyer and I can tell you more than you want to hear. First let me start out by saying with what I have read, I wouldn't know who to trust you or the buyer. Secondly, he neged you (within his right), and you neged him, ( within your right). Your buyer from Hell thing, really sounds more like sour grapes and justification on your part.

If I was a cold buyer, I would stay away from you in a NY minute! No refund policy, bad vibes. And you are ready for the attack. Not that I would not trust you, just that I would steer clear of you, as I don't have time to play games for any reason.

Thank you for the thread.

Bulldog

airplanenut

Follow up the neg with a link... someone will report you and it'll be all gone!

Jeremy

NumisEd

Mr. AgentJim007, I think that you should expand upon your "ME" page and include more factual information. It doesn't sound right just "as is". Include some facts, such as the major auction where you purchased the note. Maybe even say what you paid for the note and back that up with auction records (date, lot #, etc.).

In closing, perhaps you should solicit help from the forum in writing your "About ME" page. There are some talented writers here....a group to which I do not belong. Lay out your facts in bullet form:

* fact A
* fact B
* fact C

Then someone here (Bear, Clankeye, Russ, DorkKarl, many, many others) could help you write something clever, factual and fair, thus leaving the potential bidder with a warm, fuzzy feeling.

RKKay

I agree with NumisEd's post. Facts laid out in a sequential, logical manner will sound much more persuasive. The way your ME page now sounds doesn't put you in the light you need. You can state facts in a way that looks objective, but makes you sound reasonable and the buyer from Hell sound like the schmuck he is.

relayer

I don't see any reason to dedicate half of your About Me page to one deal with a moron.

I do think the About Me page is a good place to list all of your policies something like this and put a link to it in your auction.

Even though you were selling a bill, I thought in the holy world of coins any seller that didn't offer 100% satisfaction or double your money back would burn for all eternity?

dpoole

Sounds very defensive, AgentJ.

You might consider just limiting your reaction to a reasoned comment in response to the Neg, and go on down the line. Lots of us (me included) have had our pure records besmirtched by the single unreasonable Neg. I don't think it hurts, though, especially if anyone reading the Neg can tell it's an anomaly.

I can understands the urge to rail against the SOB, but I think you should consider that you've ventilated, and remove the references from the Me page now.

ANACONDA

Your about me page looks fine if it it truthfull, and i'm confident it is.

Incidentally, I blocked him.

mbbiker

I agree put a link in your reply to his neg. and the neg will get pulled.

agentjim007

Thanks.
Sour Grapes? Yes, he pissed me off
More facts? Which Auction? No, my business and I said guarantee genuine thats all he needed to know. Let him prove differently.
Some might avoid simply because I wrote it. I don't care. I feel better. Only wanted to know could I get in trouble.

satootoko

As a lawyer, I recommend you follow the very good public relations advice already in this thread. (Bill to follow.)

TheNumish

Situations like this is the reason why I offer a no questions asked return policy. The worst that would have happened is that you get the note back and you relist it. I think my returns have been less tan 1% of my sales. No big deal. I agree with the person that said the bottom half makes you look defensive. Just let it go and move on. There are jerks in the world and there is nothing you can do about it.

cointagious

they'll let just about anyone on ebay. take it with a grain of salt. others can view that auction and all your feedback. i wouldn't give it a second thought.

agentjim007

OK, took your advise and just dumped the bottom part. I understand some of you offer 100% no questions asked returns and that works for you. I like to negotiate on different items. If I'm offering an item for sale that is the flavor of the month and I know it's going to sell for a decent price I wouldn't offer a return. I would rather not sell it to the highest bidder thats a tire kicker, rather to an underbidder thats serious. If it's something that gets one bid I would offer a return, I'd still own it anyways. Those are two ends of the spectrum examples other negotiated examples exist in between. We all do it our own way.

ScarsdaleCoin

YES the term

"I have had many happy buyers"

is objective, you are open to a lawsuit....

LOL

Jon