Monday, January 29, 2007

Apparent CROOK on Ebay

I suppose that after 27+ purchases, I should expect to have encountered at least one crook on Ebay, but it still makes me angry.
Don't buy from barginhousepa! Of course there's no way she'd still sell under that userid with half a brain, but I still had to say something to the void here.
This person took my money, failed to respond to numerous requests for contact in various forms, never sent me the item, and failed to own up to her behavior via the PayPal dispute resolution service. PayPal even found in my favor, but "failed to recover any funds."
I'd put the [apparent] crook's name here, but that would be a violation of EBay policy.
I can't even post venomous negative feedback on EBay because it says that user no longer has a valid account. Yet daily I am taunted by a message on MyEbay telling me I need to leave feedback for that item. That item I paid for and never received. GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR.

Thursday, January 04, 2007

Who shears the possum?

Did you know there's yarn made from possum fur? You probably did. I did not. Now I do. I LOVE the thought of it. One queston though -- who harvests said possum fur? Have you ever tried to lay hands on an adult possum? Even a baby possum? I have. They're fierce creatures. Does someone RAISE possums for yarn? How amusing. Or do they have secret dens where they rub on something and deposit their fur, and some dedicated yarn spinner sneaks in and steals said fur (thereby probably freezing a possum in the winter who counted on it for bedding or something)? I really want to know, where does this possum fur come from, and how is it acquired!? Maybe there's a sheep/goat-possum cross out there. Now THAT would be good.