Gbayemporium, Geoffrey R Holland Gbayemporium Blackmailing Via email Burnaby British Columbia

GBAYEMPORIUM SUSPENDED
James - USA (Saturday, April 11, 2009)

Justice? Geoff Holland aka ebay member Gbayemporium suspended from Ebay. However he claims it was a foul-up. He was reinstated after approx 8 hours. I do not for 1 minute believe that Ebay mistakenly' suspended him. All of his 5000 listings were removed, his blog completely deleted. He can claim it was a foul-up if he wants to. I just can't believe that Ebay would remove a gold powerseller with over 5000 listings without reason. I am sure that since he lives very close to the Burnaby office then he probably went down there and persuaded them (his friends)to let him back in. Ebay is corruptthe back door left WIDE OPEN.

There is justice in the world even if the effects are felt only temporarily.Gbayemporium aka Mr. Geoffry R Holland has had his account suspended from eBay for his cumulative examples of bad behavior and inadvertantly bringing eBay into a criminal investigation regarding Mr. Holland for Identity theft and computer hacking resulting in the destruction of two web sites.

It should also be noted that his eBay blog was removed in it's entirety for some reason.Thjat he will possibly be back doing business the same sick and vindictive way is almost a granted but the consumer world can at least hope that he learns a lesson that he is not above the law and rules/regulations.

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Member since: Mar-14-02 in Canada

An interesting note is that the gbayemporiumexposed video on youtube was removed and the producer's privalages were suspended for posting nothing but the truth but the president of ebay susbscribed tot he site and shortly thereafter it was taken down.Anytime that the truth is hidden,then the whole company becomes suspect.Beware folks.

I should note that I have been suspended as well to be fair but I am tickled pink at the outcome.

10 commentsUS Army Cold War Recognition CertificatePosted Apr-08-09 12:13:19 PDT Updated Apr-08-09 12:13:54 PDT

I received my Cold War Recognition Certificate today.All veterans who served honorably during the dates listed on this certificate are entitled to be awarded it by writing and providing a copy of their service,most normally their DD 214.

Pass this on to those who might be entitled,I am sure they will be thrilled.If they don't have their DD 214 they can write for it as well.

Give them this link to instruct how to write for their DD 214:
http://www.archives.gov/veterans/military-service-records/get-service-records.html

Commander
US Army Human Resources Command
Cold War Recognition Office
Hoffman II ATTN:AHRC-CWRS-3N45
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gbayemporium ( 15082) View seller's items | View BlogAmazing what they give out to people who only made chipped beef sandwiches.
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gbayemporium ( 15082) View seller's items | View BlogI've never had respect for this one. He's never earned it and doesn't deserve it. Serving in the military isn't a free pass for a lifetime of bad behaviour.
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Back to topgbayemporium ( 15082) View seller's items | View BlogSo, that doesn't mean he was a good person then.

Many members of the military have been bad people when serving.

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gbayemporium ( 15082) View seller's items | View BlogMilitary people get court martialled and kicked out all the time.

It's not like they're all saints.

Apr-08-09 13:20:11 PDT Delete | Report this comment

gbayemporium ( 15082) View seller's items | View BlogWasn't Timothy McVeigh in the military?
Apr-08-09 13:29:26 PDT Delete | Report this comment

observations-of-life ( 3542) View seller's items | View BlogI think that if I were a veteran and I saw such comments as those made to me out of spite and vengeance,I would remember that when I seek to purchase items from those who ridicule and have an agenda.
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Why are you so upset that saenzmom is calling you on your BS?

Don't blame that on me old man.

I suggest that you should find a new hobby.

Saenzmom has never posted to this site and the above comment demonstrates the degree that gbayemporium will go to justify his infamy.Al Capone he is not"

This is pure forgery and Identity theft which is folks a criminal infraction;however gbayemporium is hardly worried about that since he is a citizen of Burnaby,BC,Canada

Now you're saying gBayemporium is responsible for......PAULA COLE's Where Have All the Cowboys Gone video?

You really are a complete disgrace to the American Armed Forces.

My suggestion Larry is that you should forget about this. Clearly you're not thinking or functioning properly. Do you really want to spend your remaining time on earth fixated on gBayemporium?

This video is really self explanatory about gbayemporium's preadatory behaviors and lack of any respect for other humans.It's sad to say that about a person but it appears that he has no conscience.

http://blogs.ebay.com/princess-loves-pink/entry/Where-have-all-the-cowboys-gone/_W0QQidZ824862019

Watch it in normal rather than high mode located on the right hand lower side of the video

Over on FireJohnDonohoe.com,gbayemporium adamantly states that Menyon is not him yet the whois link sent to every person who posts when a new comments is added clearly shows that this is inded gbayemporium attempting to cover his tracks and underhanded ways:

New comment on your post #164 "E Bay Incorporated Finally Infringes on 1st Amendment Rights "
Author : Menyon (IP: 207.81.42.145 , d207-81-42-145.bchsia.telus.net)
E-mail : locode@gmail.com
URL :
Whois : http://ws.arin.net/cgi-bin/whois.pl?queryinput=207.81.42.145
Comment:
I'm not gbayemporium.

You can see all comments on this post here:
http://www.firejohndonahoe.com/2009/01/17/e-bay-incopporated-finally-infringes-on-1st-amendment-rights/#comments

Delete it: http://www.firejohndonahoe.com/wordpress/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&c=2859
Spam it: http://www.firejohndonahoe.com/wordpress/wp-admin/comment.php?action=cdc&dt=spam&c=2859


This is the whois information demonstrating that gbayemporium of Burnaby,BC is busy as a bee.

Beware of any business person who openly fabricates false identities and statements.It is indicative of the customer service which in this case can be verified at toolhaus.org using gbayemporium in the search box.

A look into the cruel mind of gbayemporium


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she woke up with him standing over her, and SHE'd have easily killed him if she had guns?

What, he was going to sit there and let her go=2 0get one or something?

Jan-16-09 21:25:59 PST

http://blogs.ebay.com/ckb2950/en%20%20try/Buying-a-safe/_W0QQcommentsyncidZ0QQidZ920947014

This gbayemporium operating under another ID.Same person,same diatriPe

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anyone who's read this guys blog knows where and what he sells d*bags.

Not hard to figure out.

And I guarantee frommy I've done a lot more than you to contribute. I've helped unmask racists, naru repeat blog abusers, and help many good people with listing issues, eBay issues, etc.

You only seem to come on here to diss eBay. As someone who doesn't dislike eBay, and knows that negative stuff about eBay on an eBay blog is classless, why do you have such a hard time understanding why I don't like you and your "friends"?

Oct-18-08 16:16:17 PDT Report this comment

Part two:
Feb 4, 08 1:49AM From Geoff Holland:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/230/RipOff0230900.htm#314061
>F*king immigrant piece of sh*t. You are pathetic.
>Nothing I sell is illegal. Can you say the same you c***k f*k piece of crap?

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anyone who's read this guys blog knows where and what he sells d*bags.

Not hard to figure out.

And I guarantee frommy I've done a lot more than you to contribute. I've helped unmask racists, naru repeat blog abusers, and help many good people with listing issues, eBay issues, etc.

You only seem to come on here to diss eBay. As someone who doesn't dislike eBay, and knows that negative stuff about eBay on an eBay blog is classless, why do you have such a hard time understanding why I don't like you and your "friends"?

Oct-18-08 16:16:17 PDT Report this comment

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Feb 4, 08 1:49AM From Geoff Holland:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/230/RipOff0230900.htm#314061
>F*king immigrant piece of sh*t. You are pathetic.
>Nothing I sell is illegal. Can you say the same you c***k f*k piece of crap?

Part one:
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gbayemporium ( 13082)
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anyone who's read this guys blog knows where and what he sells d*bags.

Not hard to figure out.

And I guarantee frommy I've done a lot more than you to contribute. I've helped unmask racists, naru repeat blog abusers, and help many good people with listing issues, eBay issues, etc.

You only seem to come on here to diss eBay. As someone who doesn't dislike eBay, and knows that negative stuff about eBay on an eBay blog is classless, why do you have such a hard time understanding why I don't like you and your "friends"?

Oct-18-08 16:16:17 PDT Report this comment

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Feb 4, 08 1:49AM From Geoff Holland:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/230/RipOff0230900.htm#314061
>F*king immigrant piece of sh*t. You are pathetic.
>Nothing I sell is illegal. Can you say the same you c***k f*k piece of crap?

Part one:
Oct-18-08 16:13:28 PDT Report this comment

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gbayemporium ( 13082)
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anyone who's read this guys blog knows where and what he sells d*bags.

Not hard to figure out.

And I guarantee frommy I've done a lot more than you to contribute. I've helped unmask racists, naru repeat blog abusers, and help many good people with listing issues, eBay issues, etc.

You only seem to come on here to diss eBay. As someone who doesn't dislike eBay, and knows that negative stuff about eBay on an eBay blog is classless, why do you have such a hard time understanding why I don't like you and your "friends"?

Oct-18-08 16:16:17 PDT Report this comment

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Feb 4, 08 1:49AM From Geoff Holland:
http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/230/RipOff0230900.htm#314061
>F*king immigrant piece of sh*t. You are pathetic.
>Nothing I sell is illegal. Can you say the same you c***k f*k piece of crap?

He hasn't forged a thing.

I'm wrestng with my demons these last few days, and I'm having a heckva time trying to keep control.

GBAYEMPORIUM is not guilty of anything I or anyone else has accused him of.

I never filed reports or complaints with the police or anyone else.

I'm really just an old windbag with no friends and no one to talk to, so I do these things to try desperately for attention.

Sorry GBAYEMPORIUM, you don't deserve this awful treatment from me.

The simple fact seems to be that you've got at least two personalities posting here.

You're just a strange man.

Geoffrey R Holland Aka Gbayemporium:Forger,ID Thief Gbayemporium is forging posts and stealing personal IDs Burnaby,BC,Canada British Columbia



The supposed apologies posted by gbayemporium etc are yet other forged entries in an attempt in making him feel superior and clever.What he is doing is a crime and is being handled as such.All of the many reports that I have read concerning gbayemporium stating that he is indeed a sick individual,appear to be 100% true.He is concerned with harassing and threatening other peopole for his own amusement regardless of any potential consequences.This is a criminal act of forgery and theft of ID,impersonating another individual.The matters are being forwarded to the Internet Crime Center and the Canadian Authorities.



Pity the sucker rather than hold hate towards him.He needs help drastically



http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/405/RipOff0405538.htm#380553

The below comments or rebuttals are all forged by gbayemporium
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Menyon

Bremerton, Washington

U.S.A.



I would like to sincerely apologize to both eBay and especially the gBayemporium.

My name is Larry Dickerson and I am a truly evil person.



When I drink I say terrible things about others.



I'm here to try and make right some of my wrongs.



So to gbayemporium, peg, steveometer, and everyone else I've offended and insulted, I'm sorry.



BJ, won't you take me back?

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http://www.ripoffreport.com/reports/0/405/RipOff0405938.htm#380478



Menyon

Bremerton, Washington

U.S.A.



I would like to sincerely apologize to both eBay and especially the gBayemporium.

I've been a bad man.



gBayemporium is such a great man, I'm just so jealous of him that I stoop to these sorts of stunts.



The reality is that he is what we should all strive to be. He is the bigger man.



I would also like to apologize to Peg, he is also a better man than I am.



I'm going to concentrate on my cats and my stamps now.

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Menyon

Bremerton, Washington

U.S.A.



I want to apologize to gBayemporium.

He is a fine seller and a better man.



I've been off my meds now for some time, and now that I'm finally back on them I can see what horrible things I've done.



I'm truly sorry to everyone, especially gBayemporium, and also to Peg, my sincere apologies.



I used your sister to get your info, and for that I will forever be ashamed.

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Saenzmom

Three Rivers, Texas

U.S.A.



gbayemporium is a great seller and a nice man.

I believe you should stop harassing him.



Just because you have issues with your past doesn't mean you should drag him through the mud.



He's helped me in so many ways with my grief and guilt issues. Without him I'd be in a mental hospital.



Menyon

Bremerton, Washington

I've never had a transaction with this lunatic. There is no rip off.

They guy has beefs with anyone that dares challenge his BS.

He's a stalker as well.

He needs serious help and should probably be in an institution.

How about telling us what happens in a way that we know exactly what happened to make you post all of this on Rip Off Report?

You MAY have been ripped off and you MIGHT NOT have been ripped off?

I don't even know what gbay is and if you shopped online and put your information out there for anybody to get IT'S YOUR FAULT!

SO WHAT HAPPENED?

http://blogs.ebay.com/observations-of-life/entry/My-25-Year-AA-Coin/_W0QQidZ878330017

My 25 Year AA CoinPosted Jan-11-09 21:51:27 PST

I had this made especially for me out of 14K Gold.As you can see it is protected in a coin case.This coin symbolizes a quarter century of change and personal growth.I was 39 years old when I finally decided to quit drinking in 1980 permanently one day at a time.

I was in the VA hospital in Spokane,Washington,admited for alcoholic seizures.I was a final stage drunk,not expected to live and in fact I died on the table from cardiac and pulmony arrest from my seizures.Somehow when I finally came arouind the next few days and was able to think squarely,I made that decision to get sober.

I went directly to the Veteran's Treatmnent Center in Walla Walla,WA for 28 days and it was decided that I was to sick to be back on my own.I agreed to enter into an up to two year residential treat program.It was there that I gradually became well enough to get out after thirteen months of intensive therapy,healthy living and medical care.My seizures diminished into petie mals and even those became fewer over time.

I had made several stabs at sobriety but failed because a drunk does what they do best and that is to drink.Staying sober for me is not normal behavior and I had to learn how to live and think sober all over again.Initially I thought that because I was clean that life would be a rose garden but as the song goes,nobody ever promised me that bed of flowers but I was promised a bed of thorns if I didn't do certain things.

It was difficult for me.I white knuckled it for two years ,going to AA meetings and mouthing the words.I lied to myself and to others about how wonderful sobriety was when in fact I was one miserable sonofagun.My sponser gave me my first Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous.When we talked he would ask me if I was reading the material and I assurred him that I was actively seeking recovery and doing what I was supposed to according to the plan that we drew up for me to follow

One day I decided to actually read the book and after a period of several weeks and 169 pages,I discovered that they were replicated much to my surprise.I told my sponser that the book he gave me was no good and I explained the remarkable discovery that I had made. He looked at me and said for the first time that."Now I know you are reading the Big Book".I too passed that book on in the same way with the same response.

At two years I was in turmoil and wanted to drink so badly.I stood outside a local watering hole in Great Falls,Montana,wanting to go in and order a double whiskey & water.I wrestled with my demons for a long time and I turned away at the last minute and went to a meeting instead.I have never wanted a drink since.The compulsion left me and for this day only, I am sober.Tomorrow is another day ,but I know that as long as I do what I need to do for myself in living my program of recovery,I will be be sober tomorrow as well.

There are many paths to sobriety but there is no magic pill or spell that will relaes a person from that compulsion.Each pathway requires that the person seeking recovery has to take an active role and literally live that program.It can work if one works it.As the motto on the coin states,"To thine own self be true".
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It seems to me that you simply have a sick obsession.

There's no transactions involved and never have been.

Clearly this site is your pathetic way of trying to hurt someone who doesn't give a flying you know what about you, other than to laugh at your pathetic mental problems.

Thing is that he seems to make a pretty good assessment of the situation.

"I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit"

"makle"?

Sure seems to indicate that you would LEAVE your job "it was nothing to pop over" to make money on the side.

Not very ethical.

Thing is that he seems to make a pretty good assessment of the situation.

"I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit"

"makle"?

Sure seems to indicate that you would LEAVE your job "it was nothing to pop over" to make money on the side.

Not very ethical.

Thing is that he seems to make a pretty good assessment of the situation.

"I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit"

"makle"?

Sure seems to indicate that you would LEAVE your job "it was nothing to pop over" to make money on the side.

Not very ethical.

Thing is that he seems to make a pretty good assessment of the situation.

"I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit"

"makle"?

Sure seems to indicate that you would LEAVE your job "it was nothing to pop over" to make money on the side.

Not very ethical.

What Is The Actual Value of An Item?Posted Jan-11-09 15:58:08 PSTAn piece of merchandise might have a Kovel's or Scott's value of $500.00 but the true value is the proce agreed upon between the buyer and seller.Too many people get hung up on an item's book value and they will hardly ever meet that price.Occassionally a buyer may pay more than the recognized value depnding on the competition for the item,the condition and the scarcity.

An antique is expected to have a bit of wear but it one comes on the market or up for auction and it is mint,it may bring a premium price.The opposite is true,if the piece is well worn beyong the normal for the period in which it was made,it may very well bring a low price or not purchased at all.Just something to think about.
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Back to topobservations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI may see an item on the eBay listings that I have at home.If I were to sell it here ion an Antique shop I probably would fetch a better price that offering it on eBay where there may be a hundrend+ of them for sale.If the market is saturated then the price is reduced accordingly.Supply and Demand is the major principle driving all markets.
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pegonthe-bay ( 519) View seller's items | View BlogThe value of an item is only what an individual or the highest bidder is willing to pay for it.
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drivetolive12 ( 1795) View seller's items | View Blogso true, as a seller when I sell my antiques the ones that I think are going to bring a big price don't and the ones that I think will only bring a fraction might bring more..e-bay is simply timing..I sold a piece this week that I could just slap myself for not putting a reserve..I researched it and only a few were on e-bay and even checked replacements...did not bring a fraction of what I wanted..someone got a very good deal. lucky for them..sad for me..

I think that is what reserve is for, but I hate those. I need to rethink.

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observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogExactly.The agreed upon price between the buyer and seller.That is true for eBay or the grocery store.You buy it or you don't.

Shartey the other day was surprised at how high a glass log cabin went for as compared to what she had priced it for her store.I was even tempted to bid on that but then I looked around at all the dust catchers and decided against it.

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observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI see sellers complaining that buyeres ask silly questions but in all actuality that buyer is determing the true value for them.

I had a junk/antique shop in an antique mall in Great Falls,Montana and competition among 30 dealers was a buyer's delight.Whenever dealers came in fro out of state on a buying trip,we all came in and bargained the price that we were willing to sell.Those were fun days.I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit,especially when the Canadian dollar fell so low that they could no longer come over the border to shop economically.

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Back to topgbayemporium ( 14179) View seller's items | View BlogOh, so you abandoned your post as Manager to sell junk for booze money, is that it?

No wonder they went out of business.

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What Is The Actual Value of An Item?Posted Jan-11-09 15:58:08 PSTAn piece of merchandise might have a Kovel's or Scott's value of $500.00 but the true value is the proce agreed upon between the buyer and seller.Too many people get hung up on an item's book value and they will hardly ever meet that price.Occassionally a buyer may pay more than the recognized value depnding on the competition for the item,the condition and the scarcity.

An antique is expected to have a bit of wear but it one comes on the market or up for auction and it is mint,it may bring a premium price.The opposite is true,if the piece is well worn beyong the normal for the period in which it was made,it may very well bring a low price or not purchased at all.Just something to think about.
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Back to topobservations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI may see an item on the eBay listings that I have at home.If I were to sell it here ion an Antique shop I probably would fetch a better price that offering it on eBay where there may be a hundrend+ of them for sale.If the market is saturated then the price is reduced accordingly.Supply and Demand is the major principle driving all markets.
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pegonthe-bay ( 519) View seller's items | View BlogThe value of an item is only what an individual or the highest bidder is willing to pay for it.
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drivetolive12 ( 1795) View seller's items | View Blogso true, as a seller when I sell my antiques the ones that I think are going to bring a big price don't and the ones that I think will only bring a fraction might bring more..e-bay is simply timing..I sold a piece this week that I could just slap myself for not putting a reserve..I researched it and only a few were on e-bay and even checked replacements...did not bring a fraction of what I wanted..someone got a very good deal. lucky for them..sad for me..

I think that is what reserve is for, but I hate those. I need to rethink.

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observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogExactly.The agreed upon price between the buyer and seller.That is true for eBay or the grocery store.You buy it or you don't.

Shartey the other day was surprised at how high a glass log cabin went for as compared to what she had priced it for her store.I was even tempted to bid on that but then I looked around at all the dust catchers and decided against it.

Jan-11-09 16:44:55 PST Delete | Report this comment

observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI see sellers complaining that buyeres ask silly questions but in all actuality that buyer is determing the true value for them.

I had a junk/antique shop in an antique mall in Great Falls,Montana and competition among 30 dealers was a buyer's delight.Whenever dealers came in fro out of state on a buying trip,we all came in and bargained the price that we were willing to sell.Those were fun days.I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit,especially when the Canadian dollar fell so low that they could no longer come over the border to shop economically.

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Back to topgbayemporium ( 14179) View seller's items | View BlogOh, so you abandoned your post as Manager to sell junk for booze money, is that it?

No wonder they went out of business.

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What Is The Actual Value of An Item?Posted Jan-11-09 15:58:08 PSTAn piece of merchandise might have a Kovel's or Scott's value of $500.00 but the true value is the proce agreed upon between the buyer and seller.Too many people get hung up on an item's book value and they will hardly ever meet that price.Occassionally a buyer may pay more than the recognized value depnding on the competition for the item,the condition and the scarcity.

An antique is expected to have a bit of wear but it one comes on the market or up for auction and it is mint,it may bring a premium price.The opposite is true,if the piece is well worn beyong the normal for the period in which it was made,it may very well bring a low price or not purchased at all.Just something to think about.
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Back to topobservations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI may see an item on the eBay listings that I have at home.If I were to sell it here ion an Antique shop I probably would fetch a better price that offering it on eBay where there may be a hundrend+ of them for sale.If the market is saturated then the price is reduced accordingly.Supply and Demand is the major principle driving all markets.
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pegonthe-bay ( 519) View seller's items | View BlogThe value of an item is only what an individual or the highest bidder is willing to pay for it.
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drivetolive12 ( 1795) View seller's items | View Blogso true, as a seller when I sell my antiques the ones that I think are going to bring a big price don't and the ones that I think will only bring a fraction might bring more..e-bay is simply timing..I sold a piece this week that I could just slap myself for not putting a reserve..I researched it and only a few were on e-bay and even checked replacements...did not bring a fraction of what I wanted..someone got a very good deal. lucky for them..sad for me..

I think that is what reserve is for, but I hate those. I need to rethink.

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observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogExactly.The agreed upon price between the buyer and seller.That is true for eBay or the grocery store.You buy it or you don't.

Shartey the other day was surprised at how high a glass log cabin went for as compared to what she had priced it for her store.I was even tempted to bid on that but then I looked around at all the dust catchers and decided against it.

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observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI see sellers complaining that buyeres ask silly questions but in all actuality that buyer is determing the true value for them.

I had a junk/antique shop in an antique mall in Great Falls,Montana and competition among 30 dealers was a buyer's delight.Whenever dealers came in fro out of state on a buying trip,we all came in and bargained the price that we were willing to sell.Those were fun days.I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit,especially when the Canadian dollar fell so low that they could no longer come over the border to shop economically.

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Back to topgbayemporium ( 14179) View seller's items | View BlogOh, so you abandoned your post as Manager to sell junk for booze money, is that it?

No wonder they went out of business.

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What Is The Actual Value of An Item?Posted Jan-11-09 15:58:08 PSTAn piece of merchandise might have a Kovel's or Scott's value of $500.00 but the true value is the proce agreed upon between the buyer and seller.Too many people get hung up on an item's book value and they will hardly ever meet that price.Occassionally a buyer may pay more than the recognized value depnding on the competition for the item,the condition and the scarcity.

An antique is expected to have a bit of wear but it one comes on the market or up for auction and it is mint,it may bring a premium price.The opposite is true,if the piece is well worn beyong the normal for the period in which it was made,it may very well bring a low price or not purchased at all.Just something to think about.
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Back to topobservations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI may see an item on the eBay listings that I have at home.If I were to sell it here ion an Antique shop I probably would fetch a better price that offering it on eBay where there may be a hundrend+ of them for sale.If the market is saturated then the price is reduced accordingly.Supply and Demand is the major principle driving all markets.
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pegonthe-bay ( 519) View seller's items | View BlogThe value of an item is only what an individual or the highest bidder is willing to pay for it.
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drivetolive12 ( 1795) View seller's items | View Blogso true, as a seller when I sell my antiques the ones that I think are going to bring a big price don't and the ones that I think will only bring a fraction might bring more..e-bay is simply timing..I sold a piece this week that I could just slap myself for not putting a reserve..I researched it and only a few were on e-bay and even checked replacements...did not bring a fraction of what I wanted..someone got a very good deal. lucky for them..sad for me..

I think that is what reserve is for, but I hate those. I need to rethink.

Jan-11-09 16:13:49 PST Delete | Report this comment

observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogExactly.The agreed upon price between the buyer and seller.That is true for eBay or the grocery store.You buy it or you don't.

Shartey the other day was surprised at how high a glass log cabin went for as compared to what she had priced it for her store.I was even tempted to bid on that but then I looked around at all the dust catchers and decided against it.

Jan-11-09 16:44:55 PST Delete | Report this comment

observations-of-life ( 3468) View seller's items | View BlogI see sellers complaining that buyeres ask silly questions but in all actuality that buyer is determing the true value for them.

I had a junk/antique shop in an antique mall in Great Falls,Montana and competition among 30 dealers was a buyer's delight.Whenever dealers came in fro out of state on a buying trip,we all came in and bargained the price that we were willing to sell.Those were fun days.I managed a Sambos right up the street so it was nothing to pop over and hawk my wares to makle any profit,especially when the Canadian dollar fell so low that they could no longer come over the border to shop economically.

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Back to topgbayemporium ( 14179) View seller's items | View BlogOh, so you abandoned your post as Manager to sell junk for booze money, is that it?

No wonder they went out of business.

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