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ack1961

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Careful with your wording on ads
« on: December 20, 2011, 01:12:58 PM »
This guy's eBay ad makes a commitment that I don't think he'll back up.

"WHAT YOU SEE PICTURED IS WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE"

that's a lot of stuff for $39.95 shipping
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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #1 on: December 20, 2011, 03:25:03 PM »
Reminds me of Pilgrim's current for sale ad where he says "in every case, I'll ship for my cost".  On a forum with the geographic diversity as this one, that could be expensive  :mrgreen:
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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #2 on: December 20, 2011, 04:27:58 PM »
My cost may be $30 to someone in Denver, $200 to our banana-fixated friend overseas.....
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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #3 on: December 20, 2011, 04:54:56 PM »
yeah, I wanted to reply to that ad: "I'll take everything except the Peavey"...just to see what he says.
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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #4 on: December 20, 2011, 08:08:37 PM »
My cost may be $30 to someone in Denver, $200 to our banana-fixated friend overseas.....

... or $600 to countries that have a USPS size restriction that is smaller than the size of a bass.  Fedex or UPS international ain't cheap LOL
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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #5 on: December 20, 2011, 10:01:05 PM »
Al said he'd ship for his cost, not that he would cover the cost. Buyer pays.

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Re: Careful with your wording on ads
« Reply #6 on: December 20, 2011, 10:05:14 PM »
I have a dynabass exactly like that!  Not a bad bass at all, especially if it ships with the store's inventory