Whither Boogiegail?

[dannyp1]

I have bought from her/he several times with mixed results.  Some items were sent immediatly and some not so fast.  Overall I have been not unhappy because I got some things that were hard to find.  I am involved in an issue right now where I bought a MKII from her.  It took a couple of weeks to get but it works great and has the SCSI add-on which is what I really needed because it freed up a zorro slot.  The problem came because the listing included a manual which wasn't with the item.  When I inquired about it she wrote back and said she couldn't find it and would refund $15 to my account when she had some money in hers.  It's been over a week and I still don't have it.
Unlike the poster above I have no problem with the chop/shop way of selling.  If my (and it has) a4000 board goes bad do I want to buy one from her for $180 or buy a complete a4000 for $350 or more when all I need is the board?  Do I want to pay $400 for a MKII (which cost $900 new) or do I want to pay $600 for a computer with one in it?  If we all used the no chop/shop method we would be able to acquire new hardware for our systems only by buying a complete system when all we wanted was one item.  As far as the prices go the market drives them.  If the price is too high don't buy it.  Most of the prices that people complain about are still much lower than the original price of the item.  If Boogiegail posts items that don't sell many times they will be relisted at a lower price.  My only question is where the heck does she find so many desireable items?  Some of the things she sells you only see on Ebay a couple of times a year.  Does anyone know her source?    Dan :-?

[dannyp1]

I should also add that if people like her didn't make the hard to find items available we might never get them.  How often do you see a Cyberstorm MKII with SCSI module on Ebay?  Not very often.  If people can't find and acquire items they need/want for their Amiga's the hobby will die.  How many people truly already have everything for their Amiga that they desire?  I'd say not very many and if everyone did the Amiga area of Ebay would have no activity at all and as we all know that is not the case.    Dan

[dannyp1]

I agree that feedback is a joke for the very reasons stated above.  I do not agree though that most transactions are neutral.  If you buy something and pay immediatly, that is very positive.  Not neutral in any way.  If you wait 10 days to pay is that also the same neutral the immediate payer got?  The same is true with the seller.  If he ships right away and the item is as described or better that is very positive.  If that is neutral what is it when the seller waits a week or 10 days to ship?  It's not negitive because that still falls within accepted guidelines.  But it certainly is true that you don't dare leave negative feedback or you will get it in return.  But it also is true that some people wouldn't be happy if you hung them with a silk rope.  You can't make them happy and that is what makes many sellers wait to leave feedback until they have it first.  I do.  I will say this for Boogiegail, he/she leaves immediate positive feedback and doesn't wait to get it first.  That has to be taken into consideration as to why she gets as many negatives as she does.  If she waited, others wouldn't be so quick to leave it (even if deserved) and her rating would be higher.  And by the way, I still haven't received the $15 she owes me.      Dan