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<p>I see decided difference in quality between film and digital, film takes it for me, though there's been more discussions of that than grains of sand and having one is not my desire. But no matter what the opinion I think as the rush of the New wears off people who are attracted to photo quality have similar views, or at least see the possibilities film offers for the first time - and want to try it.</p> <p><br /> Anything new and quickly widespread will fade a bit after time in instant preoccupation, and in the relaxation from that other ways including "old" ways will be seen - and tried.</p> <p><br /> You can do both after all as has been said. They each have plusses and are different mediums. Should you have no footwear other than boots? Or only red underwear?</p>

<p>People or buildings on private property adjoining public property do not enjoy any legal bar from a photographer taking photos who themselves is on public ground. If invisibility in that way is the goal no one forced you to build there or be there.<br /> EXCEPT on micro-photo sites, where any visible sign is off-limits, good luck with shots of Times Square. It's because they don't want problems leasing, one-time, your photos; that it's legal is beside the point for them. And of course you must have a release from any person recognizable in your shot, even in public.</p> <p><br /> Now courts have held that a photo of a trademark is not theft of trademark, it's a PHOTO, not stealing the actual Coca Cola trademark and putting it on your own cans of swamp-water. </p> <p><br /> In the same way, I think an artistic photo including a person, the photographer and the person shot both on public property, there is an expectation to begin with on the part of the subject being in public, i.e., that they are fair game for their image being included in a photo. And again the photographer in an art shot is not possessing the person themselves like they are locked inside the camera, the photographer owns the photo, and the person and photo are not the same reality.</p> <p><br /> Now, if a public shot of me appears in a magazine ad it's a different story. Then an image of me is being used by the photographer as a money-making instrument and paying me nothing for shooting me and using my image.</p> <p><br /> In Australia I don't know. Could be closely the same. It follows logic. The photo and what the photo is of are two distinct realities. As long as it is not a commercial exercise in money-making the photographer only lays right to his photo, not to people, trademarks or buildings adjoining or on the same public property the photographer is on. <br /> (By the way, Courts have held a photograph can be artistic and still make money.)</p>

<blockquote> <p><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=3940672">Donald Miller</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub8.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/1roll.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 13, 2015; 04:33 p.m.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Do not understand what the commotion is about including myself. Some one expressed an opinion and did not get the support he wanted and is now very angry. Everyone is entitled to their opinion. At some time anyone of us could be in the same position. Just accept it for what t is. Don't go away mad, just go away.</p> </blockquote> <p>I don't care about any support for the light meter. I stated the reasons for the reaction I had, and if you read the first and initial post it is humorous and not angry.</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> I AM finished with being the receiver of personality-related judgements based on a reference to a past problem no one making the judgements had the faintest knowledge of. And I don't hang around a PHOTOGRAPHY forum to be called a "DICK" for it by some ignorant guy behind a keyboard likely 2000+ miles away for heaven'ssake, puleeaaase! These "moral-arrogants" go call Chase and tell them all about it. But my staying around here? You gotta be kidding. That's my choice and I made it. It has zip to do with my first post.</strong><br> <strong> </strong><br> Who needs that stuff in their life? You?</strong><br> </strong><br> And THAT is what I wrote, not what you "ASSUMED" I wrote.</strong><br> <br> Farewell from Thread-C932,657 to those who are normal, pleasant folks. and now i better keep to my word and not open this thing again<em>.</em></strong></p>

<p>oooooo! just saw from my own reference: that Safari Edition Leica MP! "oooooooooo......... "</p>

<p>I though I posted this but I guess not:</p> <p>If you are not aware newbies from Leica:</p> <p>http://www.tamarkin.com/whats-new </p> <p>(just a good layout, no knowledge of this Leica Store)</p>

<blockquote> <p>"Yeah, with that complaint in your past, the ebay people probably saw a pattern, which is probably why they decided for the seller. Just my guess. Honorable dealing work both ways -- or at least should."</p> </blockquote> <p>Sarah,<br /> Please read what I just posted 3 times in response to this and DO NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS - also read my Ebay history, the very long post.<br /> <br /> <strong>This Thread's great value is the demonstration of how an assumption made in the complicate absence of Knowledge-Of-Fact becomes widespread FACT for so many so quickly - why compulsive modern media kills the political process by substituting through the same process instant vomiting of false-private-fact about politicians obliterating actual political life.</strong></p> <p>All because of little me? I could care if people take my camera episode they're in ignorance of for whatever they like. The facts of that are well known, to several organizations as well as individuals, and even if none knew, or all were wrong - EYE know.</p> <p>There's a wonderful and moving age-old Buddhist parable/story that tells this tale, wonderful!</p> <p>Alas, not the place or time.</p> <p>Anyway, Ebay was a pain in the butt so I left it. I may go back some time. This is not a serious moment in my life and I have a wry attitude about it and my leaving.</p> <p><strong>And this Thread with the surprise revelation of a past I've had amnesia about so long, a past of murder and unspeakable acts of evil and depravity making ISIS blush, well, it's became a pain in the butt too. </strong><strong>What the _ _ _ <strong>with all this personally directed invective? This is a professional site.</strong></strong><br /> <br /> Who needs this in their life. <em>Exeunt.</em></p> <p><em>For so many with real feedback: MUCH THANKS! </em></p> <p> </p>

<blockquote> <p>"It's rare that a seller says, "gotcha!" And it's even more rare that ebay backs such a seller. (Maybe I don't know all the facts.) That's just not how modern internet commerce works."<br> </p> </blockquote> <p>No, what I wrote was it, not complicated. I've bought and tried two subs for the mercury that didn't fit in the unit. i'll try some more, but see I don't agree with you or others that the Seller should know these older units take mercury batteries because mercury batteries are out of the lexicon of average Buyers. Same with CV joints in cars. I know what one is and that at a certain car age they can need replacing, possible. But for the average buyer that is not in the lexicon of car questions. If it was, the level of automotive research necessary to buy a car would be ridiculous. </p> <p>Buyer Beware is a good attitude, but as a legal necessity it is variable. So, what may be termed items a part of the sales unit expected to function properly or be present, if they are not otherwise brought up in the ad, carry the expectation of being present, and working, or being an auxiliary that will function when purchased with the unit: the expectation is that there is no problem.</p> <p>So if a CV Joint is all screwed up the Seller cannot claim: "You should have asked"</p> <p>If there is such a problem, the Seller should state it or the Buyer may not be bound by the sale.</p> <p>On the other hand, if the item sold is a used suit and the Ad stated sizes in S M L XL, if the Buyer gets a Small suit and it's still too large he has no complaint, inherent in buying a suit you can't try on, is that a size SMALL, may not describe your degree of "Smalllness". That's an inherent risk.</p> <p>It's the same principle as Safety in Occupations: when I was a Steelworker and working at the Blast Furnaces, I couldn't claim as a Safety Violation that it was "TOO HOT". It was "too hot" but that is an inherent risky condition of steelmaking. However, if the Company failed to provide heat-resistant coats and face shields and boots, legal safety equipment to survive those temps, I could complain - and win. Because without legal safety equipment, human beings will die from fire-ignition in those conditions. You are two steps away from molten, flaming pig-iron. In the olden days the Blower of the Blast Furnace actually speared a clay-filled hole the size of large manhole cover with an oxygenated lance in the bottom side of the Furnace, about 15 stories high and filled with molten pig-iron. Guess what would happen next?</p> <p>BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM! MOLTEN-PIG-IRON ERUPTION out the side of that furnace, just behind the running-away Blower. Now they have a remote controlled lance to pierce the clay. But You Better Be Way Outta There when that special horn/siren blows or you will be a crispy.</p> <p>For me and most, batteries in light-meters would be expected to be purchasable, as Heat Shields would be expected, as functioning CV joints expected in used cars. If they weren't, it should be stated or returns allowed. Anyway, that's me. </p>

<p ><strong><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=2344388">Matt Laur</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Hero" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/hero.gif" alt="" /><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub9.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 13, 2015; 07:22 a.m.</strong></p> <p><strong>"If you go hunting online for old, discontinued specialty equipment ... it's your responsibility to know what you're buying. If you don't even know that you don't know things, that speaks to a general lapse in strategy on the buyer's part, and a failure to take 30 seconds to Google some information about the product.</strong><br /><br /><strong>I agree that the OP's faux outrage in this case is a bit of misdirection, and that bragging about keeping something while not paying for it puts the overall tone in proper context." </strong></p> Why not read about yourself in a mirror if you don't read the responses in Threads by whoever the OP is. You wouldn't be so snarky as to stupidly judge me on someone else's stupid judgment without doing such reading. Or for you as for that bat: You don't know what happened in that incident with the camera, what I got for my money, or why or WHO was responsible for my keeping it, (with $600 of my own in it). DO YOU JETSTAR? Next time pick someone besides me. Really do. Now as to the 2nd point: going around hunting for old things, why would anyone suppose something was odd about batteries, in an '80s classic car they were seeking to buy, or an '80s Light Meter? Other research yes, like how did older light meters function in terms of accuracy, well I know this and for that brand. Are the electrics long lasting? That one also. Is it beat to a pulp? No, not at all. Yes, I did those things. But mercury batteries if their existence ever known about, for me or true for average Buyers, will not be a question that pops up. Nor batteries a research area. Why should they be? Do you ask about the condition of transmission transfer bars in pre-2010 cars you're scoping to buy? Do You?

<p><strong>"Hidden truth. Some vintage stuff is really junk and should go to a landfill. Or burned in a pyre...yeah I know it hurts to say..."</strong><br> I just got up off the floor after rolling around from that one.</p>

<blockquote> <p >"<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=4802905">Andy L</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 13, 2015; 01:04 a.m.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Using the credit card company to get a refund and then keeping the item anyway is also - pardon my French but there's just no better way to put it - a dick move. The O.P. is a problem buyer and frankly the eBay community it's better off without him."</p> </blockquote> <p>No, it wasn't actually. But THAT was a Dick-Note, yours. Do you know what how and why that occurred, that incident you call my dick-thing?<br> Let's back up: do you know I initiated my retention of the camera? Wait, let's go right to the Start-Line:<br> Enumerate the facts you know about the incident I'm talking about, not my summary, the facts, like a video camera got the whole series of events; do that on your response.</p> <p>In the meantime, I and others witnessing know it was not a "DICK MOVE" on my part. And NO, I'm not going to tell you what happened. If you enjoy your Assumptions and that's your hobby, who am I to tell you to put your marbles away?<br> As for your further Assumption, that I am a PROBLEM BUYER AND GOOD FOR EBAY TO HAVE GONE:<br> Memorize this by Sun. at 6:00 am and by Mon at 6:00 am the rest of the 100% Positive Mr. Andy Arrogant., or go around the rest of your life with a certain body-part tattooed on your forehead.</p> <p>My people are everywhere..</p> <p> </p> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody> <tr > <td width="20"> </td> <td width="60%">Feedback</td> <td width="25%">From</td> <td >When</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Welcome to Terence's Camera Store. Hope to deal with you again. Thank you!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id terence_camera" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/terence_camera">terence_camera</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 116227" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=terence_camera&rt=nc">116227</a><img title="Red shooting star icon for feedback score in between 100,000 to 499,999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootRed_25x25.gif" alt="Red shooting star icon for feedback score in between 100,000 to 499,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past month</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#270814205802)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/270814205802">View Item</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Thanks for order Leica 1.25, great Buyer. AAA+++, www.CAMERA-MIX.com</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id camera-mix" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/camera-mix">camera-mix</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 206" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=camera-mix&rt=nc">206</a><img title="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconTealStar_25x25.gif" alt="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past month</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>--</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId">Private</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>thanks for the prompt payment I am happy to trade again regards GG NZ</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id glamuzina" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/glamuzina">glamuzina</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 513" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=glamuzina&rt=nc">513</a><img title="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPurpleStar_25x25.gif" alt="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past month</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#291463205191)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/291463205191">View Item</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Ultra fast payment, 1st class ebay customer, thanks so much!!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id ginnyscolts" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/ginnyscolts">ginnyscolts</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 5212" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=ginnyscolts&rt=nc">5212</a><img title="Green star icon for feedback score in between 5,000 to 9,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconGreenStar_25x25.gif" alt="Green star icon for feedback score in between 5,000 to 9,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past month</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#311343525283)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"><a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/311343525283">View Item</a></td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Perfect transaction with a very nice and thoughtful ebayer. Thank you.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id fornut" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/fornut">fornut</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 792" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=fornut&rt=nc">792</a><img title="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPurpleStar_25x25.gif" alt="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past month</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#311349810473)</td> <td> -- Best Offer Price was Accepted<img title="This item was listed in fixed price format with a Best Offer option. The seller accepted a Best Offer price." src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icons/iconBubbleHelp.gif" alt="This item was listed in fixed price format with a Best Offer option. 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Great buyer!!!!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id 2011aaron911" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/2011aaron911">2011aaron911</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 239" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=2011aaron911&rt=nc">239</a><img title="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconTealStar_25x25.gif" alt="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#221594355667)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Good buyer, prompt payment, valued customer, highly recommended.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id tm_sneakers" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/tm_sneakers">tm_sneakers</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 19361" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=tm_sneakers&rt=nc">19361</a><img title="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootYllw_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#281463590480)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>EXCELLENT EBAYER!! FAST PAYMENT!! HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id vintageandmore916" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/vintageandmore916">vintageandmore916</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 1718" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=vintageandmore916&rt=nc">1718</a><img title="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconRedStar_25x25.gif" alt="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#161407152158)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>prompt payment</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id pcc532012" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/pcc532012">pcc532012</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 17" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=pcc532012&rt=nc">17</a><img title="Yellow star icon for feedback score in between 10 to 49" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconYellowStar_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow star icon for feedback score in between 10 to 49" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#331328068665)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Thank you for an easy, pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer. A++++++.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id nanuminternational" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/nanuminternational">nanuminternational</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 76642" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=nanuminternational&rt=nc">76642</a><img title="Purple shooting star icon for feedback score in between 50,000 to 99,999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootPrpl_25x25.gif" alt="Purple shooting star icon for feedback score in between 50,000 to 99,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#170764444438)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Thank you for an easy, pleasant transaction. Excellent buyer. A++++++.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id cosplayvision" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/cosplayvision">cosplayvision</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 660" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=cosplayvision&rt=nc">660</a><img title="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPurpleStar_25x25.gif" alt="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>--</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId">Private</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>5 Star Great Buyer! Shop_____Silkpeace____for Best Value Unique Gifts!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id silkpeace" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/silkpeace">silkpeace</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 10885" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=silkpeace&rt=nc">10885</a><img title="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootYllw_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#271250838595)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Hope to deal with you again. Thank you.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id swanyriver1" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/swanyriver1">swanyriver1</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 11103" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=swanyriver1&rt=nc">11103</a><img title="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootYllw_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">During past year</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#371081347019)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Great buyer, very fast payment. thank you</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id ramunition360" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/ramunition360">ramunition360</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 208" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=ramunition360&rt=nc">208</a><img title="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconTealStar_25x25.gif" alt="Teal star icon for feedback score in between 100 to 499" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#321426965727)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Great eBayer! A pleasure to do business with!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id icelynne" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/icelynne">icelynne</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 15789" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=icelynne&rt=nc">15789</a><img title="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootYllw_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>--</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId">Private</td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Superb Buyer!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id paulpopcorn" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/paulpopcorn">paulpopcorn</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 14694" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=paulpopcorn&rt=nc">14694</a><img title="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconShootYllw_25x25.gif" alt="Yellow shooting star icon for feedback score in between 10,000 to 24,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#291065913084)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Great Ebayer thanks !!!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id randall20" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/randall20">randall20</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 3096" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=randall20&rt=nc">3096</a><img title="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconRedStar_25x25.gif" alt="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#301053674632)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Thanks, fast payment. Good human.</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id salesauce" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/salesauce">salesauce</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 648" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=salesauce&rt=nc">648</a><img title="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPurpleStar_25x25.gif" alt="Purple star icon for feedback score in between 500 to 999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#271355041336)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td><img src="http://q.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconPos_16x16.gif" alt="Positive feedback rating" width="16" height="16" /></td> <td>Great Buyer!!! Paid promptly, Valued Customer. Thank you!!!</td> <td id="memberBadgeId" nowrap="nowrap">Seller: <a title="Member id lens.camera" href="http://myworld.ebay.com/lens.camera">lens.camera</a> ( <a title="Feedback Score Of 2675" href="http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=lens.camera&rt=nc">2675</a><img title="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" src="http://p.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/icon/iconRedStar_25x25.gif" alt="Red star icon for feedback score in between 1,000 to 4,999" width="25" height="25" />) </td> <td nowrap="nowrap">More than a year ago</td> </tr> <tr > <td> </td> <td>-- (#321290689725)</td> <td>--</td> <td id="viewItemId"> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<p>"</p> <p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=6963486">Benoît Evans</a> , Jun 13, 2015; 12:48 a.m.</p> <blockquote> <p>Buying on eBay is no different than buying a used car from a private party. The default legal position is that the sale is "as is" -- caveat emptor (let the BUYER beware). Unless the seller commits fraud (lies about the characteristics of the item) or gives some kind of explicit guarantee, the seller has NO recourse. eBay is more dangerous since the seller is not nearby and the buyer cannot handle the item or have the item inspected by a third party.<br /><br />As for the Pentax Spotmeter, there are subs that do fit. Why did you buy it if you did not know what kind of battery it had to have and whether there was a substitute for the original battery? Before buying, you could have searched Google for Pentax Spotmeter battery and you would have found several pages of info, some with lists of suitable modern batteries. You could have asked the seller. <br />If you're the buyer, you need to know what you are buying, otherwise how can you evaluate the seller's description and especially how can you ask him about details he did not mention in his ad?"</p> </blockquote> <p>Whoa...horsies! That was not any knowledge of mine prior to the Buy, that a Mercury battery was other than a crime on the other planet.</p> <p>Say this was a $40,000 item. And we were in Civil Court. The crux would be this: under what circumstances is it the SELLER'S obligation to investigate things like Battery-types and under what circumstances the Buyers? And that, case per case, would turn on majority Jury vote which likely would change case to case. So, just because a private sale often has no recourse in Law does not mean it never does.</p>

<blockquote> <p >"<a href="/photodb/user?user_id=3940189">Damon D'Amato</a> , Jun 13, 2015; 12:28 a.m.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>Ebay sided with a seller? You don't hear that every day."</p> </blockquote> <p>Is that a serious or dripping-with-sarcasm remark?</p>

<blockquote> <p ><a href="/photodb/user?user_id=299288">"Barry Fisher</a> <a href="/member-status-icons"><img title="Subscriber" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/sub10plus.gif" alt="" /><img title="Frequent poster" src="/v3graphics/member-status-icons/2rolls.gif" alt="" /></a>, Jun 12, 2015; 11:41 p.m.</p> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>William, the seller could be decent and take it back, but honestly on older electronics you have to inquire about what kind of batteries it uses. Is there no equivalent solution out there like the Wein systems?"</p> </blockquote> <p>I would have no idea about mercury batteries, aside from guys like you most wouldn't. If I had sold it not knowing I'd take it back though. The Seller knows I tried and failed to find an alternative, including WeinCell. He may have sold it innocently but he's knowing now for 3 weeks. Anyway, he's he and I'm I so what'dya gonna do. I could do a Credit Card complaint, but it's a lot of trouble for $40 - but I may. And I bet sooner or later some sub for the mercury will appear for me.</p>

<p>It was time. I took my mind to the Vet and had my beloved Ebay Section Put To Sleep.</p> <p>I'm not a Real Ebayer: I don't stay up nights searching used Grave Clothes or WWII Bombers. But I do buy some things there, and bought two cameras: A Rollei 6008i that began as a rip-off and ended with my<br /> Credit Card win of money-back, and oddly I kept the camera after I had it fixed. The other, my only Leica which I'm happy with but could have a possible problem, I'll know soon. (It also has a good chance of Not having one)<br> <br /> I bought a Honeywell/Pentax Spot Meter that had a mercury battery and the Seller would not accept a Return, meaning I have a good chance of never using it because I can't - I tried two subs but they don't fit. I did the Ebay-Complaint thing and lost. For an unusable item I think the Seller should accept a Return. It's like my selling a Car with square wheels, and beyond the knowledge of the average Buyer which devices have mercury batteries, and since they haven't practically-speaking existed since the'90s many won't know zip to begin with about Mercury batteries or what that term means.<br> <br /> So, I cancelled Ebay and perhaps am biting my own nose but I feel a Biblical pleasure in smoting the heathens at the Market-Place.</p>

<p>Sometime I'd like to pack a camera, and on the outside have several official looking stamps saying: WARNING! PACKAGE CONTAINS SMALLPOX BACTERIUM! HANDLE WITH EXTREME CARE!</p> <p>After I was paroled from Federal Prison, it would be a good laugh.</p>