eBay hits a new low

[nexus73]

As for buying used being a problem, there aren't any more printed-this-year new maps from the previous decades out there.  They're all old, even the NOS stuff...LOL!  Buying used items is not a problem when it's intelligently approached.  Sometimes all there is available are items which are used.

Indeed, but in cases like this, I shop strictly in person. I'm not a big map collector, but I have been burned buying old baseball cards online. Nothing like buying an '81 Topps "complete set" and then finding it missing the three most valuable cards in the set when it comes. So I stick to hobby shops.

One of my hobbies for some years was collectable card games, especially Magic.  I never had a problem with any seller when buying Magic cards but I also did my due diligence by checking their ratings and reading the negs and neutrals.  If you have lots of problems dealing online with sellers, well, all I can say is your mileage may vary...LOL!  Mine does just fine.

BTW, I have been on eBay for 13 years (rating is 500+, mostly as a buyer) and bought plenty of other used items from various other sites.  The problems I have had are tiny in comparison to the amount of good dealings.  Matter of fact I would put the problem percentage I experience at or less than 1%.

Rick 

[Scott5114]

Religion is reasonable?

Most reasonable people think so. 

Then they're not reasonable.  Reason is the biggest enemy of superstition.

[bugo]

Religion is reasonable?

Most reasonable people think so. 

Then they're not reasonable.  Reason is the biggest enemy of superstition.

Off topic, off topic.

[J N Winkler]

It's my property, and I ought to be able to do as I please with it. If you don't like looking at what I've done with my property, build yourself a privacy fence high enough to block your view of my property. Why should I be denied the opportunity to make a little extra cash just because your precious sensibilities are offended?

If you live in an urban area, or any area that has been subdivided under the supervision of a zoning board, you do not actually have complete freedom to do with your property as you please.  Check the restrictive covenants that apply to your parcel first.  Besides, the tort of nuisance is an established part of the common law.

[hbelkins]

Hammer Time!

[Alps]

Hammer Time!

[roadman]

In the case of airline fees, I think there is a public-safety argument that will become more prominent in time.  Recently the airlines withdrew the free luggage allowance for transatlantic flights (it had already shrunk to one 50 lb suitcase from two 70 lb suitcases back in 2000).  This has created a perverse incentive for passengers to carry as much on the plane as possible, which overloads the overhead luggage bins.  The airlines have been shaving capacity, which aggravates the problem.  The last time I flew from London to Chicago, I was catty-corner from a luggage bin which would not close when loaded because the catch was ready to fail.

I fear USDOT will not take action on airline fees until a plane hits turbulence on an overseas flight, the bins fly open, and falling luggage kills a passenger.

Couldn't agree with you more.  Especially when there's now less leg room in coach seating than on an average commuter train (and I'm of "normal" height and build).

[Scott5114]

Hammer Time!

"Stop! Thru Street" is the latest take on M.C. Hammer's classic, and is the opening track on Carl Rogers's new album, US Federal Route 31W.

[Darkchylde]

Hammer Time!

"Stop! Thru Street" is the latest take on M.C. Hammer's classic, and is the opening track on Carl Rogers's new album, US Federal Route 31W.

Not sure which topic I find more disconcerting to read about on here - religion or The Viatologist Who Shall Not Be Named.