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Black List – Lista Negra

This is a list of individuals with which I have had problems in conducting transactions.
The list also contains the eBay user IDs and names, when known, of individuals selling forgeries through eBay without indication that they are such and who upon being notified of the problem have not withdrawn or corrected the description of the items being offered.

Esta es una lista de individuos con los que he tenido problemas en transacciones.
La lista tambien contiene los IDs de los vendedores de eBay y sus nombres, cuando los conozco, que han ofrecido material falso en eBay sin indicarlo como tal y quienes al ser advertidos del problema no han retirado el material o corregido la descripcion del material ofrecido.


In 2006 Mr. Ray E. Edmundson sold me a lot of 10 Spanish Administration postal cards through eBay.  Upon receipt I noted that 6 out of the 10 postal cards were either trimmed or were only one half of double reply cards. The description of the lot in eBay did not mention any of these problems, it only showed images of the cards.  

I contacted Mr. Edmundson and told him that I was not satisfied with the lot and offered him a reduced amount for the four sound cards in the lot, which he refused and also refused to take back the lot.  I subsequently returned the lot to him via certified mail and when after two or three weeks he had not sent me a refund, I contacted my Visa card and asked them to reverse the charge on the lot, which they did.  

This apparently annoyed Mr. Edmundson and he has been thereafter offering Cuban material in eBay for sale appending the phrase NOT FOR CUESTA to the lot description.  

Mr. Edmundson operates in eBay under the user ID
sgirten.


Mr. José Luis González sold me a horizontal pair of unused Cuba Scott #3 stamps through eBay. Upon receipt I examined the stamps and determined that they were not unused and returned them via certified mail with a request for a refund.  Mr.González refused to send me a refund unless I sent the item to be expertized and the item came back with a certificate confirming my opinion that the pair was unused.  He finally agreed to send the item himself for expertization, but again refused to send me a refund until the opinion was rendered.  I subsequently contacted my Visa card and asked them to reverse the charges on the item, which they did. 

Mr. González operates in eBay under the user IDs
havana_filler and spic-and-span.


WARNING

Be advised that the Madrid (Spain) auction house

J.R. SUBASTAS

refused to pay me over US$ 3,000

for lots sold through its auctions.

You are advised

not to do business with this firm.

During the GRANADA 92 International Philatelic Exhibition, I gave Mr. Ramirez, owner of J.R. Subastas, several lots of antique maps for sale at his auctions. Mr. Ramirez put the material for sale and it realized over U.S. $3000 which he failed to pay me. A couple of years later, during a trip to Madrid I stopped by his store in Calle Mayor and demanded payment. He said he didn’t have the funds to pay me and instead gave me in compensation several lots of Spanish revenue paper, from which I was only able to sell a portion, recovering only a fraction of the $3000 owed.

ADVERTENCIA

Aviso que la casa de subastas madrileña

J.R. SUBASTAS

rehusó pagarme más de US$ 3000

por cuenta de lotes vendidos a través de sus subastas.

Se le recomienda a todos

que no patrocinen esta firma


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