Posts Made By: Greg Shaffer

Originally Posted by Richard Oberg

Hi - I'm also having an issue related to feedback/ratings.

I just purchased three OTA's from Koji Matsumoto in the past couple weeks - a SP-FL-80s, GP-FL-80S, and a GP-FL-102S and all were advertised on Astromart.

All arrived in good condition but the OTA's have been repainted by 'rattle can' it appears without any mention in the ad - the finish isn't good but they were listed in 'excellent' condition. Only one remains listed - Classified #513407 for the GP-FL-80S (the other two have been removed) and I'm unable to give a rating.

Why not? He's not listed in my 'unused' ratings - perhaps because he contacted me directly via email and they were purchased that way?

I noticed that he has sold many scopes in the past years without any recent ratings received since 2018? Is using a personal contact to arrange a sale the way to avoid a rating?

Thanks.

If you dont respond via an ad there is no flag created for allowing you to post a review. Since you say there is still one of the ads up, respond to it via the button on the ad, that should create the flag that allows you to post a review......Yes I would NEVER purchase without going thru the ratings system.

Originally Posted by Richard Oberg

Thanks for responding - what button on the ad?

Here's the lising: Classified No.: 513407

It says it's sold (it was - to me) - but I don't see anything on the page to allow me to post anything?

Appreciate it!

Sounds like it might not still be an active ad but rather already marked sold......if that is the case then the option to respond to the ad is no longer there.....It would appear you are out of luck.

Going forward regardless of how contact was made you should always respond via the ad even if you are already in touch with the seller....otherwise you wont have the opportunity to rate the seller.

Originally Posted by David Simper

Well, only half way.
Yes, you can adjust the rating, but if afterwards the seller "unsolds" the item, then deletes the ad, the current system also removes the negative rating which makes the rating system a mockery.
Can somebody bring this to attention of the programmers and Herb ?

99.99999% positive just deleting the ad does not remove the rating. If someone has their account removed then that does remove ratings. However, you might have hit on something regarding if they 1st mark the ad as unsold then delete the ad.....That is something worth checking out......I passed it on to the powers that be.

Now those are people I have little sympathy for.....The travel advisory against going there has been in place for how many months? Stupid choices result in bad outcomes......

Straight from the latest episode of "As The Swamp Thickens".

The NIH who conducts much of drug and vaccine trials that the FDA uses to approve or not approve of such things is headed by none other than Anthony Fauci's wife

Say what you will, the fast track optics on this rushed FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine are not helped by this little factoid.....

Actually I did leave out a bit, but was rushed to get out the door for an appointment.....

 A teacher? LOL She heads up the Department of Bioethics at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center. Her role seems to be to preside over the ethical questions of testing vaccines. This at the least seems to present a conflict of interest. It does not inspire confidence given the questions surrounding Fauci and his involvement with the Wuhan lab so yeah....the optics do smell.

Just a guess but if you did not set a reserve that was not met then it goes to sold status as long as there were active bidders. Seems like a logical result.....

Originally Posted by Richard Davis

When I watch the movie Forrest Gump, I realize that Forrest is SO much smarter than the village idiot above.  

I put him in within the Bubba category.....much like Bubba can rattle off ways to eat shrimp, he can rattle off headlines without understanding the content

Originally Posted by Rod Kaufman

That, coming from the guy who doesn't read the links or rarely provides one for his own posts...

Ohh I open links all the time, just not the ones you post Bubba lol

As for posting links, that is your thing, not mine. 

I saw yesterday where it has come out that the Taliban offered to stay out of Kabul and let the US secure the perimeter around Kabul until the 31st and Biden and his admin instead chose to only secure the airport instead and turned down the offer.....One has to wonder how many lives that would have saved......

So many bad decisions and bungled strategies on this one it is hard to believe it wasnt on purpose.

What kind of logic says close an AFB that would have been of great value in extracting our citizens and allies with 2 runways instead of 1 as in Kabul? What kind of logic says close it without warning to our allies practically overnight?

What kind of logic says turn down the Taliban's offer to stay out of Kabul until the 31st? What kind of logic says do all this before you get our citizens and allies to safety?

What kind of logic says to hinder humanitarian efforts by people like Glenn Beck to get our citizens and Afghan allies to safety such as is being reported about the state department? 

What kind of logic says make us look as weak as possible on the world stage and expect China and Russia not to take advantage of it?