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    for a while, i was wondering if jeep had also used the dogleg ports on their heads, but i look down and see AMC 401 and it all makes sense now.

    my dad's 70 javelin with a 401 is the same way. had headers on it from the previous owner, were the wrong shape. ran extremely well, but they were an obvious restriction.
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    Yea the older (66-69) AMC V8's used the rectange port heads, while the 70-91's used the dogleg ports. When I first got the headers I thought they were the wrong one, but a call to holley (who owns hooker) found out that they do not make a dog leg header for the amc engines (except for a set of super high priced CJ fenderwell exit headers) So I decided to mod them to work with the dog leg ports. I lightly ported/polished/gasket matched these heads before I put them on, so I wanted the headers to match the heads.
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    I hate Ebay.

    Okay,put something on ebay.
    I only ever do flat rate shipping pretty much,I loathe shipping stuff and i'll eat a couple dollars so I don't need to estimate.
    I got a message from someone asking if I would ship to Brazil.
    Told them I would check since it was already packaged up and ready.
    Sent them back the shipping total and said sure no problem ($50).
    Person won bid (ended friday the 26th).
    Sent message asking for paypal address for invoice-no answer.
    Next day I see where I can invoice the bidder so I do that.
    Nothing else till this morning when I send message saying I was going to relist if no contact.
    This is the message I recieved back


    "Dear peaches0172001,
    Hi,
    Excuse me for the delay.
    I checked my Credit Card, it was denied. I will contact my bank and pay as soon as I can.
    Thank you
    - virtual302v8351"

    Sounds like the guy has no money,and i'm kinda pissed.
    But I tend to overreact on stuff like this.
    On one hand,I know contact will be hard to another country and this is that Holley EFI computer so love to help out an enthusiast in another country.
    On the other hand,I hate debt,credit and the like-if you have to borrow than you're broke. So I feel he is wasting my time and bid because he wanted it,not cause he could afford to buy it.

    What do I do?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Playtoy_18 View Post
    I hate Ebay.

    Okay,put something on ebay.
    I only ever do flat rate shipping pretty much,I loathe shipping stuff and i'll eat a couple dollars so I don't need to estimate.
    I got a message from someone asking if I would ship to Brazil.
    Told them I would check since it was already packaged up and ready.
    Sent them back the shipping total and said sure no problem ($50).
    Person won bid (ended friday the 26th).
    Sent message asking for paypal address for invoice-no answer.
    Next day I see where I can invoice the bidder so I do that.
    Nothing else till this morning when I send message saying I was going to relist if no contact.
    This is the message I recieved back


    "Dear peaches0172001,
    Hi,
    Excuse me for the delay.
    I checked my Credit Card, it was denied. I will contact my bank and pay as soon as I can.
    Thank you
    - virtual302v8351"

    Sounds like the guy has no money,and i'm kinda pissed.
    But I tend to overreact on stuff like this.
    On one hand,I know contact will be hard to another country and this is that Holley EFI computer so love to help out an enthusiast in another country.
    On the other hand,I hate debt,credit and the like-if you have to borrow than you're broke. So I feel he is wasting my time and bid because he wanted it,not cause he could afford to buy it.

    What do I do?
    Send the bidder an offer to retract the bid. If the buyer accepts the retracted bid offer, then Ebay will allow the item to be relisted for free and the seller fees refunded.

    dave w

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    From reading I should be able to outright cancel since it has been 3 days with no payment.I sent a message and told him I will cancel and relist tonight if no payment.
    There are no sellers fees i'm aware of,i've put up 7-8 auctions the past week and none of them had fees.
    I get emails every month saying I can list X amount for free,I assume that is why.

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    What about the final value fee, which I think is included in "seller fees"?

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    Don't underestimate my ignorance,lol.No idea,the only charges i've seen were from paypal so far.
    I just revised a listing and it had a note about a final fee but it said free next to it.
    I haven't sold anything on ebay for years,got burned by a buyer and paypal both on an AVIC-N2 I sold several years ago.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Playtoy_18 View Post
    "Dear peaches0172001,....

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    I got a message from someone asking if I would ship to Brazil.
    Told them I would check since it was already packaged up and ready.
    Sent them back the shipping total and said sure no problem ($50).
    Ebay has rules in place that require you to accept bids worldwide if you want to accept paypal. Ok. But I've had experiences similar to yours too many times. So my auction text says "I accept bids from Canada." There are checkboxes for other countries (or there were, I haven't tried to sell on Ebay in a while) but I never checked them. I wouldn't refuse a bid form another country because that can get you into trouble. The strategy seemed to work but I always figured I'd throw out some stupid price for shipping if I was contacted like you were.

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    Quote Originally Posted by EagleMark View Post
    Lol,yeah my wife's account :)
    Not like "Playtoy_18" is any better.
    I've considered dropping that nick for good several times,but after 17 years might as well keep it since everyone knows it. (Goes all the way back to my days on Telnet :) )

    Looks like there are "final value fees" for both the listing AND shipping...
    10% ain't bad for an auction I guess,but i'm gonna look close next time because I saw where the popup said free with the final value fee I swear.


    Also saw that the last time they sent me an invoice for fees it was 2008,so it has been 5yrs since i've listed anything.

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    eBay used to be a good place for auctions and used stuff of all kinds. Now with fees and paypal fees it's priced itself outside that relm... now it's a store of new products at set fees...

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    I commented on a web page about that nsa an the sowden guy you can spy on them if you have the means, it was signed in with my email, i think the us kgb is who haced it an caused me a lot of time, micro soft has been looking into it but all the sudden no more communication from no one.this was 2-3 months ago. I got in my email before msn shut it down the last 2 emails I seen that had been sent was for russion brides sent to all my email contacs.
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