The worst seller on ebay?

October 8, 2004 8:10 AM

Due to the fact that Canada harbors draft dodgers we DO NOT ship to Canada.
posted by johnnydark (49 comments total)

We don't want your crappy PCI cards, anyway.
posted by The Card Cheat at 8:15 AM on October 8, 2004

That's ok, I don't buy from idiots.
posted by substrate at 8:16 AM on October 8, 2004

Erm... draft dodgers? I thought you were only a draft dodger when you had conscription...
posted by twine42 at 8:17 AM on October 8, 2004

now all we need is a draft to dodge. this soon to expire URL is perhaps the weakest FPP since the 'kerry is mentally ill' post.
posted by quonsar at 8:18 AM on October 8, 2004

But evil France (I thought Americans hates the French more than the Canadians), Saudi Arabia (where much money is raised to kill Americans), Iran (which actually does really sponsor terrorism), Zimbabwe (which is going all totalitarian), or everywhere else in the world is fine.
posted by johnnydark at 8:18 AM on October 8, 2004

And there is no draft, hence no draft dodgers. I guess this wingnut mean deserters:

VANCOUVER -- An American soldier who fled to Canada to escape the politics of what he says is an illegal war now hopes politics in this country can save him from being forced back home. Brandon Hughey, 19, fled Fort Hood, Texas, in March because he said he doesn't believe the U.S. war in Iraq is legal or moral.
posted by johnnydark at 8:21 AM on October 8, 2004

The main reason I like this guy is his shipping costs: the item costs a dollar, he charges $11 and sticks a regular 80 cent stamp on the envelope. He makes a good margin on his shipping costs and insures that a defective item won’t be returned, since the high shipping cost isn’t refundable.
posted by johnnydark at 8:22 AM on October 8, 2004

Maybe this twat meant draft dodgers from the vietnam war. As the swift boat liars are showing us, there really are people pathetic enough to still be pissed off about how that thing turned out.
posted by Space Coyote at 8:23 AM on October 8, 2004

Draft dodgers from Vietnam were pardoned by President Carter.

(what a maroon!)
posted by jpburns at 8:43 AM on October 8, 2004

I don't see the need to give this guy free advertising. I know that's not your intent, johnnydark, but still.
posted by jpoulos at 8:53 AM on October 8, 2004

And just to thumb their noses at this guy and his ilk, some people in Nelson, BC tried to get a sculpture made in honour of the draft dodger. It would've been funny if they had succeeded.
posted by picea at 8:53 AM on October 8, 2004

this soon to expire URL is perhaps the weakest FPP since the 'kerry is mentally ill' post.
posted by quonsar at 8:18 AM PST on October 8

And we all know who posted that one!! you de' man, or not.
posted by nofundy at 9:01 AM on October 8, 2004

Will someone close the door please. You're letting in a ...




(dodges)
posted by strangeleftydoublethink at 9:03 AM on October 8, 2004

(looks at calendar)
(looks around)
(looks at calendar)
(shakes calendar)
(shakes head)
posted by websavvy at 9:05 AM on October 8, 2004

BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESIVE NATURE OF THE TEA TAX, THE SUGAR TAX AND THE STAMP ACT WE DO NOT SHIP TO ENGLAND!
posted by jpoulos at 9:11 AM on October 8, 2004

a long time ago i met a finn who was in the us dodging the finnish draft ... obviously, they're going to have to stop shipping here, too
posted by pyramid termite at 9:16 AM on October 8, 2004

Welcome to 1966.
posted by jokeefe at 9:21 AM on October 8, 2004

Morans.
posted by crunchburger at 9:22 AM on October 8, 2004

"Feedback is automatically left by our system to anyone who leaves us positive feedback. All other feedback will match the feedback received."

Asshole
posted by DBAPaul at 9:23 AM on October 8, 2004

Eagerly awaiting a reply, emailed to Ask Seller a Question; If I'm a Canadian that didn't vote for the current regime and doesn't support our illegal harbour of traitors, can I bid/purchase?
posted by Keith Talent at 9:23 AM on October 8, 2004

Jpoulos wins.
posted by Sidhedevil at 9:29 AM on October 8, 2004

How much you wanna bet that the yutz behind this was born in like 1979 and learned everything he knows about Vietnam by watching Rambo. I can understand an actual veteran harboring a little resentment toward draft dodgers although most I've known don't really seem to, but armchair warriors don't get posturing priviliges.
posted by jonmc at 9:35 AM on October 8, 2004

Wow, even eBay's going all political?

I love the feedback mentality too. Doesn't matterif they screwed up the auction, you get bad feedback if you give them bad feedback. One of the main failings of the system.

And the shipping scam is well known. I email people with outrageous shipping charges to let them know why I wouldn't bid on their item.

The hoops that some of the sellers make buyers go through is unbelievable. One set of auctions from a seller took me nearly a month and a half to get sorted out.

Now, if he'd said that he won't ship to Canada because they say things like "Aboot" and end every sentence with "eh?" then I'd be laughing. As it is, he's just stupid.

And what's a PCI card?

quonsar, you should know about how weak that Kerry's Mentally Ill FPP was. You were grinning when you posted it, weren't you?
posted by fenriq at 9:42 AM on October 8, 2004

Actually, I've noticed that he'll leave negative feedback when someone leaves neutral.
posted by johnnydark at 9:46 AM on October 8, 2004

Finally! The Canadian economy will be crushed by the mercantile might of Teknologix! Damn your pacifist soul Canada (Except those chicks we met in that bar in Winnipeg. Friendly Manitoba indeed!).
posted by MikeMc at 9:54 AM on October 8, 2004

Whats the big deal? People are entitled to their opinions and should be encouraged to make statements that act according to them.

Perhaps you don't agree with him but it seems to me that the person has strong opinions and is doing something to remain commited to them and also publicise his issue.

Would this have been posted if he was refusing to ship to Burma? Or was refusing to ship to Syria?

BTW I am Canadian but I don't have any use for PCI video cards.
posted by pixelgeek at 9:56 AM on October 8, 2004

I can hear the sound of an axe being ground, but I can't quite place it.

And since Canada's the only place that's ever harbored draft dodgers, can we expect the Great White North to be included in the upcoming edition of "Axis Of Evil"?

(I know, I know, I shouldn't mock. Paul Martin is a bad, bad man, and the world will be better off after he is replaced by General Terrance N. Philip. I can see Halliburton rubbing their hands with orgiastic glee with the idea of no-bid contracts to rebuild Calgary and Regina, and exploit the oil fields like the good environmental samaritans they truly are.

And it all starts here, with this dude and his PCI chips of Hate.)
posted by chicobangs at 10:00 AM on October 8, 2004

From the feedback:

(neutral) Recieved Item as described, but took 35 days to recieve... Honest.
Reply by teknologix: We no longer will ship to Canada due to the delays and hassles of CA customs.

Is there a legitimate CA customs difficulty that I'm unaware of?
posted by DBAPaul at 10:00 AM on October 8, 2004

Canadian buyer IS NOT WELCOME until they send the draft dodgers back to the USA to be prosecuted!

Well, since US President Carter pardoned those who went to Canada to escape the Vietnam-era draft, that's a flat impossibility. This guy's emotional patriotism is apparently interfering with his ability to reason.
posted by alumshubby at 10:06 AM on October 8, 2004

Is there a legitimate CA customs difficulty that I'm unaware of?

I've shipped items sold on eBay to CA without difficulty. This guy is just a knob.
posted by MikeMc at 10:06 AM on October 8, 2004

Or a maroon.
posted by aacheson at 10:24 AM on October 8, 2004

And just to thumb their noses at this guy and his ilk, some people in Nelson, BC tried to get a sculpture made in honour of the draft dodger. It would've been funny if they had succeeded.

Too bad. As a vacation destination, a wingnut boycott would probably have worked in their favor.
posted by Armitage Shanks at 10:41 AM on October 8, 2004

Oh, come on. There are plenty of reasons to boycott Canada besides this silly draft dodger fluff. You've got...um. Well.
posted by adampsyche at 10:45 AM on October 8, 2004

I've shipped items sold on eBay to CA without difficulty. This guy is just a knob.

Either that, or he wrote "TAKE THIS YOU FILTHY DRAFT-DODGER-HARBORING COUNTRY, TO WHICH I WILL NOT SHIP! CANADA SUX!" on the package, which then encountered mysterious opposition in Customs.
posted by vorfeed at 10:46 AM on October 8, 2004

Whats the big deal? People are entitled to their opinions

No, they are not.

They are entitled to their informed opinions.
posted by chuq at 11:02 AM on October 8, 2004

When ignorance is a crime only criminals will have ignorance.
posted by Joey Michaels at 11:13 AM on October 8, 2004

Whats the big deal? People are entitled to their opinions

No, they are not.

They are entitled to their informed opinions.

As defined by whom? And are you willing to hold by that definition once someone else defines your opinions are uninformed?

And how is his opinion uninformed? There are Americans here who are avoiding service in the US army. The fact that it isn't because they have been drafted is semantics.

Don't you folks have an election and some sort of insurgency problem in Iraq that might merit some debate instead of triffles like this
posted by pixelgeek at 11:18 AM on October 8, 2004

I sent him an email asking what shipping would be to canada.
posted by Decypher at 11:56 AM on October 8, 2004

I'll send the draft dodgers back to be prosecuted as long as he sends me a SASE with sufficient postage. Otherwise, deal's off.
posted by filmgoerjuan at 2:08 PM on October 8, 2004

Oy. It's not that we're incensed by his statement of belief, as much as we're incensed by the knuckle-dragging quality of it. We like our ill-informed nationalists to at least be articulate and polished.
posted by FormlessOne at 2:18 PM on October 8, 2004

There are Americans here who are avoiding service in the US army.

God I hope not seeing as conscription ended here almost 30 years ago. Someone really should tell them that the draft has ended. I picture ragged hippies living in cave like Japanese soldiers hiding out on islands in the Pacific not knowing the war was over.

Actually anyone currently residing in Canada to avoid military service is not a draft dodger but a deserter which is a whole different thing.
posted by MikeMc at 2:25 PM on October 8, 2004

I chuckled.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 3:18 PM on October 8, 2004

Looks like someone found a way of getting a lot of people to look at his auction. Meh.
posted by clevershark at 4:49 PM on October 8, 2004

Canada isn't harboring any draft dodgers from the US. Canada could conceivably be harboring deserters from the US military, but that isn't the same thing.

So, pixelgeek, this guy is incontrovertibly misinformed at best. To suggest that he typed "draft dodger" when he meant "deserter" would only mean that we can laugh at him for being a complete and utter illiterate idiot instead of a ridiculous jingoistic bigot.

Works for me either way.
posted by Sidhedevil at 4:52 PM on October 8, 2004

Canada isn't harboring any draft dodgers from the US. Canada could conceivably be harboring deserters from the US military, but that isn't the same thing.

No, it's a lot worse.
posted by kindall at 5:11 PM on October 8, 2004

I think it would be worse, if it were true; I don't have any information that it is or isn't.

However, if it were true--and if it were, it would represent a serious violation of international agreements--it's hard to imagine that some random guy not sending PCI cards to Canada would make a difference one way of the other.

It's like those stickers idiots put on street signs that say "Stop Genocide Now!" I'll get right on that, thanks so much.

(Note: I do do what I can to get the people who might concievably be able to stop specific genocides and other nasty things as I am aware of them--however, strangely enough, it's far beyond the power of one non-profit consultant to stop genocide, per se. Let along "now".)
posted by Sidhedevil at 5:57 PM on October 8, 2004

Last paragraph should read:

Note: I do do what I can to get the people who might conceivably be able to stop specific genocides and other nasty things (Amnesty International, my elected representatives, et al.) to do what they can about them as I am aware of them--however, strangely enough, it's far beyond the power of one non-profit consultant to stop "genocide", per se.

Let alone "now".


Sorry for the idiocy. I really need to invest in a better grade of crack than the stuff I've been smoking. Apparently, it's far beyond the power of one non-profit consultant to type coherently. So you see, the stopping-genocide business is Right Out.
posted by Sidhedevil at 6:01 PM on October 8, 2004

I hear Canada also harbors unsafe drugs.
posted by homunculus at 7:37 PM on October 8, 2004

International: We accept Papal up to $40 for all products purchased.

It was only a matter of time before the Vatican got into the online banking game.
posted by pmurray63 at 10:51 PM on October 8, 2004