For those of you who are interested - any dealer who sells on e-bay will
have a feedback rating. If you click on the number [i.e.  univershell (62)]
you will get a customer list with emails if you are a registered e-Bay user.
You can see a dealers whole history and even contact a few of his customers
for further information. Not every comment counts [ we have 184 positive
ratings, 0 neutrals and 0 positives] however, multiple positive comments by
the same user only count once. The feedback system is better than any guide
or book because it is independent, once you get a feedback comment it cannot
be changed. We treasure our e-Bay customers and appreciate the safety of
doing business with new customers who we can check out before we sell.

The thought here is, before a transaction with a new dealer, see if he/she
has an e-Bay sales record and check their feedback.

In over 15 months of transactions on e-Bay we have not once had a problem,
but then again in nearly 2.5 years of non-e-Bay transactions we have not had
a problem either. We appreciate the honesty and good nature of the shelling
community. It continues to be great fun. Sheller's are unique people and
there are some extraordinary individuals. We appreciate the shelling
community spirit.


Bob & Rosemary

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The UniverShell Trading Company
4185 West Lake Mary Boulevard
PMB174
Lake Mary, Florida 32746
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WEBSITE:        http://www.univershell.com/index.html

CONTACT:        [log in to unmask]

eBay auctions:
http://cgi3.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewListedItems&userid=univershell

PayPal Link:
https://secure.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?REDIRECT_URI=/refer/pal=webmaster@u
nivershell.com

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> From: "William M. Frank" <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 19:47:07 -0400
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Dealer Ratings
>
> I can't imagine an individual putting together a rating of all the shell
> dealers since the collectors themselves are such a diverse group.
> One persons ideal shell dealer would be a total waste for another
> who insists on perfect locality data and totally accurate identifications.
> Some people, do quite frequently in fact return shells which are
> mis-identified or mis-represented.
>
> Rating dealers in a "spiral bound" format is certainly worthless.
> There are no perfect dealers or lousy dealers (unless they don't
> send you your shells) - but dealers of all persuasions - just like
> the public that they serve.
>
> Bill Frank
> 1865 Debutante Dr.
> Jacksonville, FL 32246-8645
> [log in to unmask]
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> Visit the Jacksonville Shell Club Home Page at:
> http://home.sprynet.com/~wfrank/jacksonv.htm