Hep, I want to pay-really

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: technission
Date: 04 Feb 02 - 11:58 AM

OK, thanks to all for responses and esp JohnInKansas whose link clued me in (late) to trouble right here in river city....

I say we tie a knot in this thread and cut it off, my question is answered.

michael aka technission

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: artbrooks
Date: 03 Feb 02 - 10:19 AM

Paypal money will get to the genuine authentic Max.

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: JohnInKansas
Date: 03 Feb 02 - 09:29 AM

Working it out with the seller is the "official" and preferred way, but for information on the "who is Max, really?" question, you might look at Mudcat Trouble

There is a snailmail address in the first post.

It doesn't tell the whole story, but is a bit of recent history for us all.

John

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: John Routledge
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 02:31 PM

Even communication by kissin is no sin. John

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: Amos
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 01:51 PM

Dear Hepless:

I think you can go the paypal route with no problem, but if you want to be 100% sure, write to the seller with a PM and get him to clarify how he wants to finalize the transaction. Mostly this works just fine and communicating is never a sin.

A

Subject: RE: Hep, I want to pay-really
From: technission
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 01:43 PM

heh heh I initiated thread before noticing I skipped a beat on the title. I'm not a hep cat, just hepless. Hey isn't that a Neilsong? I just checked out of the center! )

Subject: Help, I want to pay-really
From: technission
Date: 02 Feb 02 - 01:36 PM

I'm a newcomer and I'm going public instead of PM. I gotta believe the info I seek is somewhere in this verdant forest but a tree must be blocking my view...I won an auction item and was told to send money directly to Max. I *could* ask the seller to clarify but it seems like an imposition, and [sightly peeved] I think it would be of benefit to make it easier for newbie or total stranger to help support this effort! I searched forums, FAQs + TOC, looked all over auction and market pages. I pursued several threads and found references debating rules of bid closing times, but nowhere did I find clear instructions on paying for an item...I learned Mr. Offer refers to a Max who "keeps all this operating" and I found the snailmail address for organization, and I am reasonably sure that I can do a PayPal to [e-mail] and it will go to the right place, but I would be grateful if a couple of people who do not have Max as part of their screen ID would post or PM to confirm that.

I conclude the auction is not always 100% benefitting Mudcat, and payment arrangements are understood to be worked out with seller - in which case I *should* bug them, but it would be helpful to obtuse city boys like me if that were clarified with a statement on the auction page. Also feel free to rub my nose in someplace these details are archived so I can learn to better define my search parameters.

I hope this doesn't read as a flame.[more likely just exposes me a fool-I spoke and removed all doubt!] Anyway my 2-hour quest was not wasted-I started learning more about this great org and its population. Thanks to all,

Sign me: clue-challenged 8<)# michael