FlyinNover

Please keep us up to date on Ebay's response. I've found that they are VERY good about getting back to email. To save everyone some time, don't bother using "Ebay Live Help" for an issue like this. For legal purposes they need documentation of all complaints. Live Help will tell you to send an email. If any more emails are sent to Ebay, please keep the following in mind: Ebay won't care about the ethical issues involved in selling a canopy that went in. While it is despicable, it's not illegal and Ebay will only be concerned with the law and protecting their users, meaning potential victim/buyers. Without proof that something in this auction is fraudulent, I doubt if Ebay will take it down. I highly doubt that this canopy is related to a fatality anyway. I think that story is simply a selling point for Omnipotential. I wish there was some way to alert potential Ebay buyers to these frauds and scams. Something like HH's SCAM ALERT. Scams are bad enough with regular products, but for skydiving gear we're talking about more than losing money. For example, See Paul Eriksmoen's (JumpHog) post in General Skydiving called Beware of Kenny Ruetsch selling a Sabre 107. One important thing when buying on Ebay: CHECK THE SELLERS FEEDBACK IN DETAIL!!!! I don't mean just their percentage or their feedback numbers. Read all of their feedback, look into the negatives they've received, look into the feedback they've left for others. This can give you so much valuable information about the reputability of the seller. Ebayers, please PM me if you have any thoughts like my Feedback advice.

and who is supposed to post this one? The people who aren't sure, but speculate anyway.

"Bill Booth, Ted Strong, K-Bone Inducted Into Skydiving Hall Of Fame" "Got drunk and ended up in the hospital AGAIN!" -By Wendy W, Billvon, and JohnRich "I'm not sure about the answer to your skydiving question, so I'll refrain from speculating" "Pics of my new scooter!" -AggieDave

In New Jersey. You could go to Six Flags and Crosskeys in the same day.

His feedback rating of 88.7% positive is actually terrible. Reputable sellers typically don't go below 97 or 96%, and even that is rare. Most are 98 or 99. (I'm at 100%. ) Think about it, 6 out of 53 people didn't give him positive. That's pretty bad. I guess even Ebay has its TROLLS.

Unfortunately, you need to complete a transaction with him before you can leave feedback. On the other hand, he already *does* have a few negative feedbacks, mostly for mis-representing the items he's selling. Can a rigger PM me? I have a question about this that I don't want to put in the forums.

I'd say that the right kind of 4x4 is better in rain and snow...IF its driven correctly. That's a VERY BIG if. Exactly, AD! I drive a Wrangler, and I explain it like this: With 4WD, you can go out when other vehicles can't. That doesn't mean you can drive the same as when it's not snowing. BE CAREFUL!!

No kidding. I'm in PA. We get a lot of bad winters, but people forgot how to deal with it since SUV's became popular. PEOPLE! Even though you have 4-wheel-drive, don't forget that you're still driving on ice!!!! Turn into the skid,

40 minutes down the street from me too... i'm so there. I'm about 45 minutes away, and I'm already putting aside the money for gas & tolls. I can't friggin wait!!!!!!!!

Check out this thread.

I liked this thread, so here's a bump. Tonight I went out to dinner with Gary Burghoff's daughter. He was Radar O'Reilly on MASH. I work on the oldest 4-masted sailing ship still afloat. I'm good friends with the singer of the Badlees, who is on his way to being the next singer of INXS.

I got my rig used from my sister. It's a 15 year old Talon with a 10 year old Sabre 190. The PD reserve is 8 years old. Even though the main was made in 95 it only has 150 jumps on it. Got the whole thing for $800. :) (I paid for conversion to BOC and had a new main pilot chute put in. Even if you add those into the cost it's still a sweet deal. )

I would never get my nipple pierced after seeing this one girl have hers done. It was on Spring Break, my 5 buddies and I all got something pierced. Two tongues, three ears, and Ron got his dingy done. Anyway, being Spring Break in Daytona we recruited someone we had just met to go with us to get something pierced. She had just gotten her hood pierced (that morning). She showed us that one, and said she wanted her nipple done. The piercer got the needle through, but he couldn't get the jewelry through. She was screaming while he poked around trying to find the hole. Then he had to repierce her nipple. More pain, a bunch of blood, finally he got it through. People on the street came in and asked why someone was screaming so loud. The whole day is on video.

This should help with that.

Philly Cheesteaks. I've had sandwiches with that name in other places, but they aren't the same. It's all about the Amoroso's bread, and the way you order it. Where else can you say "Whiz wit" and someone gives you great food? Entenmann's. Wawa, especially their Raspberry Iced Tea. A few people mentioned Primanti Brother's in Pgh, but what about the O? O fries are the best drunk food ever!

Maybe she's *trying* to set you up with her friend. That's what it sounded like to me. And that would solve a lot of the problems that were brought up here.

Now my phone goes, "Maya HEE! Maya HOO! Maya HA! Maya HAHA!"

You are such the man! It's easy enough that I just made 3 ringers (KnightRider, FraggleRock, and BigPoppa). Now I have to go find an MP3 of what I *really* want. I'm a supergeek tonight.

It got "poker chip" in 17 questions. . . Post-It Note took 27. . . Snowmobile took 28. . . Dictionary took 22. . . Cruise ship took 21. . . I ROCK AT THIS GAME!!!! It's scary how it asks vague questions and then magically comes up with the answer..."Do you use it in your home? Is it smooth? Does a family own it? It must be a roulette wheel!" "Does it weigh more than a duck?"

I have a great idea for a new ringer for my cellphone, but I don't know how to create it. Any help? It's from a TV show which makes me confident that I can find it on the Net. But once I have the mp3 or wav I wouldn't know what to do. I use Sprint and have a Sanyo 8200. DZ.com is becoming the first place I go with obscure general information questions. Good on ya, yall!

He must have learned that from my ex-girlfriend.

scary stuff, that cop is lucky..... I seen acidents like this I wonder if it's the same thing that makes students land right where they want to aviod? I wouldn't call him lucky. It looks like the parked police car swept his legs out from under him, and he really seems to have a hard time moving from where he landed. I wonder what was going on that caused the driver to hit a parked police car. Just crazy.

"I know you'll have a hard time keeping your eyes off of the next four Awards Presenters........please welcome Penelope Cruz and Selma Hayek!" -Chris Rock

http://content.ugoto.com/?id=18722&type=9 Don't be drinking or eating anything while you watch this one.

Kelel: In college we would have nicknamed her "Emerson Tigoll". Cause they's some tig ol' bitties! But of course I'm too old for that now. VSG: I thought the same thing. Who would buy used panties on Ebay? My favorite part of these auctions is how they all have thousands of views.......one even has 21000! She's got a cute face, too.