eBay rant.

[XCLAN]

i just won an auction for geforce 2mx pci video card. i emailed they guy{who by the way is new to eBay}. i won the card for 33$ i asked for payment instructions and shipping charges. i got this email!


"sorry the card is not for sale"

thats all the email said.
grrr
Daryl

 

[d33pt]

negative feedback.. and just get on with your life.. screw ebayers

 

[crawford]

thats messed up, id sent him a pissy email then give him negative feedback

 

[badluck]

write him back and say.....


"Yes it is for sale....I was the high bidder and you are legally obligated to sell it to me." Tell him if he doesn't, you'll report him to eBay. He probably won't care, but it's an option....heh.


oh, and don't forget to neg that a-hole....

 

[OREOSpeedwagon]

I only bid on things where the seller has more than 50 positives, and preferably no negatives.

 

[XCLAN]

sad part is i have no begative feedbacks...bet he will leave me negative feedback.

 

[crawford]

youre probably right, and I think once he leaves it its there forever. like ebay wont remove it for you.

 

[hamburglar]

Originally posted by: bryce
I only bid on things where the seller has more than 50 positives, and preferably no negatives.

50 positives is quite a lot. Your limiting your market by doing so.

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: badluck
write him back and say.....


"Yes it is for sale....I was the high bidder and you are legally obligated to sell it to me." Tell him if he doesn't, you'll report him to eBay. He probably won't care, but it's an option....heh.


oh, and don't forget to neg that a-hole....

Ah, see and if the seller returns the so called "favor"? What then?

My advice: Suck it up. Theres nothing you or ebay can do about it. Well ebay could do something about it, but that would involve letting them not make money the second time around, and as we all know, getting transactions fufilled the first time = no extra $ for ebay. which is really bad and why they have all sorts of internal rules and stuff to make sure they make money more than once.

-PAB

 

[PowerMac4Ever]

I believe the timeframe to leave feedback is 90 days. If you have a good memory, you can wait until the 89th day and neg him... that way you'll be safe (hopefully).

 

[crawford]

Originally posted by: hamburglar

Originally posted by: bryce
I only bid on things where the seller has more than 50 positives, and preferably no negatives.

50 positives is quite a lot. Your limiting your market by doing so.

thats what I was thinking

 

[jimmyhaha]

quite a lot of my ebay buyers are monkeys who can't read v. well

I specify all terms and they just keep asking me

one of them just ditch an winning auction telling me that my s/h is too high..
he told me it should only cost $4-5 to ship a 4 lbs package with tracking and insurance...

 

[EXman]

I believe the timeframe to leave feedback is 90 days. If you have a good memory, you can wait until the 89th day and neg him... that way you'll be safe (hopefully).

sneaky SOB! I love it!

I just won a MSI GF3 ti200 128mb for $99 shipped these do ti500 speeds and with 128mb of ram woohoo!

 

[badluck]

Ah, see and if the seller returns the so called "favor"? What then?

IF they return the favor, oh well....I hate when people are afraid to leave feedback out of fear of retaliatory feedback. If it happens, it does. You can always explain yourself. It taints the system when you don't leave feedback.

 

[Burnt]

Originally posted by: PowerMac4Ever
I believe the timeframe to leave feedback is 90 days. If you have a good memory, you can wait until the 89th day and neg him... that way you'll be safe (hopefully).

Yeah, I usually wait to leave negative feedback for non-paying bidders because I know they'll just send a negative comment back my way...I usually just file a non paying bidder complaint and get my fees back

 

[Meggie]

Well that means that he lost money by posting the item on eBay....and he can't get the final value fee back either since you are willing to pay....just go find another seller!

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: Meggie
Well that means that he lost money by posting the item on eBay....and he can't get the final value fee back either since you are willing to pay....just go find another seller!

WRONG. He can file FVF under mutual drop of purchase.

-PAB

 

[fr]

Well maybe the guy is really dumb and he thought you were offering to buy it.


If he's really that dumb, I wouldn't count on seeing the card. He probably couldn't figure out how to ship it.

 

[Meggie]

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy

Originally posted by: Meggie
Well that means that he lost money by posting the item on eBay....and he can't get the final value fee back either since you are willing to pay....just go find another seller!

WRONG. He can file FVF under mutual drop of purchase.

-PAB

How do I do that? I didnt know that existed! I have 3 auctions that the buyer never contacted me and i want the final value fee and the posting fee back!

 

[PsychoAndy]

Originally posted by: Meggie

Originally posted by: PsychoAndy

Originally posted by: Meggie
Well that means that he lost money by posting the item on eBay....and he can't get the final value fee back either since you are willing to pay....just go find another seller!

WRONG. He can file FVF under mutual drop of purchase.

-PAB

How do I do that? I didnt know that existed! I have 3 auctions that the buyer never contacted me and i want the final value fee and the posting fee back!

Non paying bidder and miturally accepted drop of purchase is 2 very different things. What you are talking about is non paying bidder. Short of an act of Congress, you will not get your listing fees back.

-PAB