Finally a GOOD Ebay story for a change!

[Brutuskend]

Being a IDIOT, I bid on a drum brake bicycle hub someone had up on Ebay.

Well I win the auction and then I get the shipping costs from Australia.

With the winning bid it comes to $50.00. (The hub was $20.00)

Since I work at a bike shop, I can get one of these NEW (this one was used) for $42.00.

At $20.00 it WAS a good deal, but $30.00 SHIPPING!?!?!

So I write the seller and tell him my story and ask if he would be willing to sell to the next highest bidder if I pay the difference. But that if he wont, I understand, and that a deal is a deal and I WILL follow through if he doesn't want to do that.

He writes back today saying he's willing to realist the item at no cost to me and no hard feelings!

What a nice guy!

Brutuskend is a IDIOT!

 

[tizodq]

thats pretty awesome

did you offer the seller money to relist the item?

 

[Brutuskend]

No, but I would have paid his fees if he had ask.

 

[conjur]

Watch him ding you as non-paying bidder

 

[Brutuskend]

Originally posted by: conjur
Watch him ding you as non-paying bidder

Hopefully NOT.

I DID offer to follow through on the deal.
If he does (which I doubt) I guess I can always use the reply option (something I've never had to do)

 

[Sluggo]

Somewhere on http://forums.anandtech.aussie.com:

[YAeBT] <RANT>So some stupid American bloke bids on my item without checking to see where I am located......

 

[waggy]

up until like 5 months ago nearly every ebay transaction i had was good.

I did the same thing kinda. i won a PS2 auction when my wife brought one home from wal-mart. i emailed her and let her know what was going on. She just said pay for the fees and no problem!

 

[Brutuskend]

I knew he was in Australia, I just had NO idea shipping from there would be so much.

I bought some tail light assembly's from there awhile back, and shipping on THOSE wasn't half that much.

And they HAD to weigh more AND taken up more space!

 

[hans007]

Originally posted by: tizodq
thats pretty awesome

did you offer the seller money to relist the item?

as a seller you can , do a request final value credit and mark (seller and buyer agreed not to complete transaction) and get the money back.


so he will lose whatever it cost to list it, which at the least is probably around 35cents. still a nice seller though, i've done this on occasion. i would never hold someone to buying an item they didnt want.

 

[friedpie]

Being a IDIOT

That would be "Being an idiot." Idiot. lol

 

[abaez]

This happened to me once, I bid on a shaver and won it. Decided that I didn't want it and just honestly told the guy about it, he's like no problem just buy from us again in the future and gave me positive feedback. I definately will when I'm in the market for a shaver again.

 

[Joker81]

Originally posted by: Brutuskend


Brutuskend is a IDIOT!

You said it not me.

Yeah more people like to bitch about stuff then give praise to stuff so thats why you see all those messages up.

 

[MedicBob]

WOW, I decent FleaBay seller. I thought the trolls had driven all them off over there.

 

[Anubis]

thats what you ge for posting that stipid ass flash thing last night

glad it worked out tho., there are some nice peopel out there