#@&* ebay seller

[gadzukes]

Just wanted to vent.

 

Won a piece of art today on ebay (not a comic) at an amazing price (it might be worth as high as $15,000 and I won it at $5000).

 

I paid for it promptly like normal.

 

Tonight I get an email from the seller saying there was obviously a "glitch" in the system and some people must not have been able to bid. After all, he said, there were 8 people watching the auction!

 

He says he doesn't feel like he has to honor the auction now.

 

I am so frustrated. This has happened to me about 5 times on high priced items. I find an amazing deal, win it, think I hit the jackpot, and then the rug gets pulled out from underneath me.

 

Argh.

[KONG]

Of course he has to honor the auction. He set the terms, you had the high bid fair and square. That's a binding contract.

 

End of.

[Mr 9.8]

The should have had a reserve.

[KONG]

I'd bet dollars to donuts he got a better offer from someone else after the auction closed. Ugggghhh.

[Hado]

The should have had a reserve.

This here

[The-Collector]

Insist he follow through. Sounds like BS to me.

[Bomfy]

You paid, he felt like it was too difficult to have a reserve or set the opening price higher, too bad. You got a great deal, he sold his art, it's a done deal. Even though the seller will try and move Heaven and Earth to stop it, do your best not to let him.

[MagnusX]

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Sorry to hear this...

 

1) Don’t let him off the hook and give him a bad time...

2) Link...?[/font]

 

[Benjamin Grimm]

Turn him in. He listed the auction, agreed to follow the rules, no excuses.

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

Of course he has to honor the auction. He set the terms, you had the high bid fair and square. That's a binding contract.

 

End of.

 

Realistically, you can't make someone part with something they don't want to. No matter what terms you agreed to. Possession, 9/10's, etc.

[gadzukes]

Of course he has to honor the auction. He set the terms, you had the high bid fair and square. That's a binding contract.

 

End of.

 

Yes, I can tell him it's a binding contract all day, but if he's not going to honor it there's really nothing i can do.

I was on cloud 9 all day and then it all came crashing down when I got his email.

[Jimmy Linguini]

Please out the seller

 

Please leave negative feedback but don't tell him you're going to leave negative feedback just suggest it without sounding threatening.

[thehumantorch]

Just wanted to vent.

 

Won a piece of art today on ebay (not a comic) at an amazing price (it might be worth as high as $15,000 and I won it at $5000).

 

I paid for it promptly like normal.

 

Tonight I get an email from the seller saying there was obviously a "glitch" in the system and some people must not have been able to bid. After all, he said, there were 8 people watching the auction!

 

He says he doesn't feel like he has to honor the auction now.

 

I am so frustrated. This has happened to me about 5 times on high priced items. I find an amazing deal, win it, think I hit the jackpot, and then the rug gets pulled out from underneath me.

 

Argh.

 

neg him

[MagnusX]

 

[font:Book Antiqua]This business is most of the times based on Reputation,

make him honor the deal or bring the name to the forums.

 

People here love public lynchings. [/font]

 

[Hado]

Burn the witch!!!!!

 

Ahem, I mean you should post the sellers name so we can avoid the same situation, (though I don't have 5k to spend on anything)

[MagnusX]

Burn the witch!!!!!

Ahem, I mean you should post the sellers name so we can avoid the same situation, (though I don't have 5k to spend on anything)

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Told you...[/font]

 

[Jiminy_Cricket-migration]

Easier outs for this seller:

 

It was misplaced.

It was stolen.

It was damaged.

[Hado]

Burn the witch!!!!!

Ahem, I mean you should post the sellers name so we can avoid the same situation, (though I don't have 5k to spend on anything)

 

[font:Book Antiqua]Told you...[/font]

 

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[font:Book Antiqua]to all Canadian board members posting and not sleeping...[/font]

[monsterbento]

Watcher count does not guarantee bids or buyers. That seller is wack. Give him a negative if he doesn't honor the sale.