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Re: my first "high bidder backing out on me" eBay experience
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lugnet.market.auction
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Date:
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Sat, 12 Feb 2000 20:49:08 GMT
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ...
> Well, I guess it was bound to happen. Not a Lego auction, which
> doesn't surprise me.
>
> The guy isn't a newbie (has a feedback of 16) but he claims that in
> his haste he assumed something about a Gameboy I listed that is
> absolutely not stated in the listing. Now he is backing out.
> Surprisingly, he has agreed to pay the difference between his bid and
> the next highest bid, although I pointed out to him that while I have
> already contacted the second-highest bidder, he/she is not (as far as
> I know) obligated to honor his/her bid, so I may have to go further
> down the list.
>
> I told him as long as he makes up the difference between whoever
> _does_ pay for the item he will save me the trouble of filing a
> non-paying bidder complaint and asking for a fee credit.
>
> Any other advice from eBay veterans? I know we're dealing with
> individuals, but should I feel confident that one of the other bidders
> will honor their bids? Luckily 3 other people are within 5 dollars of
> the high bid.
>
> If the high bidder who has backed out follows through on his promise
> to make up the difference should I leave it at that? I resent the
> fact that I'm having to waste more of my time to try to find someone
> else to pay for this item, but in the end, if I get the same amount of
> money, I'll only have lost a few minutes of time...
I'd say that if he follows through with making up the difference, you've
come out ahead, and have been at least partly compensated for the extra
time, since if he hadn't bid in the first place, chances are the item would
have gone for less than his bid, of course you're only getting a few bucks
extra.
Frank
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