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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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Sun, 13 Feb 2000 06:28:44 GMT
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My personal opinion is that you can hardly ask for more from the guy, short
of forcing him to take it. I handle a lot of sales and find that such
people like your bidder are few and far between.
Although it may seem wrong to some, I would personally want to give him
positive feedback, although I couldn't think of how to word that - positive:
backed out on a bid and still paid me money. I would think that just
dropping it would be your best bet.
On the fee refund, I have had 2 bidders back out on me. The first one, a
guy refused to pay for the Supercar he won, which was sold for exactly $100
LESS than I resold it for. It was the cheapest ebay auction I ever had for
an 8880. I did receive my credit, too. The second refund is still in
process, but I expect to get it as well.
Mike Poindexter
Mike Stanley <cjc@NOSPAMnewsguy.com> wrote in message
news:v37bas0g66km803mijdn0ub0itor0l9ji4@4ax.com...
> 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...
>
> --
> The parts you want and nothing else?
> http://jaba.dtrh.com/ - Just Another Brick Auction
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