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In lugnet.market.auction, Dave Astolfo writes:
> Hi all,
>
> I am not sure where this posting best fits. My apologies if there is a
> proper place for this sort of message.
It comes up here, and sometimes in market.theory, a search there for non
paying may find some previous posts.
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> I would like to pose a question here before offering up the identity of this
> user. I am looking for opinions on what is appropriate. I had a recent
> auction. The person who won the auction decided to back out (in an un-polite
> manner). This user's excuse was that shipping was too high. The funny part
> was that the user asked for a shipping quote. He was given one while he was
> early in the bid and did no retract it. After the auction he asked that I
> offer a less expensive shipping method, which I did. The user still backed
> out and will not return my email messages. He claimed that he was going to
> buy it from Walmart.com instead. The issue I have with this person, is
> mostly based on principle. If you are going to play the game on Ebay, then
> you play it by the rules. A person bids, they are bound to a contract. My
> rules are clear and the bidder is always requested to ask first before
> bidding. Enough of the rant.
Agreed. Did you file an NPB on him with eBay? What was his feedback? I had a
buyer who after the auction was ended did not communicate with me at all.
Finally I filed a NPB and then he mailed me back, claimed he "didn't know
that he was buying something" so I told him that wasn't how eBay works, but
I'd let him off the hook if he paid the listing fees I was out. He refused,
so when the time ran out on non paying bidder, I filed a refund request and
left him a negative feedback and left it at that... he was a zero before,
now he's a minus one.
I mention that because I'm not sure I'd necessarily publicise the bidder's
handle... which gets to your question.
> My question:
>
> 1) I would like to warn the Lugnet community about this person. What is
> acceptable in terms of information? ebay username? email address? etc?
It varies, depends on how egregious the loss you suffered is.
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