posted on November 29, 2000 09:31:03 AM new
Auction ended 11/22. Newbie (who is verified, BTW) has a total feedback of 3.
She wins auction for $12.95. Total with shipping is $17.25.
Today she emails me this:
I am very sorry. We have encountered a serious financial pitfall. I am withdrawing from e-bay completely so as to not cause anyone else any more harm. I pray you are able to recoup your losses.
I check out her bid history. In the past 19 days she has WON 15 items, totalling $1,167.
Bids were placed up until 2 days ago.
posted on November 29, 2000 09:51:25 AM new
15 items totaling $1,167 in 19 days!....I think his/her serious financial pitfall just may be his/her inability to exercise some bidding control!...JMO
posted on November 29, 2000 10:13:05 AM new
Arghh! Sounds more like a bidding addiction to me. Bidding is a lot different than going to the store to buy stuff - it's just so easy to keep clicking away and you don't even realize you're running up a tab. I wonder if there will ever be an "eBay Annonymous" in the future, where these people can get togther and discuss their addiction ...
"Hello. My name John at AOL dot com, and I have a problem"
Another thing I have noticed from reading threads here is that many of these deadbeats like to use words like "pray". Could it be a new cult is developing???
posted on November 29, 2000 10:16:20 AM new
Well, here was my response to her:
I'm very sorry to hear that. Ebay being my one and only source of income,it is not easy for me to recoup my losses. I see you have won $1,167.51 worth of bids in the past 19 days - placing bids up to 2 days ago. Surely you can forward me your balance of $17.25.
posted on November 29, 2000 10:16:51 AM new
Definitely sounds like a new buyer spending frenzy. It seems to happen to everyone I've ever introduced eBay too. Eventually it tapers off. But damn, $1000 and still bidding?
posted on November 29, 2000 10:47:22 AM new
I think some newbies get confused over the proxy bidding. I collect a particular magazine which sells between $1 - $20 depending on the issue. One day a newbie showed up and started putting in proxy bids of over $50. She was high bidder on over 30 magazines. About two weeks later, Seller contacted me as 2nd high bidder on two of them. Newbie thought the price wouldn't go up until someone outbid her proxy - she had bid $50 each thinking the price would stay at $1 until someone bid $51. Would have loved to have seen her face when those prices started going up. I got all her magazines for $3 each, because seller didnt' want to contact all second high bidders or relist. She was NARU within the week.
posted on November 29, 2000 11:10:38 AM new
At least yours is "basically" honest, and telling you they cannot (or maybe will not) pay.
A year ago, I had a check written from a CA buyer. She had good feedback at the time, but since her bank had a local branch, I went there to cash it. Well, the check was written on a CLOSED account!!
I tried to call on the phone # on the check, but it was, you guessed it, no good. Luckily I never sent the merchandise.
Tuens out, she had bid and won on over $25,000.00 worth of items in a 30 day period. What was happening, was that sellers were leaving pos feedback as soon as they got a check. Feedback built up, so sellers felt comfortable sending out their items without holding the checks. She took A LOT of Ebayers for QUITE a sum of money.
She did not get away scott free, though. The D.A. in CA contacted me and other Ebayers soon after, and as far as I know, she was prosecuted.
posted on November 29, 2000 11:58:40 AM new
Does this person have an earthlink e-mail addy? In a category I collect, someone keeps registering with an earthlink e-mail addy, bidding to win on a lot of items, and then can't pay. She has had at least 4 different id's. If this is the case, e-mail me, and I will give you two of her other id's. If you e-mail timesensitive@ebay, they will NARU her immediately. [email protected]
posted on November 29, 2000 12:06:06 PM new
Reminds me of a bidder I had a few weeks ago that wrote and told me she couldn't pay the $15.00 she owed me for an item she won because "half" her house burned down (obviously the half without her computer) then when I checked her bid history I noticed she placed a $71 bid on a fur coat minutes after writing me.
Luckily for me the second bidder, whose bid was only 50 cents less, was still interested and paid me with Paypal moments after I wrote her.
posted on November 29, 2000 04:20:32 PM new
I have an update!
Bidder responded:
I understand your anger and I apologize. This blow was quick and vicious. I cannot even buy a gallon of milk without help. It doesnt matter to you, but i apologize.
That was it! I didn't think I spoke in "anger" in my email to her, but that's how she's saying she took my email.
I guess I'll just have to file my NPB & FVF's.
[ edited by ExecutiveGirl on Nov 29, 2000 04:21 PM ]
posted on November 29, 2000 04:26:41 PM new
I kind of took it like she was saying "the financial blow that hit her" was quick and vicious. But you're right. She ain't-a-gonna pay.
Edited to add: sorry, I mis-read what you said. That's why my reply doesn't make sense.
[ edited by loosecannon on Nov 29, 2000 04:30 PM ]
posted on November 29, 2000 04:52:02 PM new
Been there before When you get into money troubles anyone trying to collect money you owe looks sounds and seems like an angry person to you.
One time when me an my wife both got laid off me for two months and my wife for three months the frist month when we could pay nothing but interest on our loans and credit cards every phone call about a late payments as nice as people were sounded angry to us.
They are just trying to get what is rightfully theirs to have but at the time it was the one thing we didnt have to give.
this person could be makeing things sound tougher then they may be for them but this is something most of us do at frist when we run in to trouble.
