posted on December 3, 2000 08:03:54 AM new
Someone has just bid on all 100 of my wallets that I had up in my dutch, featured/feature category auction. His feedback is not very high and I don't know if he will pay or not. His bid may have been an accident or he may just not want to pay (could have changed his mind and not know how to retract a bid). I believe eBay does not refund feature fees which cost me about $127.00. Also, I know the thing at the bottom of the high bidders page says that "The last bidder on this list may not receive total quantity bid for, and reserves the right to refuse purchase of anything less than full quantity. Seller may then skip to next bidder, if any." However, if I have more wallets, would he be entitled to not accept them because I said I only had 100 in the auction? (I would be able to supply him with 100 and the other high bidders with however many they win). So, should I email him and should I email sellers from his past auctions? If he doesn't respond, is it worth taking the risk that he doesn't pay? Afterall, if he doesn't respond to this email, I doubt he would respond to my EOA notice.
posted on December 3, 2000 09:46:15 AM new
Hi Max:
Have you checked out this customer's bidding history in the last couple of weeks? Go to search by bidder, enter his/her eBay ID, select "include closed items" and "only if the high bidder" and you will be amazed what you see there. He/she was bidding the maximum quantity (20, 50, 100) on every Dutch auctions, and has the highest wins on very high priced items as well. I would cancel his/her bids ASAP and send an email to SafeHarbour on eBay.
By posting your auction ID, you make it simple to identify the bidder in question.
I understand you are seeking help from the Community but I need you to either edit out
your ID or follow the steps outlined in the CGs and invite the other party to join the discussion.
I will allow 1 hour for the edit after which I will have to lock the thread until the CGs are followed.
posted on December 3, 2000 10:17:46 AM new
I just checked his bidding history and noticed that also. I deleted his bid and am going to contact eBay. Do you think it's possible that this was actually legitimate and this person is not very smart/rich or just won the lottery or something of that sort?
