posted on February 13, 2001 06:37:02 AM new
Ok, here is the scenario. I placed a VHS tape up for auction and the auction went to close with the bid being only $1.00. I was surprised since this was a much sought after video. Anyway, I checked out the tape once again and noticed that it was in much worse shape than I thought, or so I thought. I emailed them back and told them that I would just send the tape for free if they would send me an address.
My husband, in the meantime, viewed the video again and found out that all that needed to happen was the tracking needed to be set. I had put in my description that the tape jumped because I wanted bidders to know this before they bid. The tracking fixed the jumping problem and I just thought, "Oh, well lesson learned. I just gave away a good tape."
I waited and waited and waited to hear from the bidder and nothing. I thought this was awfully strange since I had offered to send them the tape and NO charge.
Since I had sent out 3 notices and heard nothing, I decided to place it back up for bid. Wonder of wonders, when I emailed them this last notice that I was placing it up for bid, they emailed me back with this:
"I'm sorry but my friend got bid happy while I was gone out of town and has already bought the money order for the item."
I think said friend should have gotten their own account so they could answer emails.
I had told them OK, I would just pull the auction but now it has bids on it.
posted on February 13, 2001 06:48:18 AM new
I agree that the friend should have signed up with their own account & email address. It seems to me that they forfeited their right to the tape by not responding in a timely fashion and now it's too late. I would kindly inform them of that fact and allow the present auction to run it's course.
posted on February 13, 2001 06:48:58 AM new
This is a sticky one. I think alot depends upon how long it was since the original auction ended. If it was three or four weeks, I'd say you gave them fair warning, especially when you told them you had relisted it. I think telling them you would pull the second auction was a mistake. However, you could just tell them that since the auction now has bids, to be fair to the new bidders, that you feel you can't end the auction. You might get a neg, but then it's just weird that they never responded to your free offer.
