posted on May 29, 2001 09:47:01 AM
I just got an e-mail about an auction that ended on May 23. It ended for a whopping $7.50. He now says that e-mailed ebay and asked them to retract his bid and they didn't do it so he isn't going to pay me and for me to contact my next highest bidder.
Well first off, ebay didn't retract his bid (because e-mailing them doesn't do a thing.) Second off, my auction program doesn't allow for me to enter a second highest bidder into my program.
Third, he has well over 100 positives, and is certainly not a newbie, and is even a seller himself. Seven of the 9 bids on this item came from him.
I know I'm out the money, but when I haven't even made enough to pay the bills this month, I don't appriciate being left haning. I'm really mad (this was one of my highest sales this month!)and am giving myself time to cool off. How would you all word the e-mail back to him to try and get him to pay. He's bid on an item (for a collection) that was oer $250, so I'm sure its not the matter of if he doesn't get the $11 he might not eat. . . but the way my bidders are going, if it wasn't that I won a grocery store gift certificate this month in a sweepstakes, I probably wouldn't be eatting. (I'm serious!)
posted on May 29, 2001 11:37:04 AM
I agree with everything except the last sentence. Two wrongs don't make a right and what this poster is suggesting to you may be considered auction interference.
Let it go, file for fvf and a nonpaying bidders notice. Leave appropriate feedback and relist.
I don't buy it that a bidder with over 100 feedbacks doesn't know where the site map is.
