posted on August 29, 2001 09:32:27 PM new
These are actual email quotes:
In response to my EOA 2nd notice:
sorry i never bid on this item or recieved any info about biddin on it, sorry for the troubles Thanks
In response to me stating that not only did they bid on my item, but they bid on 4 others just like it in the past 2 weeks, and that the bid was a binding contract:
sorry i have not bid on any ********* on ebay fpr months there must be some mix up.(stars added to erase all description info about the item)
I guess August is the time of year for deadbeats. And why do they always win the expensive stuff???
I had one that told me they accidently bid $12000 instead of $120, and then the auction ended for $180. They told me this 1 1/2 weeks after the auction ended. (I guess you never got those bid notices from eBay either, huh?)
Then there is the one that has yet to even respond, but those I am used to.
posted on August 29, 2001 11:07:32 PM new
I just had a real nutcase the other day. They used Buy It Now on one of my auctions, and when I sent my end of auction notice, they replied with "I need to cancel my bid on this item, because it's the wrong edition."
They went on to say that because I hadn't answered their email asking what edition the book was -- uh, I never got their email, and besides, the edition was very clearly stated in the auction description , along with copyright date and ISBN number!!! -- they'd gone ahead and "placed a bid" because they "didn't know what else to do".
<gnashes teeth> <rips out hair>
I none-too-politely explained that I'd be filing for a refund of my fees, and that eBay would be in touch with them. I'm seriously tempted to neg the little snip, but he's a 0-feedback newbie who's left nothing but negs and neutrals, and I don't want to deal with a retalitory neg -- sales are bad enough right now.
<mutters to self: I love my job. I love my job. I love my job...>
posted on August 29, 2001 11:57:07 PM new
Well, according to my experience half of the US is in the hospital, and the remaining half have lost their jobs, are scheduled for surgery or have a "rebel" teenager for whom they keep giving their password....
posted on August 30, 2001 01:50:14 AM new
I had a good one the other day:
After my 3rd email buyer sent me an "automated" respone that she is on vacation.
I would have believed it at first. But there was that one thing nagging at me: why did I not get a response to all of my mails?....
Sent her a couple more - just to be sure.
No automated response ! ?
Rather creative, though. I gave her a deadline for 2 days after she returns from her "vacation".
