posted on September 9, 2001 01:08:59 PM
I think I have a buyer playing games with me. Auction closed Friday. WBN comes back. AOL user-Not a known user. They bid at the last minute. I tried later to send another email-got the same message. Today I get an email from this person asking for shipping info. Tried to answer-not a known member. I'm on AOL and I know that the only way to get that message is if AOL shuts you down (which they obviously didn't) or you cancel that screenname. Why are they doing this and what should I do about it? I feel they are setting me up for a neg saying I didn't contact them.
posted on September 9, 2001 01:15:35 PM
Pull their contact info from eBay and if it is not current or correct, turn them in. They'll be NARU before they can neg you. IF that is their intent. We don't really know. They may just have forgotten to update their info. It's a time-waster for you, but it doesn't have to mean something sinister is going on---unless you have other clues. Good luck.
posted on September 9, 2001 01:20:33 PM
I did that and it shows the same email address.
They had to open that user account with AOL to bid-close it-open it again to email me-and then close it again before I could reply. My question is why and what do I do about it? And yes, I feel certain there is something underhanded going on here.
posted on September 9, 2001 01:27:41 PM
About the only thing I could suggest is that you try and contact Safe Harbour about the situation. Maybe you can convince someone from there that they should try and contact the user with the email. If they get an "not a known user" response they would probably cancel the eBay account in question...
posted on September 9, 2001 01:28:25 PM
I'd inform Safe-harbor, and forward the responses you got, and request that they try contact. If safe harbor's e-mail gets through, and yours doesn't, then it seems suspect, and ebay can take action (we hope!).
If SH cannot use the e-mail address, then they should take action (Ha!) either way, they'l be alerted, and hopefully recognise that you're attempting contact and the other party is at fault....won't they?
posted on September 9, 2001 01:35:35 PM
Thanks-that sounds like a good idea. I'll contact SH and ask them to try to email them.
And in answer to them forgetting they have email blocked-it's not blocked-that account is shut down. When mail is blocked on AOL, you get a message saying they are not receiving mail from you.
posted on September 9, 2001 02:48:17 PM
there's the *remote* possibility that it's an aol glitch, but it does sound to me like this is someone playing stupid games with you. i'll be curious to know if sh's email gets through to them.
