CBlev65252
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posted on February 28, 2003 04:16:32 PM
I know I've heard of this happening before, but this is my first. I am bidding on a necklace. I get an email from another seller/bidder telling me that the piece is flawed (won't go into details). So happens she is not bidding on this piece (not yet anyway) Anyway, I was rather confused so I emailed her back. She then let me know that she emailed other bidders to tell them things are wrong with what they are bidding on. The only thing I could do as a seller was to email the seller and give her the heads up. I also emailed her back and told her this was auction interference. She's been a member for 3 years and you'd think she would know better. With a low feedback rating my guess is that she's had more than one Ebay ID. Geesh.
Cheryl
Update - I am in contact with the seller. Seems this bidder has won multiple auctions and has not paid for them. As sellers, we definately don't need this kind of crap. Especially when things are as slow as they are.
[ edited by CBlev65252 on Feb 28, 2003 04:34 PM ]
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kiara
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posted on February 28, 2003 04:52:23 PM
Non-paying bidder + auction interference = getting azz booted. Hopefully sooner than later!
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CBlev65252
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posted on February 28, 2003 05:02:58 PM
UNBELIEVEABLE - She just won the auctions that she wrote to other bidders about. Naturally the seller is fit to be tied. I told her to BLOCK her and BLOCK her now. I also let her know that I reported her and she should do the same. She had previously written to the seller stating that she would like to win all her stuff. What a low down rotten thing to do. I hope she gets the permanent boot. Who knows, she's probably been booted before. Wish I could give her Ebay ID name. I pitty any seller who gets stuck with this one.
Cheryl
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bear1949
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posted on February 28, 2003 05:29:32 PM
Refrence the auction #.
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CBlev65252
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posted on February 28, 2003 05:38:01 PM
Ah, good idea. 2617187058
The seller is really fit to be tied. She emailed this person and the person put this line in the email: "Sorry, it was done intentionally" and then something about the seller's items being lovely. Geesh is that stupid or what? From further investigation, it appears she may be sniping these auctions. She's won multiple from the same seller. Hind sight is 20/20. I blocked her from bidding on my things.
Cheryl
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Roadsmith
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posted on February 28, 2003 05:50:33 PM
Cheryl: Thanks for tipping us off. I'm just launching my first forays into selling costume jewelry and certainly don't want Miss Evil Airhead bidding on my stuff! I've put her user name on my blocked-bidder list. Adele
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CBlev65252
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posted on February 28, 2003 05:55:00 PM
Roadsmith
She has become very sickly sweet to the seller now begging to be allowed to bid more and apologizing for emailing me that the item was flawed (which it isn't). The seller is really a lovely person (sure runs lively auctions LOL). She's been bidding up a storm lately. And although I most certainly need the business, this kind I can do without. Glad to help!
Cheryl
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Libra63
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posted on February 28, 2003 07:03:22 PM
be careful she is a member of AW. I have never had the honor of her bidding on my auctions, thank goodness.
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kiara
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posted on February 28, 2003 07:22:10 PM
She also has some problems as a seller. A non-selling seller?
Complaint : Won't answer mail. won't deliver, won't invoice
Response: - Expl: Sniper bid with same price. I felt the right thing to do not to sell item.
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Complaint : Seller was unable to deliver product after I won the bid.
Response: - She wasn't understanding! What will go around will come around.
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rarriffle
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posted on March 1, 2003 05:07:05 AM
Libra, why be careful? In case she reads this? Hope she does.
Auction interference in this way is dishonest, underhanded and borders on being a thief. She hopes to steal the auction at rock bottom price by scaring away other bidders.
We should never be afraid of telling someone that what they are doing is morally and ethically wrong, along with being a definite ebay no no.
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dautcom
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posted on March 1, 2003 06:13:49 AM
Why not post her name here. Then anyone who wants to block her can.
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 1, 2003 07:45:23 AM
I am hoping she learned her lesson with this one. I all for giving someone the benefit of the doubt. I could care less if she is a member of AW. If I ever stoop to this level, I would expect everyone here to give me the what for. Being an AW member makes it even worse since undoubtedly this has been discussed before. Some comments she made to other sellers were on shipping costs that were stated in the seller's auctions. Now, I know that THAT subject is discussed a lot here. If she learned from her mistake, this will have been worth it and I wish her well. If she hasn't learned from it. . .there should be a boot in her behind. Actions like this not only mar the sellers reputation, but scare bidders away. Now a perfectly nice seller has another bidder out there thinking she sells shoddy merchandise. How unfair is that? I hope she figures out who the other bidder was and can email her about this situation.
dautcom
I would never post anothers Ebay ID here or anywhere else no matter what they've done. Thus the reason for the auction number. It's not something I would want done to me. The main reason I blocked her is that I have a good rapor with my bidders and I know she would be trouble for me since I emailed her back. I know that nothing I would do would keep a negative away.
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shop4shoes
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posted on March 1, 2003 08:48:14 AM
I would never post anothers Ebay ID here or anywhere else no matter what they've done. Thus the reason for the auction number
The auction has her ebay id just as clear as if you had posted it here.
edited to add: Is she reselling the stuff that she is contacting other bidders about? Maybe under another id.?
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CBlev65252
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posted on March 1, 2003 09:14:33 AM
shop4shoes
You are so right. But, making it so that an effort has to be made to know the name makes some of the guilt I feel not so bad (yes, I do feel guilty). If she resells, all the power to her. I've done that myself. Like stock, buy low, sell high. It's just the it was gone about that's unfair to both seller and bidder. I'm an experienced bidder as well as seller and I know what questions to ask prior to bidding and always read auctions carefully. Her email to me suggested that I don't read, I don't question and that I would appreciate her interference and comments. I won't post what was written to me, but basically it says that all she gets on Ebay is junk and she wanted to warn me. If that's the case, why does she buy? And, if she bothered to check my stats, I've been on Ebay long enough and should by know by now what I am doing.
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shop4shoes
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posted on March 1, 2003 10:09:51 AM
If she resells, all the power to her. I've done that myself
It isn't that she resells it is how she is aquiring. Ruining another seller's auctions to get stock is pretty low. I just get the feeling she may be reselling it.
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