So I let 2 auctions slide when a really nice (edited to protect seller) comes up for sale on E-Bay so I could slap down a hefty bid and become the highest bidder. The seller posts on the auction to, "quit asking him to sell it directly and stop the auction. Winner of the auction takes it" so I feel pretty confident this will go well.
With about 2 days left in the auction and the winning bid at around 450$ he shuts the sale down and sends no notices out. So I ask him fairly heated WTF in an e-mail. His response is that he got an offer from a customer in his store that he could not turn down. No opportunity on my end to counter offer or anything. There are no comments in the listing that he can close the sale at anytime because he is selling it at his store. And yep he is a retailer!
If you are on the board I am mainly angry because if I won the auction and then asked for a lower price; or backed out and said oh I really did not have the money to begin with, I would get negative feedback and could have my account canceled. I have no opportunity to provide any feedback or affect the seller at all. So much for a binding contract!!!!! It is really crap and the fact that e-bay has let it turn into a total anarchy has got me wondering if I should ever open it again.
With about 2 days left in the auction and the winning bid at around 450$ he shuts the sale down and sends no notices out. So I ask him fairly heated WTF in an e-mail. His response is that he got an offer from a customer in his store that he could not turn down. No opportunity on my end to counter offer or anything. There are no comments in the listing that he can close the sale at anytime because he is selling it at his store. And yep he is a retailer!
If you are on the board I am mainly angry because if I won the auction and then asked for a lower price; or backed out and said oh I really did not have the money to begin with, I would get negative feedback and could have my account canceled. I have no opportunity to provide any feedback or affect the seller at all. So much for a binding contract!!!!! It is really crap and the fact that e-bay has let it turn into a total anarchy has got me wondering if I should ever open it again.
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