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Zork2
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I AM in the right here with all of this though right?
Oh well, I will post the outcome.....
I think my ebay rating speaks volumes.....
Matt
Ebay? WTF!?!
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Oh well, I will post the outcome.....
I think my ebay rating speaks volumes.....
Matt
D_Harris
Well-known member
He may not know how Ebay works? That's garbage.
It's not about how Ebay works. A reserve is a reserve on Ebay or any other auction anywhere else. The reserve he set was met. He just doesn't mind screwing you over.
I miss the days when you could contact a fellow bidder on Ebay and warn them about a seller whose item they are bidding on.
When you contact Ebay, make sure you point out what he said himself in his response posted on his Ebay auction page about not selling even if it reaches his reserve.
The guy obviously isn't too bright.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
It's not about how Ebay works. A reserve is a reserve on Ebay or any other auction anywhere else. The reserve he set was met. He just doesn't mind screwing you over.
I miss the days when you could contact a fellow bidder on Ebay and warn them about a seller whose item they are bidding on.
When you contact Ebay, make sure you point out what he said himself in his response posted on his Ebay auction page about not selling even if it reaches his reserve.
The guy obviously isn't too bright.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
CrazyKongFan
Well-known member
Heh, I deleted my post since MasterFygar already posted the Q&A, but I guess I shoulda left it and just edited that part out 
I agree, I think you're in the right...when you list something and it sells, it's basically a contract between the buyer and seller. If you had bid on his item, and then backed out, he'd be rightfully upset too.
I agree, I think you're in the right...when you list something and it sells, it's basically a contract between the buyer and seller. If you had bid on his item, and then backed out, he'd be rightfully upset too.
Pinwizkid
Member
Looks like some flake who has no grasp on how ebay or the internet works. Sorry about your bad experience, hope you can get something cool with $400 if you don't end up getting the pac.
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ArcadEd
Member
The problem with giving him Neg feedback, is he can do it right back too you. This happened to me years ago. I bought a board in the same state and it took almost a month to get. Everything worked so I gave him Neutral feedback. He responded by giving me negative feedback, crushing my perfect score. I was angry.
Unless ebay has done something to counter this now.
Unless ebay has done something to counter this now.
CrazyKongFan
Well-known member
He didn't set a reserve, but that still doesn't mean he can't just cancel an auction because he decided not to sell it. He could end the auction if nobody had bid on it yet, but not once there's a bidder.
tyranix95
Well-known member
Dude...I totally believe you...'cause some similar eBay $*it happened to me a while back with some NEO carts.
That kinda
Bay $*it makes me just thinking about it.
wildwest3163
Active member
sellers can no longer leave negative feedback
D_Harris
Well-known member
Well that $400 can be considered his reserve. Ebay calls it a starting bid.
Darren Harris
Staten Island, New York.
tyranix95
Well-known member
Yeah, I think the eBay rule used to be that a buyer could not sell stuff (without a sellers or merchant account) until you had bought some stuff from other sellers first.
eBay wanted the new guys to learn the ropes first from established sellers.
After a certain numbers of deals, eBay invited new sellers to start selling stuff with thier account.
They even let eBay-ers open up, multiple accounts, for just buying and selling.
But that was way back when eBayers first started using the multiple account option to defeat the ban-bidder feature and sellers started using it to shill bid.
cadillacman
Well-known member
nows the time to teach him how feebay works. I used to sell alot on ebay and sometimes the no reserve auctions really stuck it to me, but a deals a deal man.
No reserve auction, if it only hits $1, guess what, your selling it for a dollar. Tell him you have a binding contract for the sale of the thing at $400, you can do it the easy way or the hard way but either way you end up owning that game for $400.
Id fight for it man. If you get him to go through with it make sure to bring some friends lol
No reserve auction, if it only hits $1, guess what, your selling it for a dollar. Tell him you have a binding contract for the sale of the thing at $400, you can do it the easy way or the hard way but either way you end up owning that game for $400.
Id fight for it man. If you get him to go through with it make sure to bring some friends lol
tyranix95
Well-known member
Actually, eBay will do jack; HOWEVER, the seller has to pull this $*it a bunch of times and piss a lot of people off and rack up a bunch of complaints in the process. Unfortunately, eBay TRUST AND SAFETY TEAM will not do jack for one unhappy person but will do squat for several unhappy people.
tyranix95
Well-known member
Sad to say that eBay can not (and in most cases will not) force a seller to sell an item unless it is a unique item--like real property. Then, in such a case, the buyer can demand SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE for the contracted item--because it is truly one-of-a-kind and a replacement can not be found anywhere.
tyranix95
Well-known member
An eBay seller told me a while back--give NEGATIVE FEED BACK if you don't like the seller.
They told me that eBay started a new policy, in which, sellers with HIGH NEG. feedbacks are rewarded with higher eBay fees and sellers with high POSITIVE. feedbacks are rewarded with lower eBay fees.
Not sure if this is true, but if it is, I liked it--UNTIL the seller told me to be careful about leafing feedback because other eBay sellers were banning buyers who gave eBay sellers NEGATIVE. and NEUTRAL feedback.
chuchunesme
New member
I'd try and reason with him, if that doesn't work then give him a neg feedback and 1 star on everything. It will effect his selling status to some degree if nothing else.
tyranix95
Well-known member
Yup...IMHO, work things out with your seller....you cant get the game if he doesn't sell it to you.
eBay will charge the seller for the sale of the eBay item--whether you pay or not.
But, the only way the seller can get out of the eBay fees is by filing a non paying bidder claim with eBay.
Odd thing is this: In the end, as a buyer, you still only get the eBay item if the seller sells it to you. All the claims work is just to remove the fess from the sellers account the N-P-B strike from the buyers account. The claims do not cause property to change hands.
tyranix95
Well-known member
And for once that works in the good guy's favor.
You know, you ARE open to take this case to small claims court, if you wish. It IS a legal contract. That is, if you're willing to pay the fees associated with the courts. Personally, I'd let it go and give the seller a negative feedback myself, but if you're looking to put the screws to him for just principle's sake, then by all means take him to Judge Wapner. Or Judge Judy. Or Frizz.
MasterFygar
Well-known member
Nonono, I'm not saying that excuses it at all, and you're completely in the right... just... any experienced seller, or anyone who knows (or cares) about eBay rules wouldn't have posted that in the Q&A if they wanted to bail, they would have ended the auction early. I'm saying it looks like the guy has no clue what the hell he's doing and probably didn't read the user agreement far enough to even get that he's not supposed to do that. I'm just saying that I would try making sure he knows that he legally HAS to give it to you, and that he's paying the fees whether he gives the game up or not, if you still want the game that is. He seems to think this all runs like a yard sale, where you can just say "wait, no, I changed my mind, not for sale." If you tell him how it really works and tell him how eBay's policy goes he MAY concede and let you have the game after all, where negging him without trying basically guarantees he's gonna get pissed and do everything but give you the game in the end. That's all I'm saying.
