So, here's the story.
There was a local Ms. Pac up on the Bay (local L.A. auction)
Here is the description:
This Ms. Pacman machine sat in my dad's private game room collecting dust for over 20 years. He was the original owner. I moved it about 100 miles in a truck and the monitor stopped working but the game turns on and seems to work great; there's just no picture.
Worst case, you have to replace the monitor. Best case, something came unplugged and it works fine. Either way, this is a serious bargain for a collector. Artwork and backglass is clean and in great shape!
EITHER LOCAL LOS ANGELES REGION BUYERS ONLY - OR YOU ARRANGE FOR CRATING AND SHIPPING AT YOUR COST AND TIME.
Starting bid is $200, looks pretty nice, probably a minor issue to get it working - so I put a bid in. It was one of those that I didn't really want, but thought for a low enough price I'd take it.
So the 7 day auction goes on and I am the only bidder. Auction ends at $200. The seller sends me a message through eBay and I respond saying I want to pick up, etc, etc - He gives me his address and we set a pick up time and day.
Yesterday, he sent an e-mail (which I didn't read until today) that he was waiting for payment through Paypal. Then an hour later he filed for a cancellation of the auction because the item was no longer available.
Here is his explanation:
I don't have the item anymore.
Additional information provided by the seller: Hey. I know you were excited to buy the machine but the terms of the auction called for payment within
an hour of the close of sale. I sent you a note requesting payment and it still hasn't come. Therefore I've found another buyer offline and have canceled the sale. I am sorry for this but we've made
our decision.
I thought that when I responded to his e-mail I told him I was going to bring cash, but I guess I didn't. Not sure why he was so antsy or worried about getting $200 or why he didn't wait for me to respond. In the shipping and payment portion of his auction it does say payment due within an hour of the close of the auction which is kind of crazy to begin with.
My guess is he got a better offer and is using this as an excuse to get out of it.
Not sure what to do, just accept the cancellation or fight it. I don't really care about not getting the game, it's just the principal of the matter.
What would you do? Seller is ciaobox1 has 100% feedback off 64 transactions.
There was a local Ms. Pac up on the Bay (local L.A. auction)
Here is the description:
This Ms. Pacman machine sat in my dad's private game room collecting dust for over 20 years. He was the original owner. I moved it about 100 miles in a truck and the monitor stopped working but the game turns on and seems to work great; there's just no picture.
Worst case, you have to replace the monitor. Best case, something came unplugged and it works fine. Either way, this is a serious bargain for a collector. Artwork and backglass is clean and in great shape!
EITHER LOCAL LOS ANGELES REGION BUYERS ONLY - OR YOU ARRANGE FOR CRATING AND SHIPPING AT YOUR COST AND TIME.
Starting bid is $200, looks pretty nice, probably a minor issue to get it working - so I put a bid in. It was one of those that I didn't really want, but thought for a low enough price I'd take it.
So the 7 day auction goes on and I am the only bidder. Auction ends at $200. The seller sends me a message through eBay and I respond saying I want to pick up, etc, etc - He gives me his address and we set a pick up time and day.
Yesterday, he sent an e-mail (which I didn't read until today) that he was waiting for payment through Paypal. Then an hour later he filed for a cancellation of the auction because the item was no longer available.
Here is his explanation:
I don't have the item anymore.
Additional information provided by the seller: Hey. I know you were excited to buy the machine but the terms of the auction called for payment within
an hour of the close of sale. I sent you a note requesting payment and it still hasn't come. Therefore I've found another buyer offline and have canceled the sale. I am sorry for this but we've made
our decision.
I thought that when I responded to his e-mail I told him I was going to bring cash, but I guess I didn't. Not sure why he was so antsy or worried about getting $200 or why he didn't wait for me to respond. In the shipping and payment portion of his auction it does say payment due within an hour of the close of the auction which is kind of crazy to begin with.
My guess is he got a better offer and is using this as an excuse to get out of it.
Not sure what to do, just accept the cancellation or fight it. I don't really care about not getting the game, it's just the principal of the matter.
What would you do? Seller is ciaobox1 has 100% feedback off 64 transactions.




