Re: Buyer/Seller Beware! A Personal eBay Experience.

Is your account cessna425pilot?

It's not uncommon for people with high buying and selling to not get back to
the net especially if they haven't used their marketing tools correct or
they have a separate business to run and leave someone to do the internet
side of things.

My profile address is also different from my PayPal address, it makes it
easier for me to organize my emails and if one of the accounts gets jacked,
it doesn't affect the other one.

Seriously, would you have been bothered to look at his profile if weren't
that you had made a mistake on your listing? as I know I probably wouldn't.
The next time you do your listing make a note on paper of the important
things you want out of the sale and click on the preview to see how it all
looks after its written and compare the two.

I look for the buy now and use the lowest price setting for bargain mistakes
like these, and according to the rules its the sellers responsibility to
ensure its listed correct.

Just to cover your own arse add some terms of sale like on my sale here
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300078838228
That way the buyer can't have you over the coals for wanting things their
way..

--
Nobby

Never let the bastards grind you down...
Think positive and get even!!!


"Mofaz" <skyryder@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1174865829.751633.242850@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Here is a personal experience I'd like to share with those experienced
eBay members here. That is, if any of you are.

I'll do my best to shorten the story....

About 3 weeks ago I put up for auction a huge lot of my PC games (both
new and old). It's important for you to know that all of these games
are being stored temporarily in my parent's garage in Chandler,
Arizona. I now live in Springfield, Missouri.

I opened the auction as a 7 day "Buy It Now" auction, starting the
bidding off at $10. I made a mistake of setting the "Buy It Now"
price at $50; I misakenly excluded the '1', which would have made the
B.I.N. price $150. I attempted to correct this, but since I had an
appointment and was in a hurry I never figured out how to edit the
B.I.N. price. So, I decided to leave it as it was until I could get
back to it within 2 hours. Unfortunately, someone had purchased it
within that time frame using the B.I.N. feature. Not good.

The complicated part about this whole auction was coordinating the
shipping details with my folks in Arizona. You know how parents
are.... I was nearly tearing my hair out of my scalp explaining to
them my mistake and the policies of eBay. Additionally, they made
multiple mistakes printing out the shipping label, which cost me money
for each label they printed. Which effectively nearly depleted what I
sold the item for. PARENTS!

Anyway... I initially offered on the auction page to ship the item via
USPS Priority Mail, but after the auction I found out that Media Mail
would have been a better option. So, I e-mailed the buyer twice (each
e-mail 4 days apart) and waited. ...And waited. ...And waited. A
week and a half goes by and no response. I request the buyer's
personal details (name, address and phone number) from eBay, so that I
can get in touch with him. What I found out was that the name of the
buyer who paid for the item was different on my Paypal account than
the owner of the eBay user ID. Plus, the address of the buyer shown
on my Paypal account was a P.O. box, compared to the address of the
owner of the eBay user ID. However, the phone number listed was an
active number. So, I gave it a try. It took two back-to-back phone
calls for someone to answer. I didn't say anything, and I don't know
why; I just hung up. A few minutes later I called back, but this time
no one answered. I called again 5 more times with the same results.

So, I left negative feedback and never shipped the item.

Between the time I e-mailed him and called him my wife became
interested in what was going on and decided to investigate this user.
What she uncovered was that this person was buying 1 to 3 items on
eBay every day! Since that time, up to now we both have checked his
activity. It's the same thing: 1 to 3 purchases every day.

One month later I receive an e-mail from this character, asking why I
haven't sent the item and why I haven't contacted him. In addition,
THIS GUY NEVER LEFT ME RETALITORY NEGATIVE FEEDBACK LIKE MOST USERS
DO! Or even an explanation. This is odd. Good for my record, but
still odd.

So, I've come to the conclusion that the original user's account has
been hacked. What do you think?

The user's ID is "dvdgamesmore".



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