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JoannI don't like the offline ebay deals that seem unfair to those that relied on a full auction, but I do understand why it's necessary in some cases.
I think it's also fair for someone to email the seller after the auction is shut down and offer even more - even to the extent of causing the seller to cancel the original offline sale. I can't find a way to like one practice while disliking the other PROVIDED that the after-sale email was in pursuit of purchasing the card.
But it's a whole 'nother thing when someone emails the seller to rail on him or berate him when that emailer did not have any interest in the card, was not trying to buy the card, and was not someone that was ever really in play for the card.
I don't know why, but for some reason I can't shake the feeling that that's what happened here. Someone from this board read this thread and decided to use the opportunity to tell the seller what he should or shouldn't do, what is or isn't right, and how he can nor cannot act. Someone just wanted to bitch - plain and simple.
So for Paul - I sincerely hope that this turns out to be a matter of "all's well that ends well". From what is emerging about this seller, it is starting to look like that although you may never know for sure.
As to the person from this board that emailed the seller, I am in agreement with whoever upthread said he should come on here and own up to it.
If the person from this board that emailed is someone that was genuinely interested in the card and was making a play for it, then come on here and say so. I don't think anyone would think too much about that.
But if someone with no interest in the card read this thread and decided to take an opportunity to try to impose his or her opinion on the seller - no matter how shady the seller is - to me that is frivolous interference with a transaction and starts getting close to abuse of access to this forum.
Joann
ETA: Anyone know what it is upthread that is causing the need to scroll to the right? URL's look okay - not sure what it is. Can someone edit their post if it is causing the scroll-right?