Crooked Ebay Seller

[Shoeless Moe]

I'm pretty sure this seller 123yrunvs is crooked. I believe they bid up their own items.

Example:

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-BABE-RUTH-BA...item19c5788399

"sold" on May 22

Re-sold on May 25

http://cgi.ebay.com/OLD-BABE-RUTH-BA...item19c5d2425c

I think they bid up their items then re-offer to the 2nd highest bidder.

And I question some of the feedback their "buyers" give...because then a few days later the same item is re-listed.

Just be wary when bidding with them. One the one hand your bound to lose on the other hand don't be too depressed, chances are they will offer it to you again.

[MGHPro]

I'm not going to comment if the item is bid up or not, but the bat is a replica doctored to look old. Its worth about $50.
Matt

[John V]

Matt,
Could you tell us what you see that tells you it's a replica?

[murphusa]

Just picked up a Collins Decal bat on ebay and it only took 10 seconds to see when I got it that the decal was a reproduction. Seller has not answered my email in 12 hours, already filed a claim

[mcgwirecom]

Yeah I've seen a guy on Ebay who reproduced the decals for those old decal bats. I think he was originally selling them legitimately by saying they were not original decal bats, just old bats with decals attached. But it doesn't take long for the riff-raff to get involved.

[MGHPro]

Originally Posted by John V

Matt,
Could you tell us what you see that tells you it's a replica?

Hi John
The easiest thing to see is Ruth's name is not correct to the period. Heres a picture of his and one of mine. Note the differences in the G B and R
Matt

[murphusa]

Call from Ebay Seller Skylite

Dear Sirs,

The other night you purchased a Babe Ruth Glove from my ebay account. At the time I was not monitoring the account but my 18 year old son was. He listed the Babe Ruth glove as a BIN for $500.00 and you purchased the glove for that amount and paid via paypal at the same time. This was a mistake. We have recevived 7 other offer's for the glove at a much higher price than what you paid. As such we are resinding the sale and will return the paypal payment to you. So that we are fair with you, we will give you the the opportunity to buy the glove first at a discounted rate of $1,500.00. Please let me know ASAP if you accept our offer.

Of course Ebay said there is nothing you can do but leave negative feedback

[scooter729]

Sorry to hear that one, Murph. Looks like he realized after the fact that his BIN was too low.

Aside from the hideous business practices, that seller should be dinged with a negative for hideous butchering of the English language.

[murphusa]

Originally Posted by scooter729

Sorry to hear that one, Murph. Looks like he realized after the fact that his BIN was too low.

Aside from the hideous business practices, that seller should be dinged with a negative for hideous butchering of the English language.

most likely me retelling his conversation but he was from Canada


Yes I will leave him negative feedback but it still sucks

just having a bad week on ebay

[deebro041]

Originally Posted by murphusa

most likely me retelling his conversation but he was from Canada


Yes I will leave him negative feedback but it still sucks

just having a bad week on ebay

I'm from Canada also, eh. I hope I will smarten up after reading all these posts.

[thetruthisoutthere]

I would leave "Negative" feedback. Ebay, in my opinion, is breaking its own rules in reference to a "Legally binding contract" which holds both the seller and buyer to that "Legally binding contract."

Leave a "Negative."

[GrayGhost]

Tough crap on the glove. Murph, YOU SHOULD be entitled to the glove at 500.00. TO my understanding, a purchase/sale constitutes a VALID CONTRACT w buyer and seller.

The fact that the seller was too stupid to check this auction BEFORE final listing (they give you a chance to "review listing" before submitting) and that his "son was monitoring" if thats even true, is NO excuse IMO.

This stinks, and tho we all make mistakes, his poor business practices could have avoided this and IMO owes Mr Murphy the glove at the LISTED and AGREED upon price.

ebay doesn't care? why am I not totally surprised?

[murphusa]

tough part is I won't get the refund from paypal for a few days

[D. Bergin]

Was the glove really a bargain in the first place? Seems that's about what other gloves in the same style were selling for. Is it because it was a left handers glove?

Tough break either way.

I love how he was willing to sell the glove to you for three times what you originally paid for it..........in the interest of fairness.

[Hankphenom]

It's bad enough (for bidders) and for eBay's business, I would think, that they allow sellers to pull their listing after bidding has started and make a deal offsite. I hate that, and it shouldn't be allowed, IMO. But to think they would countenance cancelling a completed transaction so the seller can make an offsite deal, that's just nuts.

[thecatspajamas]

I think you are mistaken if you are thinking that eBay would ever condone pulling a listing and selling the item off-site. They have wording all in their rules and regulations prohibiting such a thing. The problem is that unscrupulous sellers don't pay attention to the rules. And eBay has to allow for sellers to pull listings in which they have legitimately made a mistake, which is what unscrupulous sellers will say happened when they go to end a listing early. (There is no check box when you're ending a listing early for "I want to sell it to someone else for more money").

Ebay can't possibly investigate every item that is pulled because "there was an error in the description" to see if that is a legit excuse, but they may take action if you report the seller for trying to jack up the price on you after the fact like this. You just have to be sure and emphasize how this is costing eBay money, because that is their main concern. Stories like this are the ones that make potential new eBay users shy away from using the site, and eBay doesn't like losing money or bad publicity.