tell us your bonehead purchase stories!

[Jobu]

Don't give him $1000!!! The guy has free 30-day returns! At the worst you let him ship it to you and ship it back. Even if he charges the 10% restocking fee that he says might apply, that still puts you down only $500 instead of $1000. Also, through eBay you have the option to officially request that the sale be canceled - which costs you $0. I have requested this once and it worked just fine - I did something similar (for a lot less $$), sent a nice email immediately (obv has to be before the card ships) and the seller was happy to cancel the sale after my request.

[conor912]

Originally Posted by Jobu

Don't give him $1000!!! The guy has free 30-day returns! At the worst you let him ship it to you and ship it back. Even if he charges the 10% restocking fee that he says might apply, that still puts you down only $500 instead of $1000. Also, through eBay you have the option to officially request that the sale be canceled - which costs you $0. I have requested this once and it worked just fine - I did something similar (for a lot less $$), sent a nice email immediately (obv has to be before the card ships) and the seller was happy to cancel the sale after my request.

Some people choose to take accountability for their mistakes. I applaud the OP for not trying to weasel out of a deal HE initiated.

[Republicaninmass]

Originally Posted by conor912

Some people choose to take accountability for their mistakes. I applaud the OP for not trying to weasel out of a deal HE initiated.

You mean be a man of your word??

Say it aint so!

[Bruinsfan94]

Nice to see someone honor their word. Yea don't give him a grand, just hold it. It will work out for you in the end,

[Jobu]

It has nothing to do with being a weasel or being a man of your word. If you ask to cancel a deal it is up to the seller to say yes or no. There is nothing wrong with asking.

The seller also CHOSE to list his item with no questions asked returns (with a hefty potential "restocking" charge ... It is pretty hard to put a card back in a box). That means returning an item is 100% legit for any reason and there is nothing wrong with it ---- and that is what the seller wanted. This is not a no return listing. I do find it interesting to learn that there are apparently people out there who have never returned anything in their lives.

[drcy]

Back when you typed in your bid amounts, I once accidentally added an extra digit to a bid in a major auction. Think $50,000 instead of $5,000. Happily, there was no other bidding and nothing financially harmful came of it.

[clydepepper]

I got into a one-on-one bidding war on the 'bay and paid $57 for a raw 1965 Topps Dick Groat.


Seems like I traded a nice T206 for a 1970 Topps Nolan Ryan later graded a '6'.

-traded a Lew Alcindor RC for something much younger.

Sold my entire collection three times just to replace it piece by piece over the years...at higher prices, of course.

- but, I'm much better now. lol