Opinions on a transaction issue

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Posted By: Judge Dred (Fred)

Kyle,

I'm not sure what those cards are but apparently there are a few people that do. You offered $160 and never received the cards but you did get your money back.

My guess is that at least one other person who knew what they were contacted the seller and he got sellers remorse and backed out of the deal.

Basically, your offer was only about an eighth of the ending bid from the auction you posted. Do you think you gave him a fair offer? I would be willing to bet that a lot of people are thinking the same thing - you low balled the seller, he found out and he didn't ship the material. It's kind of cheesey on his part but then again percentage wise you really didn't provide him a "fair" offer. Now, if the auction closed at $160 and he reneged then that's a different story.

That's my opionion on the transaction. You should have told him to set it up on a BIN that way he would have been obligated to sell it to you - I hope I'm not giving you any ideas...