Business Ethics opinions needed Please

[MW1]

Originally Posted by danmckee

Buyer purchased the card from the website for $400.

Was sent the email in my original post

Buyer was not happy and didn't agree to anything

His money was refunded

card came back

seller offered it again to buyer for $700

Buyer ate crow and paid the extra but feels very mistreated and seller lost a very good customer for the future.

I don't see where there is any room for agreements in between.

Unless the buyer is on acid, agreed to drop the $400 and pay whatever extra and then decide to get mad about it and feel ripped off.

Dan,

Was the card originally priced at $400 because it was suspected of being altered or ungradeable? Or was the price increase solely due to the commoditization of the card? (i.e., it is now "slabbed")

[Texxxx]

Dan, I would like to know who the seller is so I can stay away from them. To me this is very bad business practice and if they will do it once then they have no problem doing it to anyone else in the future. If you dont want to post it here then you can PM me or not.

[Peter_Spaeth]

My guess is the seller had the card out a while raw, didn't sell it, sent it off to be graded, and forgot to take it down. Careless, yeah, and should the seller go through with it, probably, but I don't think it rises to the level of unethical as it's probably an honest mistake if i am right.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

My guess is the seller had the card out a while raw, didn't sell it, sent it off to be graded, and forgot to take it down. Careless, yeah, and should the seller go through with it, probably, but I don't think it rises to the level of unethical as it's probably an honest mistake if i am right.

Would agree that this is the most likely scenario.

[E93]

Seller committed. Seller made the mistake. He should eat it. Why should the buyer who did not make the mistake and was willing to buy at the original asking price without even asking for a discount take the hit?

Let's keep in mind that the seller was going to make money at $400. Upon receiving a higher grade they wanted more, but they would not have lost money by doing the right thing and selling at their original asking price.

I would never deal with that seller again if they did that to me.
JimB

[Peter_Spaeth]

Mistakes happen. The buyer isn't out of pocket anything if he walked away so he wasn't harmed. I think the seller should go through with it as a matter of good practice, but I am not prepared to call him unethical.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Mistakes happen. The buyer isn't out of pocket anything if he walked away so he wasn't harmed. I think the seller should go through with it as a matter of good practice, but I am not prepared to call him unethical.

Agreed.