American Beautys on ebay

[steve B]

Try putting you name out her Mr Hollywood. Or go cheat with some underage bimbo from the beach.

Originally Posted by Matthew H

[Leon]

Originally Posted by steve B

Try putting you name out her Mr Hollywood. Or go cheat with some underage bimbo from the beach.

I would have to agree....if you are going to rattle someone's cage you need to have your full name by your post. Personally, my name is by every post. And if you say, but I don't want my name to end up in the dreaded Google searches then just cover up/change the pattern of your name, such as .... Leon Luc*key....or Bill Smit$

[steve B]

Apologies to all (Except Matt) He did push me over the edge into bruceland and I shouldn't have let that happen.

Steve Birmingham

[Matthew H]

Originally Posted by Leon

I would have to agree....if you are going to rattle someone's cage you need to have your full name by your post. Personally, my name is by every post. And if you say, but I don't want my name to end up in the dreaded Google searches then just cover up/change the pattern of your name, such as .... Leon Luc*key....or Bill Smit$

Matt Hall is my name... I know that wont help, it's a very common name.

As far as Steve and his name calling... A grown man was whining about baseball cards... I couldn't help myself. No apologies either.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Matthew H

Matt Hall is my name... I know that wont help, it's a very common name.

As far as Steve and his name calling... A grown man was whining about baseball cards... I couldn't help myself. No apologies either.

And that's what you'll never get. It's not whining about cards.

It IS being pissed that apparently everyone else in society thinks that whatever sleazy thing gets them what they want is ok, or that the prime methods of customer service are appropriately lie and deny.

My comment was over the top, as was yours.

Steve Birmingham

[slidekellyslide]

I sell hundreds of items a month on ebay and I get emails constantly for BIN price or sale off ebay...last week I listed a fairly rare Orange AMX slot car..I immediately got 3 emails to end the auction early..one guy offered me $30..as the week wore on I got a question from a guy asking if the wheel wells had been cut...apparently this was common with Aurora T-jet slot cars...I took a closer look and it did appear that they were cut...I decided to end the auction because it had a lot of bids already and it would be a hassle to contact all the bidders and revise the auction...the guy who offered me $30 emailed me as soon as I ended it and called me every name in the book for ending it early! So apparently it's okay for him to ask me to end it early, but it's not okay for me to end it early...I was a bit confused there...I emailed him back and told him what happened and that I was relisting it with the correct info. Then I blocked him.

The car ended up selling for $71 earlier today...so not only did he try to get me to end it early, but he also lowballed me.

[Jaybird]

I think there are probably two schools to the off-ebay offer. One is that the buyer is trying to get a better deal by saying some BS about why they can't bid on the card and throws a low ball offer. The other is someone that is legitimately willing to pay Over market value for the card probably to prevent someone else from doing the same. In either case, I think it probably makes more sense to just let it go to auction if you are the seller.

I know in some cases, though, that I've had my snipe set for an item well over the price that it sold for at auction. So, if I had made an off-ebay offer for my snipe price, the seller would have made more money.

[spec]

There is a simple rule that I believe applies to this issue, and to most other conundrums (outing auctions and low-balling ignorant sellers, for instance) so frequently debated on this board. I learned it as The Golden Rule, and I believe it is Biblical, but other cultures and/or religions probably embrace this precept as well.
It states: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you." It does not say: "Do unto others before they do unto you," which seems to be the justification of some for this tactic. To me, a preemptory offer endeavors to deny both the seller and other bidders the opportunity to determine a fair price for an item. One might, indeed, offer more than the item will bring at auction, but overpaying is not likely the intent.
Bob Richardson

[Vol]

Originally Posted by steve B

Try putting you name out her Mr Hollywood. Or go cheat with some underage bimbo from the beach.

It is okay to laugh a little. Y so serious?

[tonyo]

I began the process to end one of my current items early and came to this step:

Select a reason for ending your listing early. The reason will appear on the Closed Item page.

1. The item is no longer available for sale.
2. There was an error in the listing.
3. There was an error in the starting price or reserve amount.
4. The item was lost or broken.


No choice for "because the item was sold" ............... weird. Maybe that is a choice if the auction is ended early by selling to the highest bidder.

I guess if I really cared enough, I could write the seller and ask him!