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01-23-2013, 08:05 PM
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Bidder wants to withdraw an hour before the auction ends!
It's Wednesday night, Jan 23, and I'm now a half hour from selling a 1955 Topps Clemente, PSA 6. A half hour ago I received an "urgent" message from the high bidder, asking that his bid be withdrawn because, suddenly, he knows he won't be able to pay.
I did as he asked, thiinking that I'd never see his money anyway, but what else, if anything, should I do? 
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01-23-2013, 08:08 PM
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were there any other bidders?
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01-23-2013, 08:15 PM
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Other bidders
Yes, and the auction ended with a bid higher than the one I cancelled. I just need to get some advice as to what to do, if anything, so this guy doesn't play the same game again. His feedback, by the way, was 100%!
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01-23-2013, 08:20 PM
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Add him to your blocked bidder list and move on. His story might be legit, but why take chances?
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01-23-2013, 08:24 PM
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yep you can deff block him if u want - and since you sold your listing, all should be good
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Successful transactions with: Drumback, Mart8081, Obcmac, Tonyo, markf31, gnaz01, rainier2004, EASE, Bobsbats, Craig M, TistaT202, Seiklis, Kenny Cole, T's please, Vic, marcdelpercio, poorlydrawncat, brianp-beme, mybuddyinc, Glchen, chernieto , old-baseball , Donscards, Centauri, AddieJoss, T2069bk,206fix, joe v, smokelessjoe, eggoman, botn, canjond Looking for T205's or anything Babe Ruth...email or PM me if you have any to sell.
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01-23-2013, 08:35 PM
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Quote:
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01-23-2013, 08:36 PM
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At least he backed out before the auction ended.
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Favorite MLB quote. " I knew we could find a place to hide you". Lee Smith talking about my catching abilities at Cubs Fantasy camp.
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01-23-2013, 11:00 PM
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Personally, I wouldn't do anything about it. Most of the time guys don't even message the seller on stuff like that.
The guy knew he wasn't able to pay. Maybe he had a fender-bender and now has to use his money for repairs. Maybe a buyer didn't complete a transaction and now he needs that money to pay the bills. There are so many scenarios and none of them provide me with any motivation to ban the buyer from bidding. Heck, I think this whole situation shines positively on the buyer. Instead of taking the chance of winning it and wasting your time and money as a non-paying buyer, he protected you from that inconvenience by alerting you before the auction ended. Banning him would just limit your exposure to legitimate bidders.
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01-24-2013, 08:44 AM
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