Slightly OT: Snipe issues on eBay

[chernieto]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Well...Ebay recommended that I just give the guy his money back, and get my FVF's back. They said he can't neg me cause he will have been refunded. Seems odd to me.

I hate to ask, but curiosity is getting the better of me: Did you cancel the transaction?
Thanks
Paul C.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by chernieto

I hate to ask, but curiosity is getting the better of me: Did you cancel the transaction?
Thanks
Paul C.

Nope....I shipped the card. Like my story stated, the guy played by the rules. He deserves the card. That would be the same if I went to play bingo and the weather stopped the competition from going. If there were only 3 people in the building, and I hit the coverall jackpot, I would expect to get paid. It is sorta the same thing I guess.

[chernieto]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Nope....I shipped the card. Like my story stated, the guy played by the rules. He deserves the card. That would be the same if I went to play bingo and the weather stopped the competition from going. If there were only 3 people in the building, and I hit the coverall jackpot, I would expect to get paid. It is sorta the same thing I guess.

I respect your decision 100%++ . Complete integrity-
Thanks!

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by chernieto

I respect your decision 100%++ . Complete integrity-
Thanks!

Trust me - it absolutely sucks having to sell a card with a market value of around $1,000-$1350 ($1,350 was a BIN as recently as 3 months ago) for "only" $800. And then have to pay a 12% penalty on top of that! The buyer was one of the biggest card dealers on Ebay. I am sure it will be an easy and profitable flip for him. I'm not mad at the buyer at all. I am mad at Ebay for throttling snipes and not allowing them to go through. I wouldn't mind if Ebay would refund me the difference. It would be easy for them to do, since they charge me around $1,000 per month in fees anyway. I expect to have as much success in that as I do getting Kate Upton's phone number and getting her to eat Japanese with me.

[ATP]

Honestly, the last year or two I had a lot of faith in the ebay no reserve, let the market yield what it will, auctions for nice items. Sometimes better than expected. This last weeks issues changed that for me. I would have have left so much on the table ( had items on very modest reserve with no closing bids, yet tons of folks emailing me afterwords about their bids not working) that I would have a absorbed a huge lose because of the bid issues. That just is not a risk I can take. It's more the reason just to keep adding buy it now items to the ebay museum.

[ATP]

And yes, I sold my items without reneging this week even though the prices were drastically low.

[swarmee]

Well, eBay posted this today:
http://announcements.ebay.com/2014/0...84.m2301.l3955

"Earlier today, some eBay users experienced issues when visiting our site. The issue has been resolved and site functionality has now been restored.

Based on our initial investigation, this was the result of a technical issue that occurred during scheduled server maintenance. While many users were unaffected, we know any interruption for our users is frustrating. And we know that some of our affected sellers may have questions about their selling activity; in the coming days, we will provide them with additional information separately on possible fee adjustments and related seller protections.

We’re very sorry for the inconvenience this may have caused to the buyers or sellers involved.

Sincerely,

The eBay Team"