Gotta love December Ebay Bidders....and the smell of napalm in the morning...

[bnorth]

I hear you. I had a guy win 5 auctions on Nov 29th and still has not paid or returned a PM. At least his eBay ID fits mindlessbrain.

[whiteymet]

He said he did not mean to bid $1191? And that the period did not register?

Where was the period supposed to be? He had already been the first bidder at $19.99 then he went back in to put in a higher bid before any other bid was registered.

He could not bid $11.91, so the only other place the period could go was at the end of the $1191. thus his high bid of $1191.00 and because of that he won the auction at an increase over the next high bidder.

[D. Bergin]

Message back from him.

i did not see it and was at the beach all day? i buy a lot of papers, i have 3 of these. i was going to bid aggresive but this is above retail.
Let the underbidder know, if they do not take it we will work something out, it was my mistake

I don't even know what this means............"but this is above retail"?

Looks to me like he put in an aggressive bid to make sure he won it, and then had second thoughts when somebody else upped the ante on him.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Message back from him.




I don't even know what this means............"but this is above retail"?

Looks to me like he put in an aggressive bid to make sure he won it, and then had second thoughts when somebody else upped the ante on him.

sometimes direct deals off ebay are better for just this reason..you may think you may get a few bucks more but don't have to deal with no paying bidders after a week auction..

[hcv123]

My opinion - Tell the under bidder the high bidder reneged and offer for slightly lower than his highest bid. If he doesn't want it - see what original bidder means - about "working something out". If all else fails, relist it.

[slidekellyslide]

On December 1st I opened around 20 Non Paying Bidder cases and only one of them paid for their item. I closed the rest yesterday and had to relist all of those items. That is by far a record amount on NPB for me over a two week period.

Right now I'm dealing with a fellow who opened a case against me for non-delivery of item even though the tracking shows it was delivered. I told him to ask his mailman about it and he claims he called him (yeah right, on Sunday too). He has only 6 feedbacks (new ebay member as of Nov) and his last positive is from a seller who evidently refunded this dude for a lost item. The guy is begging me to give him his $10 back because that's a lot of money to him. Obviously this guy has learned that ebay always sides with the buyer.

Two weeks ago I had to relist an item that sold for $125 because the high bidder who had been high bidder for days cancelled his bid claiming "entered wrong amount". The eventual winner who was at one time the underbidder said he wasn't going to pay for it because once he was outbid he went and used a Buy It Now with another seller for the same item.

I recently had two of my items in my ebay store BINed but never paid for. Who uses the BIN and doesn't pay? WTF is wrong with people?

Sorry for the rants, but this thread seemed like a good place to do it.

[1952boyntoncollector]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

On December 1st I opened around 20 Non Paying Bidder cases and only one of them paid for their item. I closed the rest yesterday and had to relist all of those items. That is by far a record amount on NPB for me over a two week period.

Right now I'm dealing with a fellow who opened a case against me for non-delivery of item even though the tracking shows it was delivered. I told him to ask his mailman about it and he claims he called him (yeah right, on Sunday too). He has only 6 feedbacks (new ebay member as of Nov) and his last positive is from a seller who evidently refunded this dude for a lost item. The guy is begging me to give him his $10 back because that's a lot of money to him. Obviously this guy has learned that ebay always sides with the buyer.

Two weeks ago I had to relist an item that sold for $125 because the high bidder who had been high bidder for days cancelled his bid claiming "entered wrong amount". The eventual winner who was at one time the underbidder said he wasn't going to pay for it because once he was outbid he went and used a Buy It Now with another seller for the same item.

I recently had two of my items in my ebay store BINed but never paid for. Who uses the BIN and doesn't pay? WTF is wrong with people?

Sorry for the rants, but this thread seemed like a good place to do it.

Funny that you actually listen to excuses of buyers when they choose not to buy something...that's almost like listening to sellers about why they need to sell a card to pay for medical expenses or whatever..

I have never had a problem when consigning to PWCC for example (im sure other consignors work the same as well) of a sale not going through.....solves all of the headaches.....

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

On December 1st I opened around 20 Non Paying Bidder cases and only one of them paid for their item. I closed the rest yesterday and had to relist all of those items. That is by far a record amount on NPB for me over a two week period.

Right now I'm dealing with a fellow who opened a case against me for non-delivery of item even though the tracking shows it was delivered. I told him to ask his mailman about it and he claims he called him (yeah right, on Sunday too). He has only 6 feedbacks (new ebay member as of Nov) and his last positive is from a seller who evidently refunded this dude for a lost item. The guy is begging me to give him his $10 back because that's a lot of money to him. Obviously this guy has learned that ebay always sides with the buyer.

Two weeks ago I had to relist an item that sold for $125 because the high bidder who had been high bidder for days cancelled his bid claiming "entered wrong amount". The eventual winner who was at one time the underbidder said he wasn't going to pay for it because once he was outbid he went and used a Buy It Now with another seller for the same item.

I recently had two of my items in my ebay store BINed but never paid for. Who uses the BIN and doesn't pay? WTF is wrong with people?

Sorry for the rants, but this thread seemed like a good place to do it.

That's awful Dan, I don't think I've had that many NPB's in 18 years combined on Ebay. Seems like it's getting worse and worse.

On the guy who opened the case. Just submit the tracking number, and Ebay should close it in your favor. Ebay might still pay this guy off out of their own pocket, but at least you won't get a defect for it.

If he has a history of doing this, hopefully it catches up to him. Sanctioned theft really sucks.

[Exhibitman]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

the high bidder who had been high bidder for days cancelled his bid claiming "entered wrong amount".

That may not be the bidder's fault entirely. eBay allows bid retractions but presents a limited list of reasons to choose from. He probably selected one at random. They should move to a no-fault retraction system and stop the silly excuse requirement.

As for the rest of the eBay buyer follies, I haven't sold something on eBay in months and now I remember why...

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Message back from him.

I don't even know what this means............"but this is above retail"?

Looks to me like he put in an aggressive bid to make sure he won it, and then had second thoughts when somebody else upped the ante on him.

I wonder if anybody thinks this was some sort of play at misguided price manipulation. The guy claims he has three of these newspapers already. He said he "was going to bid aggressive" but sorry buddy they ended up above "retail", so no go anymore........but maybe we can work something out.

But, if you think about it, this newspaper now has a final realized price of $810, and will be listed in any memorabilia price database as a final hammer price.

This guy now has 3 of these newspapers with a reported realized price of $810. Auction price, not Buy It Now price....which is generally taken more seriously then "retail".

I understand I'm going all X-Files on this, and I couldn't care less about the lost bid anymore. I just hate loose ends. When life doesn't go as simply as it should, it drives me crazy.

It could very well be as simple as the guy missing a decimal point, and not noticing his high bid until seconds after the auction was over.

[bobbyw8469]

block and move on. I dont have much patience with idiots. You shouldn't either.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

block and move on. I dont have much patience with idiots. You shouldn't either.

What I will probably end up doing Bobby. Just got to get it all out of my system before I can move on.

[Jantz]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

What I will probably end up doing Bobby. Just got to get it all out of my system before I can move on.

If you block him.....

Be sure and notify him that he is being blocked. Rub his nose in it.