[78-L] Phantom eBay winner

[Michael Biel]

Looking at bid history of the two one-feedback bidders you had, it might
be someone who is trying to raise the value of things he already has in
his collection.  He doesn't want to buy them, he just want to make them
more valuable, maybe for tax donation purposes.


Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com


  -------- Original Message --------
 Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
 From: Tom <nice_guy_with_an_mba at yahoo.com>
 Date: Sun, November 13, 2011 11:25 am
 To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 
 Send him an invoice and give him three business days to pay. If he
doesn't pay
 within that timeframe, give a second chance offer to the next highest
bidder.
 Three days won't make a difference to someone who really wants the
item.
  
 Tom
  
 
 
 ________________________________
 From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
 To: 78-L Mail List <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:15 AM
 Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
 
 Hard to say with finality. I'm certain that it's the same guy whose ID
has been 
 revoked twice before, and I've heard of other sellers being burned by
him (we 
 all eventually relisted and sold the items). As for not selling to
newbies at 
 all, everybody has to start someplace and a bidder with only 1 positive

 feedback was one of the eager customers on all 3 of the items I listed 
 (somehow, one went to a genuine bidder).
 
 dl
 
 On 11/13/2011 11:12 AM, Tom wrote:
 > If his ebay ID has already been revoked for whatever reason I'd go
ahead and
 > make the second chance offer.
 >
 > In the future I'd attach a statement to my auctions, as I've seen
other ebay sellers
 > do, that says something like "Please do not bid unless you have at
least 10 (ten)
 > positive feedback ratings from other ebay auctions. Otherwise your
bid will be
 > revoked."
 >
 > Tom
 >
 >
 >
 > ________________________________
 > From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
 > To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
 > Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 11:07 AM
 > Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
 >
 > He was using eSnipe (or equivalent, if there's one out there) so the
next high
 > bids were just a dollar or 50 cents lower. He has ONE feedback, from
another
 > burned seller, and I'm sure he's the same idiot..I just want to know
if I'm
 > supposed to wait for the transaction to be caught by eBay or if I can
go ahead
 > and do second chance offers. Bidding was pretty spirited on these
records.
 >
 > dl
 >
 > On 11/13/2011 11:02 AM, Tom wrote:
 >> If the second highest bidder submitted a bid that's acceptable to
you, I'd go ahead
 >> and offer the item to that person instead as a second chance offer.
 >>
 >> After all, the high bidder is no longer anywhere to be found, so
what is there to lose?
 >>
 >> I've never sold records on ebay, though I have sold other stuff and
have used this
 >> particular feature a few times on items where the high bidder was a
flake.
 >>
 >> In one instance, the guy who got the second chance offer was
thrilled.
 >>
 >> In another instance, the guy who got the second chance offer got
somewhat pissy,
 >> for lack of a better term, and wanted me to lower the price on the
item I had for
 >> sale (a Mayan jade mask) below his bid.
 >>
 >> I responded by saying something like "Look, if you want the mask,
it's $X,XXX
 >> and if you don't want the mask it's certainly no problem and I may
decide at some
 >> point down the road to list the item again. Let me know what you
want to do."
 >>
 >> He came around.
 >>
 >> Hope this helps.
 >>
 >> Tom
 >>
 >>
 >>
 >> ________________________________
 >> From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
 >> To: 78L<78-L at 78online.com>
 >> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 10:51 AM
 >> Subject: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
 >>
 >> It's happened again. It's happened twice before, and always with
calypso
 >> records, and always with a cretin in England..the winning bid is
from someone
 >> with 0 or 1 feedback, and eBay then cancels the sale a couple of
days later
 >> because he's "no longer registered". It just happened twice this
morning and I
 >> am steamed. Can I immediately offer a "second chance" to the next
bidders or do
 >> I have to wait?
 >>
 >> Aaaaargh, mon.
 >>
 >> dl