[78-L] Phantom eBay winner

[David Lennick]

This creep's one feedback, from this past Wednesday, is

FAKE BIDDER SCUM!. Ebay why are you so inept in dealing with this problem?

Unfortunately, that seller posted that feedback as positive.

The first time this happened, about 3 months ago, I sent an invoice and it was 
almost a week before eBay cancelled the transaction. The second time, it may 
have happened the same day. I like Roger's idea of locating the address.

dl

On 11/13/2011 11:49 AM, Michael Biel wrote:
> 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  If his ebay ID has already been revoked for whatever reason I'd go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
>