[78-L] Phantom eBay winner

[Cary Ginell]

You can also put this bidder's ID on your "blocked list" so he will be unable to bid on further items. 

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:56:03 -0500
> From: dlennick at sympatico.ca
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Phantom eBay winner
> 
> 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  If his ebay ID has already been revoked for whatever reason I'd go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
> >
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