704authentic - I do not trust

[Luck as a Constant]

on a side note

My first ebay sale:

posted some guitar parts for $90 shipped no international shipping.

well, i too didn't get the "reserve" done.

next thing i knew a buyer bought them for like $3... i emailed him explaining what happened. and his response? f you ship them to me i don't care.
so i offered to ship them to him for $87 bucks cause he was in norway or something (still cutting him a deal cause i wasn't planning international shipping). he says "no I'm not paying that. ill contact ebay if you don't ship them to me free".

I had to explain to him, that he purchased an item that was marked no international shipping and that actually he had to pay my shipping cost no matter what it is, because he won the item.

i dunno, he never responded, but its donkeys like that who take advantage of first time sellers on there that turn new sellers away so quickly.

[dethow]

To me it's ridiculous to defend this guy.
Would you defend every seller on ebay and say they have a right to make a mistake as a human? The mistake of offering something up for auction and then not completing the transaction because they wanted more?

If it was an honest mistake he could have withdrawn the listing before it ended and re-listed it correctly. I know once you have a bidder you can't change most of the listing but you CAN withdraw if you have a good reason. Just like he had to give a good reason to not complete the sale in order to cancel the transaction.

He rode the wave with fingers crossed that he'd get more bids. When he didn't, he just said "well I am not letting it go for that". And then make the claim that he made a mistake not putting a reserve on it. He knew what the listing was, which is why he came on the forum to drum up more bidders. If you can't see through the BS you are kidding yourself.

I'm done wasting my time on this and have nothing more to add unless someone else out there wants to defend this "Clown" as HangTheMan rightfully called him.

[Luck as a Constant]

Nice speech.


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[dethow]

on a side note

My first ebay sale:

posted some guitar parts for $90 shipped no international shipping.

well, i too didn't get the "reserve" done.

next thing i knew a buyer bought them for like $3... i emailed him explaining what happened. and his response? f you ship them to me i don't care.
so i offered to ship them to him for $87 bucks cause he was in norway or something (still cutting him a deal cause i wasn't planning international shipping). he says "no I'm not paying that. ill contact ebay if you don't ship them to me free".

I had to explain to him, that he purchased an item that was marked no international shipping and that actually he had to pay my shipping cost no matter what it is, because he won the item.

i dunno, he never responded, but its donkeys like that who take advantage of first time sellers on there that turn new sellers away so quickly.

You were actually the right one in that case. If you had the listing noted as 'no international'... it was their mistake to bid on it in the first place. In that case the buyer should have requested to cancel the transaction and then you could have offered as a second chance to other bidders or just relist it.

[Luck as a Constant]

704authentic - I do not trust

Well I tried to work with the guy. I could have reported him I suppose but whatev. I just re listed correctly and sold them anyways


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[Doug Smock]

I feel "The Smock" coming....

[dethow]

704authentic

In regards to the thread now closed... about 704authentic
I did think about this over dinner tonight and I will say despite my dismay on how the ebay transaction was handled... that has nothing to do with 704authentic's actions on this forum and I'd still deal with him as a seller or buyer on this forum.

He's been a member for a lot longer then I have and assume this is his first stumble. People do make mistakes and I think that's all this should be viewed as.

I'd just say moving forward people need to accept responsibility for mistakes made and not break rules to correct them in their own benefit. Maybe next time a mistake like this is made by anyone whom may read this... you could try to explain the mistake and offer a compromise.
In this case, the ebay buyer was to pay $20 while the seller actually wanted a min of $60. Maybe if you would have offered to meet in the middle at $40, the buyer would have still purchased as it would have still been a good deal. This would result in a mindful buyer accepting mistakes made but still getting a good price and a responsible seller taking some responsibility for a mistake made while attempting to honor a commitment with minimized damage.

Sorry to 704authentic if I offended you with my opinions. I just felt you could have done something to fix the situation that didn't benefit your situation only.