Post #745873 by Tattoo on Mon, Jun 29, 2015 10:20 PM

On 2015-06-29 18:47, nomeus wrote:
it isnt too crazy but basically its like this... this isnt the first listing. they had them listed for way less.

ok so basically i think the seller just didnt know what was going on and didnt trust what i was saying. ultimately i lost these mugs due to my own error but the seller really messed me up by not doing what i asked and suggested. instead they listened to ebays horrible advice.

first the mugs were listed starting at 35.00. i emailed the seller and offered them like 200.00. they canceled the listing and instead of adding best offer option, they listened to ebay and made a whole new auction without the offer option. didnt even include a buy it now option. there is so much frustration with what happened that i dont even know where to begin. let me try short version...

mugs start at 35.00

i offer 200, and suggest to add buy it now option

seller waits too long and now has a bid

ebay suggested to cancel and start over

i offer 250 to try to speed up the process

seller makes new listing with mugs starting at like 35 again i believe

i place bid for 250 and tell seller to cancel 2nd listing because this will never work

seller gets in argument with me saying that they dont see my bid of 250. then yes they do see the bid but the HIGH bid is only like 35.

i explain thats correct because until someone outbids me, im winning at 35. seller doesnt understand.

many emails back and forth

now going into another day..in a panic i offer 500 just to end this ordeal

seller ends listing starts new one at 500. doesnt tell me and doesnt tell me it is for only 1 day

for whatever reason i forget about this situation and sure enough, i miss out on the whole thing

a few minutes after it ends (i think 500 or 550) i offer the seller 1000, stating to just cancel the transaction and sell to me via paypal invoice

seller is "afraid to ruin my perfect ebay rating and im sorry i cannot do that"... a perfect rating with 239 pieces of feedback? ha ok

there you go...i lost out. i partially blame the seller and of course myself. the whole thing is maddening to me as i have been looking for those mugs for almost 2 years.

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[ Edited by: nomeus 2015-06-29 18:52 ]

Two years... I've been looking for those mugs for close to ten. And I am sure some have been looking for those for much longer than that. Last time they came up the same shenanigans occurred where someone offered some bs price for them and they were pulled off the market. That is however another story.

I saw the Beachcomber mugs listing and put a bid in. Knowing very well they are worth well over $250 each if not more. I respect the open market and yes, sometimes you get lucky with a misspelled listing or what have you. Then the seller sends me an e-mail telling me he's pulling them off the market because someone offered him an undisclosed amount. I am sorry, but I have ZERO sympathy for someone trying undercut all other bidders by secretly manipulating the seller to pull an item off the market and not letting the auction run its course. Now you want us to feel sorry for you because you did not get those mugs for less than obviously what they are worth?

"first the mugs were listed starting at 35.00. i emailed the seller and offered them like 200.00. "

You knew that those mugs were worth more and if other people found out about this listing that it would go for more. Why else contact the seller and try to have pull them off the market? You want me to feel sympathy for you that you did not get those mugs for a $100 a piece? Why did you not offer a $1000 if that is what apparently now - after the fact - what you were willing to pay for them? But you are the victim and the seller is the bad guy....

According to you, "the seller really messed me up by not doing what i asked and suggested" which was to sell them to you for $200. I can see how you feel that way but I can't help but feel that the seller did not mess up.

Then someone wins the actual auction for $550 and now you are upset that the seller won't cancel the winning bid so he can sell them to you? Cancel a transaction that was honestly won in an auction so you can get it because you've been dishonest and manipulative? Uhm... why would he trust you? You tried to rob him of over $300.

And no, I did not get them.

[ Edited by: Tattoo 2015-06-30 10:28 ]