ihula
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posted on July 9, 2002 11:47:54 AM
I need your opinions - constructive opinions please - on a situation I've found myself in. My son is 15. He wanted me to bid on some yu-gi-oh cards - we discussed this previously and thought they would be good "bribery tools" instead of an allowence for extra work and ebay chores that they (him and his brothers) do (they scan pictures etc. while I'm at work). Well the one auction that I was interested in ended while I was at work and I told him I would place my bid through a sniping service. He said he had an ebay ID and would bid for me. I told him not to go over $66.00 (it's for a case of 24 that I can buy in the store for $75.00). We had a long talk about how to bid etc...and he said he know what to do. Well, I came home and he won the bid for $62.00. He said he got an email from the seller, but he couldn't find it (shipping wasn't stated in the auction). He has his own computer that he shares with his brothers and his own email address. I asked him for his email address and password so I could see if he just filed it somewhere else. While I was looking at his email I found an end of auction notice for that auction and one for another box which ended at $89.99 with his ID as the winner. He claims he did not bid on the other one. Obviously he's lying, but what do I do about this other auction. The seller of that one hasn't contacted him yet. I told him he had to deal with it, but now I'm wondering if he gets in trouble is ebay able to connect him to me via some technical computer thing that I don't understand? Should I contact the seller and offer to pay his listing and FVF? Should I just buy the other box also and take it out of "his hide?" I know I should also take his ebay account away from him since he isn't supposed to have one anyway.
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sanmar
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posted on July 9, 2002 11:57:27 AM
You can Email the seller & explain the situation. Age etc. If he is a good person he should let you off the hook. Otherwise, you are hooked for the purchase. Having raised 3 boys, I know how they can get into trouble & then deny it. Pull his eBay acct. pronto. Its illegal anyway.
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Libra63
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posted on July 9, 2002 12:07:18 PM
This is constructive and not to meline you at all, but 15 year olds should not be able or allowed to bid on eBay. I would close his account. Now with that said I would honor the bid and make him in some way pay the debt back. It isn't fair to the buyer. How would you feel if it happened to you. You can sure get a lot of work out of him and maybe have him do extra just to impose on him the importance of a contract, I doubt if he would bid anymore. Now make the punishment harder than normal, because if it is something he likes to do it won't be punishment. Good Luck
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bidsbids
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posted on July 9, 2002 12:15:38 PM
Never bid on an auction that doesn't state the s/h unless you email the seller. I have had too many s/h surprises to do tat ever again, especially with new sellers. I buy and sell stuff for my underage son with my eBay account. eBay can pull your account if your kid messes around and violates too many eBay rules and it is very illegal for him to have an account anyway.
If the price difference is close or anywhere near close you should always buy locally. No gamble and no wait for a few extra dollars and some items you can easily return to the local store if they are defective while eBay purchases are not easy to return and can take a long time.
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mrfoxy76
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posted on July 9, 2002 12:18:19 PM
BIDSBIDS good point I purchased a Bose Wave Radio CD from Bose direct it turned out to be a piece of junk and I returned it for full credit....now I almost purchased it from eBay and if I did I would have been screwed with regards to returning it
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ihula
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posted on July 9, 2002 12:24:41 PM
I agree, I would be hesitant to buy electronics off of ebay (although I did buy a car, so obviously I don't always adhere to that). These were collector trading cards, though. Not much can go wrong with them. I guess I'll buy them and put them away for awhile. They're first edition, and I'm hoping Yu-Gi-Oh will be the next Pokemon. I know they're hard to buy in my city - they sell out very fast. That's why I decided to buy some off of ebay (for the same price or less including shipping that I could buy them for in the store)
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ihula
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posted on July 9, 2002 12:43:33 PM
Does anyone know the link on where I can unregister him? I can't seem to find it. I did figure out his password, so I thought of just changing that on him, but then I thought he could just contact ebay to get the new password.
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RB
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posted on July 9, 2002 01:13:39 PM
I don't know if you can "unregister" on eBay, at least not quickly. I think they drag these things out for 90 days to give you an opportunity to "clean house".
Why not get the kid to violate an eBay Policy? There has to be a gazillion of them to pick from. They will NARU him and the problem will be solved immediately.
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ihula
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posted on July 9, 2002 01:16:15 PM
I hate to do that because I'm afraid if the NARU him then they may NARU me too - I hear horror stories all the time on how spouses are suspended at the same time, so why wouldn't they do that to us too?
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