posted on October 31, 2005 08:06:08 PM new
Had a set of books close Saturday around 6pm & sold for $108, but that was very low, similar or even same sets, not even in as nice condition, regularly sell for $220 to $270, even during the past month. I have no idea why my near mint set went so cheap.
The winning bidder on my auction only registered October 27th on ebay, has no feedback of course, but in three days of bidding had won over 50 auctions totalling thousands of dollars, which raises alarm bells for me.
Anyway, sent the invoice through eBay, e-mailed the next day and requested the bidder communicate back to me on their intended method of payment, but so far have heard absolutely zilch.
I'm silently praying that they will neither pay or contact me by Tuesday evening, that would be the three-day mark & I would love to send them an e-mail stating that due to no contact within a three-day period, the item is no longer available to them.
I don't think this has ever happened before on my auctions, but I would relish the opportunity to relist this one & possibly achieve a better price.
If they pay or contact me by my self-imposed time limit, of course I'll honor the auction, but I'm hoping...
posted on October 31, 2005 08:18:30 PM new
Yes, but an entirely different situation.
Had a Microsoft logo light up pen, sold for 10.00.
Gave the pen a little twist to see how many batteries were inside, twisted the wrong place & broke the pen.
Buyer never paid, never contacted me either.
Small amount of money, but I could see a neg coming.
Sometimes you get lucky with a deadbeat.
posted on November 1, 2005 05:28:18 AM new
Happened with a possible sale from our on-line store. Got a question about a portfolio of prints, the most expensive item I have listed. I wrote back to clarify what they were asking but never got a reply. When I examined the portfolio I found a couple of flaws I had overlooked. Nothing major but I am fanatical about describing every flaw. Added the information to the description and was relieved that I never heard from the questioner.
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“The illiterate of the future will be the person ignorant of the use of the camera as well as of the pen.”
Maholy-Nagy, Vision in Motion, 1947
posted on November 1, 2005 07:54:30 AM new
I've had it happen several times. Mostly due to an error in the listing (misspelled a designer's name on one) and other times I've found out what something was after I listed it and I could have gotten more with the that information in the title.
In one case I had 5 hours to go so I tried to stop the auction - that's how I found out that you can't stop one in the last 12 hours that has a bid>
posted on November 1, 2005 02:48:17 PM new
This has happened to me a few times and is the reason that all my auctions now start at what I want for the item. The old start it at .99 and let it go is a thing of the past as far as I am concerened. I am in business to make money.
