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> Ebay bidders with poor feedback.., ot
mikester
post Apr 4 2004, 01:08 PM
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So, I have my car up on the block at the moment (sigh)...as bad as that sounds I'm searching for a 911 replacement so I think that's okay...I can be a pariah right?

Anyway - I put it up on EBay.

I had a guy with 1 transaction and negative feedback on that transaction. I have it listed in my auction that negative feedback bidders need to contact me first or I will cancel their bids. So, I canceled his bids.

He did email me to get a look at the car but he didn't contact me regarding his feedback. At the moment I don't want to accept him as a bidder because of his feedback.

What would you do?

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post Apr 4 2004, 01:13 PM
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If he comes to see the car and brings a cashiers check, then ebay was just a conduit to find a buyer. With a face to face transaction I wouldn't worry.

If it was a deal just via e-mail, get rid of him.

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post Apr 4 2004, 01:16 PM
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Mike, if it was his first auction, then he has a 50% chance of being the good guy or bad guy in that deal. If you allow him to bid and he wins, you have a 50% chance of the deal going sour. If you don't allow him to bid, you have a 100% chance of not going sour with him. If he can't bid, and no one else does, you haven't done any worse than if he out bid others and then burned ya. Just my warped point of view!
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post Apr 4 2004, 01:35 PM
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He did email me to get a look at the car but he didn't contact me regarding his feedback. At the moment I don't want to accept him as a bidder because of his feedback.

What would you do?



Just block him. You can set up a list of blocked bidders with ebay.
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post Apr 4 2004, 01:43 PM
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QUOTE(vsg914 @ Apr 4 2004, 11:16 AM)
If he can't bid, and no one else does, you haven't done any worse than if he out bid others and then burned ya. Just my warped point of view!

Actually, you did better, because you wouldn't have to pay any eBay seller fees. Not so warped. If you are selling anything (especially something like a car) you have every right to be protective. Hell if I was selling a car in person, I would really want to get to know the person before I finalized the deal, but on eBay all you have is feedback . . . so, no reason to feel bad at all. You are saving yourself a potential headache later. And that is the best medicine a man can get, preventative!!!

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post Apr 4 2004, 02:03 PM
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Unless you meet face to face, ignore him.

BTW, I like the new avatar Chris.
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post Apr 4 2004, 02:12 PM
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Yo Mike,
Dont sweat it. If he is coming in to look at it than you have no worries. I would have cancelled his bid. I have people stiffing me all of the time and I would rather avoid the agrivation. I agree with the others.
Sorry to hear that you are getting a sex change (911)! I will look forward to kicking your ass with my teener (If it ever gets going....)
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post Apr 4 2004, 11:16 PM
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Doooode!

The guy's bid on my car again.

Freakin crazy...
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post Apr 4 2004, 11:21 PM
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post Apr 4 2004, 11:26 PM
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I blocked him...frickin crazies.
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post Apr 4 2004, 11:27 PM
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He could also potentially get you a nice price for your car. He could be totally on the up and up and his bids could get your car a better price even if he doesn't win. If he does and doesn't come through you can always offer it to the next highest bidder.
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post Apr 5 2004, 04:08 AM
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He could also potentially get you a nice price for your car. He could be totally on the up and up and his bids could get your car a better price even if he doesn't win. If he does and doesn't come through you can always offer it to the next highest bidder.
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post Apr 5 2004, 10:46 AM
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Sure he could get me a nice price - or he could screw it all up and just not pay.

Which would suck and is a hassle I don't need. I'd rather see someone with good feedback than negative feedback. Heck, I'd rather see no feedback than 100% negative feedback.
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post Apr 5 2004, 11:07 AM
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I have also had someone with one negative feedback, and no other feedback, bid on a speaker tube I had for sale, I thought that I would give him a chance, afterall, his first e-bay experience may have been a bad one. Gave him a chance and he didn't pay up. a few days later I checked his feedback and he had 3 more negatives for not paying. I will not do that again, I think that you are justified in blocking him.
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post Apr 5 2004, 11:54 AM
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Blondie sold to a guy with less than 5 transactions....got top dollar at 16,500 for a sixer conversion...

BTW, aren't fees are paid only if the bid exceeds the reserve?

Assuming you have a reserve.........
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post Apr 5 2004, 11:59 AM
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i'm not sure how the ebay motors works, but you DO have to pay fees on a reserve auction fornormal items, the reserve just means they will allow you to re-list within 30 days and if it sells then, you only pay fees for that auction, if you have a reserve and it isnt met, and dont relist within 30 days, you have to pay.
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post Apr 5 2004, 12:18 PM
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I sold a Karman Ghia recently to a lady with one positive, one negative. She won the bid, which was $750 more than my starting bid. She proptly wired me the money (no check, mo, or cashiers check fraud to deal with (IMG:style_emoticons/default/clap56.gif) ). She did not have a problem paying for the shipping from CA to PA. It was a real smoothe transaction.

Of course, I had it up for sale on the Samba, and got involved in a Nigerian Scam by someone who sent me a Counterfit Cashiers Check! That check ended up in alot of time consumption and me getting a new bank. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/Yack.gif)

If he's constantly bidding, he may be serious. Have him come look at the car and confront him about the negitive feeback in person. Also, dont accept paper from this guy. CASH OR PAYPAL ONLY!

Just my 2 cents.
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post Apr 5 2004, 01:19 PM
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Paypal payments can be reversed. It's not even close to being the same as cash.
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post Apr 5 2004, 01:44 PM
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If this was a low dollar item I'd totally let the guy bid.

He did want to look at it but I asked him specifically about his feedback and he never got back to me on it.

So I blocked him from bidding on it. I don't want to take the chance. The thing is he has NO other feedback and I don't want to deal with the hassle.
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post Apr 5 2004, 09:43 PM
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Mikester:

I agree with you (again!).

eBay is based TOTALLY on feedback. All listings I have done on eBay Motors state specifically that I reseve the right to cancel bidders with negative feedback. This is only reasonable; especially if we're taling about multi-thousand dollar item. Of course, if you are really anxious to sell and no one else is bidding, you could always talk to him via voice or email to get the details of his negative feedback - maybe there was a good reason.

Good luck with your sale!
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