the ebay confusion thread going south, it's started, will move here Options

[rhodyguy]

payment noted in my account for said item @ $54.95. i recieved a "new" offer via email. i don't like this. i was polite.

kevin

[djm914-6]

Sounds like a South East parts deal to me.

What did the "new" offer say?

[Part Pricer]

Dealer cost on that item is right around $135. It's going to cost him around another $5 for IMC to pack and ship. That would mean about a $85 loss out of his pocket.

I bet he doesn't ship and just takes the hit on his feedback.

[rhodyguy]

i'm really at a loss here. it's too early to hit the tums. new oem seal, seller had a fancy ad alright, and forgot to READ it for CONTENT. ad changed within minutes of me making reference of it. i wonder if it's someone here? if one screws up, and gets caught in the wires, you make it right and bank some love. i'm not ready to conceed anything at this point.

kevin

[Aaron Cox]

if i were him/her, id make it right so you wouldnt bash me on the forum in front of potential buyers. save face you know? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[Part Pricer]

I'd bet he just got the email notification of the Buy-It-Now from your purchase and freaked. He realized his mistake and made the change before SLITS could buy them all for that price.

[SLITS]

I would have shared (IMG:style_emoticons/default/happy11.gif)

[GWN7]

His mistake. He "should" do the right thing.

I was selling some stuff on ebay and relisted them. I accidently duplicated a listing and ended up with two buyers and only had 1 item. I emailed the second buyer (by time) and explained the problem. Gave him the offer to cancel his bid or I would sub a better item (more $$) at my cost. He took the better item, everyone was happy.

Hope it works out.

[anthony]

His mistake. He "should" do the right thing.

But why is the right thing taking an $85 loss on a part for a typo? If someone had bought 10 from his store, would an $850 loss be the right thing to do?

[F4i]

(IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) why not meet him half way? Save you both some cash and everybody is happy. Try and see it from both sides. What if it were your typo and you bid a thousand dollars for it?

[rhodyguy]

well it's hard to KNOW what he would do if i bid $1000. i tend not to worry about separate universes. but i didn't, and $85 is a long way from $1000. let me know how it goes when you use the "buy it now" feature, in other words pay what they're asking- no auction, and they tell you to forget it because THEIR store ad, that they are responsible for, is incorrect. f41, they don't expect any $ penalty on their end.

kevin

[F4i]

Do whatever you want to do. I was just pointing out that there are two sides to this. I provided an example to see that, not a seperate universe. I agree they try to cover their ass and limit the $$ penilty on their end. Wouldn't you? All I was suggesting was a middle solution that causes you both to take a smaller hit. As was mentioned he may dump the whole thing and take the neg. feedback. If that happens you don't get a good deal and he has negative feedback, no one is happy. This is just opinion on the situation not personal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[F4i]

Just read the other thread on this. I can see why you would be pissed. He acted without trying to resolve anything he could have offered to work with you on this. HIS bad.

[GWN7]

When your selling on Ebay there is plenty of opportunity to check and double check your ad before it is placed. You can even change the listing if you discover a mistake in it afterwards.

The buy it now feature was used, which is a contract to sell and buy at a fixed price.

To me it would be a learn from it experance.

I'd feel sorry for the sellar if someone had posted the ad here and all of them were sold at that price.....

[SLITS]

His mistake. He "should" do the right thing.

But why is the right thing taking an $85 loss on a part for a typo? If someone had bought 10 from his store, would an $850 loss be the right thing to do?

In a contract, which this sale is, if you make the error you are still responsible. If he is careless enough to miss a $100 error, it to effin bad. Since there was only one sale and he immediately revised the ad, if I were he I would have taken the hit and went on my way. That's the way I think and that's what I do on eBay. I've taken a hell of a larger hit than that to make things right.......It's principle (and business).

[spunone]

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[anthony]

If I was the seller I would have certainly been a lot more gracious. On the other hand, if I was the buyer and I knew the price was a typo, I'd ask the seller to sell me one at his cost. In my book that's a win win. I wouldn't feel right holding anyone to a price that was obviously a typo.

This guy though will just take Kevin's negative. He's got thousands of feedbacks and a single negative isn't going to hurt him one bit.

[Demick]

Kevin - just walk away and forget it. You won't get a seal out of him for $55 so save yourself the heartache. He made an honest mistake on the price. Do you really expect him to eat it just to give you a too-good-to-be-true deal? He's not Wal-Mart, he's just a regular guy trying to make a few bucks on e-bay by selling stuff at low prices with low overhead. The farthest you are going to get with this is to leave him negative feedback and he doesn't give a crap about that, and he will likely leave you negative feedback as well - and your one negative out of three transactions will look a whole lot worse than his one more negative out of 5000. That will just make you even more mad.

Like I said, save yourself the heartache and forget it.

Demick

[SLITS]

Last story.......At one time I was a Mfgr's Rep for a line of coffee makers - They cost $1500 each at the time - I submitted a quote for an future install of two (2 ) units, BUT I forgot to put "each" at the end of the price. It isn't brain surgery to figure out WHO paid for the second machine.

I now reach for my hanky to dry my eyes over the sorrow I feel for the seller who made a typo in his ad (IMG:style_emoticons/default/finger.gif)

[TheCabinetmaker]

I buy cigars on Yahoo auctions. One day, the deal of the year came up and I jumped on it. I knew it was a mistake, but jumped on it anyway. The seller emailed me and admitted his mistake, and stood by the auction. I offered to pay a legitimate price for the cigars, as I know what they are worth. He refused my offer, and made the deal good. I am still a customer after 4 years, and I don't have to bid anymore. I order and he sends! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rolleyes.gif)