Ebayers. IDIOTS - Made me smile, though . . . . ! !

[Roadkill]

Had an auction on eBay and ended up selling it early to a guy who collected and paid cash.

Happy days.

I then went and cancelled all bids on the item, then ended the auction early saying the item was no longer availble.

I then messaged everyone who'd asked a question and told them it's sold and thanks for their interest . . . .

Then I got this :

Hi, i see your auction for "job lot" ended earlier today. I felt sure i'd placed a bid, but it perhaps it did'nt register !! My question is then, what are you going to do ? Not bother ? Relist it ? Or could i make you an offer ? Thanks pete

I replied :

Hi,
I accepted a buy-it-now offer and the guy collected and paid cash this morning.
I emailed everyone that had asked a question but should've emailed those that bid too, sorry.
Regards, Dean.

Then the cheeky f*cker replied :

HEY HO !!! WHATEVER !!! NOT INPRESSED !!!

What an ar$ehole - so I replied :

I don't care if you're not impressed.
I'm selling stuff to make money - not friends.
I did nothing outside the rules of eBay so as far as I'm concerned no harm done.
Apologies, again, for apparently ruining your day.

I mean - WTF ?

Seriously - just because he bid he thinks that gives him the right to have it ?.

chryslersebring69 - You, Sir, need to learn some manners . . . . . and you'd best get your Mummy to pick up all your toys for you as you won't be able to reach them from your pram !

[Rob]

Not had many bad experiences on Ebay but I had one idiot the other day that refused to sell me an xbox and 15 games for £5.00 after the auction ended.  Instead of receiving an invoice he sent me a request not to complete transaction. (which is allowed)

If you know what you want for it then put a reserve on it.

[Andy]

Wouldn't have even given the cheeky fecker the courtesy of a reply. Then again some people are like that and have no manners full stop, even in face to face transactions

[HardRockCamaro]

I would find it amusing to see stuff that both sellers and bidders do on ebay, at somewhere like Sotheby's.

We'll start the bidding at £1,000
<hand up>
Yes?
What's the reserve?


This lot is up at £100 with no reserve, do I hear £100
<hand up>
£100 with the man in the front row
Do I hear £110?
No?  Anyone?  Selling, selling... Oh wait a minute, the seller has decided to end the auction as it looked like no-one was going to bid and he's not prepared to sell it.


And to be fair, as per the above:

Do I hear £100?
<hand up>
£100 at the front.  Do I hear £150?
<hand up>
£150 at the back of the room.  Do I hear £200?
<hand up>
£200 at the front.  Do I hear £250?  Oh wait, the seller tells us someone had a word in their ear outside the room and made a cash offer, so the auction is null and void, thanks for your time though...


It just wouldn't wash would it?

[Roadkill]

Quoting: HardRockCamaro

It just wouldn't wash would it?

At Sotheby's, no, of course not.

But this is eBay and I was playing by the rules . . . If I was selling stuff at Sotheby's I'd play by their rules, also . . . either way I'd expect others to be happy with that.

[HardRockCamaro]

I'm just saying, how ebay users cant figure out what an auction means I don't know...

Anyone who asks me what my reserve is is told to bid to find out and is given a link to a wiki definition of an auction.

As for playing by the rules, offers from either side to complete the transaction outside of ebay are technically against the rules.  

I don't care either way and quite why the guy wasted his and your time sending the message I don't know...

[ianjpage]

ahh the wonders of ebay .... quite what the guy thought he would achieve by the email...

[Sammy Lou]

tbh if we had the money to use sotheby's we would not be using money we make to help pay for bills and a wedding!!!

but i guess thats just ebay for you

[art b]

im glad i got married  25 years ago b4 it was a major song and dance,

local pub b4 with the mates, stroll down to the church all wobbley..[and late, vicar was at the gate in his frock]
married, merc round to the village hall, free free bar for the 1st hour,disco..simples .....twas a great day out...
couple of grand all in....

[Sammy Lou]

the average wedding comes to approx £12000 now

[Jamieg285]

Quoting: Sammy Lou

the average wedding comes to approx £12000 now

That's wedding tax for you.

"How much is 'X'"
"£400"
"It's for a wedding"
"£600"

[art b]

Quoting: Sammy Lou

the average wedding comes to approx £12000 now

its all a scam i tell ya....


remember there is an equation ..


the more money spent on the wedding...

the shorter it will last.....

[EDGE]

my marriage is on borrowed time then if that equation's correct !!!

[Titsy]

Quoting: EDGE

my marriage is on borrowed time then if that equation's correct !!!

It is if the misses finds out you've discovered the centre of the totty solar system...

[Incursus]

[EDGE]

dude, i told her about my day in london, she agrees that the tate modern is infact the center of the tottyverse!!