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Re: another ebay shmuck to be aware of!
Leaving an item up on eBay when it's spoken for will only lead to problems, unless you're looking for a better deal.
Contacted eBayer sportslot last year about buying a pair of photos from the same early 70s tourney. One game action, one trophy presentation. Struck a deal and paid him directly for both photos. Instead of letting me know he could only locate one of the photos, he just shipped one and refunded my money for the other. I didn't even know which one I was getting until it arrived. I was really only interested in the pair. Said he'd keep an eye out for the other one and would sell it to me for $5 less if they found it.
A month or so back, I see they have the 2nd photo listed again. The one I paid for and was refunded. They'd just listed it...still 29+ days left. I called and told them that I was promised that photo, but they didn't take it down. Another employee emailed me and agreed to sell it to me for the price he promised. Still didn't take it down. So while I'm asking him how he wants to get paid (make offer on eBay auction) or Paypal directly, someone else starts making offers on the photo. This is a week after my initial call. So of course, they accept the offer from the eBayer, because it's more than the price I was promised.
I call the very next morning and they say the photo has already shipped. They can't end an auction in 7 days, but they can ship an item just hours after it ends. I call BS.
Leaving an item up on eBay when it's spoken for will only lead to problems, unless you're looking for a better deal.
Contacted eBayer sportslot last year about buying a pair of photos from the same early 70s tourney. One game action, one trophy presentation. Struck a deal and paid him directly for both photos. Instead of letting me know he could only locate one of the photos, he just shipped one and refunded my money for the other. I didn't even know which one I was getting until it arrived. I was really only interested in the pair. Said he'd keep an eye out for the other one and would sell it to me for $5 less if they found it.
A month or so back, I see they have the 2nd photo listed again. The one I paid for and was refunded. They'd just listed it...still 29+ days left. I called and told them that I was promised that photo, but they didn't take it down. Another employee emailed me and agreed to sell it to me for the price he promised. Still didn't take it down. So while I'm asking him how he wants to get paid (make offer on eBay auction) or Paypal directly, someone else starts making offers on the photo. This is a week after my initial call. So of course, they accept the offer from the eBayer, because it's more than the price I was promised.
I call the very next morning and they say the photo has already shipped. They can't end an auction in 7 days, but they can ship an item just hours after it ends. I call BS.
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