Here's one that has always puzzled me. Person furiously bids to win your auction. Then after winning, they decide "you know, paying for my item would take me like 30 seconds. I think I'll wait 5 days. Or until the seller contacts me."

I have never been able to figure this one out. I realize some people have sniping programs, but... IDGI.

People like bidding more than they like paying. Just roll with it.

Mysteries of eBay #348.....

Buyer submits individual bids in the last minute to bid up your lcd monitor, then sends email saying "i made a mistake, i didn't "really" mean to bid $185. All I "have" is $100 and "I'm sure as hell not going to pay $185". As if I forced him to bid that high. (no reserve auction)

WTF??? Did you not just bid this thing up? What sucks is I had 2 other bidders in there for around $150 which would have been great as I was expecting around $120 for the monitor.

So being the nice guy that I am, and after listening to his sob story, I agree to sell to him for $120 with local pickup or $135 shipped. Buyer doesn't have $135 but will waste an hour of his life driving and at least $15 bucks in gas to come pick up. Whatever floats his boat I guess.

Don't hear back for a couple of days then buyer wants me to meet him halfway ~20miles to do the deal.

At this point, I say no can do, not worth the trouble, submit to eBay a request for final value fee refunded stating buyer and I mutually agree to cancel the transaction.

Then I get the really big FU as seller has the nerve to reject the request stating that "seller changed the terms and did not want to sell me the monitor as expected"

All I can do is scratch my head. Takes all kinds I guess.

Loggia, sorry for the thread-jack and fellow FW's, sorry for the rant, but had to get this off my chest.

Whew!! I feel much better now, thanks. LOL!

Wow....asleep for 4 days, talk about a heavy sleeper

loggia said:Mysteries of eBay #349

People who ask questions about your auction never buy the item. In fact, they almost never even bid on the item after you answer.

Hey, I posted that in 2004. I think it ranks a little higher than #349.

pwrtrader said:Mysteries of eBay #348.....

Buyer submits individual bids in the last minute to bid up your lcd monitor, then sends email saying "i made a mistake, i didn't "really" mean to bid $185. All I "have" is $100 and "I'm sure as hell not going to pay $185". As if I forced him to bid that high. (no reserve auction)

WTF??? Did you not just bid this thing up? What sucks is I had 2 other bidders in there for around $150 which would have been great as I was expecting around $120 for the monitor.

So being the nice guy that I am, and after listening to his sob story, I agree to sell to him for $120 with local pickup or $135 shipped. Buyer doesn't have $135 but will waste an hour of his life driving and at least $15 bucks in gas to come pick up. Whatever floats his boat I guess.

Don't hear back for a couple of days then buyer wants me to meet him halfway ~20miles to do the deal.

At this point, I say no can do, not worth the trouble, submit to eBay a request for final value fee refunded stating buyer and I mutually agree to cancel the transaction.

Then I get the really big FU as seller has the nerve to reject the request stating that "seller changed the terms and did not want to sell me the monitor as expected"

All I can do is scratch my head. Takes all kinds I guess.


Loggia, sorry for the thread-jack and fellow FW's, sorry for the rant, but had to get this off my chest.

Whew!! I feel much better now, thanks. LOL!

I feel your pain but you learned a valuable lesson, NEVER NEGOTIATE PRICE!! They agreed to the price when they bid, its not your fault they got carried away or whatever other excuse they want to come up with. To give in to such buyers just encourages them to do this for every auction. Also you will never be able to please this typer of buyer, because once you give in they can smell blood in the water and continue to ask for more and more and it will never be enough for them.

loggia said:Mysteries of eBay #349

People who ask questions about your auction never buy the item. In fact, they almost never even bid on the item after you answer.

Not my experience!! In fact those that ask questions tend to come thru as the winners at good prices.

BankofGreed said:Mystery #349

In my experince, generallly, it seems that the people who win the small auctions(auctions < $20) give the most hassles (lots of hand holding) while those who win the big auctions, pay on time, never ask questions, and leave the best feedback.

what gives?

I worked retail for a number of years and remember that it was the "best customers" who spent the most money and were willing to work with you if you ran into a snag - gave them the wrong item, etc. It was the worst customers who reminded you how much business they gave you (which to be honest, wasn't much in the big picture) and gave you headaches over small amounts and tiny minutiae.

BankofGreed said:Mystery #349

In my experince, generallly, it seems that the people who win the small auctions(auctions < $20) give the most hassles (lots of hand holding) while those who win the big auctions, pay on time, never ask questions, and leave the best feedback.

what gives?rich people are bigtime players(can afford a mistake, have money to burn, 50 inch plasma tv) and people who need thier hands held(are on the cheap, looking for a steal, 12 inch black n white tv).

What annoys me is people who bid less than $10 for an item that always sells for several hundred dollars. They have absolutely no chance of winning, but their bid wipes out the BIN option. I wouldn't care if they placed a legitimate bid, but to see multiple people bidding such tiny amounts confounds the mind.