vosarnath wrote in Shady Dealers:I'm really not understanding the sympathy for the seller here. It's the nature of auctions that sometimes you get less than you thought you would. If you don't want the risk, use a buy it now option or put on a reserve.
vosarnath wrote in Shady Dealers:I'm really not understanding the sympathy for the seller here.
JasonZavoda wrote in Shady Dealers:Or do a reverse auction and keep lowering the starting price. (Saves the cost and the asshattery of a reserve price auction)
faro wrote in Shady Dealers:vosarnath wrote in Shady Dealers:I'm really not understanding the sympathy for the seller here.No sympathy at all for the seller handling that in the way they did, sending out a cursory "sale cancelled" email after the auction finished. Darned poor approach and justifiably disgruntling, regardless of their reason, to be on the receiving end of that. What is still an issue is not so much "sometimes you get less than you thought you would" but the fact they were apparently oblivious to having been opted into the Global Shipping Program and why that was the reason their international bids had dried up (which they had spotted, but didn't understand why). When their Castle Zagyg Upper Works sold for $317.99 anyone outside the US would've had to pay $68.91 extra purely because the sale wasn't listed in "Player's Handbooks" or another "book" category. eBay does not explain that anywhere, least of all to the seller, and they really don't seem to care.Using a "buy it now" or reserve might've helped a bit as a safety net if they had a good idea of the marketplace value but unfortunately doesn't fix the illegal garnering of customs fees reducing the pool of prospective buyers.JasonZavoda wrote in Shady Dealers:Or do a reverse auction and keep lowering the starting price. (Saves the cost and the asshattery of a reserve price auction)A good option, yes. If you have a 30 day auction, start high in the knowledge that the watchers will also be informed of any reductions. Someone will hopefully break ranks and it only takes one person to do so rather than the need for two solid bidders to achieve a good result in a traditional auction. As a bonus, there are no fees if the listing ends early for any reason...
cdenham wrote in Shady Dealers:A day after the auction was over, I received a notice that he wants to cancel the orders for the items I won. In a quick summary, he says he spoke to someone overseas and he thought he could get more money for the items. I checked into his feedback and it seems I'm not the only one he is doing this to. Personally, I won't bid on any of his stuff again. Just my 2 cents...
misterspock wrote in Shady Dealers:I haven't been tracking the Castle Zagyg sets, but that seems like a good ending price for the seller. I guess we'll see if he's telling the truth about ever re-posting the auctions. They should have been cancelled when "the error" was found, not after the fact. That should be the bottom line.I don't like that global shipping program at all. I think I wrote in a previous thread about ebay's poor handling/packaging even though they are charging a premium for it. At least with the packages I got from them, they used (not the seller) old envelopes and didn't bother to add extra cardboard or padding. I mean, they literally re-used old poor quality bubble mailers and used a black sharpie pen to cross out the old addresses btw, you should have told that seller that the Emperor is not as forgiving as you are
misterspock wrote in Shady Dealers:wow! Good thing I stocked up on a dozen or so sets many years ago!jk
