[meteorite-list] ...advice please!

From: Michael L Blood <mlblood_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri Apr 14 14:33:47 2006
Message-ID: <C0652795.2A79F%mlblood_at_cox.net>

As an auctioneer I have several comments:

1) You ABSOLUTELY have a right to this piece at the ending bid price.
Period.

2) This character could have, as already mentioned, had a higher minimum
bid OR a reserve. The fact that he did not indicates in the former that he
wanted to stimulate bidding AND TOOK A RISK and in the later, wanted
to avoid the higher eBay fees involved with a reserve. HE set the parameters
of this auction and by eBay rules MUST deliver to the high bidder at the
end of auction or is in serious violation of eBay rules.

3) This is how auctions work - sometimes a seller gets lucky and 2 or more
people really want a piece and bid it up beyond the normal price and
sometimes only one person wants it and gets it at the minimum price.
THAT IS HOW IT WORKS.

4) Failure on YOUR part to push for completion and report the "seller" to
eBay and leave a clearly worded negative feedback should he fail to conform
to the parameters he agreed to by participating would be a serious failure
on YOUR part. The "system" only "works" when people participate in
compliance with the established rules. You MUST pursue this to protect the
integrity of the process.

5) If the seller does not comply, please let everyone on the list know his
name and eBay "handle" so we know what we are dealing with. I certainly
would never do business with such a person.

        Good luck!
        Michael






on 4/12/06 11:35 AM, Chris Peterson at clp_at_alumni.caltech.edu wrote:

> You sets your price, you takes your chances.
>
> Seriously, Ebay would fall apart if everyone who gets less than they hoped
> for is allowed to back out of the deal. Do what you feel best about, but
> there is certainly nothing morally wrong with you insisting that the sale
> complete.
>
> Chris
>
> *****************************************
> Chris L Peterson
> Cloudbait Observatory
> http://www.cloudbait.com
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Harris" <entropydave_at_ntlworld.com>
> To: "metlist" <meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 12:21 PM
> Subject: [meteorite-list] ...advice please!
>
>
>> Hi,
>> I am in a moral dilemma here and I need a few opinions!
>>
>> I have just won an item on eBay at a VERY low price - about a 10th of it's
>> value. The buyer has emailed me thus:
>> "hello there. im afraid there is no way i can let this item go at such a
>> low
>> price!!! i bought it for nearly ?250 and i know its not in the spirit of
>> ebay but i only put it up for sale because i need the money. you can offer
>> a
>> fair price or we can leave it here. cliff thanks for your interest"
>>
>>
>> Now, I have been in similar situations myself whereby I have sold stuff
>> (notably 1g of platinum for $11) and have completed the sale....and it
>> hurt!
>>
>> Now, karma wise I feel I should let him off the hook, on the other hand we
>> have entered into a contract and I feel he is obliged to complete the
>> sale.
>>
>> Should I insist that he sells it to me, or should I play the nice guy and
>> let him off!!!
>
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