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Old 01-29-2010, 04:37 AM
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so i got a great deal on a used on a radio on ebay, i came up on the item with only a few minutes left, i placed a bid and bid against another guy for a few minutes and won the bid, it was a no reserve auction, i immedatly paid through paypal and got my confrimation of payment sent and then today the guy emails me and says that he cant sell the item that cheap and refunds the money to my account. what gives do people not understand what ebay means, im going to have to file a suit just to teach a person a lesson. bidding on ebay is a contract, posting an item on ebay without a reserve means you gotta sell it. im tired of stupid people, fi you post an item with no reserve it may sell for .99cents, be prepared, and he wasnt even new to ebay he had sold like 50 items. there its out, still dont feel better i want my radio
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Old 01-29-2010, 04:48 AM
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Sounds lame tough break man.
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Old 01-29-2010, 01:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Murphys_Law
bidding on ebay is a contract, posting an item on ebay without a reserve means you gotta sell it. im tired of stupid people, fi you post an item with no reserve it may sell for .99cents
That's exactly right. The problem is, nobody ever goes after those who break the contract and back out of the deal. Sure, you could pursue this. But it will probably drag out waaaaay past being worth the trouble to you....and he knows it. I hope you do (at least) file a complaint with ebay. I'm not sure what action they might take with him, but at least he's not being left go "scott free". Good luck.
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its worth it for the purpose of a lesson, its worth it to me
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Old 01-30-2010, 04:23 AM
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sounds pretty lame,if he wanted a set amount he should have put the reserve, i say teach him a lesson..
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haha, some guy bid on a hat i had for sale once them emailed and said it wont fit him even though i clearly had the size posted.

i made him pay for it and shipped it to him anyways.
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its a principal thing, set a reserve if you want to get at least a certain price, hey yellow you gat any more hats, i wear an XL fitted, ive already got 3
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I got some Limited editon Scion ones Austen! Fitted L/XL! Let me know!
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file a complaint...i would.
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You think your deal is bad...

http://www.autoblog.com/2010/01/20/h...oesnt-want-to/
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Nm my .99c radio isn't as bad, buts still sucky
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I'll let you know Brock, pm me which ones they are
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