Ebay Is Wrong for this screw job (read)

Touge180 · #1 10-30-2003, 11:15 PM

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...510&perpage=25

Ace$nyper · #2 10-30-2003, 11:30 PM

damn thats beat I hope everything gets worked out and thats a shame Ebay isn't taking care of things like they should

T-Mo · #3 10-30-2003, 11:34 PM

if people would communicate with the seller and thoroughly read the post... I read the ad and it said "We reserve the right to notify bidders and cancel this auction AT ANY TIME. We shall not be held liable for any such cancellation and/or closure"
So I don't think he can be too mad. Most of the time if it seems too good to be true, usually it is.

Alan Wil · #4 10-30-2003, 11:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Touge180

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show...510&perpage=25

Typical EBAY.

If the guy or anyone else thinks Ebay will do anything they are highly mistaken. Ebay “sides” with the “seller” as the “seller” is the ones they get their fees from.

Don’t know if this was a No-Reserve”: auction, but to me a “No-Reserve” auction means the item will be sold, regardless of price. I’ve seen (and bid on) items only to see the item pulled if the price didn’t go high enough.

Ebay will do nothing.

A while back I think 60 minutes did a story on EBAY saying only 1 in a million transactions go badly. (Yea, right) After they aired it they got a bunch of flack about that story. The truth is a large number of deals go sour.

Bottom line is Ebay is paid by the seller. Every heard the saying “Don’t bite the hand that feeds you?”… Well it’s sort-of like that. The seller is the one feeding EBAY, so Ebay isn’t going to bite they hand feeding them.

Alan Wil · #5 10-30-2003, 11:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by T-Mo

if people would communicate with the seller and thoroughly read the post... I read the ad and it said "We reserve the right to notify bidders and cancel this auction AT ANY TIME. We shall not be held liable for any such cancellation and/or closure"
So I don't think he can be too mad. Most of the time if it seems too good to be true, usually it is.

T-Mo,

Notice it says they have the right to “cancel” the auction at any time.

This is true ANYTIME before the CLOSE (end) of the auction. If the auction closes and the seller has not set a reserve price (or the reserve has been met) the seller should be obligated to sell at the closing price.

One of the posters said:
2) eBay doesn't really care about you or your transaction with the dealer. eBay DOES care about the public perception of their auctions. You might want to post this info on multiple forums (evo, mitsubishi, cartalk, etc) to get the word out. eBay wants folks to think their auctions are legit.

YogsVR4 · #6 10-31-2003, 01:51 PM

I’ve been fortunate. The few Ebay transactions I’ve been involved in (both as buyer and seller) have been smooth as silk. Eventually it’ll probably change, but I’ve got a good opinion of the service to this point.

jeef · #7 10-31-2003, 06:15 PM

good god, this has got to be one close to 50 + major forums, heh i think that dealer is fugged

crxlvr · #8 10-31-2003, 07:04 PM

this is terrible, according to ebay's laws, you cant cancel an auction unless noone has bid on it, plus the auction has ended, that is a legelly binding contract between the guy and mitsuibishi. he should take them to court over it, i am sure the guy will win.

ive dont roughly 26 transactions on ebay, all positive both as a seller and a buyer, only 2 people didnt leave me feedback, which is rather rude of them, but i have yet to experience and sourness from ebay.

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