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ebay dilemma...

dayday 9,611 Posts
edited December 2005 in Strut Central
I won something on ebay today for a decent () amount and now I'm contemplating not paying.

Here's the situation:

1. Someone (he knows, I'm assuming) opened an account on ebay yesterday and bid against me 7 times upping the price in small increments.
2. He was selling 5-10 other items. As soon as my auction finished, they all disappeared.
3. Dude hasn't returned my email about how he plans to ship it (it's heavy).

His feedback is 97% with negatives only as a buyer, but all this other shit has me wondering if I should send the money or just take a hit.

Opinions, plaese...
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ROSS - I WILL GET THAT TO YOU, GOOD LUCK TONIGHT!

ZINZANNI OUT
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  Comments

  • HAZHAZ 3,376 Posts

    Has this guy recently registered himself or has he been on the bay for a while?

    peace

    h
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    soul-fruit ( 315Feedback score is 100 to 499)

    Feedback Score: 315
    Positive Feedback: 97.6%
    Member since Apr-13-97 in United States

  • TheMackTheMack 3,414 Posts
    ehhh. i wouldnt be tooo worried, but i mean, it's up to you
  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts

    1. Someone (he knows, I'm assuming) opened an account on ebay yesterday and bid against me 7 times upping the price in small increments.

    It would be cool if you could prove this and send a complaint to the ebay people... what is the username of the person that was bidding against you?

  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    rocknrollradio86



    All his bids were in increments of $10 and $20 and I'm thinking - if you see something you want to buy, you open an account with ebay and buy that shit. Not bid juuuuust above the amount of the high bidder.



  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    I don't understand your beef....he wasn't the second high bidder???
  • BrianBrian 7,618 Posts
    was it bid up a significant amount more than you thought you were going to pay?
  • RaystarRaystar 1,106 Posts
    I wonder would ebay be willing to cross check the seller and bidder.
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    was it bid up a significant amount more than you thought you were going to pay?



    No, maybe by $50. It's kind of beat but these don't pop up too often.



    Maybe I'm overreacting, and this could all just be a strange coincidence (all his other auctions closed minutes after mine ended, most of which had a day or 2 to go, someone signing up for ebay the day after I became the high bidder and slowly upping the bid amount, etc.) but I just get a bad gut feeling about this.

    And I don't want to lose hundreds of dollars, too.
  • GambleGamble 844 Posts
    Duderino, i think they have companies that act as a middle man - they hold your payment until they have seen that the packaged is shipped to you. Its called e-escrow or some shit. Im sure someone here must know somethign about it.

    Hope it works out. Disco-Strings are
  • noznoz 3,625 Posts
    why does it matter? dude wasn't the second highest bidder anyway.
  • dayday 9,611 Posts
    why does it matter? dude wasn't the second highest bidder anyway.

    Was that directed to me or Rockadelic?

    He wouldn't need to be the second highest bidder to bump up the auction.

  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    why does it matter? dude wasn't the second highest bidder anyway.

    Was that directed to me or Rockadelic?

    He wouldn't need to be the second highest bidder to bump up the auction.


    If the suspiscious guy had never bid the final result would have been the same...no????
  • ArtifactorArtifactor 887 Posts
    why does it matter? dude wasn't the second highest bidder anyway.

    Was that directed to me or Rockadelic?

    He wouldn't need to be the second highest bidder to bump up the auction.


    It was sniped one second before closing. I doubt you woulda got it cheaper on this auction. Just think that that guy had it sniped for days at that price.
  • jjfad027jjfad027 1,594 Posts

  • yoigotbeatsyoigotbeats 1,667 Posts
    Maybe I'm overreacting, and this could all just be a strange coincidence

    You are overreacting and it may not be a coincidence. I get swirlly when cats don't outbid me, but bid multiple times as well, but I don't think it's some friend of the seller - I just bid on everything they're bidding on. And yes - that wilding out has caused me to win shit I have already have.
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