[Collins] Ebay withdrawals???

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The best way to approach eBay is to offer a bid as to
what you think the item is worth and don't go back and
look at it until the bidding is over. DON'T get into a
bidding war just because you feel you have just got to
have the item. .. Bid a good price and hang in there
with it. .. NO MORE BIDDING ON THE ITEM !!.. I also
have won low price items and the seller would not
respond to my emails. One said he never got my mail
and simply gave the item to his nephew. .. Ebay said
he did get the mails so I gave him a nagative
feedback. .., The only one I ever gave. If you are
unhappy with a sale just don't give a feedback at all.
Negatives can come back to haunt you even though you
may be in the right. .. Just my thoughts. .. Hop,
K4TQR

--- Thomas Beltran <tbeltran at earthlink.net> wrote:

> There are things on ebay that are suspicious, but
> hard to really prove, and could just be coincidence.
>  Two examples are when I have twice been a bidder on
> items that the high bidder did not keep his or her
> end of the bargain.  In each case, the seller then
> offered the item to me, as the next highest bidder,
> at my bid price.  I wouldn't accept, because I
> wanted the seller to rescind all the former high
> bidder's bids (say that a few times fast).  I was
> only willing to pay my highest bid before the
> bidding "war," with the person who for whatever
> reason did not pay.  I felt like the non-payer may
> have been a shill, to get me up in price - but I
> could be wrong.  Having had this happen twice, I do
> think this is also something to watch for.  
> 
> I also had a case where the seller listed an item
> for closing on a Tuesday evening.  By Monday
> afternoon  there were about 7 bidders, and very low
> price.  The seller ended the sale, to "correct an
> error," and relisted at a better time.  There was a
> very minor change in the offer.  Who knows could be
> quite innocent, but it made me a little suspicious. 
> Tom W6EIJ
>  
> -----Original Message-----
> >From: BSugarberg <bsugarberg at core.com>
> >Sent: Feb 19, 2006 11:55 AM
> >To: Jim.Isbell at gmail.com
> >Cc: List for C R A <Collins at mailman.qth.net>
> >Subject: Re: [Collins] Ebay withdrawals???
> >
> >Hello,
> >
> >That means that the seller sold the item to someone
> before the auction ended.
> >
> >73, Bruce WA8TNC
> >========================
> >Jim Isbell, W5JAI wrote:
> >> I was looking on ebay this morning following up
> on an email alert on a
> >> standard search that I do, and saw a Collins item
> I was interested in
> >> but when I tried to go to it I got a message that
> it had been withdrawn.
> >> 
> >> I have seen a GREAT increase in this in the past
> month and am wondering 
> > > what is going on?
> >> 
> >> Anyone have any idea why the sudden increase in
> "item has been withdrawn".
> >> 
> >> Jim Isbell
>
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