Hi, Everyone,
I stumbled upon this auction---the description says: "1977 Reissue US
1-Sheet" on THE STING---but the picture he's put up is clearly that of an
ORIGINAL US One Sheet on THE STING. When I first came upon this auction, it
already had ONE BID at $7.50 (his opening bid). I questioned him about the
poster and he changed his story 2 or 3 times. Ultimately, he admitted
he'd put up the WRONG PICTURE...instead of a picture of the 1977 Reissue one
sheet, he'd put up a picture of the ORIGINAL (both of which, he has).
It took at least 4 or 5 emails to the guy for him to admit his error.
I told him that whoever wins the auction will obviously want the one
sheet that's PICTURED, no matter what the description might say. I cited an
time when I mistakenly listed a Buy It Now amount at $23 instead of $230 on a
poster I'd listed. Of course, somebody promptly snatched it up at the $23
price. I felt like a complete idiot having made such a lame-brained
mistake---I informed the buyer about my error---but I SOLD THE POSTER FOR
$23.00.
Sure, thoughts of how I could sleaze my way out of it crossed my
mind---but ultimately I "sucked it up" like a man and took my loss, knowing
full
well that I'd NEVER MAKE THAT MISTAKE AGAIN!
To cut to the chase---this guy intends to sell the ORIGINAL one sheet on
The Sting that's pictured, but send the winning bidder the 1977 REISSUE
one sheet. (which is similar to the original, but it has a huge Academy Award
announcement that takes up the entire top of the one sheet). He tried to
change the picture, but since there was a bid, he was unable to. He said
to me that he'll explain the situation to whoever wins the poster and
"they'll understand...they won't care..."
I told him that if he DOESN'T send the one sheet in the picture, he's
probably going to have a VERY UNHAPPY buyer on his hands, probably a negative
feedback and maybe even a report to eBay of extremely questionable if not
fraudulent activity. Basically, I suggested that he suck it up like I did
when I sold the $230 poster for twenty three bucks and chalk it up as a
learning experience.
As it turned out, this buyer went from being a nice, friendly guy to
being quite agitated with me---obviously because I didn't tell him what he
wanted to hear.
I'd like some feedback on this from other MoPo members. What do you
think is the right thing to do in a situation like this. A link to the
auction is below. All I ask is that you don't send him messages mentioning my
name. He's mad enough with me as it is. Remember, it took me 4 or 5 emails
to get the TRUTH out of him---he kept concocting stories. trying to avoid
the fact that he'd made a mistake in his listing.
Any one of us who sells on MoPo could (or have) made an error like this.
What is the ETHICAL thing to do in a situation like this?
Rick Ryan
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