He should do himself a favour and email the bidder explaining that he has made an error, cancel his bid, end the auction and then relist with the correct photos and information.
Regards John Sign up for my regular newsletter on movie memorabilia: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?mod=account&go=register Visit my Website: www.moviemem.com All About Australian posters: http://search.reviews.ebay.com/members/johnwr_W0QQuqtZg My eBay Store and Lisitngs: http://myworld.ebay.com/johnwr/ Exhibitions: http://www.moviemem.com/pages/page.php?page=15 JOHN REID VINTAGE MOVIE MEMORABILIA PO Box 92 Palm Beach Qld 4221 Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, September 18, 2009 9:33 AM Subject: [MOPO] QUESTION: IS THIS SELLER'S PLAN ETHICAL OR NOT? 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 rixposterz http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220479883174&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
