Hey Rick,
it looks like he revised the listing today, at 3pm, saying that he,
in fact, is selling the US one sheet. it's a little confusing, since
both long paragraphs are there, but the updated paragraph should
suffice.
the first line of his revision says:
The Sting. This auction is for an original movie poster, the 1974
original (74/8). The condition of this item is fantastic.
Jeff
On Sep 17, 2009, at 4:33 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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
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