Rich, When the auction has bids people may look at bid history. But even that isn't it. It is essentially choosing me as the excuse for something eBay makes difficult.
After some thought this may be a good thing. I have taken the auction down and will do some archival tear seals, and re-list it with the tear seals disclosed. I studied paper restoration for many years, have contributed to the MOPO Restoration FAQ, and probably should have just done that to begin with. Michael ----- May the holes in your collection be filled and the ideas in your head be shared. --- On Sat, 8/21/10, Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [MOPO] How Would You Handle This eBay Retraction? > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 7:18 PM > Michael.. it isn't the same thing as > being on a board as it's on that auction and not in your > feedback, so after that auction is done, the comment is > gone. > > second, if you went on a board and said I wasn't responding > to your emails, people would not be saying "Rich is a bad > guy not answering emails" especially because they know I > answer them all. More likely they'd be saying "why won't > Rich respond to THIS guy" > > But in any case, considering the guy was so explanatory in > his email, and he is correct that fleaBay does indeed make > it un-necessarily difficult to do anything. > > I can't see how this one comment is the negative you're > looking at it as. It's a fly speck. It will be gone next > week. Poof.. > and that's beside the fact that it's a nothing comment even > as a bid retraction. Who looks at bid history on an auction > that has no bids?? > > Rich > > At 07:05 PM 8/21/2010, you wrote: > > Rich, "mountain out of a molehill"? It has to do with > my reputation. If I went, say, on another message board and > made a thread that says "Halequa not responding to my > emails!" you'd probably have something to say about it...at > least just to straighten things out or find out what is > going on. Or would you just let it sit there? The resource > eBay leaves is this: If you can’t retract a bid, you > can contact the seller to request that your bid be canceled. > The decision to cancel a bid is up to the seller. Had the > bidder done that I would have had no problem canceling their > bid. Turns out I know the bidder, we have talked in email, > and they will not go on my blocked bidder list. I wish the > folks who sent me private emails understanding why I was > upset had sent them to the MOPO list itself. Michael ----- > May the holes in your collection be filled and the ideas in > your head be shared. --- On Sat, 8/21/10, Richard Halegua > Comic Art <[email protected]> > wrote: > From: Richard Halegua Comic Art <[email protected]> > > Subject: Re: [MOPO] How Would You Handle This eBay > Retraction? > To: [email protected] > > Date: Saturday, August 21, 2010, 3:33 PM > why block > him? > his explanation sounds reasonable enough > > > I think you're making a mountain out of a molehill Michael > > > fleaBay sucks is the problem.. > > > > > At 03:06 PM 8/21/2010, Michael Spampinato wrote: > > > One of my posters up on eBay had a bid retraction. > Only > bid on it so far and only for $10. No big whoop EXCEPT > > the reason the bidder used was "Could not contact seller." > > > > > I wrote him and asked how he contacted > me as I was > concerned there may have been or currently > may be an eBay > glitch in Messages. Well he replied and > this is a direct > quote: > > > > > "Unfortunately ebay does not allow a person to state > > their real reason for the retraction. They only give you 3 > > choices and none made sense. I selected the one of > least > resistance. I retracted it because I bid too fast > and looked > at the close up pictures today. I realized > that I could not > display it as is, and the cost of > linen backing was too much > for this poster. > > > > > I am sorry for the reason but if you go to the > ebay > site map and try to retract any bid you made (you > don't have > to retract it) but just go there and you > will see what I am > talking about. > > > > > Again, I am sorry but it was the easiest one to check > > off." > > > > What really troubles me is this > retraction can make it > sound like I am either > unreachable or ignoring questions > from bidders. Neither > is a positive thing for an eBay > seller. > > > > > What, if anything, would you do? > > > > I > am considering putting him on my blocked bidder list > > and relisting the item (no other bids on it so far) just to > > get rid of that retraction comment. > > > > > Thanks > > > > Pov > > > > ----- > > > May the holes in your collection be filled and the > > ideas in your head be shared. > > > > >     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. > > > 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.
