Actually unless they have changed the rules the seller in an auction without a reserve is allowed to bid once to mach sure he doesn't have to sell it at some ridiculously low price. And that uses some kind of generic account and he can only do it once. Kent Gittings
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Paul M. Provencher Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT: Warning about eBay seller It should be fairly simple to call to eBay attention several points you mentioned: - Unable to contact seller - seller bidding on his own auction - seller refuses to complete transaction Those two right there are grounds for having an eBay account suspended. And they DO remove negative feedback in such cases as the one you described where violations on the part of the seller have occured. Note that if the seller stated USA bidders only and you are outside USA, it will complicate your case but it should not really matter. Stay nice with eBay and go to the correct form to report the violations and you SHOULD get results. ppro > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Wendy Beard > Sent: Friday, November 16, 2001 9:02 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: OT: Warning about eBay seller > > > > At 19:00 16-11-2001 -0500, you wrote: > >From: Carlos Royo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: OT: Warning about eBay seller > > > >Hello all: > >You are free to accept my advice or not, but I advise you to avoid any > >eBay auction by "royalbob", in spite of his mostly positive feedback. > >I was gullible enough to bid in one of his auctions. I won it, sent him > >9 emails to settle payment, which he did not reply. I also tried to > >contact him through eBay, and the result was the same. To my surprise, > >he left negative feedback about me. As a sidenote I have to say that I > >completed in the same days two more transactions in eBay, and the > >sellers were satisfied about the quick payment. And several members of > >this list could say that I am both a good seller and buyer, and I always > >honour my word. > >Now I've just received from eBay a Non-paying bidder warning. If I get > >two more, my eBay account will be suspended. The greedy guy wants the > >fee he paid for the auction back. But he hasn't relisted the item, and I > >have more than a strong suspicion that he sold the thing (a Pentax lens) > >out of eBay. > >Of course I have written to eBay Customer Support several times, but, > >unfortunately, they don't seem to be very helful. > >This is all I have to say, as I don't want to bore you to death with all > >the details about this matter. > > > > > >PS: I should have known that I had to avoid an auction issued by an > >individual who writes everything in capital letters :-( > > Carlos, > > My commiserations. > If you have built up a reasonably large feedback rating then the odd > negative from ignorant people goes largely unnoticed, but when you're > trying to build it up it really knocks you back. > > -- and I second your observation about the capital letters ;-) > > Wendy > > --- > Wendy & Paul Beard > Ottawa, Canada > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.mimesweeper.com ********************************************************************** - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
