Right Tom My wife is an eBay seller and attempting to close a sale outside of eBay and avoiding their fees is a nigh no-no
Sent from my iPad Cell 773.396.4638 Chicago 773.463.5494 Beaver Island 231.448.2109 Privacy Notice: The information contained in this electronic message is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. This message is private and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and/or inside information and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If you are not the intended recipient, you are notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message On Sep 24, 2010, at 6:25 PM, "Steele, Thomas C" <tste...@manteno5.org> wrote: > I'll admit I do very little business on eBay, but doesn't steering you away > from completing the deal on eBay violate eBay's terms? In fact, I think that > is grounds for a seller to be banned. At the very least I would report > everything to eBay - that will probably result in more punitive action than > you can get through legal channels. > > -TS > > -----Original Message----- > From: tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org > [mailto:tech-geeks-boun...@tech-geeks.org] On Behalf Of > rkas...@valmeyerk12.org > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 2:21 PM > To: tech-geeks@tech-geeks.org > Subject: [tech-geeks] OT- Car Deal > > Last Wednesday I called a dealer in beautiful downtown Burbank (for > you old Laugh-in fans), IL. to ask some questions about a Corvette Z06 > they had for sale on ebay. After talking to them I decided to go > ahead with the deal. The sales guy says "we can start it here". I > asked if he was sure I shouldn't have hit "buy it now". "No, we'll > take care of that for you". Thursday, they had approval from my bank. > Friday I got their paperwork for signature and closed the financing > on Monday. Tuesday morning I mailed the check to them. I was > supposed to be picking it up today. Supposed to be are the key words. > They called me Wednesday after they already had my money and told me > that they had sold the car out from under me, but they were trying to > fix the problem. Yesterday they called me and told me that they > couldn't fix it and I was screwed. They forgot to close the aution > and someone hit buy it now. They made a feeble effort to offer me a > different car. They blamed it on ebay, but it's just a matter of not > having the HUEVOS to call the other bidder and tell him he can't have > the car and explain the situation. They don't want to hurt their > positive feedback rating on ebay. > > They were supposed to have my checks back to me by noon today. So > far, it hasn't happened. > > I won't mention company names on the list because that's not a good > thing, but I will gladly tell anyone who wants to know off list and > would be willing to add comments to their facebook page to do a little > blackballing. Needless to say, I'm just a little pi55ed - no, that's > an understatement. By the way, Ebay was absolutely no help in the > matter. > > > > > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | > | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org | | Subscription info at http://www.tech-geeks.org |
