Jun 01, 2008 18:48
so i put 21 Cabbage Patch Kids up for auction on eBay 2 days ago. three of them are listed for $50 starting price, since they are foreign kids in their boxes. i am even taking a hit with only having them at $50. anyway, this dude bids on one of them... THEN asks me, a day later, if her hair is mustard loops or tan loops? i said mustard in the description.
hey. out of 21 Kids, there's BOUND to be a mistake in there somewhere!
so i wrote back OOPS! tan loops. sorry! i'll fix it.
he sends me another email and asks for me to cancel his bid, since my description was misleading.
um,... no. i wrote back and said, i have no means and/or ability to retract your bid. once you bid, you are legally bound to your decision and are legally held responsible for paying, if you win at auction's end."
he send me various emails the rest of today, slandering me, bitching at me trying to tell me that because my description was wrong, that voids his bid, so retract the bid, cos if he wins he's not paying.
i should have let it ride out, but i didn't want things to get ugly, so i cancelled the auction, BUT wrote him a last message, saying this:
misleading or not, and regardless of what i did, it is YOUR responsibility as a potential buyer to make sure what is listed is actually what you are looking for. if you think a listing is wrong, ASK QUESTIONS BEFORE BIDDING! stop forcing other people to pay for your mistakes just because you are a dumbass. be responsible and own up to your stupidity.
you're getting negative feedback anyway
it was probably wrong of me to do it, but i feel better.
i won't leave him negative feedback, though i think i should.
i looked in his feedback history, and he has a neutral, for pulling out of the bid once the auction was over.
what do you guys think? should i give him a negative? or should i just leave him alone to sweat it out?