What are the chances....?

Lobell

Aaaaaaaaaaaargh!!!

I posted about a week ago about an item not received. After several days of trying to make contact with the seller, she finally sent me a message to say that she had dropped the item and broken it whilst packaging and refunded me. Fair enough...although I couldn;t see why I had ot wait over a week for that information and refund....

So, today I see an auction ending for the same item, bid and won in the dying seconds of the auction. Hadn't paid immediately as I'm waiting for money to hit my Paypal account tomorrow. Just logged into ebay and guess what? Yep, message from seller of item to tell me not to pay as she has dropped the item and broken it :mad:

What is going on???

Both auctions ended as a decent price and around the going rate for this product on ebay so I don't think it's that they didn't want to sell at the price but I just find it difficult to believe that this could happen twice, with 2 different sellers in such quick succession...

Oh well....rant over so I guess it's back to the drawing board....

NotQuiteNorbert

lmao are you sure you really want one of these? They're obviously cursed!

jenniewb

Report to ebay?

cyberbob

Did you report them as a non performing seller and leave appropriate feedback? If not you still have time to do this

custardy

can you describe what this item is?

tyzer2001

My guess is it's the same seller, using two different accounts, and both times the item has ended at less than she was hoping to sell it for.

Zazen999

tyzer2001 wrote: »

My guess is it's the same seller, using two different accounts, and both times the item has ended at less than she was hoping to sell it for.

I agree, is there anything that links them - like location or feedback from one to the other?

Lobell

I didn't file a NPS in either case. Should I? Would there be much point when I have already got my money back for the first one and hadn't even paid for the second one? Do they receive a mark against them or something...I've have no experience of NPS at all.

Can't find any connection between the two sellers at all. And both have sold the same item in the past for less than I bid Although, as I won both auctions in the last 10 seconds, I guess someone who I outbid could have messaged them afterwards and offered to pay above what I won at maybe?

Found a buy-it-now for the same item at around the price that I won the previous ones at so will try one final time to get it....wish me luck!

blue_haddock

Definately hit them with NPS on both - sounds dodgier than a very dodgy thing!

cyberbob

Lobell wrote: »

I didn't file a NPS in either case. Should I?!

Of course there is a point. This will go on file with ebay along with any other infractions. So could effect there account (even get banned if they are really bad). So it could show the seller that they cant get away with it and stop it happening to others. Sellers like that don't help ebay

kprigg

Lobell wrote: »

Can't find any connection between the two sellers at all. And both have sold the same item in the past for less than I bid

It could be they have done the same to those buyers. If they didnt report it either they sellers can keep getting away with it.
I would report them & also get the buy it now.