Advice needed on getting out of an auction

BDP

Earlier this week, my father placed a bid on this coin. He met the reserve. He then found a coin he liked better and placed a bid on that coin as well. Well, he lost interest in the first coin and was hoping he'd get outbid. Unfortunately he didn't. He then noticed what appeared to be holes on the first coin. I emailed the seller and he responded by saying "they're more like pits than holes."

My dad says I should email the guy saying that we don't want the coin b/c his discription wasn't accurate. Since we had plenty of time to ask questions before the auction was over, I doubt the seller would be ok with it. I'm leaning towards offering the seller a small sum of money to cover his sellers cost and to compensate for the inconvience.

What would you do in this situation?

goose3

that looks like someone started to drill a hole in it!

I see nothing in the description stating that and only saw it probably because you made mention of it.

DId he disclose this to you AFTER the auction ended? or before?

Placid

You should have retracted your bid.
Yes e-mail the seller and say you didn't realize there were pits on the coin and you don't want it.
The seller offers to take return if unhappy so tell him to save the hassle of sending it back and losing time to treat it like a return.

BDP

yeah, he disclosed that they were pits AFTER the auction and only after I inquired about them.

Dog97

I never stick up for weasels I mean dealers but the picture clearly shows a VG grade Morgan with a hole.
You bid, you win, you pay or get a neg for NPB.
If you can work it out with the seller then power to you

DHeath

I'm with Dog. I see the holes on the upper reverse pretty clearly. See if the seller will let you out for a fee, or pay the man and resell it. JMO

Baley

offer to pay his listing fee of a few dollars, both of you notify ebay the transaction is mutually cancelled.

if he won't accept this, you still don't buy it. Accept the neg he'll give you (you deserve it) and move on.

Bulldog

Dog & DHeath are tough, but I agree with them 100%. Unless the coin is different than the one you bid on, it is yours!

Bulldog

nolimitz

Sorry, the photo clearly shows the hole. winning bidder bid twice in a matter of minutes. I's say your dad bought
it fair and square.

darktone

Honer your bid your bid- it's not his problem your Dad found another coin. mike

mercurynut

Ethically...the bid was placed you own it......but I would find out what his return policy is and go from there.

Bochiman

Man, you guys have sharp eyes!
I had to look and look again.

At first, the shading seemed to hide some of it, then I thought it was dark toning spots or carbon spots.
I had to really look to see why they would be holes.

Now, I do see things the way others are saying about "your bid, your buy", but since he says "satisfaction guaranteed", I would email the seller, tell him that the holes weren't stated, that it wasn't that noticeable to you and tat you would likely NOT be satisfied with the coin and would return it. So, rather than go through that, you would be willing to pay his ebay fees (listing and selling fees....shouldn't be that much actually) and everyone saves on postage and time.

I would treat the seller very nicely as he seems fair in his auction (read his terms). The S&H is very reasonable ($2, so he isn't trying to rip people off there) and he says:
ARE RETURNS ALLOWED: Yes, if you are unsatisfied with your product please let me know ASAP and we will work out a replacment or return. CONDITION OF RETURNED ITEMS: As received TIMING OF RETURNS: 7 days after receipt ITEMS SHOULD BE RETURNED USING: USPS - Priority RESTOCKING FEES: No

So, I think if you offer him the fees, tell him you didn't notice the holes (he did tell you they were pits and that is probably more accurate since I would expect to see a light through a hole and a pit is just the start of a hole), and that you would like to save everyone the hassle, then I think you may be pleasantly surprised.

Good luck.

Ron

rainbowroosie

Send him an email offering to pay his ebay fees. You bid, you should honor it...Seriously, it was YOUR mistake.

BAJJERFAN

Well it certainly seems overgraded except by maybe ACG standards. Offer him a fee to keep it and save you the trouble of returning it. Or he might offer it to the next highest bidder with you paying him the difference.

MacCoin

to bad he go stuck with it I'ld pay $75.00 for it CC morgan like that.

JoesMaName

If you had just found a coin you liked better and decided to stiff an honest seller, I'd condem your action. Seeing how the seller was out to slip one past whoever "won/got stuck" with this coin from the start, I say go for it. Besides he has more to lose in the way of feedback then you do.

P.S. It's easy to seperate the collectors from the dealers with a post like this!

razorface1027

Sad lookin' CC! If you want out of the deal, offer to pay the insertion fee (.30 cents) + the final Value Fee...See what he/she says..., if he says no, offer to pay the re-insertion fees, another (.30 cents), that always gets them...

SarasotaFrank

ofeer the $5.50 ebay fee, plus two way shipping - about $12.00. You do have every right to return it when you get it, but why hassle?

AmericanSilverEagleCoins

Tell you you will be returning it anyway so you might as well see if you can stop going through the motions and just settle for a restocking fee.

northcoin

If you are worried about negative feedback your only real alternatives are #1 go ahead and buy the coin or #2 Get the coin and then return it under the return policy. The suggestions about trying to save the dealer hastle by offering to pay his listing fees is something of a gamble as the seller can be a nice guy or give you a negative at his discretion. The safe way would be to let the dealer choose by offering him an alternative. You can email him and assure him you are prepared to go forward with the deal, but because of the late identified pit you will need to see the coin in person to determine if you will be satisfied with it under his guarantee policy. Then give him the option of relisting the coin if he wants. Who knows, once you see the coin in person that pit may not be such a big deal and your dad might end up keeping the coin anyway or giving it to you.

au58

Do one of the following:
1) Buy it and then re-list it yourself.
2) Ask the seller to re-list the coin. Pay him the difference if it sells for less than your bid.

flaminio

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Swallow your pride and buy the coin. And don't forget to leave positive feedback.

BDP

Well....

I emailed the seller explaining that I didn't want the coin anymore and instead was willing to give him a small amount to cover the ebay fees and the inconvience of voiding the auction. Fortunately, he was very understanding of the whole situation and agreed to take the small amount that I offered.

I'll make sure something like this won't happen again, however.

darktone

You did the right thing. Most bidders would have just not responded to him or at least that what happens to me. mike

Ogden

BDP, your'e lucky the coin was only $100.00. Although that's still alot of money, I've been involved with other situations and probably others on the board have to, that were a lot more than $100.00. Good luck. I would suggest writing the seller to tell him you changed your mind to see what he says. All he can say is no, he wants his money.

Ogden