Why eBay Sellers Drink, Part CCCCXXXVII
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I sold a raw coin a week ago. A buyer emailed me during the auction to ask if it was real or a copy. After the auction, he emailed me some more...
"I just missed this coin of I just got home couple minutes ago,but if your buyer want to step back from this coin I will sure buy it for the Highest bid $XXX dollars right away!
Let me know asap,if anything change with the buyer!"
No problem. I'll let you know.
A few hours later...
"I real hope the buyer will step back from the coin,so I can buy it!"
Jump forward 4 days...
"Would you please give me a favor to ask the buyer of the XXXXXXXXXXX eBay item number:
XXXXXXXX Please ask him, if he would sell the coin for me for $XXX dollars or what's the price he asking?"
The price he offered was a small amount above the final bid. On occasion I'll pass along offers, but because I can't vet out the buyer and don't want to put myself in a position to be blamed if a transaction goes awry, I often don't. The buyer of this item was a bit difficult (he could have his own thread), so I definitely wasn't about to add any more elements to the sale. I explained to the offerer (is that a word?) that I couldn't pass along the offer. He came up with a brilliant idea:
"Ok, I understand! What about you give me his contact info and I will ask them without mention you of course,so this way you won't be in the middle of the transaction? This way is correct deal!"
Yes. Great. I can't think of any solution that could possibly be better than that. Because it wouldn't be traced back to me in 5 seconds, nor would a buyer mind if I just divulge his contact information. Here's what the guy got back... over/under that he'll come up with another solution?
"Absolutely not. That would constitute a massive invasion of privacy. I will never release the identity or contact information for a buyer without explicit permission."
I sold a raw coin a week ago. A buyer emailed me during the auction to ask if it was real or a copy. After the auction, he emailed me some more...
"I just missed this coin of I just got home couple minutes ago,but if your buyer want to step back from this coin I will sure buy it for the Highest bid $XXX dollars right away!
Let me know asap,if anything change with the buyer!"
No problem. I'll let you know.
A few hours later...
"I real hope the buyer will step back from the coin,so I can buy it!"
Jump forward 4 days...
"Would you please give me a favor to ask the buyer of the XXXXXXXXXXX eBay item number:
XXXXXXXX Please ask him, if he would sell the coin for me for $XXX dollars or what's the price he asking?"
The price he offered was a small amount above the final bid. On occasion I'll pass along offers, but because I can't vet out the buyer and don't want to put myself in a position to be blamed if a transaction goes awry, I often don't. The buyer of this item was a bit difficult (he could have his own thread), so I definitely wasn't about to add any more elements to the sale. I explained to the offerer (is that a word?) that I couldn't pass along the offer. He came up with a brilliant idea:
"Ok, I understand! What about you give me his contact info and I will ask them without mention you of course,so this way you won't be in the middle of the transaction? This way is correct deal!"
Yes. Great. I can't think of any solution that could possibly be better than that. Because it wouldn't be traced back to me in 5 seconds, nor would a buyer mind if I just divulge his contact information. Here's what the guy got back... over/under that he'll come up with another solution?
"Absolutely not. That would constitute a massive invasion of privacy. I will never release the identity or contact information for a buyer without explicit permission."
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"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
So why not send a note to your buyer and tell him you were contacted after the auction, offering to put him in touch with the interested party? You would give the inquiring party's contact info to your buyer not the other way around, then it is up to him if he wants to sell. If the buyer was difficult I can see wanting to be done with the transaction entirely, but that is one way to handle it without compromising anyone's privacy.
In this case, with an original buyer I just want to move on from, the last thing I want to do is add more to the transaction, especially if it isn't required in my fulfillment of it.
Make mine a double.
Worry is the interest you pay on a debt you may not owe.
"Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value---zero."----Voltaire
"Everything you say should be true, but not everything true should be said."----Voltaire
So why not send a note to your buyer and tell him you were contacted after the auction, offering to put him in touch with the interested party? You would give the inquiring party's contact info to your buyer not the other way around, then it is up to him if he wants to sell. If the buyer was difficult I can see wanting to be done with the transaction entirely, but that is one way to handle it without compromising anyone's privacy.
In this case, with an original buyer I just want to move on from, the last thing I want to do is add more to the transaction, especially if it isn't required in my fulfillment of it.
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Sorry, but under the eBay rules I'm not allowed to do that.
Wow wee...... So what are we drinking tonight?
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And the phone book, for the paper crowd.
Too many positive BST transactions with too many members to list.