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BEWARE: Ebay sellers UNETHICAL behavior
ArizonaRareCoins
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I purchased a coin last week for $9.61:
ebay.com/itm/1914-D-VG-Buffalo-Nickel-/302270043302
I promptly paid. Instead of receiving the coin this week, the seller cancelled the sale to me, refunded my money and relisted this same exact coin that I purchased from him for $39.99:
ebay.com/itm/1914-D-VG-Buffalo-Nickel-/302281475808?
Apparently this eBay seller, susantrueblue, has no sense of ethical behavior.
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I agree with you---if you can't handle giving your inventory away via 99c auctions, use fixed price listings.
Total BS, eBay should not allow this and nick sellers who do.
We who sell on eBay know that 99c auctions are mostly a bloodletting.
Deal with that fact if that is your decision as a seller.
I hate this kind of crap.
Make her an offer of the same amount and in your note tell her to accept or you'll be contacting ebay over her behavior.
bob
Bob, great minds think alike....I did exactly what you said. I offered $9.61, he countered with $30:
You've made a Best Offer: $9.61 for 1914-D VG Buffalo Nickel (302281475808)
You have received a counter offer for 1914-D VG Buffalo Nickel.
COUNTER OFFER
$30.00
QUANTITY 1
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Seller: susantrueblue (253)
You will save $9.99 on the buy it now price
Only 1 item(s) left in stock
Offer expires in 48 hours
1914-D VG Buffalo Nickel
Buy it now price: $39.99
Watchers: 0
Offer expires: Apr 16, 2017 12:51:28 PDT
I just sent the same offer with a note saying they sold it for $9.61 once and that is all it's worth.
bob
With those garbage photos and no returns what do they expect? I certainly wouldn't bid strong on it, if even at all.
Collector, occasional seller
same $30 counteroffer.
at least seller has to pay fees on the sale that was cancelled by the seller.
Governments can print currency. Only the people can print faith in it — and they’re running low on ink.
And......don't forget the big bold beautiful feedback and follow-up feedback I left for him. lol
I just went to make a $9.00 offer and I see the item has been removed due to an error in the listing
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"This listing was ended by the seller because there was an error in the listing."
Apparently the error was in assuming the previous buyer wouldn't notice, and now they are annoying him!
That is clearly unethical. I hope you left strong negative feedback. The amount would not be enough for me to send my man Guido to their residence, but they would know they were in dangerous territory. Cheers, RickO
My guess is that someone who missed out on the OP's initial windfall ratted him out to the seller. I detest eBay rat finks.
I once had a ratfink try to queer a deal on me for a top pop. Morgan purchase on eBay, messaging the seller that he had someone who would pay double what I had just paid. Fortunately the seller had admitted to me that the ratfink had been pestering him incessantly, trying to buy the coin for less than what I paid after the coin was re-listed with a variety attribution. He told the ratfink to pound sand.
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That's a 1914? From the photo, I don't see it.
So maybe the seller did you a favor cancelling the sale.
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Negative feedback rating BEWARE SELLER CANCELLED SALE BECAUSE HE WANTED MORE $$ THAN WHAT COIN SOLD FOR Buyer: o***r ( 1230)
◾Reply by susantrueblue (Apr-14-17 15:47):
Buyer was refunded
◾Follow-up by o*r (Apr-14-17 15:59):
**UNETHICAL SELLER ENDED SALE, REFUNDED AND RELISTED THIS COIN FOR MORE $$.
1914-D VG Buffalo Nickel (#302270043302) US $9.61
That seller is a flake.
I would have let it go for what it sold for.
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That happened to me once. I got a killer good deal on a coin and the dealer cancelled it and relisted the coin later. I mentioned it and they somehow blocked me because I was blocked from bidding on the relisted coin.
IG: DeCourcyCoinsEbay: neilrobertson
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Seller has been blocked, thanks.
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Looks like a different coin. The one you won has less horn.
Just received the following message from this seller:
_New message from: susantrueblue (252Turquoise Star)
Just got home from vacation. Thought about the situation and I do agree that I shouldn't have done that. Poor judgement on my part. If I could make it up somehow let me know. If you're still interested in this coin I'll honor my original sale at 9.61 with free shipping. Just let me know. Again sorry for any inconvenience. Lesson learned. _