Am I missing something, or did the high bidder make a BIG typo?

Barry · December 10, 2005 9:35PM

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MadMarty · December 10, 2005 9:39PM

I bet that one never gets paid!!

Rampage · December 10, 2005 10:14PM

If I was that buyer, I would be more than happy to take my negative. Hopefully, the seller will be understanding, though.

MAD4MORGANS · December 10, 2005 10:28PM

Wouldn't the seller have to pay the commission fees for the sale amount

itsnotjustme · December 10, 2005 10:36PM

And the winning bidder bought 5 of them at that price.

Rampage · December 10, 2005 10:57PM

<< <i>Wouldn't the seller have to pay the commission fees for the sale amount

>>

Only if he does not file for a refund on the commission fees. If he lets the buyer back out, then all he has to do is file an NPB. If he chooses the correct option, then nothing will reflect on the buyer. It was just a simple error.

Edited to say: Although, wouldn't it be neat if the buyer actually knew what he was doing and pay the $10,000.

lathmach · December 10, 2005 11:15PM

Oh man, I sold mine for $20.
Ya, that's got to be a mistake on the buyers part, but you never know. Coin collectors are a crazy bunch.

Ray

TorinoCobra71 · December 10, 2005 11:39PM

<< <i>I bet that one never gets paid!! >>

You know it MM!!

TorinoCobra71

OffMetal · December 10, 2005 11:42PM

If I were the seller, I would more than happily let the buyer go...
...as long as they pay my eBay fees...

majorbigtime · December 10, 2005 11:45PM

How did it get so high w/o an underbidder??

Was there a shill bidder to boost the price?

Barry · December 11, 2005 12:08AM

It's a Dutch auction and he bid on all 5.

VamGuy · December 11, 2005 1:09AM

It looks like he meant to bid $20.51 on all five but accidentally bid $2051, making him high bidder on all five available lots.

lloydmincy · December 11, 2005 2:36AM

Isn't it obvious he made a mistake with the decimal points??? This thread is wasting space.

19Lyds · December 11, 2005 4:12AM

<< <i>Isn't it obvious he made a mistake with the decimal points??? This thread is wasting space.

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Yes it is wasting space but I think the bidder forgot to add the decimal and was intending $20.51.

MAD4MORGANS · December 11, 2005 11:34AM

I contacted the member about the transaction and this is what he replied back:

Hello,

Thank you for your concern and you are exactly correct in not getting the decimal point into the number and my finger hit the enter key and the rest is history. I have contacted the buyer and Ebay to indicate this error so that all will be handled properly including the buyer not be subjected to a large fee. I am surprised that the amount did not record as the next highest bid instead of this enormous number, but I just want to get this corrected in the proper fashion.

Your words are comforting.

Best regards,

BufNickel

BlindedByEgo · December 11, 2005 12:08PM

<< <i>Isn't it obvious he made a mistake with the decimal points??? This thread is wasting space.

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Thank God the "wasted thread space police" are here! I thought that I might have to suffer alone.

Geez.

Am I missing something, or did the high bidder make a BIG typo?

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