Hi John,
I've encountered this also and the correlation I've found is these people
have an approval rating of less than 95 or so. My solution is never to bid
on their folks auction, no matter how much I want it. If they aren't up
about 99 or so, forget about it, is my new rule.
I got delayed on a response from one in this category and discovered, quite
by chance a friend of mine bought the item I had won in the auction, from
the seller!!!!! I squawked loud enough for the seller to come up with
another item same as I had won. He came through, but it took 6 weeks of
haggling, and 4 weeks of transport.
Another one I won was a NOS dif assembly, non Spridget, only to have it
arrive with rust damage. Frozen in place! It's totally useless. NEVER got
a response from the seller. Just out the $100 plus or so I paid.
So no more private auction sellers for me. They've taught me well!
FWIW, Paul A
----- Original Message -----
From "John Caffrey" <jdc6 at lehigh.edu>
To: "Spridgets" <spridgets@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 12:17 PM
Subject: Ebay Sellers
> I don't have much experience selling on Ebay, and have a couple of
> questions that could probably be answered by the sellers on this list. I
> like looking at the bidder's list, and in place of each bidder's ID it
> says "Private Listing- bidders identities protected". Every bidder on
> every item this seller has listed, what's the game? I couldn't find an
> explanation in the seller's guide. Also after asking the seller a
> question, it has not appeared on the item description, which is usually
> a help for buyers. Is this common, or a new level of deception by
> sellers? See item # 4590800661
> John
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