Well...sometimes losing on ebay has its advantages. A couple of years back,
during the Solvang weekend, I lost on an auction for "19 Datsun book &
manuals". The auction didn't specify which books it included....and the
seller hadn't responded to my inquiries before I left for the weekend to
Solvang.
When I returned on Sunday evening after the show, I found out that I had
lost the auction by only pennies. Even worse...The seller finally responded
back saying the "books & manuals" included a bunch of Patrol and roadster
materials. I let the seller know that if the top bidder defaulted...I would
still be interested.
Two weeks later, I received an email from the winner of the auction. Turns
out the ebay seller sent him my info (email/Name) and told him I was
interested in the roadster materials. The Ebay winner explained that he was
only interested in the Patrol materials, not the roadster books!!! We split
the cost of the winning BID & I got the roadster stuff I wanted for half of
what I originally Bid (for all 19 books) on ebay......
Roadster Karma!
Dan Zubkoff
San MAteo, CA
1966 Silvia, SPL311
>From: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
>Reply-To: "Andrew Murphy" <solex67@hotmail.com>
>To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
>Subject: OT-ebay ettiquet
>Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2002 20:50:36 -0700
>
>Recently I bid on a part that I really wanted. Now I have lost auctions
>before, but this time it really bummed me out. I put what I thought was a
>very high maximum bid for the part and watched the auction closely.
>
>For three days I was the high bidder. Sure enough, in the last minute of
>the
>auction, someone bid one dollar higher than I and "sniped" the auction away
>from me. For some reason it pissed me off and I sent an email to the person
>saying they were a jerk for bidding at the last second for a part. Stupid
>of
>me, but I was mad and I do stupid things sometimes just like we all do.
>
>The guy writes back and says he does not have to justify himself to me and
>that he "just happened" to see the auction at the last second, decided he
>wanted the part, and bid high enough to beat my bid by a dollar. He then
>says I am harrasing him, he's forwarding my email to ebay and for me to
>never to write to him again.
>
>Right.
>
>The guy is a liar. No one bids in the last minute after "happening" on the
>part. He's a roadster guy. He checks ebay all the time. The fact that he
>got
>so angry with me proves he felt he needed to rationalize a poor act. He
>should have just trashed my email and said to himself "The guy should get
>over it". I did. I still am. I could care less what this guy thinks of me.
>
>Folks, Ebay sniping is poor behavior. We all want the great parts. I pledge
>to this list that I will bid early and will bid my maximum amount when I
>do.
>Life is too short to screw people over.
>
>No one else need agree to this or even comment on it. Sometimes it's OK to
>do the right thing.
>
>Take Care,
>
>Andrew Murphy
>SoCalROC
>
>
>
>
>
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