I bid on a 1.8 silvertop Zetec on ebay locally, and won it for 99p

Now, I'm an ebay veteran, so I emailed the bloke and said that I wouldn't hold him to the 99p price, but if he wanted the space I'd give him £25 (which is what I bid up to) otherwise he could relist it with no comeback from me.

AFAIK I can't do any fairer. Anyway after being ignored for a week I've just had this email through ebay "SORRY MATE HAVE BEEN AWAY AND WAS GONNA GET IN TOUCH, THE CAR HAS BEEN STOLEN.".

I'm rather annoyed, for the sake of a few pence he should've set a reserve, or at the very least replied saying he'd like to relist it

Bugger

You are a nice guy but maybe too nice for 'tinternet scum. You played it like i would - unfortunately too honest. what can we do??????

Think you were more than fair and to be honest if he listed it in an auction with no reserve and only got 99p then i'd have held him to it!!

Personally i'd be reporting him to ebay. Cant go around making up excuses every time you dont get what you want in an auction just to save a few pennies on the listing fees each time

I've just left him this -feedback

"Ignored me, then tells me the item has been "stolen", set a reserve next time..."

I feel much better

Dont suppose he dared relisted it did he?? Report the bugger if he does!!

I had exactly the saem happen to me with a set of bike carbs i won for 99p. First got an email saying that it would cost £50 for the p&p and then that he had sold it locally when i offered to organise a courier.

There should be far more that you should be able to do to them through ebay rather than just calling it quits. These characters are such pains.

We won 2 Mini boot lids on Ebay for 99p each and when my son handed over the 2 pounds and put his hand out for the change you should have seen the look on the guys face

Ps How do you get a pound sign to work. I work for an American company and its only the $ sign that works on this computer?

swines!!!

sometimes you do come across the opposite - I won a LR rear spring for 99 p (seems to be the magic number), drove to collect it and offered the seller more money but he refused, even after I stamped on him and whipped him with a willow branch.

I've won stuff for £1 before and felt really ashamed to hand it over (was going to give them more but it was all I had in my pocket, honest).
But I've also won stuff for £1 and then had the seller say i'm not having it for that. One time I told them to get stuffed, the other time I paid what he wanted (still a bargain though).

On the flip side of that I've sold stuff really cheap and by the time you take out ebay and paypal rip off fees i've been out of pocket, so should I have then asked for more money?

Its swings and roundabouts.

It's happening more and more this - I 'bought' an engine for £50 about a month ago (they usually go for at least £350) arranged a time to pick it up...... then the seller phoned me up and said he couldn't manage the time arranged as he 'had to go out with his girlfriend instead' !!!! Since then he hasn't answered my emails or the phone number he gave me.......

If you want a certain price for something put a ****ing reserve on it don't p*ss people about if you don't think you've got enough for it

I sold some stuff, bloke won it for 99p, tried 3 or 4 times to pay me more. I told him to sod off, he'd won it for 99p, as long as it went to a good home i was happy. He went away with the rear springs + some other bits i threw in chuffed to bits.

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Originally posted by TGR-ECOSSE
Ps How do you get a pound sign to work. I work for an American company and its only the $ sign that works on this computer?

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It's not an actual computer its just a small box thing that runs through 1 of 7 servers and the control panel is disabled !!!

can you get the Character Map ?

it normally hides here if you've no shortcut 'C:Windowssystem32charmap.exe'

thats your best bet I'm afraid, otherwise copy and paste it from another post

here you go

£££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££

Thanks thats a £1 i owe you

TGR,

Alt-156 will do it for you too.

Probably quicker than running up character map.

HTH,
James

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Originally posted by James
TGR,

Alt-156 will do it for you too.

Probably quicker than running up character map.

HTH,
James

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