At 06:42 PM 8/21/1998 EDT, you wrote:
>In a message dated 8/21/98 4:57:35 PM Central Daylight Time, PCACala@xxxxxxx
>writes:
>
><< I'd steer clear of the $90 offer since the seller certainly lacks ethics.
>By
> setting a reserve which wasn't met, then contacting a potential buyer who
was
> the highest bidder, the seller managed to avoid paying eBay a sales fee.
I'd
> want to see such characters banned from selling other items. It looks like
> there might be some others guilty of that practice.
> >>
>
> I thought this was just common practice. I've bid on a lot of stuff on
eBay
>that never reached the reserve. Those that I was high bidder on but didn't
>reach the reserve, the seller has always contacted me to see if I wanted to
>buy it at the reserve. This has happened dozens of times.
>
>Jim
>
Jim,
This has happened to me but once. The seller contacted me and offered to
split the difference between my high bid and his reserve. I thought this
was a reasonable approach and I had no qualms doing business with the guy.
Joel
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