Barry,
I do know who the seller is, although I have never done business with
him and do not know him personally.
I think that he is right when he says that you were the cause of his
misunderstanding with M.C., and when he blames you for your 'gibing'
interference.
You should have thought earlier of the fact that it would be wiser to
keep your mouth shut. What reason did you have to gibe at him, as he
was unknown to you? I think it is you who owes apologies to both
people, of which one now has negative feedback as a result of your
meddlesomeness. You say that the man 'thought he was being
harassed'... well he was, by you.
When a person backs out of an auction, it is only the business of the
seller - who reacted correctly and gave him negative feedback. That is
enough punishment as it is. The buyer must have felt guilty too,
because he didn't leave negative feedback for the seller - until you
meddled in their business...
Just my two cents...
Frank van Lindert
Utrecht NL
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 20:09:02 -0400, "Barry Obut" <barry@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>I recently saw an OM item on ebay that I was interetsted in. As I
>recall, it was a 4T plus a bunch of other nice stuff. As is my usual
>practice, I read all negative feedback. In this case, there was
>exactly one, and it happened to be from a well known OM user. The
>gist is that the seller had backed out of a transaction because his
>employer had changed direction. In an attempt to see if I wanted to
>risk bidding on this person's item, I jibed him a bit, via email, as to
>whether a winning bidder in his auction could back out in a similarly
>pressing circumstance. I think my example was if the winner's
>spouse got pissed about the expenditure.
>
>So this guy gets in a huff and gives the original seller, who he
>backed out on, negative feedback, thinking he's being harassed.
>Then he realizes his mistake and sends me a nasty note claiming it's
>my fault for meddling in other people's business, and that I should
>apologize to both parties.
>
>I, of course, say, I'm sorry that the innocent party got screwed
>again, but negative (or positive) feedback is the business of anyone
>interested in an item up for sale. But maybe I should just keep my
>mouth shut and avoid guys like this.
>
>Barry
>
>//---------------------------------------------------
>Barry Obut
>email: barry@xxxxxxxxxx
>
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