"Lucky" wrote in message
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Hi guys.
I just wanted your opinions on this matter.
When I bid on items on Ebay, I usually stay away from auctions that "ship
worldwide". The reason for that is I found that many sellers don't ship
overseas. So, when there is an auction for a much wanted item, it usually
bids up very high. The reason being there are so many more bidders from
around the world instead of just the U.S.
OK, I see an item I want to bid on. It says more then 3 times in big
letters, "ships to U.S. ONLY" And yes it said just that. "To US only". OK
I
bid on the item. At the very end a new bidder jumps in. He wins the
auction
of course since his bid is $10 more then mine.
I then check him out and see he is a bidder from Japan. I figure this guy
didn't follow the rules of the auction or asked permission to do so. I
then
write the seller asking her if she knew the winner was from Japan. She
wrote
back saying "No, I didn't know that. Thanks for alerting me to this. Plus,
he hasn't even payed me yet".
I tell her listen, he broke the rules. I told her I would pay his winning
bid of $10 more so you would not lose anything and this foreign bidder can
easily be disqualified since he didn't respect the instructions in the ad.
She said she would get back to me.
Well, she never got back to me and now I see she left this guy positive
feedback already. Was this right? I mean I bid on the item since there was
no "ships worldwide" and the seller admitted to me she didn't know he was
a
overseas bidder but sold to him anyway.
Do I have any type of recourse on this?
It just doesn't seem right to me.
Thanks for any replies
Lucky
There are also buyers like me.. I live in Korea, but my address is a US
address (military). I rarely have problems, but occasionally I'll run into
someone that won't ship to me because they only use UPS or FedEx. I can
maybe understand someone not wanting to take the time and effort to go to
the post office if it's a ways away and the item is only a few dollars
worth.. but if it's something that sells for say, $300 or more, then it's
kinda foolhardy to decide you don't want to sell to someone if you can't get
it picked up at your home.
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