What the…
So I put up ten skeins of Noro Kochoran on eBay a couple of days ago, and somebody didn’t bother with the lowest bid, but instead met my “Buy It Now” price of $200. Which surprised me, but it’s a fair price, so I figure they just really wanted the yarn. I invoiced the buyer and didn’t hear back.
So I look today, and he or she has zero feedback. I look closer, and realize that they joined on the 14th, and are no longer a member.
What the heck? Did this person really join, buy something, then leave again? I don’t get it. I mean, they can just write and say “Lordy, I made a huge mistake, can we call it a wash?” and I’ll be okay with that. Or did they do it to a bunch of people and then scupper off?
What a mystery. I have no idea what to make of all this. Weird.
There are people who do that a lot for kicks. I’ve had sellers come back after I’ve lost to some idiot who did stuff like this with an offer to bid privately with those who had made valid bids. You may notice from time to time sellers who have probably been hit by then before insisting that bidders have x amount of feedback or been a member for x amount of time in order for their bid to be recognized as valid.
Not that it will do much good, but you should report them to Ebay or whatever auction site it may be. While they may have thought they were being smart, you never know if they were actually dumb enough to leave enough information for the site to keep them from doing it to you or someone else again.
There are people who do that a lot for kicks. I’ve had sellers come back after I’ve lost to some idiot who did stuff like this with an offer to bid privately with those who had made valid bids. You may notice from time to time sellers who have probably been hit by then before insisting that bidders have x amount of feedback or been a member for x amount of time in order for their bid to be recognized as valid.
Not that it will do much good, but you should report them to Ebay or whatever auction site it may be. While they may have thought they were being smart, you never know if they were actually dumb enough to leave enough information for the site to keep them from doing it to you or someone else again.