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Hey, that's normal. Meant to bid on that hat, but it got lost in the day.
Now this is an exciting western. Big Bill, 7 1/4
I have an Ebay question for you pros...
I recently had a person bid very high on a hat that I had for sell (basically revealing the second highest bidders limit) and then send me a message that they had messed up playing with their smart phone and could they retract the bid. I replied that ebay allowed bid retractions. The next day (many hours later) they retracted the bid and the price went back down to where it was before their bid. I of course am worried that the price going up two-and-a-half times what it was scared off real bidders - and also what keeps a person from doing that just to put some feelers out on somebody elses max bid?
I already blocked them. For some reason my ego doesn't handle fishy business very well so I usually react strongly unless I catch myself and pause before I react. In this case I was able to pause first so I was polite with my correspondence and later blocked them. If it's someone on the FL that made an honest mistake, please send me a PM and we can discuss it; otherwise, onward and upward...I've had the same thing happen myself. Welcome to the bad side of ebay. You'll find that the bidder/buyer can get away with all sorts of things and the seller has almost no recourse. My advice would be to add that bidder to your blocked bidder list so they can't do it to you again. Of course, that person may have multiple id's and just use a different one in the future.....l
B
I bought the Optimo. Wasn't aware of the history here. Still not clear why it was made... as a gift at a Buick event? Anyway, even with a few minor flaws and in black, it was too good a value to pass up. Getting the box too is a nice bonus.
Anj
beautiful, older Playboy, 7