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62pdbw4y · ‎11-03-2023

I have tried to contact the seller to retract my bid since 5 minutes after I made my bid. I already have this book and do not want another. The seller has been unavailable for contact since this time and remains unavailable for contact. I am at the point that if I am forced to purchase this item, I will not purchase any other item from him and I will tell everybody I know to avoid doing business with him as well!

spark-chaser1 · ‎11-03-2023

How is your mistake the sellers fault??

spark-chaser1 · ‎11-03-2023

Essentially, when you placed your bid, you were binding the seller to make the sale to you should you win. Just as the seller has the right to hold YOU to the sale you committed to make.

you finding later that you have the same book is YOUR Problem. That you want to punish the seller here says a lot about you.

hopefully for you, you don’t win the auction. Hopefully for other sellers, they read this too!

kathiec · ‎11-03-2023

You're under the mistaken impression that 1) the seller is obligated to cancel your bid, and 2) that your mistake is their problem. I suspect that this post will get you on more blocked buyer lists than the number of potential buyers they'll lose by you "tell[ing] everybody I know to avoid doing business with him as well".

downunder-61 · ‎11-03-2023

@62pdbw4y wrote:
I have tried to contact the seller to retract my bid since 5 minutes after I made my bid. I already have this book and do not want another. The seller has been unavailable for contact since this time and remains unavailable for contact. I am at the point that if I am forced to purchase this item, I will not purchase any other item from him and I will tell everybody I know to avoid doing business with him as well!

Why?

Seller did nothing wrong, other than having you as a bidder who does not want to pay.....and that is your choice, don't pay and get a strike against your account......problem/s solved for all.

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yuzuha · ‎11-03-2023

If you already had the book, then why did you bid on it?

mudshark61369 · ‎11-04-2023

@62pdbw4y,

"I am at the point that if I am forced to purchase this item, I will not purchase any other item from him and I will tell everybody I know to avoid doing business with him as well!"

I'm sure when you start telling everybody you know about the seller not responding to your bid cancellation request, that you will conveniently forget to mention that you bid on an item you already had, so you don't look like a fool.

If you leave a negative for the seller, it will likely be eligible for removal. Depending on the seller they may let it stand, but leave a reply explaining what happened for other seller's to read. So as kathiec wrote, this may affect you in ways you haven't thought of yet.

You couldn't tell if a pair of boots were not lace ups, from the photos?

"THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FOOLPROOF, BECAUSE FOOLS ARE SO DARNED INGENIOUS!" (unknown)