eBay problems, resolutions, shenanigans, questions and info (not bike finds)

has he disenfected the top tube?

That's hilarious

Q: Will the bike be cleaned befor i come pick it up ? The top tube has sweaty sack mark on it . regards
A: See previous response

Q: i,ve never heard of anyone measuring a bike like that before!thanks for giving me a great laugh, brilliant!
A: I thought everybody did that!

Q: Sorry I'm still not sure about the sizing, can you tell us how big your balls are please?
A: Big enough! Now no more jokes about a very serious subject IE the bike.

someone has to buy this bike!

A: I thought everybody did that!

haha!

Reminds me of this thread, where someone was trying to sell a single spoke for about £4:
http://www.londonfgss.com/thread9294-2.html#post368776

hahaha oh god

Awesome.

Illegal on public roads!

0-25mph in 4 seconds
25mph!
battery range 10-15 miles, so half an hourish then.

Hey, resurrecting this thread...

I bid and won a Colnago frame last night. I haven't paid yet, but received an email from the seller saying although I won it, it went for less than he wanted (The 'made-up' reserve in his head).

He didn't offer me any options.
What's the deal here?

A. I let the item go - is there a way he can remove the item and do something in his account so I don't get the 'pay for this item' message (I never sold anything on eBay so don't know what tools are available)

B. Try and push to get the item - although I lose trust quickly in these situations and will wonder if its properly packed etc...

Had a look through QA's on ebay, but didn't find an immediate answer.

Cheers for the help,
Kam

That's his fault for not setting a reserve.

You can pay for it and then go through a dispute process which will most likely result in you getting a refund and no bike or you can say "you sir, are a cunt" and leave it at that.

Personally, I would pay for it and then dispute his non-shipment, etc. but I haz money set aside for this kind of vindictive behaviour..

Thanks for the response Hippy. If I go down the "you sir, are a cunt" route, can he withdraw the sale so I don't have the 'pay for item' message?

As soon as it is in your eBay account as sold to you, he / she is obliged to provide the item... especially if you have paid for it.

How much feedback does this person have? If it's quite a bit, then pay for the item and wait for it. He/She won't want eBay to close their account because of refusing to sell an item.

not much feedback (24) but all seems good.
Point is, say I am relieved to not be buying it...and agree to a no-sale... can he remove the friggin 'pay for item' message?

If you don't want to buy it and he doesn't want to sell it, just ignore the message.

This reminds me of the 'Nag Gate' saga we had a few months back

F-k paying for it, he'll have your money then. Just call him out on the feedback and leave it at that.

I negged someone so bad on eBay that he deleted his account, dude was a power seller to the power 8000 or something crazy. I felt like a real man.

The Nag thing was epic! This is just garden variety...

Just delete the item from your won section. You can change the flag to payment sent or something else if it really bugs you.

This one?
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http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/colnago-frame-and-forks_W0QQitemZ320407531798QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUK_Bikes_GL?hash=item4a99c6f116&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

If it is that one then he's fucking dreaming if he thinks he'll get more than £235 for that.

dmc, how'd you know?

EDIT - duh, just realised i mentioned it was a colnago!

Four Colnago Super frames sold on eBay in the last week, before yours.

Prices were £200, £200, £205 and £240

What was the seller's expectation on price?

So much for being "rare". Ha!