[sport coupe]

“Hello! I was happy to bid on this beautiful decanter, but unfortunately I need to cancel due to an unexpected life event. I apologize, I was buying this item as a gift for a close friend, and at the time I had the funds to cover my bid. However, I had an unexpected major expense overnight. I'm babysitting my son’s dog and yesterday she broke out of my fence and was hit by a car, I rushed her to the Animal ER (had to pay for all surgery out of pocket). She’s in critical condition still. And now my credit card is maxed, and I don’t even know how I’m going to pay my bills this month. This has never happened to me before, in fact, I just bought something on ebay over a week ago. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Will you please cancel this order?”

Read up on his performance and it shows:

Detailed item information is not available for the following items because the feedback is over 90 day old.
He did have one positive that was during the last 6 months.

What do you think, give him a break or notify ebay?

[nytrainer]

Might just be me but I'd say give him/her a break. Didn't really cost you anything but time. Next auction you might get higher bid for your good karma..

[67GTONUT]

Yeah.... let it go.....

[Txbobcat]

Relist it maybe he will bid higher.

[Deadhead]

Yeah, I agree on the cutting slack. I have had great luck on E-Bay over the past 15 years. A couple of weird/scamming incidents that make no sense, but in this case it is all about the person to person aspect. Reap what you sew.

[steve v]

I'd let it go, at least they contacted you with some kind of explanation for not paying. We just had our dog in the Animal Hospital for 2 days & the bill was over $2500.

We've had more non-paying bidders this last year than in 14 years on ebay.
Now the ones that simply ignore repeated invoices/attempts to contact and never pay deserve to get a non paying strike.

[marxjunk]

let it go

[The Boss]

If you can get your fee back call it even.

Even if they did get a non payment strike on their account that's nothing that we can see when they bid on our items so what good does it do? I sold a car last month on e-Bay and the guy seemed to think that winning the auction simply gave him more time to decide if he wanted to buy it or not - which he eventually did not.

[1beautifuldaughter]

I'll bet the dog was running across the street to eat someones homework.
But really I guess you never know.

[Trulyvintage]

Originally Posted by sport coupe

“Hello! I was happy to bid on this beautiful decanter, but unfortunately I need to cancel due to an unexpected life event. I apologize, I was buying this item as a gift for a close friend, and at the time I had the funds to cover my bid. However, I had an unexpected major expense overnight. I'm babysitting my son’s dog and yesterday she broke out of my fence and was hit by a car, I rushed her to the Animal ER (had to pay for all surgery out of pocket). She’s in critical condition still. And now my credit card is maxed, and I don’t even know how I’m going to pay my bills this month. This has never happened to me before, in fact, I just bought something on ebay over a week ago. I am so sorry for the inconvenience. Will you please cancel this order?”

Read up on his performance and it shows:

Detailed item information is not available for the following items because the feedback is over 90 day old.
He did have one positive that was during the last 6 months.

What do you think, give him a break or notify ebay?

Seriously ...

You started a thread about someone buying a decanter from you on ebay
that is not going to pay for it on a Pontiac Forum ...

That says a lot more about you than anything else ....

[Gator67]

Couldn't help myself...

[sport coupe]

Thanks for the replies. When I first read his email it sounded like someone just having a little fun bidding on an item and then cancelling it. Gator67 I agree.