Ebay buying question?

[wolfking]

I have a question for you Ebay guys.  I lost an auction on a cd, but now the seller has sent me a personal message saying that he has one copy left and he can sell it to me. 

Would you trust this?  What would the procedure be now if I accepted to garuntee that he delivers.  Is there any garuntee dealing this way?  His ratings and history are excellent.

Thanks.

[Chino]

I always base my decision off of their rating. If a guy has a few dozen transactions and no negative feed back, I'd trust him. Did the auction page say he had more than one in stock? I have had that happen before. I was bidding on a 5' x 9' movie poster and got sniped at the last second. The seller emailed me within 10 minutes of the auction ending saying he had 3 more.

[wolfking]

I always base my decision off of their rating. If a guy has a few dozen transactions and no negative feed back, I'd trust him. Did the auction page say he had more than one in stock? I have had that happen before. I was bidding on a 5' x 9' movie poster and got sniped at the last second. The seller emailed me within 10 minutes of the auction ending saying he had 3 more.

That's the thing, he didn't state how many he had in stock.

Did you buy it off him after he sent you that email?

[bosk1]

I always base my decision off of their rating. If a guy has a few dozen transactions and no negative feed back, I'd trust him. Did the auction page say he had more than one in stock? I have had that happen before. I was bidding on a 5' x 9' movie poster and got sniped at the last second. The seller emailed me within 10 minutes of the auction ending saying he had 3 more.

Pretty much this.  I've had similar things happen, either by getting a "second chance" notice through Ebay, or direct contact by the seller.  I've bought both times it happened because the sellers had good feedback, and I didn't get burned either time.  Not to say it can't be a scam this time, but it worked out for me, for what it's worth.

[Chino]

I always base my decision off of their rating. If a guy has a few dozen transactions and no negative feed back, I'd trust him. Did the auction page say he had more than one in stock? I have had that happen before. I was bidding on a 5' x 9' movie poster and got sniped at the last second. The seller emailed me within 10 minutes of the auction ending saying he had 3 more.

That's the thing, he didn't state how many he had in stock.

Did you buy it off him after he sent you that email?

I bought one that night.

[yeshaberto]

I would go for it, simply based on his rating

[wolfking]

Thanks for the great feedback guys.

[black_biff_stadler]

So was this cd the Traced in Air special edition w/64% more growls?

[wolfking]

So was this cd the Traced in Air special edition w/64% more growls?

No.  Never heard of this, is this for real?

Also, where you been dude, haven't seen you in a long time, everything okay?

[kári]

I would be a little cautious as the transaction will go "behind" eBay I think, no?

[faemir]

Tell him to put it back on ebay.

[black_biff_stadler]

So was this cd the Traced in Air special edition w/64% more growls?

No.  Never heard of this, is this for real?

Also, where you been dude, haven't seen you in a long time, everything okay?

Ha ha no it's not real at all. I just remember that you and I were let down by the near elimination of the growls on that album so sorry for the red herring

As for me, things are fine for now but I never let my guard down much after the financial "adventures" I've been through over the last couple years. I didn't have internet access from last July until about two months ago but couldn't log on here until yesterday since I was having trouble figuring out what was up with my cookie settings but I finally figured it out yesterday so here I am.

Good to see you're still around too...looks like the Mangini acquisition has brought in a fair amount of new blood.

[wolfking]

So was this cd the Traced in Air special edition w/64% more growls?

No.  Never heard of this, is this for real?

Also, where you been dude, haven't seen you in a long time, everything okay?

Ha ha no it's not real at all. I just remember that you and I were let down by the near elimination of the growls on that album so sorry for the red herring

As for me, things are fine for now but I never let my guard down much after the financial "adventures" I've been through over the last couple years. I didn't have internet access from last July until about two months ago but couldn't log on here until yesterday since I was having trouble figuring out what was up with my cookie settings but I finally figured it out yesterday so here I am.

Good to see you're still around too...looks like the Mangini acquisition has brought in a fair amount of new blood.

Of course, I remember that conversation well now.  Great to see you back, and yes Mangini has sparked quite a few new users.