I've sadly had quite a few lately.
Here are the last few who ticked me off:
ewelinany1982 made an offer on a Burberry Ashurst quilted. I accepted within minutes and sent an invoice thanking her, since idiots (literally) were offering $100 on a $595 + tax new with tags and receipt jacket, as if I paid $60 in the store? I didn't hear from her and sent another invoice the next day. 48 hours later, still nothing, and I've been fed-up with non-payers, so I've just been opening unpaid item cases after 2 days. Within 2 minutes of when I opened the case, she sent me a message that said, "I had an emergency and left town. I need to cancel."
Most likely, she did not have an emergency within 5 minutes of making her offer, so she could have paid when I accepted it.
If she had an emergency that prevented her from paying, how could she send the message not two minutes after I opened the case?
And if she had the time to send the message, she had the time to pay, and I could just send it when she's back...JERK. I lost out on 24 other watchers!
3 more days until I can close that one...
Today, I had
jfried11.
She sent me one of the worst excuses I have ever seen:
hi, i was looking at this bag and trying to decide if I wanted to bid so I entered an amount. Always in the past, eBay had me confirm the amount before my bid was placed but this time it didn't, the bid just went straight in and I honestly didn't mean for that to happen. I would appreciate being let out of this sale if possible, maybe you could send a second chance offer to the person with the other bid? I would really appreciate it. I'm sorry for any inconvenience, I truly did not mean to place a final bid. Thank you!
I sent an e-mail to my friend with a screenshot from my gmail because I had bid on something on eBay not 20 minutes beforehand and it reflected that in my e-mail. I said, "gee, I had to confirm my bid when I placed it. I guess she has magic eBay!"
No, I do not cancel bids for people. Bids are contracts. .You screw up my auctions and listings, you deal with it. If I cancel your order, I get dinged, so no thanks. You can wait two days and get an unpaid item case. I did make an offer to the other person, who is, of course, unresponsive. UGH. Hate people.