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Funny* story. Over morning coffee, I spotted a choice 1955-D/S OMM-008 on ebay for a great price. Unidentified cherry pick, so I snapped it up. A few hours later, the seller canceled the transaction—claiming an invalid shipping address no less, even though I've received purchased coins from him at this address before. He then immediately relisted it as a 1955-D/S for 11x the original price. After weighing the pros and cons, I set my phaser to Grumpy, then slogged through reporting his misdeed to ebay. I didn't post this thread to commiserate, though. How did the seller know to cancel that specific transaction as a cherrypick? I very much doubt that he pulled the flip for packaging and realized the mistake. Something must have clued him in. Was it the suddenness of the listing getting bought so fast after appearing? Or does word eventually get around that certain buyers are cherrypickers of rare varieties? *More like funny uh-oh than funny ha-ha. |
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You cannot win them all.  Did you score from any of your previous purchases from this seller? Maybe he learned to scrutinize your purchases.  |
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I searched my prior purchases folder, but I did not find that particular ebay username. So maybe I'm wrong about buying from him before, or perhaps I deleted those email confirmations. He has previously made me offers on coins that I viewed, but apparently I elected not to accept the proposed deals. I can't shake the sense that this seller's username is really familiar to me, though. You can't win them all, for sure. The best I can do here is make a small stand for integrity. He broke a deal, but alas, this isn't Bartertown. =P Working with the assumption that sellers recognize you as a Cherrypicker, what do people do as countermeasures? I guess you could make different accounts just for buying, but I guess sellers might recognize your shipping address, too? |
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Only way I can see a seller getting mad about cherrypicking, or even noticing he was being cherrypicked, was if the buyer had done a "quick flip" and relisted the coin straight away, and the seller had noticed their coin getting relisted at a higher price.
Seems to me more likely that the seller had taken a closer look while packing your coin ready to ship, only then noticed the variety and that they'd be leaving some money on the table, so decided to pull out.
I've decided to be more laissez-faire when it comes to sellers getting cold feet about selling. If a seller changes their mind and doesn't want to sell it to me for the agreed price, there's really nothing I can do to force them to sell it to me. Back in my eBaying days (a couple decades ago now), I once had a seller (a dealer local to me) do the cold-feet-last-second-cancel thing for an auction I was winning. Later saw them relist the same coin at a much higher price than my top bid. Over five years later, I was in their shop and noticed the same coin still sitting there for sale, with the too-high-price still sitting on it. Oh well, their loss of a sale I guess.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
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I had that happen recently with a slightly rotated nickel, advertised as such. I wanted to bid on the auction, but I couldn't be around at the end (and I don't like to bid early). Later, I saw the auction had ended with no bids. I used Make An Offer to offer him the opening price of $6, which is what I would have paid if I were around for the previous auction end. The seller immediately canceled the current auction, then relisted the coin for $24. It's still sitting there. I chuckle a bit every time it reappears in my nickel feed.
I think many folks are happier not selling an item, rather than feeling like someone made a profit after buying from them.
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Funny* story. Over morning coffee, Was the coin newly listed? If a coin is a new listing and quickly purchased, I think the seller then takes a better look at what they have. That can be frustrating to the Cherrypicking community! I had the same thing happen to me this morning. I woke up around 4am and was browsing on the computer. There was a nice pick that had just been listed, so I snapped it up. It had a Buy It Now price with the "Make An Offer" option. I did the Buy It Now. A few hours later, I see the order was in the process of being canceled "out of stock or damaged". No message from the buyer at all. No response to the message that I sent. They probably don't know that feedback is still an option for canceled orders. |
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Pillar of the Community
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It was a very recent listing. I suppose an ordinary coin getting snapped up immediately can raise red flags when that year/mm is known to have valuable varieties.
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Consistency with a certain seller will do that, especially if they find out your expertise. Possibly saw your site as well? I have had similar happen to me in the past when I was more active on the bay.
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Pillar of the Community
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Well, the bump on this thread inspired me to check. My negative feedback for that seller has been deleted. Back to 100% positive! =P
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Funny how that works. The bay....
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