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Last night I won an ebay auction for an 1829 Capped Bust Dime in Good condition. The coin, plus shipping, cost about twelve dollars. I paid immediately after the auction ended. Less than an hour later I received an auction cancellation notice from ebay and a refund that stated the reason for this from the seller as, "I'm out of stock or can't fulfill the order for another reason." I've been buying on ebay since 1999 and don't believe I've had this happen to me before. It's not a big deal, and I know sellers can cancel an order, but this isn't some new dealer. When I checked his listings he had a few low grade Capped Bust Dimes for auction and a number of high grade slabbed coins, including several Seated Liberty dollars. I'm just curious about why he may have done this. I was going to send him a message about this but ebay will not allow that stating, "Unfortunately this seller is not able to respond to your question." Paul Bulgerin
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United States
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Perhaps the seller was counting on a higher winning bid? That is the only thing I can think of.
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United Kingdom
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It's just happened to me too - buying a rupee from a seller in the US. After 4 days he writes to say he's lost it. I won it for a very good price so I'll be watching his auctions to see if he "finds it" again soon.....
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United States
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That was my first thought too. Did you think you got it at a really good price? Seems a nice apologetic message from the seller would be in order if he really did make a mistake and lose the coin or something.
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Here's the auction link. Yes, I thought I got it for a good price, but it's a low grade coin and not worth a lot. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1829-Bust-D...047675.l2557I tried sending the seller a message through the link to another one of his coins, but received the same message from ebay. Paul Bulgerin
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United States
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It's always possible that the seller also runs a retail operation, the coin sold and he didn't/wasn't able to take down the listing in time. That's the best case...
-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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United States
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I was gonna say exactly what BS said as a possibility if he's a brick and mortar as well
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United States
136 Posts |
I agree with BStrauss3. This happened to me about 5 years ago. I bought something on ebay that he sold in his shop, and was forced to refund me my money. |
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United States
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That is a good point, but it still seems like the buyer in this case got a bit of a raw deal......bid fair and square and won an auction, and buyer cancels sale without explanation  |
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United States
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-----Burton 50+ year / Life / Emeritus ANA member (joined 12/1/1973) Life member: Numismatics International, CONECA Member: TNA, FtWCC, NETCC, EveryCountry (online) coin club Owned by three cats and a wife of 40+ years (joined 1983) Author: 3rd Edition of the Sample Slabs book, https://www.sampleslabs.info/ |
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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BS, when you cancel a post for whatever reason it prompts you that only once or twice a year is acceptable or something like that or there could be consequences. I never listened to it but that could be why some people just let it ride and cancel the sale instead?
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Posted 05/16/2015 10:43 am
