The guy is off more than a bit, on some days it is obvious that he did not
take his medication when he wrote the descriptions. His attitude ranges
from down right vicious to passive aggressive.
1) He hates last minute bidders. I can't figure this one out, for
sellers, last minute bidding is not a bad thing... especially when you have
a hot item and there are multiple last minute bidders who are not only
bidding against each, but are forced to make large bids in because of time
constraints.
2) Worldcarz does hate questions... you ask a question and he considers
you to be wasting his time.
3) He will only sell to you if he likes you and most of the time, he asks
in the auction description, to email him for bid approval prior to bidding.
What is the point of that? I do not think this guy understands capitalism
or the auction marketplace.
His recent auction descriptions have been relatively calm. Previously he
would write multi-paragraph manifestos about dead beat bidders and list
their names and email address, as well as various political statements, and
quite a bit of other junk. If he wanted to emphasis his point he would make
it in Size 6 Bold Text!
I don't bid on stuff from him, but I do come across his amusing auctions
every once in a while...
Kai
> I've been selling and buying on EBay for the past three years, so I
> thought I'd seen everything - until today. There's a fellow on EBay
> with the moniker "worldcarz". He sells a variety of used Triumph
> items. A couple of days ago I saw an item of his and asked him a
> question about it (which he promptly answered). Anyway, today I
> went to bid on the item, only to find out that he has blocked me
> from bidding on any of his items! Apparently he blocked me merely
> because I asked a question. My feedback is impeccable and
> I've never had any previous dealings with this guy. To cap it off,
> the item didn't even sell - not one bid. Anybody ever heard of this
> practice, or is this guy just a bit off?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Hugh Barber
> Hollister, CA
> '73 TR6
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