Hmmmm. Let's review.
Buyer makes the last bid--at the very last minute--on a very valuable
Triumph related item, "winning" the auction for $190.00. Although the item
is presumably exactly as advertised, the buyer soon decides (or is told by
SWMBO) that he really doesn't want it after all. Had he not entered that
last minute bid, the previous high bidder would have bought the item for
$165.50 (one $2.50 bid increment more than the next highest bidder).
Nevertheless, buyer manages to convince the second-place bidder to pay
$180.00 for the item. Meaning, among other things, that the second-place
bidder is going to pay $14.50 more for this item than he otherwise would
have.
Buyer's next move is to send an angry email note to the seller, complaining
that the item should be shipped BEFORE payment is received because they are
both on the same TR email list--although buyer and seller are not personally
acquainted and have not had previous financial dealings. This despite the
clear statement in the auction page for this item (and the universal
practice on eBay) that payment comes before shipment.
Buyer's third move is to send an equally angry note to the TR email list,
complaining bitterly about the horrible manner in which he's been treated.
While I also know the buyer only though this list, and believe him to be a
very generous and honest fellow, and while I understand that no one likes to
have their honesty "questioned", this transaction should never have come to
the attention of the Triumph list.
Jim Hill
Madison WI
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