George wrote: I totally do not get your point.
Sorry if I was not clear on that.
I did my homework on the seller, the seller?s feedback,
the types of items the seller deals in, the sellers other
open auctions, and so forth, before I placed a bid.
It all seemed to be quite consistent.
The impression I was left with was that the seller
(or an employee) messed up, and eBay or their policies
helped to ?Fix it?.
Don?t get me wrong here. I don?t have a problem with an
auction being canceled if it was listed in error, nor do
I have a problem with hijacked accounts being returned
to the rightful owner. But I don?t think the latter is
what happened here.
I think that eBay may be trying too hard to accommodate
sellers. (Could it be that the more money that changes
hands the more money eBay makes?)
Thanks,
Mike Gemeny.