From: <themaaslands@comcast.net>
To: Classicrendezvous@bikelist.org (Classic Rendezvous)
Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:10:13 +0000
Subject: [CR]Ebayer to be avoided: gary-at-home
For all of you that sell things on ebay, I would like to heartily advise that you place the ebayer going by the id: " gary-at-home " on your blocked bidder list. He is ebay scum.
He is based in Canada and has already purchased from many CR-listmembers.
As many of you know, I have a set of NOS steel Cinelli bars and stem up for sale.
http://ebay.com/<blah>
This ebayer carefully read my item description and consciously placed a bid that was higher than the reserve which was clearly noted in the text. By bidding above the reserve, this immediately removed the 'Buy it Now' option from all other ebayers. The bidder maintained his bid for over 6 full days and then retracted it stating that he entered the wrong bid amount. Not only does this go against ebay rules, it is also unethical. This also obviously places a stigma on the auction. I will be reporting this incident to ebay.