Salty Piece of Land on Ebay

Ilph · Post by **Ilph** » August 22, 2004 5:09 pm

The CD of it anyway.....

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... eName=WD1V

cartmill72 · Post by **cartmill72** » August 22, 2004 7:29 pm

I sent the guy an email re: the book. Here's the reply...

"Hello,no thats definitely a mistake.I'll take this item off.Its not out until november/december.Sorry for the inconvenience,but I'm glad you made me aware of it, thanks."

NW_Parrothead · Post by **NW_Parrothead** » August 22, 2004 7:38 pm

So, he was selling a item that he did not even have yet?????????

springparrot · Post by **springparrot** » August 22, 2004 8:05 pm

The auction has ended early---wonder if there was more than one problem

cartmill72 · Post by **cartmill72** » August 22, 2004 8:36 pm

From the volume of his sales, it looks like he's some kind of wholesaler and made an honest mistake. Or was it?

He has pretty good feedback, so I'm going with honest mistake.

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » August 22, 2004 8:39 pm

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/pre-sale.html

E-Bay wrote:Pre-sale Listings are those that advertise the sale of items that are not in the control or possession of the seller at the time of the listing. These listings generally consist of items that are sold in advance of a delivery date to the general public.

eBay does permit pre-sales on a limited basis, as long as the seller guarantees that the item will be available for shipping within 30 days from the date of purchase (i.e., the day the listing ends or the date the item is purchased from a store front listing).

A seller who lists a pre-sale item on eBay must clearly indicate within the listing the fact that the item is a pre-sale item and a delivery date that indicates the item will be shipped by the 30th day from the end date of the listing. Additionally, this text must be no less than the default font size of the eBay Sell Your Item form. Currently the default font size is HTML font size 3. eBay will end any listing that is a pre-sale which does not include this information.

Such a policy ensures that bidders can pay for an item and still have the option to use eBay's feedback system, Fraud Protection Program and other protections.

eBay, at it's discretion, for special promotional events, may approve a 1st party manufacturer to sell an item outside of the 30-day pre-sale guideline so long as the first-party manufacturer is supplying the actual item for sale. These exceptions will be made for certain promotions and must be approved prior to listing items for sale on eBay that fit the exception above.

Forward his e-mail to E-Bay.

An E-Bay "power seller" that has over 1600 feedback items knows the rules. Unless the ad specifically said "pre-sale listing" this seller has violated those rules.

It wouldn't hurt to forward the message to Little Brown & Co. while you're at it.

NW_Parrothead · Post by **NW_Parrothead** » August 22, 2004 8:41 pm

I wouldnt selling anything unless I had it in my hands to sell!

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » August 22, 2004 8:43 pm

Exactly.

What happens if Little, Brown and Co. pushback the release date of the book again?

Elrod · Post by **Elrod** » August 22, 2004 9:07 pm

A lot of those feedback items appear to be as a buyer rather than a seller.

Multiple transactions with the same date/time/seller lead me to believe that this person has been the high bidder in many Dutch Auctions. That racks up the positive feedback, without measuring this person as a seller.

Absolutely great transaction. Nice communication. Quick payment. Thank you!

.... but the neutral and negative feedbacks are as a seller:

item was cancelled with no explanation.....

SELLER CANCELLED

never got the cd

Item cancelled by seller

HAVE YET TO RECEIVE THE ITEM, I AM UNHAPPY ABOUT THAT

Item listed but they don't have it in stock? Hmmmm.

Took a little while, may have been a postal mixup. Thanks

Never sold me the item. Although refunded my money, it was upsetting.