Ebay Fail

So, recently, i have been looking for a digital SLR camera. I have been severely interestee in broadening my artistic abilities and even getting into a little bit of photojournalism. As i searched Ebay the other day, i found a few cameraas i really liked. I had them all open in different browser windows and as you can guess, it may get a little condfusing, especially when you have 3 minutes left to go to work and you want to bit as soon as possible. So, i thought i had picked the right auction, i actually wanted to bid on a Nikkon but i mistakenly bid on the Kodak. Upon realizing it, i figured i should look better at the listing i just mistakenly bid on to see if this was even a model i could LIVE with. below, is the link to the page:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370217453064&ssPageName=ADME:X:RTQ:US:1123

If by the time you read this that the link is no longer valid, I have taken screen shots.



This is the listing as of today. When i bid on it two days ago, it was 26 dollars.



As you can see further down, the information in the listing is excessive and irrelevant.



Not only is it excessive, its the same information just repeted. This information repeates about 10 times or so but i just screen shot it once:



The information changes, however to the timeline of photography:


This information is still ireelevant. The whole listing hardly describes the product until about 2 timelike repeats down:





There we get to the information. Lo and behold, its a broken camera. I decide that I want no part of this listing so i email the seller. This is exactly what was emailed, back and forth. Nothing was altered:

Dear thatarmyguy87,

Can you please cancel my bid? I made a mistake and would like to be free of this auction. Thank you.

- freckles528

He replies:

Dear freckles528,

I wasn't aware there was a way to "cancel" someones bid on a camera...kind of insulting. Ebay stands behind their "commit to buy" policy. Why would you want to back out after JUST placing a bid? Even if you don't pay, you will be held responisable for relisting fees and storage fees of the camera.

- thatarmyguy87

After reading that, i couldnt believe he got offended for a cancellation request. It was a mistake! AND his listing was shady as fuck.


Dear thatarmyguy87,

The cancellation request was in no way intended to insult. However, I apologize if it did so. As I had briefly explained before, I had made a bidding mistake. I had a few windows open as I compared models and prices of other cameras and mistakenly bid on your product. I, in no way said that I was not going to pay for the product so please, do not jump to conclusions. If you are unable or unwilling to cancel my bid, I will contact ebay and fill out a bid retraction form. I will try with them as well. Thank you for your response.

- freckles528


Dear freckles528,

Well there isn't any way to stop the auction with out paying more fees. You shouldn't be throwing your money around carelessly anyway. I'm sorry but I really hope you get outbid. Ebay always shows you a picture of the item and the discription with a confirm icon. Don't rush next time. Thanks.

- thatarmyguy87


Of course this guy is full of shit. If he knew the ebay rules and regs as he totally puts on, he would know that the seller can cancel a bit at their discretion. I tghink the guy was just being a total douchebag. After i put the bid retraction form in to ebay and my bid was retracted, i get this email from him:


Dear freckles528,

If you can get Ebay to remove your bid more power to you. It s a violation of my rights but oh well, I guess that doesn't matter

- thatarmyguy87

I had had enough. I reported his listing to ebay. what a tool.

Thats my ebay story. This is why i hate ebay, Angie. Ill let you sell my shit for me :P

-Leilani