Blue824
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First the question: If someone outbids you and then retracts their bid, are you responsible for the payment??
I ask, because my bf''s mom convinced my him to bid on some furniture on ebay while he was at her house this weekend. He is moving to Chicago in a little under a month from Washington DC. Even though I told him I knew some awesome affordable places to shop. She has never used ebay. My bf has never used ebay....and yet he bids hundreds of dollars and then IMs me a link to this fUgly bedroom set that I swear is worse than what they gave me in freshman dorms! Also, he''s moving into grad student apts and hasnt seen his room and doesnt know the dimensions, and this set she found for him is a California King set, night stand, two dressers and some other things like mirror, lamp. But, like hello?? sometimes its difficult enough to fit a full size bed in those rooms!
Anyway, so he bids, is outbid, I was happy, he decides not to bid again and that he didnt really want it anyway, it was his mom.
We think its done, he gets on his flight from NJ to DC and checks his email at home shocked to find he''s won the auction. An hour before the auction ended, the person who outbid him retracted their bid and he is now responsible. My personal feeling is that the policy is a little unfair, however, we won''t dispute it if thats really how things must go. He has emails into ebay and the seller explaining how he ended up being the winning bidder. So we''ll see...just seeing if someone had experience with this because I know there are some ebay fans out there!
I have done the move from Chicago to DC back and forth 8 times. I just wish his mom would suck it up and realize I know how to do this a little bit better than she does and that Chicago isnt a scary place with out any furniture stores! Is it bad that she isnt even a mother in law and she drives me nuts? And that she drives me nuts from half way across the country?
I''m just frustrated because they never thought to ask when the furniture had to be picked up (ASAP he now finds out) and he can''t access his apt until Aug 12, so guess who''s going to have to rent a truck to pick this all up and give up her parking spot to store it until he can move in...and then we''ll have to rent a truck again and ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh why don''t people just listen to me, I''m always right
I ask, because my bf''s mom convinced my him to bid on some furniture on ebay while he was at her house this weekend. He is moving to Chicago in a little under a month from Washington DC. Even though I told him I knew some awesome affordable places to shop. She has never used ebay. My bf has never used ebay....and yet he bids hundreds of dollars and then IMs me a link to this fUgly bedroom set that I swear is worse than what they gave me in freshman dorms! Also, he''s moving into grad student apts and hasnt seen his room and doesnt know the dimensions, and this set she found for him is a California King set, night stand, two dressers and some other things like mirror, lamp. But, like hello?? sometimes its difficult enough to fit a full size bed in those rooms!
Anyway, so he bids, is outbid, I was happy, he decides not to bid again and that he didnt really want it anyway, it was his mom.
We think its done, he gets on his flight from NJ to DC and checks his email at home shocked to find he''s won the auction. An hour before the auction ended, the person who outbid him retracted their bid and he is now responsible. My personal feeling is that the policy is a little unfair, however, we won''t dispute it if thats really how things must go. He has emails into ebay and the seller explaining how he ended up being the winning bidder. So we''ll see...just seeing if someone had experience with this because I know there are some ebay fans out there!
I have done the move from Chicago to DC back and forth 8 times. I just wish his mom would suck it up and realize I know how to do this a little bit better than she does and that Chicago isnt a scary place with out any furniture stores! Is it bad that she isnt even a mother in law and she drives me nuts? And that she drives me nuts from half way across the country?
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