mitch4t,
I agree with you....had I not gone on to explain and describe exactly what I meant by "essentially". I mean they were terminated, and they certainly worked fine, just looked ugly. Any confusion by a potential bidder would warrant a question? No?
I have purchased many items that upon first reading the description left me wondering and unsure about the item. A quick email to the seller cleared it up immediately.
I now understand why people use the terminology "For Parts or Repair" even if the item works but needs attention. Lesson Learned.
tsbarro. Actually "lame" is incorrect. It's lame for people to refuse to honor their commitment. It's lame for people to abuse the system and cause other people inconvenience or loss. It's lame when honest people get steamrolled by dishonest, deceitful people without integrity or good conscience. I don't see any honor in this buyers behavior at all. And by granting him a pass by calling me lame is misguided at best.
I do admit, my initial inclination when he paid me was to cancel the order entirely. That was absolutely my bad. Doing that would not have been "the high road", rather the road to cover my ass against a jerk.
You see, my intention was to simply have Ebay properly disposition him as a "non-payer". I was already contacting the 2nd and 3rd bidders to see if they still wanted the item at their highest bid. Since he deserved the label as a non-payer I only felt it fair that he wear that badge proudly as he bid in the future so other sellers would have the option to refuse his bid. The fact that Ebay does not allow me to leave negative feedback regarding his behavior means everybody in the future is subject to his lack of character. That does not seem right to me at all.
