Canceled eBay bid on my A2000 from 0 score cocoacrusty

Hi people,
Considering the recent horror stories suffered by some people selling Amiga stuff on eBay at the hands of people with 0 score, I felt safer cancelling the bid from "cocoacrusty".

Does anybody know who that might be?

Thank you all.

[wlemonds]

I just put in my bid. I need a replacement 2000.

And I don't have a 0 score and I'm not a reseller!

[sdyates]

I have a spare A2000 I am willing to part with, but would rather do a trade.

[murple]

No idea, but I've had great ebay interactions with new ebayers who had no feedback, and nightmare experiences with old ebayers who had decent feedback. I don't think I'd let that alone determine who I deal with on ebay or not.

[sdyates]

You can always ask to speak to them on the phone or via MSN. The good ones should not mind.

[weirdami]

@sdyates

I'm not in to going through all sorts of hoops just to place a bid. I usually find that special requirements are on the auctions of people who I'd rather not even do business with anyway. They come off as paranoid jerks.

[vic20owner]

Agreed.

Most of the time the new ebayers are less likely to rip you off... they haven't figured out that ebay doesn't care.

I don't want to sound paranoid. However, it is on this website that I read post about "new" ebayers bidding on stuff then when they had won the auction, before they even paid for it, they sent negative replies.

Oh well... :roll:

[huronking]

Look at it this way- many people out to rip you off know
their trade... Have you checked someone with 62 feedbacks
only to find they bought sixty-two "e-books" for a
penny a piece from other scam artists to build their
score?

Its true that ebay has become a toilet of fraud, but you
were selling an Amiga 2000, not a Ferrari or iPhone.

Yeah I would have at least talked to the bidder.

[maffoo]

I'm always a little wary of new Ebayers, simply because they have no history. However, I have rarely had problems with them, and don't cancel their bids (even the Ebayer with 10000 positives started off with 0 feedback after all!) I do check their feedback though, just in case the 0 is because they've had as many negatives as positives, rather than being a new user.

In all likelihood this user just happened to see something he wanted, possibly wanting to relive his misspent youth with an Amiga.

[AJS]

maffoo wrote:
I'm always a little wary of new Ebayers, simply because they have no history. However, I have rarely had problems with them, and don't cancel their bids (even the Ebayer with 10000 positives started off with 0 feedback after all!) I do check their feedback though, just in case the 0 is because they've had as many negatives as positives, rather than being a new user.

In all likelihood this user just happened to see something he wanted, possibly wanting to relive his misspent youth with an Amiga.

Quite correct, everybody started with 0 I myself have been with E-bay for 4 years but over that time I have only brought about 6 items. If everyone canceled a Bid to someone with 0  there would soon be no new bidders :-o