Today I had an order cancelled by poke_dan on eBay. Really sad to see, especially because he’s pretty much the only other serious Oddish collector on E4 aside from myself.
This collection looked familiar to me and that’s because it was! He previously posted his entire collection in a thread here on E4. He was selling his entire collection and I thought it would be fitting for me to purchase them from him.
The listing was up for 10 days and ended at a whopping $81.05 with 9 bids, mine being the highest bid. Not surprising to me because very few people care about Oddish. I was excited to get his collection though because it seemed like a great deal to me. The bidding ended on 3/13/2023 and he didn’t say anything to me until today (3/16/2023) when he cancelled my order.
It was pretty clear to me that it didn’t reach the price he expected so he decided to cancel it. I confronted him about this by messaging him.
I don’t buy the excuse “listed by mistake” when this was the description:
Pokemon TCG Oddish Collection (Most Unique & Expansive In The World).
I spent a year and hundreds of dollars putting together the very best Oddish Collection in the world. Big-time collectors on E4 had never seen anything like it. Some of these cards were only printed in India, some are Holo Oddishes most people have never heard of, and others are mysterious products from Japan with hardly any written history. And there is much more. Everything in near mint or sealed condition. Become the greatest Oddish collector in the world today! Make me an offer.
Really sad to see when he was a fellow collector whose collection I looked up to. He has multiple other listings up for other Pokemon things so I would be cautious when buying from him. These kinds of people ruin some of the fun of getting a great deal when they turn around and cancel it.
Good luck and happy collecting everyone