I get that you’re upset, but nobody should be banned for canceling an eBay order. That’s a bit draconian.
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The user is going against Rule 3.1 of the forum. Ultimately it’s up to the moderators to decide, I just want to prevent others from having to deal with it as well.
By the way for more context they flaunted about how their collection is so impressive according to e4, so they are well aware of their actions, lol
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Back before eBay moved to managed payments and everything went through PayPal, “PayPal ready buddy” would be an oddly common message “customers” would send when making an offer/attempting to make an offer on an item.
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To be fair, cancelling an order is not explicitly listed in Rule 3.1.
I don’t think cancelling one eBay order should result in a ban or suspension. Now if it becomes a habit, that’s an entirely different story.
I’ve had people do much worse and it never made me want them banned from any platform. You definitely have a right to be upset, but try not to resort to any drastic measures.
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Members of the forum who engage in unscrupulous activity will not be tolerated. This type of activity includes but is not limited to: Shill bidding, opening eBay/PayPal cases without merit, doxing, excessive trolling. We do not condone this activity; it will be moderated accordingly.
I think there is a big difference between cancelling an eBay auction because it sold too low and doxing/excessively trolling someone. 
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@JoshsOddCollection You are free to share the username of a seller that cancelled a sale because they didn’t like the price. That way people can choose to add them to their block list.
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Given that this person has my home address I don’t know that it would be the best decision 
Why do you think they are going to weaponize your home address? Not saying they 100% wont, but if they were that unhinged there’d be other signs first
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Nick rack. But ehh I’m not sure how I feel about those hands.
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On a serious note, this actually does drive me nuts when this happens. It’s an integrity issue as far as I’m concerned; if you operate as a seller on a public selling platform and then choose to not honor an auction price when it finishes, you are upending the contract of trust the platform runs off of. In the process you tarnish your own name of course, so it’s at your own peril to an extent. All the better to me if potential buyers can be warned about stuff like that. But I have a pretty low tolerance for integrity issues.
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Did they actually send you a message saying I’m cancelling the sale because I don’t like the price I’ve just sold if for? Was it an auction or buy it now/offer?
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It was a bid that was up for 10 days with 9 bids. I confronted them about it and they told me it was “listed by mistake” and given the paragraph description that was clearly not the case. I’ll post the details and the seller when I get on my computer later
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Ok I’ll have a look later.
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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
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Sorry to see a sweet auction win go bad.
Looks like Dan hasn’t even logged in since the forum changed over to this site, so he isn’t active anyways
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Terrible handling from beginning to end. I’d have contacted any Oddish collectors I know first and if no luck then list with a buy it now with offers or set a highish first bid along with offers. If I made the mistake which I wouldn’t of doing what he’s done and really don’t want to sell as it’s all gone horribly wrong I’d never just cancel a sale with no contact to the customer first.
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poke_dan here. I haven’t logged in for a while, but received an email about this post. First I want to apologize and say that what I did was wrong. I saw how low the price was and panicked, mostly because I’m trying to sell of my collection to generate cash to help my family travel. I agree with previous statements that it was a breach of the auction system of trust. I’ve been stewing over this and feeling guilty all day, and seeing your disappointment was what finally led me to reach out.
I want to explain one thing. I haven’t been communicative with really any of my buyers of late. I haven’t been into Pokemon lately so I haven’t been super attentive as I’ve been selling off extras in my collection. The lack of communication initially wasn’t because I didn’t like the buy price (although I didn’t). We are currently selling our home and planning some trips, all while I work an incredibly demanding job, taking up most of my mental space. Although that’s no excuse, it’s part of what drove me to make this decision to be an ass and cancel the order. I allowed current circumstances in life to strip me of my integrity. I would be upset if someone cancelled my order, too. My feelings about the final buy price never were your problem.
I believe in honesty and integrity and making things right. Part of me justified what I did because I know this collection is worth more than $81, but that doesn’t fly here, which I accept. Even though it hurts to spend over $1,000 putting this collection together and take a massive loss while we’re strapped for cash, I want to be a man of integrity above all. If you still want the collection, I’ll send it to you.
Let me know what you want to do. At the end of the day, I lost a lot but don’t want to lose my integrity over a moment of weakness.
Let me know soon if that’s the route you’d like to take. Either way, I did my best to make things right.
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Perfect x
This whole situation feels yucky. I hope that you two can work it out.
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I appreciate/accept your apology and I have no ill will toward you. I think you learned a lesson and that is the most important thing. I don’t want any fellow collector to have to take a huge loss, especially ones that are dedicated enough to be E4 users, and double especially a fellow Oddish collector.
I recommend that you sell your Oddish collection off in pieces, you could sell the Stitch Touch card alone for more than I paid for the entire set and that card is actually the reason I bid on it lol. It will be hard to make money back on it but unfortunately the demand for an entire Oddish collection is pretty much nonexistent. Those who collect Oddish already have the bulk of them because they’re so cheap and buyers would be looking to get a few cards at a time that they’re missing 
Again I appreciate your apology and your taking the time to make things right. I wish you the best in your future endeavors and hope that you’re able to get the money you’re looking for so you can go on an enjoyable trip with your family 
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