[PappyB]

Originally Posted by Black 6

Being one myself, I like to feel that the majority of Ebay sellers are of good stock, have integrity and great honesty. However, every once in awhile, you come across an auction that just smells. You may recall many of us were hashing this same thought over an auction (a month or two ago) that ended prematurely on (I believe) a GMP model with no good reason for doing so (speculation was that the seller got an out of Ebay offer he couldn't refuse) while bids were active.

Here's another one. A seller listed a Corgi nightfighter Hurricane at $9.99 (these are much sought after). I was watching bids rise the last couple of days to around $40.00 - which is low, but there are still a few days to go. This morning the seller ended the auction claiming the "model was lost or broken." Say what? All his other listings remain, but the one model that would probably push beyond the $100 mark has mysteriously become "lost or broken" with but days to go? Hmmmmm, I have a hard time buying into that.

Could this be another end-run around Ebay with the seller making a "private" deal? You just have to wonder about such things. And here I thought is was difficult to just end an auction with active bids.

Silly me.

Smells fishy but who knows -- I had to refund a buyer once because my puppy ate the item... really. I had sold a video game and had it on the floor of my office by the door to remember to post it... came in to get it and it had been used as a chew toy!