What is the name of your state? California
The other person is in Illinois.
I listed tickets to Game 2 of the World Series in Chicago on e-bay. The auction ended for $2950.00 I finally heard back from the winning bidder later the next day (after attempting to e-mail them and call them both) and was told that their account had been used by someone else and that they were out of town at their Mother in law's funeral and to stop contacting them. I told them that they were still responsible for the safekeeping of their account, and advised them to change thier password, etc. and that they needed to pay me for the tickets or be responsible for the difference if I sold them for less. I've heard the illness/death story one to many times from Non paying bidders, so I told this person point blank: "Show me a death certificate and I will not pursue this any further." They send me a Death announcment from a newspaper with no date anywhere on it. Yeah, i'm sure that was current. <sarcasm>
I tried to second chance offer the next few highest bidders and 2 of the 3 had already bought other tickets and the other never responded. I ended up relisting after the market had gone down. I listed them the same way I had originally listed and they sold for $1677.00. $1273.00 less than what the original bidder had legally bound themself to pay.
For fun, that day (a few days after the original auction ended) I checked my original winning bidders account... they had changed thier username on e-bay and had bid on more tickets. Hmmm... So now I know their whole story was a complete lie as suspected and they just got buyers remorse or something and didn't want to pay me. I've had this happen a million times and have always just let it go, but for over a thousand bucks, I'm thinking maybe this time it might be worth it to pursue it further. I think I have a pretty strong case against them as I have documented everything they have said and documented their bids on other World Series tickets after trying to avoid me by changing their user name.
What can I do to recoup these lost profits? The other person would have paid $2925.00 if this moron had not outbid them, so because of them I lost out on the difference between $2925 and $1677 a total of $1248, which I think they should be liable for. I have no idea where to even start, so a few pointers in the right direction would be great. Thanks in advance.
The other person is in Illinois.
I listed tickets to Game 2 of the World Series in Chicago on e-bay. The auction ended for $2950.00 I finally heard back from the winning bidder later the next day (after attempting to e-mail them and call them both) and was told that their account had been used by someone else and that they were out of town at their Mother in law's funeral and to stop contacting them. I told them that they were still responsible for the safekeeping of their account, and advised them to change thier password, etc. and that they needed to pay me for the tickets or be responsible for the difference if I sold them for less. I've heard the illness/death story one to many times from Non paying bidders, so I told this person point blank: "Show me a death certificate and I will not pursue this any further." They send me a Death announcment from a newspaper with no date anywhere on it. Yeah, i'm sure that was current. <sarcasm>
I tried to second chance offer the next few highest bidders and 2 of the 3 had already bought other tickets and the other never responded. I ended up relisting after the market had gone down. I listed them the same way I had originally listed and they sold for $1677.00. $1273.00 less than what the original bidder had legally bound themself to pay.
For fun, that day (a few days after the original auction ended) I checked my original winning bidders account... they had changed thier username on e-bay and had bid on more tickets. Hmmm... So now I know their whole story was a complete lie as suspected and they just got buyers remorse or something and didn't want to pay me. I've had this happen a million times and have always just let it go, but for over a thousand bucks, I'm thinking maybe this time it might be worth it to pursue it further. I think I have a pretty strong case against them as I have documented everything they have said and documented their bids on other World Series tickets after trying to avoid me by changing their user name.
What can I do to recoup these lost profits? The other person would have paid $2925.00 if this moron had not outbid them, so because of them I lost out on the difference between $2925 and $1677 a total of $1248, which I think they should be liable for. I have no idea where to even start, so a few pointers in the right direction would be great. Thanks in advance.
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