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This is so screwed up
Sir Auros:
I don't even use ebay because ---That which is odiferous and causeth plants to grow--- like this happens far too often and the system is set up so that only the sellers win. Unless the seller is selling something to some cybercriminal in southeast Asia that's paying using Paypal with a stolen credit card and the seller has to accept credit card payments to be able to use Paypal and then gets his assets frozen because Grandma Edna couldn't keep her damn credit card number out of the hands of a cybercriminal in Phuket.
Crowquill:
Do you have a link to the auction? He could have stopped it at any time and re-listed it if he'd seen the mistake (and he should've).
And he was going to have a reserve of $1000 on a Cherry Master? That seems a little optimistic.
Give up and report the guy to eBay. Not only is he not following through with the "legally binding" auction, he's using eBay to sell the exact same item again. I'm not sure on the details, but that has got to be a violation of eBay rules. If nothing else it proves he has no intention of going through with the sale and his new auction should be stopped.
DaveMMR:
I've sold items on eBay plenty of times and I regularly check my auction. I'm sure I would notice the lack of a reserve price or the starting bid being too low. I'm assuming he's trying to circumvent fees (by gambling and hoping the ending bid would shoot up to where he wanted it or by making you pay him more outside of eBay's system). I recommend writing a full, detailed complaint to eBay (include emails).
Sir Auros:
It's pretty obvious that the guy is either lying or dumb as a brick. Neither would be a good enough excuse to keep me from reporting him to ebay and leaving bad feedback.
Hawk Daddy:
After investigating this on my own, I have come to find out that I'm 100% positive shill bidding is going on. Because i have researched his other auctions and who was bidding on them, and it's a ring of ppl. check this out for your selves.
http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/shelbysunset/
Shorter eBay Link
http://myworld.ebay.com/ebaymotors/acdcwitchery/
Notice the name in the last one is shelbysunset, and where does this dude live, shelby. Also look at the sign up dates for those two.
This is definitly going to be reported to ebay, again.
Hawk