How do you get out of an eBay auction? Say killer bees attacked the vehicle!

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TM - 26 Jul 2008 15:55 GMT

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Pat won an auction for an RV on eBay last week [eBay
auction page http://snipr.com/2007Sandpiper ] . He bid a
little over $15,000 for a vehicle that was listed for sale
by the RV company for $29,999 on other sites. Pat was
worried that Nelson's RV might try to find a loophole to
cancel the auction since he'd scored such a great deal, so
he immediately sent his required $250 deposit to them and
asked for someone at Nelson's RV to contact him.
Eventually, after some run around, he got the following
email—with one of the ballsiest excuses we've ever seen:

"We are devastated with our discovery this morning of a
swarm of Africanized killer bees in the 2007 Sandpiper
325RG 5th wheel that you have a deposit on..."

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rjn - 26 Jul 2008 18:20 GMT

From the linked story:

"My attorney advised me ..."

Never use eBay for anything that might end up
getting an attorney involved.

"At which point the phone went dead."

Write off the deal.
File an NSS.
Post -FB.
Buyer needed to do this long before calling the attorney.

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Steve Calvin - 26 Jul 2008 20:55 GMT

> From the linked story:
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> "At which point the phone went dead."

Well, the address is listed in the ebay listing.He could always pay them
a visit.... Seems to me (but I'm wrong a lot... ;-) ) that this is a
legal contract. I've seen ebay litigation on those "Judge xyz" shows
when I've been home sick and they do hold up in court if you've kept a
paper trail of the transactions.

I suspect something's not right with this story.

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Steve

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Bob V - 26 Jul 2008 23:38 GMT

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Looks like Pat is going to get his bee infested trailer. He posted the
following at 7:49 July 25th in the blog attached to the original link:

I talked to James Nelson 45 minutes ago. He followed up with this e-mail:

Dear Mr. Lewis,

As per our conversation this afternoon, I James L. Nelson II of Nelson RV
will transfer the 2007 Sandpiper 325RG 5th wheel to you in accordance with
your bid on EBay. As agreed, you may have your representative inspect the
vehicle before the transfer.

Thank you for your patience,
James L. Nelson II
Nelson RV

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Ignoramus699 - 27 Jul 2008 02:01 GMT

Would be a great idea to attack them with Africanized killer
attorneys.

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> James L. Nelson II
> Nelson RV

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Steve Calvin - 27 Jul 2008 03:57 GMT

> Would be a great idea to attack them with Africanized killer
> attorneys.

Agreed, they are obviously a**holes and IF they do the right thing
finally then maybe they'll learn that internet sales aren't above the
law. Especially EBAY...

Glad to hear that the buyer didn't get f'ed for a change,

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Steve

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Justin Case - 05 Aug 2008 05:42 GMT

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It sounds like an irreverent website RV salesman who lost his a.s just
had to write that email for the hell of it. He probably figured "in for
a penny in for a pound." His boss of course honored the deal.

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