50 Near-Mint Ninja Turtles Videos Update
 

I knew it was too good to be true. If you check my other thread in this section, you will see that my eBay auction for 50 Ninja Turtles cartoon videos ended at $610.00.

The idiot who made the final bid can't pay his debt. He claims his little brother amped up the price while he was away at his uncle's house. So now I'm left with a $610.00 bill that can't be paid.

If anyone on the boards is interested in making me an offer, a SERIOUS offer (none of this "I'll give you $50!" crap), either leave me a message here or PM me.

I am still in negotiations with this dummy (he's a college student with not much money), but if someone here makes me a better offer, I will most definitely consider it.

If not, these videos will go back on sale on eBay. I was screwed once. Now I've been screwed twice. One more time, and I just may throw the whole stinking set out the window.

"Well, don't just stand there like a frozen steer! Pick me up!" - Krang, from "The Fifth Turtle"

I actually sent a second-chance offer to the runner-up bidder (I e-mailed him once before and after that, as well), but I never heard from him.

If the kid I'm dealing with right now can't get his act together, I may just have to put the set up for sale on eBay again. I've never had a problem with eBay in the three years I've done business on it . . . except for the two times I tried to sell this set.

Two times I've put it up for auction. Two times there was a winning bidder. Two times I've been screwed by the winning bidder.

They say third time's a charm? It darn well better be.

But thanks for the help. :)

"Hello, police department? I've found a lost bicycle I'd like to return to its owner. The license plate number is 70131. Why, thank you, officer." - Shredder, from "The Fifth Turtle"

Unfortunately, the problem with selling higher priced items is that it can be more difficult to recieve payment. You just kinda gotta cross your fingers that the bidder comes through.

If they don't pay, you should file a non-paying bidder report, as TMNTgal suggested. You'll get the final value fee back and the deadbeat bidder will get a warning.

The unfortunate thing about leaving negative feedback for these people is that they will likely leave you negative feedback in return. That's the only reason I have any negative feedback. :P

You could always sell them seperately.

Selling them one at a time would not only be more expensive in the long run, it would just be too much of a hassle. Only certain videos would sell, and then I'd be left with nothing but the "junk pile" videos, as it were.

I have contacted eBay about this situation, but they haven't responded yet. And this kid finally did make me a credible offer, that being $400.00. There was no way I could pass it down, and for two reasons:

1) If I put them up for auction again on eBay, the final bid would not get that high. That's just the way my luck goes. Every time I take a gamble, I lose.

2) $400.00 is a good chunk of change.

So, in the end, even though I ended up $210.00 short, I can live with $400.00.

"You knew, and you didn't tell us?!"
"I didn't want to worry you."

Shredder and Krang, from "Four Turtles and a Baby"