[rescue] Re: EBay treasure

[ed at the7thbeer.com]

> Well, legally you are entitled to them.  The question is,
> do you want to do what is legal or what is moral?

That's not necessarily true.  And you'd very likely end up in court,
spending more money than the chips are worth.  What's worth more --
accepting the seller made a mistake and taking a consolation
prize/keeping a beneficial business relationship open, or taking him to
court?

 > 
> Now, he did mess up, and could be forced to honor the
> deal.  However, I think a fair deal would be to give
> you one in exchange for releasing him from the deal.

He did mess up, but that does not force him to honor the deal.  However, I
would encourage trying to meet somewhere in the middle, i.e. a free chip
or something like that.
 
> One thing I'd do is look at what terms and conditions
> he expects the buyer to adhere to, and base my response
> on that.  For sellers with the outrageous "no wrong
> moves or you're dead"-type T&C, I'd give no mercy.
> For sellers with reasonable T&C, I'd work with them.

Auctions are sticky, but technically you are making the offer to the
seller.  So those terms are actually yours.  :)  And naturally they'll
accept terms they wrote for the use of the bidders. :)

-ed

> > <<
> > Gavin,
> > 
> > Our Ebay lister listed these processors by mistake. As you can see, there is
> > another auction for the same processors for a minimum bid price of $1,750
> > and a buy it now price of $2000. That price was to be a store listing for
> > one processor. My cost on 10 of these processors is $1,500. I have never
> > backed out of a deal, but I cannot honor this. I will be more than happy to
> > cut another deal with you. I can discount your next purchase or sell you
> > anything in my stock at cost.
> > 
> > Can we work something out?
> > 
> > Thank you and have a great day,
> > 
> > Greg Wolters
> > greg at paladiantech.com
> > 
> > <snip>
> > >>
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> Eric Dittman
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