My eBay aggrivation

[johnmiic]

Ok guys, I realize I may have pulled the trigger on this auction without thinking about what I was buying BUT look at this description. Is this not poory worded and misleading???

FLASH GORDON (1980) (#28-37) (WHITMAN) #33 Very Fine - (eBay item 260147956416 end time Aug-27-07 13:24:16 PDT)

If the auction is only for the one book, why do they list a whole series of 9 issues?

"FLASH GORDON (1980) (#28-37) (WHITMAN) Issue #33 comics in Very Fine condition. Published by Whitman Publishing"

And then 4th paragraph down:

"The second issue of which you need to be aware is that sometimes, very rarely, we don't actually have in stock the item that we're auctioning. "

I know I was probably boneheaded not to think this over before I bid on it and I should have emailed a question but still, is this not crazy? Auctioning items that you may not actually have in stock and saying in the description, hey, tough luck if you bid and we don't have it???

[toys2cool]

yeah it's a little misleading,just email the guy and tell him you thought it was all 9 if there's anyway he could relist it and you pay for the fee's,that's the only thing I could think of

[davidb]

Ah, good old Mile High. They also throw in there the fact that the item in the picture may not be the one you're bidding on. You usually do need to read the fine print on their auctions.

That said, I've bought from their website before and not had any problems that I can recall. The worst problem they have there is that their Silver Age books are priced into the stratosphere.

[Comic Book Geek]

I can't stand the 800 word essay sellers. Sheesh, no wonder you missed it.

[Comic Book Geek]

...actually I copied this into Word just out of curiosity.

In Word it's:
3 pages
12 paragraphs
89 lines
1,282 words

Holy Cow.

[English Paul]

"The second issue of which you need to be aware is that sometimes, very rarely, we don't actually have in stock the item that we're auctioning. "

I thought this practice was against Ebays rules.

[Adam West]

Sounds like they have some way of doing some automated type listing based on their computer inventory.

It is pretty lengthy and confusing but since it is not a ton of money, I'd probably just pay it and move on. If they really are selling 200,000 items at once, chances are they have some type of automated billing and probably automated feedback too so I doubt they want to deal with an $8 headache.

[kingcarm]

At least you only dropped $7.20 + $2.95 s/h. That's a small price for a lesson well learned. That is a hell of a lot of words for one crappy comic book. That guy must be soooo bored.

[batmanmc]

i would either take the loss for the 10 bucks or email him and explain his auction is misleading and i dont want to buy it. mike

[toys2cool]

At least you only dropped $7.20 + $2.95 s/h. That's a small price for a lesson well learned. That is a hell of a lot of words for one crappy comic book. That guy must be soooo bored.

well that is a good point,it's only $10 ,could've been a lot worse

[Zemo]

Holy Cow, what a wind bag! I hope you never have to talk to him on the phone.

[johnmiic]

I asked them about it and they said the range of issues was only therre to indicate the run that the single issue was printed in and not to indicate what you are actually bidding on.

I learned my lesson. I should'a emailed them a question. I'm not gonna make a big stink over it. Besides eBay has this new secret system to rate a seller they cant see. I just rated their auction as "very inaccurate".

[Titan4ever]

I'm not a big fan of Mile High. A few years back I actually visited their physical location--looking both for back issues and the possibility of selling off a chunk of my 30+ years of comics. The staff was very unhelpful and almost rude. I was so not impressed that I have chosen to do my business elsewhere since then.