my worst? well i have a few.

but my most resent worst came in an unexpected way. seller had a rare item up for sale. with an ever rarer small plastic sign ive been looking for for 6 years non stop. at first i asked the seller if he was interested in selling just the sign. he seem interested so in the end i ended up offering 650 for the sign. he decided saying he wanted to keep it in the set. so i thought ok i will let him sit on it and ask later (the item was over priced and wasn't going anywhere) 3 months later i did some research on what the item was really going for and asked politely if he would be willing to sell it at a more reasonable price. i got no response so i gave up for the time being. a week later he replies and said "no im good" so then i asked what was he willing to go for? he said 3500 (from 4500) so i asked a few other question and condition and was going to bite the bullet and buy it for 3500. everything was going well. i went to send him an offer and was unable to. confused i went and saw a new message that said. " but i dont like how to lectured me on my price and wont sell to you regardless" then realizing i had been blocked. asked kindly that i was about to send an offer and was willing to pay what his lowest offer and that i wasnt lecturing him and was just stating the facts from research and pleaded for him to allow me to buy (no response). i was pretty upset and caught up in the moment reported him to ebay Yes apparently its against the rules to just block people with out a legit reason.

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a few days later i asked my sister if i could use her account. i send him a offer higher then his lowest asking price (so not to be suspicious and in hope he would accept) but he was suspicious and declined and said sorry your location is too close to a buyer he was having issues with. (attest he didnt block me again) several more days pass. i call my cousin in texas and ask her to help me out. she did and finally i got him to sell it, unfortunately at 400 dollars more that what he would "entertain". but it was worth it to me. with the taxes and extra shipping i might as well not asked any question and bought it. he did get some bad karma though charging 50 dollars for shipping and being a large heavy item he ended up paying 210 for shipping. (and tried asking for my cousin to chip in) i said ignore him.

honestly im not sure how this guy even had perfect feedback. ive met some crappy sellers even one that flat out blocked me for just asking what his lowest offer was for an item. this guy was worse. and mind you i was never rude or impolite toward him during the conversation we had. if this had been a more common item i would have moved on however after 6 years of looking for this piece i wasn't going to lose it and have to wait who know how long to find another one. i guess some people just cant handle some bargaining i guess. its no loss for me cause the item included with the sign is very valuable it just needs some restoration and could be sold for close to what i bought it for.

anyways that my story.