Your eBay feedback stays with you regardless of how many name changes you have.
When you changed your name, it used to put a pair of sunglasses next to your name for 30 days to let folks know you had recently changed your name.. now it uses a different, less "shady" icon.
But your feedback stays with that specific account, no matter what you change the name to.
You can "hide" your feedback, but when you do that it says clear as day that you've hidden it.
My guess is this guy signed up for an account years ago, and occasionally bids on stuff or lists stuff. If he's actually won anything, nobody bothered to leave feedback for him.
Heck, if I had a dollar for every item i've bid on and not won, i'd be flying my trucks in a C130 to California for full frame off restos.
The guy listed the truck with a $100 opening bid on Aug 12th, got 8 bids, and it went to $999
First auction Then he relists it with more information, and the phrase "It's not a driver and it needs work".
If I was looking for a truck like that and saw the same 0 feedback guy sold the same truck less than 30 days ago, I might be a little wary of it.. i'd at least ask myself, "Is it a scam?" or "Maybe the truck is in way worse condition than described, and thats why the first winner didnt take it".
Either way, a zero feedback bidder selling the same "high ticket" item twice in a 30 day period is enough to spook alot of potential bidders.. which is probably why he didn't get nearly the bids on it the second time around.
When you list an item with a low opening bid and no reserve, you're rolling the dice. You're betting that market demand is high enough to command a solid final auction price.. and you know that no reserve and low opener encourages more people to bid.
I've sold alot of things that way.. and most times I get far more than I expected for the item.. so i've won more than i've lost.. but man, i've lost once or twice.
Thats the price you pay for playing the game. You won the auction fair and square according to the rules HE defined.. now he wants to back out because he dosen't like the outcome?
I've sold a few vehicles in the last year.. I list each one PROPERLY and paid the $40 to list it, and the flat $40 Final Auction Fee (total of $80 for each one) because I play by the rules.
I list stuff with low opening bids, and no reserve. When the auction ends, the winner gets it, regardless of how happy I am with the final bid price.. because I play by the rules.
Now this guy comes along, lists the truck TWICE and dodges the $80 fee BOTH TIMES, and then refuses to sell the truck because he dosen't think he got enough for it?
The only exception I could make in that situation would be if eBay had some kind of technical problem right as the auction was closing, or if a high bidder canceled their bid at the last minute.
You won the truck fair and square by his rules, now he wants to charge you more?
Thats B.S.
