[quote name='Goguenator']All I wish happened was PM's went out, Stoic is kinda right on that cause I still haven't gotten a total for my Kirby's Epic Yarn. I know stuff goes down in life and people don't have time to do it, death in the family, etc but at least just send a PM to everyone instead of posting in a forum that has 1283 Replies on it you know? Not mad at all just wanted to let out an opinion that's all.[/QUOTE]
Thanks for the backup, Gogue. I'm not faulting DBM or any of the users (even Vulgarism, who was willing to put on a group lowball) that are willing to hock their items for cheap in lowballs - it's one of my favorites aspects of the site.
However, if you're willing to go through the process of starting a lowball, you should be committed to making sure everything is invoiced, packaged and sent, come hell or high-water. Short of you dying or becoming incapacitated at the bottom of a ditch in your car on a stranded road in the middle of a snowstorm; there should be no reason for the lowball not being completed by the seller who is basically selling their crap for a profit.
There have been a couple of lowballs that I have participated in where someone has had a "death in the family" or some other excuse and disappeared from the site after receiving a bunch of money. I'm not accusing anyone of doing this with this particular lowball, however there is no way for us as buyers to determine if we have a deadbeat seller or a seller with a dead relative. Short of asking, "show us the body" or for a link to an obituary - we have to take sellers at their word. Remember the Lego room guy?
As far as this particular lowball, I hadn't heard from my seller with an invoice or payment information to send him my payment - which is pretty standard protocol for the lowball seller who wants to get paid. I didn't win anything significant in this lowball, however I did win an item and the seller deserves a prompt payment from me, the buyer. Since this wasn't one person's lowball, I didn't know who to directly contact. The name of my seller was not listed with the item I won.
I posted a couple times that I hadn't heard from my seller, unaware of the livelihood of anyone in their family or extended family. I was aware however, that the lowball had completed multiple days before I had posted and that the individual seller should have contacted me. That's why I posted in the group thread. Again, I hadn't had any notification from my seller via PM or any direct message that his grandfather had died and that prohibits him from completing the lowball transaction he entered into when the lowball began.
I have sent my seller payment and a message of condolence for the loss of his grandfather. I have not heard anything back from him regarding my item or his situation. I understand he might be in mourning or even traveling to or from a funeral, but I have no idea at this point. Not the ideal situation for a buyer, but as a participant in the lowball, I owe it to the seller to make sure he is paid. Just hope the favor is returned to me, the buyer.