I am doomed. Utterly doomed.

[gerisullivan]

I just became a registered eBay user. It's my first time. Yes, of course I did so to bid on something. It's a very low-cost item. Yeah, right.

I am doomed.

I am not, however, going to increase my bid. Either I'll get it or I won't.

It's not even what I went looking for.

Of course it isn't.

Doomed. Doomed. Doomed.

I am suspiciously cheerful and confident for someone who has successfully avoided this fate for the last decade and more.

Film at 11. In the meantime, advice for an eBay neo would be very welcome. What mistakes should I endeavor to avoid? Well, beside the mistake of registering in the first place?

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[jolest.livejournal.com]

I haven't sold anything on eBay (yet), but I was under the impression that a seller can refuse to accept bids for various reasons as long as they clearly note their reasons in advance in their ad.

Assuming this is correct, you could have included a note "Non-US bids will be rejected." in your auction and then rejected the bid from the person in Korea. That way, they couldn't have given you a negative feedback...