eBay shenanigans, part 1

Two weeks ago, I posted an eBay listing for a guitar I was trying to sell. Within an hour there were bids, and within a few days bidding had risen to $1900. There were about 17 people watching the auction, which ended last Friday. Within the last 3 minutes someone had put in a bid and met my reserve of $1950, and he ended up winning the auction.

Immediately after the auction I e-mailed the guy thinking that he was sitting at his computer. No response all weekend. Then on Monday morning I get an e-mail from this guy. He claims that someone hijacked his account and bid on my guitar, so he would appreciate if I deleted his bids. I immediately respond that he should contact eBay and tell him someone hijacked his account (if this was indeed true). He later tells me that there is nothing he can do, and asked if I would just say that we agreed not to complete the auction so that he wouldn't get a strike against his account.

No way am I going to do that. If he just bid on it and had buyer's remorse, why shouldn't he have to deal with that? And if he indeed got his account hijacked, then he needs to deal with that as well. So tomorrow, I am going to file a non-paying bidder claim with eBay and hopefully I can get my money back for the final listing fee.

Now really, who the f$#& would hijack an account to bid on something at the last minute and then not pay for it? If this clown had the class to tell me that he had buyer's remorse, I would have agreed to file the mutual non-sale claim to get my final listing fee back.

And on a related note, is anyone interested in purchasing a Gibson Chet Atkins Country Gentleman? Just make sure that if you tell me you're going to buy it, that you actually plan on following through.