To the person who made a private offer to buy a rare UK item on ebay...

[Loa]

Holy cow, this is awful.

[glitterball]

Aww man, please don't let this ruin your birthday, Taffeta! 

[Taffeta]

Aww man, please don't let this ruin your birthday, Taffeta! 

[lovesbabysquirmy]

*many hugs*  Well at least you know it wasn't a directed, personal attack at you.    Still really sucks that the seller STOLE the image in the first place and had you get your hopes up, but glad that you are not out money of your pocket in addition.

[Taffeta]

Special ponies mean more to me than money does. Sad but true.

[Stiletto]

I want to know what the item was anyway, because I'm nosy and love merch.  . 

I'm glad you said it because I was thinking it!  I want to know what the item was as well because ... I'm nosy.

[Safflower]

That is horrible Taffeta

[NightGliderSA]

I'm so sorry Taffeta. I know that there is in fact nothing that can be said that could make you feel better in this situation, but I really am just so SO sorry 

[Taffeta]

Hi guys. Thanks for all the support. It us upsetting but I did hear from the seller. She claims the auction was not fraudulent so she may or may not have the item and may have just borrowed a picture. Either way even if that is the case I don't want any more involvement with her . She also says she had a sudden death in the family. Her behaviour has been odd so maybe that is true. She has cancelled the auction and listrd it as out of stock.

I do not know if I believe her but she did respond and did refund me. There wasn't a private offer and if she didn't keep my money then she wasn't defrauding me.

I don't totally understand but all her other feedback is positive. Given this and the fact I am not out any money I am not going to make a bigger issue from it. It will stay on my list of auctions on my ebay so if it gets relisted I will of course raise it here.

A lot of stuff has been building up on me with non pony things and it is better for me to let this go now. I know the real pony has a good safe home and that is important.

Mods please close the thread if you could. Matter is resolved in my mind and I will just cry again if I keep reading all your awesome comments.

[Ringlets]

  I'm so sorry hun! that's awful  
 I actually had the first situation you mentioned happen to me with baby Sapphire hidden in a lot of fakies and common ponies on ebay, no mention of names, I won for an amazing price...but of course I was not the only person to spot the gem in the pile and someone else offered the seller money and bought the baby, while I was given lots of excuses and a refund....  it really upset me at the time, so with everything going on in your life too I can understand why this would hit you even harder     

I really hope that you can get whatever it was you really wanted again soon, even if it's something HTF. Not impossible *more hugs*  and if you don't want to read anymore or reply on here that's ok, we understand XX