Another ebay rant- bad buyers...

[YY1]

Got to get this one off my chest.

last week I sold a couple non-car related items, and after one sale ended, I got an ebay message about 11:00pm, that said "I want the item shipped via parcel post to the following address..." In the listing, I had not offered that shipping option . Because it was late at night, when I replied, I accidentally replied via regular mail to ebay, instead of the "button" to use ebay messages. Prpbably I good thing because I was a bit short.

The next day I received another message like this- "Yesterday I sent a message instructing you to ship my item parcel post, why are you ignoring me?".

This was all in less than 18 hours after the auction.

The next day I researched the shipping rates (again), and concluded prority mail was $12 and 2-3 days, but parcel post was only $2 cheaper and was 5-8 days. I messaged the buyer, and reinvoiced for the new ammount. I also left positive feedback.

It has been almost 30 days, and this buyer has left no feedback for me.
I bent over backwards, spent extra time, and put up with his demanding attitude.

WTF is wrong with some people???

 

[lewtot184]

the frustrations of internet buying/selling. some people are great and some are impossible to please. i try to avoid it when i can but sometimes its the only choice.

 

[Cranky]

arrogant people are everywhere. If you didn't offer that option, I wouldn't have even explained it any different to him an sent it as offered stating that regular parcel post wasn't an option.

 

[Sonny Black]

I run a small retail shop and this is the story of my 40+
years in business....welcome to retail...
and best of luck,

sonny black

 

[Ron 73]

Sometimes i think its nothing more then a mind game with some of them, arrogance knows no bounds.

 

[YY1]

I currently have 440 (HA) transactions, about 33% of them sales, and I have a 100% positive feedback score. I guess I'd rather have no feedback from a sale, than bad or marginal feedback, but it'd be nice if the buyer would recognize good (or exemplary in this case) service, especially in a forum where that recognition is the basis of the system.

 

[alleyoopmgv]

Ebay sucks, thats for sure! Not saying I don't use it, I do. But I don't like to, and the money they charge, don't even get me started! You can't please everybody that's for sure! A lot of a$$holes on ebay.

 

[Deleted member 214]

Some people don't read. I sold an acoustic guitar with Local Pickup Only as I didn't want to take the trouble to find a good box and risk it getting damaged in shipping. The buyer wanted it shipped, said he had not seen the part of no shipping. He wanted a refund and threatened to get eBay involved, I said be my guest. We e-mailed back and forth about it for a while until he finally got the message. He said he would have a friend pick it up for him. Never heard from the guy. Sent a few follow-up e-mails, no response. He paid for the thing and never got it. How stupid! Sold it again to somebody else, got paid twice for the same item. Sold a piece of old quadraphonic stereo equipment to a guy in Russia who chose parcel post instead of UPS or any kind of insured tracable shipping. When it didn't get there in the estimated time period he tried to raise hell and get his money back, but I had the reciept from when I mailed it and said your problem, buddy. He got it a week later, lucky for him, but if he never go it I figured it was his choice to go on the cheap for shipping and it was his problem if it didn't get there, not mine. I sold a lab grade 120v to 12v transformer recently, also Local Pickup Only, to a guy with over 1,000 feedbacks. He wanted it shipped. A buyer like him should have known better. I quoted him a high shipping price and he paid it no question - better to pay that then lose all his money. Idiots!

 

[brandon64]

alot of people don't ever leave feedback. I've sold about 100 items on ebay and Ihave 65 people who have left a feedback score. The people who did not have not left feedback for anyone. don't take it personal there just *** holes.

 

[CTMopar]

As a seller I do not leave feedback until after the buyer has.

 

[Bruzilla]

As a seller I do not leave feedback until after the buyer has.

You're one of those sellers that really anoy me! A buyer should receive feedback as soon as payment is received. Once the payment is received, the seller's responsibilities in the transaction are fully met, so there's no reason to wait to provide feedback.

 

[YY1]

You mean the BUYER's responsibilities, but I agree.

as a buyer-

I send you money- you leave me feedback when you get it.

You send me product- I leave you feedback when I get it and if it matches the description.

 

[cr8crshr]

Exactly...

You mean the BUYER's responsibilities, but I agree.

as a buyer-

I send you money- you leave me feedback when you get it.

You send me product- I leave you feedback when I get it and if it matches the description.

In a perfect world that is how it is supposed to run. But it never does so why get you shorts in a knot over "FEEDBACK"??? It ain't nothing but a thing....

 

[RCAddict]

Ebay will allow the buyer to screw the seller. We sold a NOS in the box 67 Corvette only outside mirror. The guy bought & paid for it & it was shipped to him. He said that we ripped him off & the mirror was not NOS & the markings on it were wrong I do NCRS restorations from time to time & I know my factory markings from repro Ebay/Paypal give the jerk his money back & when I complained that he had no sent the mirror back they instructed him to send it back he sent back a repro that I know I had not sent him. My listing had a pic of the GM# inside the base & the correct markings on the back of the mirror itself. I was out a $500 mirror because ebay wouldn't do a thing I was a 100% feedback for almost 8 years until this

 

[Budnicks]

E-Bay sucks

Ebay sucks, thats for sure! Not saying I don't use it, I do. But I don't like to, and the money they charge, don't even get me started! You can't please everybody that's for sure! A lot of a$$holes on ebay.

:iamwithstupid:

 

[YY1]

Wow, that BLOWS.

However, the entire system is based on feedback.

 

[Cranky]

When it comes to an NOS high dollar part, screw Ebay....I sell that kind of part on the proper forum.

 

[Budnicks]

yep

When it comes to an NOS high dollar part, screw Ebay....I sell that kind of part on the proper forum.

:iamwithstupid: I don't buy or sell much, if anything anymore, I did for many years, it's not worth it to me to sell or buy on E-Scam/Bay any longer, been shafted & screwed too many times, even doing all the right things, even just dealing with people that have good feed back ratings, there's way too many payment/refund issues & way too many tire kickers, it's always a guy from 2500-3000 mile away, that wants the stuff, but doesn't want to pay the appropriate shipping or something, it never fails, It seems like almost everyone I've dealt with shopping on E-Scam/Bay, is looking for some kind of a killer deal or are cheap a$$es to begin with, trying to save a few bucks, were ever they can... "screw me once shame on you, screw me twice, I'll get even" All just my opinions, no offense to those who love E-Scam/Bay, more power to you & good luck

 

[super-bee_ski]

YY1,
Yup, been there too! Heck, I've even apologized for their mistake just to get the "POSITIVE FEEDBACK"
I have slowed down my eBay purchases and sales lateley.
BUT: eBay does have it's place in this world.
"Water off a Ducks back"
Super-bee_ski
:hello2:

 

[Stumper]

I've bought on Ebay for years and last year tried selling a few gun boxes. After selling a few I had one fellow buy two of the boxes in the last minutes of the auctions. He asked for a shipping discount and I gave it to him. In my ads I put up pictures of the boxes to show the condition and clearly stated for buyers to "please ask any questions before bidding" as these were no return items. The boxes were over 50 years old. I got the money by paypal of course, left him good feedback and a week later get an email from him wanting to return the (50+ year old cardboard) boxes because they smelled "musty"... I felt like I had no recourse but to refund him his money to avoid bad feedback... It took an act of congress to get my selling fees back from Ebay, and I don't think I ever did get the Paypal fee back. Needless to say that was my last time selling on Ebay. It is a great buying tool for buyers but it definitely sucks for sellers.