EBay Is Just So Damned Horrible ...
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Skiman
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It's probably a e-mail through e-bay through the accounts.
Then Kabuki will want to use the second link I posted.
https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-ov.html
Skiman
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Then Kabuki will want to use the second link I posted.
https://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/rfe-spam-ov.html
Sounds like you done all the right things, BG.
If I didn't hear from them by the end of the day I would file an NPB claim on them.
When or if the buyer does pay during the NPB dispute, ship the item ASAP and cover your behind with DC and insurance.
If they do leave negative FB for you, contact eBay right away have it removed...it happened to me and eBay removed the neg the same day.
I wish sellers still had the ability to leave negs for deadbeat buyers.
I am definitely going to file. When someone leaves neg, even if you have it removed, it still shows you were left with it, just shows that it was removed by ebay. *sigh* either way, we sellers lose.
Kabukiman
Greatest Person Ever
Thanks for the links!
It doesn't look like there is a way for me to block his messages through ebay, but now I have a form to report the spam. Thanks!
Hmmm...mine was completely removed. No notations or anything by ebay.
Maybe the buyer being NARU'd had something to do with it.
Thanks for the links!
It doesn't look like there is a way for me to block his messages through ebay, but now I have a form to report the spam. Thanks!
You're very welcome!
Skiman
Super Freak
One other tip - when listing auctions with BIN options, be sure to check the little box for "Require immediate payment with Buy It Now". It forces the buyer to pay immediately or else it will not close the auction. I require this on any BIN auctions I list.
Skiman
Super Freak
I wish they had that option for non BIN auctions.
LaMelnik
Super Freak
I had a person win a pricey item from me and after a few days said that they could not afford it anymore and that it was for their boyfriend's collection.
I could have been an ass but I just filed the non-paying bidder mutual agreement form and gave her advice about not spending money on her boyfriends collecting habits especially a habit that costs a lot of money.
I actually lost over $140 on the sale when I relisted it but I'm not a money grubber so I just let it go.
Funny thing about all of this, the original buyer contacted me later on to thank me for the advice I gave her and she said that she wasn't going to feed his addiction anymore.
LOL!!!!
I could have been an ass but I just filed the non-paying bidder mutual agreement form and gave her advice about not spending money on her boyfriends collecting habits especially a habit that costs a lot of money.
I actually lost over $140 on the sale when I relisted it but I'm not a money grubber so I just let it go.
Funny thing about all of this, the original buyer contacted me later on to thank me for the advice I gave her and she said that she wasn't going to feed his addiction anymore.
LOL!!!!
cokebabies
Super Freak
I'll be using eBay a lot less, with Bing Cashback ending.
Blackthornone
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eBay went down hill as soon as they took away the ability for a seller to leave negative feedback to a buyer.
Before that, sellers used to control their feedback by refusing to leave feedback for the buyer until the buyer left it for the seller, which meant that if the buyer left the seller negative feedback even if they deserved it, the seller would retaliate with negative feedback for the buyer. I experienced that retaliatory feedback before. The item wasn't as promised, as in defective, or arrived a month after I paid, ect. After that, I basically realized that only way to keep a positive feedback rating with these people was just to give those sellers positive feedback even if they didn't deserve it.
I suppose you could have a system in which the seller must leave feedback first, but really, ebay should be like every other business, whether online, or every other business in the history of the world, as in offline, in which all the buyer has to do is pay. If they don't pay, they don't get the item, and the seller simply sells it to someone else. If you want to be a vendor, there is ALWAYS the factor of people not buying or willing to pay your prices, or trying to get it for less. That's how it has always been, and is a risk that vendors must take, and is part of the cost of doing business. If you have something that no one wants to buy, that is just part of being a seller. Why should sellers on ebay deserve any more protection that any other merchant in the history of the world has ever received?
The cost of doing business is customer service, which is what a seller must provide if he/she expects to get a profit, which is to make money off of an essentially uneven exchange. If a seller can't handle doing even THAT, then all they want to do is just list things and sit back and rake in the money, being lazy,which is basically getting money for nothing. Work phobic people. Some people can't stand doing ANY work for money. I suppose that's why people find the idea of selling on ebay so appealing. So much less work than a real seller has to do.
devilof76
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An uneven exchange? What is that supposed to mean?
mr.thrifty
Super Freak
Profit is wrong... haven't you heard?? 
Blackthornone
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An uneven exchange is the basis of profit. If an exchange was a completely even exchange of resources, then there would be no profit, only barter. It is impossible to become rich without an uneven exchange in business. An exception to this is the service industry, in which people make money purely through labor, like $1000 an hour hookers, or artists who paint a picture in 15 minutes and make $25,000. In those cases, people offer truly unique things, and so who is to say how much they are really worth? However, when it comes to mass produced items, a profit can only be made from an uneven exchange.In other words, an item costs a company $10 to make, and they charge $50 for it, and so in effect, they get $40 more than the item is actually worth, because it only costs $10 to make. In reality, something is only worth what it costs to make.
risingstar
Super Freak
As someone who has bought and sold hundreds of items over the years on eBay, my negative experiences have almost always been with sellers. I find them to be the far greater problem.
Oh man, don't get me started on the dimwitted and conniving ignoramuses I have met over the years...
It's a minefield out there. I pretty much never buy anything old or displayed anymore.
Oh man, don't get me started on the dimwitted and conniving ignoramuses I have met over the years...
It's a minefield out there. I pretty much never buy anything old or displayed anymore.
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I've been on eBay since 1999 and I've only had trouble with buyers, never sellers. Mostly it's just been plain stupidity on their part.
I take that back. I had one seller who never sent me my item but never cashed my check either. Just disappeared off the face of the Earth. I wasn't out anything though.
I take that back. I had one seller who never sent me my item but never cashed my check either. Just disappeared off the face of the Earth. I wasn't out anything though.
I filed the unpaid item dispute thing. So we'll see how it goes.
Thing is, I now don't want them to pay me because I am afraid that even with insurance and tracking they can be jerks and say that I never sent them what I said I would.
Maybe I should just refund if they pay?
Thing is, I now don't want them to pay me because I am afraid that even with insurance and tracking they can be jerks and say that I never sent them what I said I would.
Maybe I should just refund if they pay?
