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Post by Sunnyhorse on Sept 19, 2006 16:13:33 GMT -4
The store has a different (catchier, prettier) name, of course, but his name is the only one to whom money orders/cashier's checks are sent, so I think it's his outfit alone. (His feedback score just went up 100% positive on 116 sales, BTW.)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2006 0:43:47 GMT -4
Can someone tell me what this means and if it's a good idea? I got this comment on an item I have up for bid which is a local pick-up only piece of furniture:
"Please let me know by the end of your auction if you accept Best Offer."
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Post by bklynred on Oct 3, 2006 15:42:55 GMT -4
I think that means you don't get the price you expected at auction, will you except the seller's price if it's a reasonable one? I'm still new to eBay mysteries but that sounds alright.
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JDub
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Post by JDub on Oct 4, 2006 2:31:53 GMT -4
I have a question. I just started selling items very recently on ebay. I built myself up a little bit as a buyer so people would be more interested in bidding on my stuff once I had good feedback. I sold maybe 2 or 3 items, and then I had an item where someone paid with a credit card. I get an email from paypal saying I would need to upgrade to a Premier account to accept credit card payments through Paypal. I thought they were taking fees out just for credit card payments, but now I see I'm paying Paypal a fee every time I get a payment. How is it that my first few sales went through without being charged a fee? I see now that it says Paypal is "free for buyers". It just kills me to pay a fee to both them and to ebay. I think I'll just stick to selling things I know will sell well.
I'm pretty psyched about my recent sales. I sold the dress my daughter wore for her 1st birthday for more than I paid for it. It was slightly fancy and poufy, so I put the word pageant in my listing, stating it would make a good pageant dress. That word alone must have gotten it so much interest. I had people emailing me asking if I'd just sell it to them outright. I was a tiny bit annoyed with the lady who bought it. I put on my listing that I expected payment within 3 days of auction closing, but I'd actually meant to put 3 business days, so I gave her some extra time. The auction ended on a Friday night, and by Tuesday I hadn't gotten payment or heard anything, so I sent her an email telling her I needed a payment by the next day. So she pays by e-check the next day at the last minute. Then on Monday she emails me saying she sees that her payment has cleared and when will I ship the dress because she wanted to use it for a pageant her daughter was going to that weekend. Well, if she hadn't delayed payment and paid with a check that took 4 days to clear, she would have had it in plenty of time.
Can you report someone that has a questionable user name, or deny their bid? I had some baby shoes up that a user named "f**k_u_payme$$" bid on. This person was a brand new user, never bought or sold anything. Luckily they only made one bid and someone else snagged them.
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thingamajig
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Post by thingamajig on Oct 4, 2006 9:40:33 GMT -4
Once you upgrade to a Premier account that can accept credit card payments, then all future payments, funded or credit card, will be charged a fee. I found that out the hard way. I have two different Paypal accounts now, and I only use my Premier one if I know someone will be paying me by credit card.
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Post by bklynred on Oct 4, 2006 12:11:17 GMT -4
JDub, I can't answer your initial question, but I'd definitely report the user name. It's childish, and on a site where money's being exchanged, it makes the user questionable too.
I've just started scoping out shoe auctions...I'm trying sooo hard not to bid. Mostly the S&H charges keep me from pulling the trigger. By the time I get something delivered from Hawaii I might as well have bought the boots from Macy's down the street.
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JDub
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Post by JDub on Oct 4, 2006 13:31:40 GMT -4
I don't know why I didn't think to do this. I'm a nerd. I'm opening a new one right now and switching my email address on the other one. I wish I'd though to do that yesterday though, as I just has six auctions end last night, and they ALL paid right away. Of course I lost about 5 bucks with all the fees, which I'd be pissed about it I didn't know that I got more money selling those items off of ebay than if I'd had a garage sale.
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welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Oct 5, 2006 22:32:29 GMT -4
I am really tired of the buyers who will not pay and will not respond to emails. But as soon as leave that negative feedback, BOOM! You mysteriously get one in return in no less than 30 minutes. This is what just happened to me today with a buyer purchasing something from me on Sep. 17th. And what's even stupider is what he says in his feedback "I sent a check and didn't recieve any package in return." Oh, really? Then why haven't I gotten a check in mail during the past 3 weeks? And if you've really sent it out, why didn't you inform of that fact before jumping to conclusions? And notice he never said that the check was cashed or anything, just that it "was sent."
But you know, I can't be bothered to be upset anymore. Seriously, I've always loved the concepy of eBay, but sadly, the people are what ruin the experience the most.
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Post by WitchyPoo on Oct 7, 2006 4:16:14 GMT -4
I spent a good half an hour listing a collection of 15 cds. Listed each individual disc and each track with specific detail and took a picture of them laid out very attractively. Two days later I had a buyer. I used the buy it now option. I was excited because I had been planning to use that money to help pay for my road trip later this month. The buyer never responded to my e-mails and ended up unregistering from ebay so I couldn't leave any feedback.
It was the first time I've had any problems with ebay, but it was so disappointing because I was relying on that money. I ended up relisting but no luck so far.
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welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Oct 20, 2006 21:15:59 GMT -4
Ah, I guess patience really is a virtue. I was complaining a while ago on the Pet Peeves thread about buyers who over bid on items that show up frequently on eBay. Well, I finally got the obento I wanted for the opening bid of 20 dollars! Last week, the auction ended at about 40.
And there is one particular seller that sells about 5 boxes of Crest Whitestrips for 7.99 every few days. And like the geniuses they are, the buyers don't take advantage and take to one bid per auction. Nope, they bid over everyone else, even though there would be 5 new auctions in a couple of hours. And no matter how high I would place the proxy bid, the bidders would go even higher next time. And it's not like they couldn't possibly know about the other auctions. Some bidders are bidding on 3-4 of them at a time! So, after getting outbid on an auction at about $17, i searched for new blood and found the same damn product ended just a couple of minutes ago. And won it at the starting price of $7.99. And now, I'm so very tempted to send the auction links to all the people who bid over me the whole time, just to say "Look what you could've paid. Enjoy spending 10-20 extra dollars!"Ah, life is great sometimes.
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