welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Jan 26, 2007 23:05:48 GMT -4
This isn't specifically ebay, but another auction site. I sold a book a while ago , and said in the description that this book was hightlighted, underlined and doodled to hell, as well as missing the front cover. And now, I have to deal with the buyer saying that I should give a refund for these exact same attributes. The thing that set me off was the fact that the buyer mentioned that that was what the SON had to say, telling me that one or both people did not bother reading the description before they got the thing. Please, someone tell me I'm not insane by thinking that they don't deserve to get their money back. I'm sick of these asshole buyers.
Oh, and they do the oh so noble act of leaving a negative feedback before they even send an email to complain about the product. And I'm supposed to be so nice and gracious to them after that? Pftt.
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Post by chonies on Jan 27, 2007 1:34:48 GMT -4
WCG, you are not insane, they are illiterate. I don't know who to take it up with, but I would assume that exact situation has been addressed at least once since the origin of eBay.
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welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Jan 27, 2007 11:12:12 GMT -4
Thanks, I figured. And there's this whole attitude thing. Whenever something's wrong with an item I ordered, I let the seller know and ask politely if he could cover the damages. You catch more flies with honey and all. But I never see a please or one ounce of humility, it's all "I want my refund." Geez. Why should I want to do anything for you when you don't show any consideration?
So, I'm guessing the negative will stay. That asshole.
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shriekingeel
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Post by shriekingeel on Jan 29, 2007 14:30:56 GMT -4
I use ebay's automatic listing system when I sell recent books from the last 30 years that have ISBNs; it speeds up the listing process, but it's frequently wrong: It gets the edition wrong, or it confuses hardcovers and softcovers. I once got a negative when the ebay listing system said that a brand new sealed softcover was a hardcover, although I pointed out in the body of my listing that it was a softcover.
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Post by chonies on Jan 29, 2007 16:45:15 GMT -4
Sometimes the ISBN information is supplied incorrectly by the publisher, too. I've seen some cases where a flexi plastic cover was listed as "hardcover" because it wasn't strictly paper. But ugh. I'm sorry about illiterate buyers causing you grief, shriekingeel.
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fairfox
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Post by fairfox on Jan 30, 2007 20:45:05 GMT -4
I'd respond politely and professionally (respond in your feedback, under their negative - I think eBay gives the right to post a response to feedback) pointing out that the buyer did not read the description fully. That is a *very* common event on eBay and most people will understand. Also, I don't know what the buyer said in the neg but people often just make themselves look bad with childish/badly-spelled/insulting FB.
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welshcorgigirl
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Post by welshcorgigirl on Jan 30, 2007 22:06:26 GMT -4
Yep, that's what I did basically. Besides, all of my other feedback was good, and I'm supposed to let some twerps try to ruin my image? Don't think so.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2007 18:18:11 GMT -4
So has anyone heard of that ebay promotion that Domino's is having? They had all these videos (like this) that talk about them selling these expensive prizes on ebay for $9.99 as part of their "Anything Goes" promotion. Anyone try and win or win anything?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 2, 2007 23:40:53 GMT -4
I'm having a weird paypal problem. I haven't bought anything on ebay in about 2 years. Tonight I wanted to buy a pair of Uggs. So I log into my paypal account and realize it's under my maiden name. Sucks. So I look into how to change that and I'd have to fax my marriage license and all sorts of other stuff and I don't want to do that. So I figured, easy enough, I have my gmail account, I'll just open a new paypal account with the gmail address. But they say I already have one. So I tried to retrieve the password and got a message to call paypal.
I call paypal and he's like "Please confirm the address on this account" and I refuse becuase at this point I'm already concerned about fraud so I'm not handing out more personal information. He says that he can tell me the address on my account and he says it's in Virginia. I've never lived in Virginia. Never shipped anything there. So then he gives the area code. Also in Virginia.
Now none of my accounts are being used. I have exactly one credit card and I look at it online all the time. I just got a house and had my credit report looked at then and I'm fine.
Why would someone use my e-mail address to open a paypal account but not use my identity? I'm confused and a bit worried.
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shriekingeel
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Post by shriekingeel on Feb 4, 2007 13:42:19 GMT -4
My favorite recent buyer was the winner of a group of decorative ceramic tiles that I sold some time ago. While I was transporting them to my shipping area, there was an accident and most of them fell and were broken. It wasn't that big a deal, the lot had only sold for $12 or so, so I emailed the winner and told her not to pay me because I couldn't complete the transaction but I'd send her the ones that survived for free when I got the chance. When I hadn't sent her anything in a week she filed a complaint with ebay that she didn't get her free stuff yet.
People like that are why I never, ever leave feedback first as a seller.
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