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Timmay

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  1. 2 hours ago, Transplant said:

    I love:

    1. Ebayers who send a message to ask if I have room on an item, when the item has a "make an offer" feature.

    2. Ebayers who put in whatever offer message things like "Let's get this done."  or "I can pay within 2 hours if you take my offer."

    3. Sellers that ship in a timely fashion.

  2. 41 minutes ago, GACollectibles said:

    I love the "logic":

    1) I was at a show within the last year and there was a time when no one was at my booth
    2) I haven't used my business Twitter feed in months

    Therefor I am going bankrupt. 

    Phew, I'm glad I found out before it was too late!  Or is it?? :ohnoez:

    No one is ever at your booth.

    Therefore.

  3. 12 minutes ago, Logan510 said:

    To be honest, that is also the biggest problem for me now as an eBay seller. I used to get them once in a blue moon and unfortunately they're happening with more regularity.

    Especially frustrating when someone haggles with you and you accept their best offer, only to have them hand you a sob story about how their wife got mad at them and they need to cancel now. I've probably heard that same story a dozen times over the last 1-2 years.

    Tell them to get a new wife.

    :sumo:

  4. Just now, Pontoon said:

    I don’t see what the seller did wrong in his initial contact. Was he too formal? I’ve also had folks buy things whose ebay addresses that did not match their PP addresses. Maybe I’m misunderstanding things.

    OP buys item.

    Seller starts to process order, see addresses that don’t match (a potential red flag for getting ripped off) and asks OP to confirm his address.

    OP writes aggressive, snide response without confirming address.

    Seller decides, “Uh-oh. This is trouble.” and cancels order.

    Like jsilverjanet, i would have probably written a second email rather than cancelling the sale, but if the seller sees different addresses, what is the big deal about confirming the correct one?

    What addresses that don't match?

    You get paid, print the shipping label through eBay or PayPal with the address that's already in the system, and move on.

  5. 13 minutes ago, Wall-Crawler said:

    I'm  wondering why you didn't just respond with a short "just curious why you want this information?" and to have a "normal" dialogue from there. Honestly, it would have taken what, a few short extra sentences?

    I think that would have been the better way to go...I don't think the seller deserves a neg for asking that initial question as there could have been extenuating circumstances for him asking in the first place.

    Now, I think if you provided your shipping info and it matched your PayPal info and he still refused to ship, sure, give him a neg but I just don't see what ended up transpiring as neg worthy.

    2c

    There is no need for any of this.

    The buyer paid, the seller ships book.

    That's it.

    It's that simple.