eBay Shenanigans - Everyone's Favorite Topic!

[mrwoogieman]

Here's a new one on me. Get a message about one of my BIN listings (ASM 299 for $39.95); the message says -

 

Dear mrwoogieman,

 

Would you do $30 if I pay you paypl direct

 

Please let me know -- I am interested

 

Jennifer

Millennium Worldwide

 

- millennium-worldwide

 

I respond -

 

Dear millennium-worldwide,

 

Why would I reduce the price by $9.95 when the Paypal fee is only $1.50 or so? Not to mention defrauding Paypal of their fee.

 

- mrwoogieman

 

And they responded -

 

Dear mrwoogieman,

 

because you would receive payment now as opposed to waiting indefinitely for someone else to purchase this -- time is money

 

$30 now is better than $40 6 months from now --

 

- millennium-worldwide

 

I only listed it two days ago for the first time. Onto the blocked bidder list you go! Someone with 25,000+ feedback too.

 

[Pirate]

this was sure worthy of a thread

[NP_Gresham]

this was sure worthy of a thread

You could copy and paste this all over the water cooler on most days (thumbs u

[Meeklo]

I have people do this to me at work. They are basically trying to create fake leverage against me to try to get me to submit to their wishes. Problem is I know my work very well, I have seen this *spoon* before, I will see it again, and I am very good at dealing with it.

[Dr. Balls]

They weren't trying to defraud Paypal - they were asking if you'd take a direct payment, cutting Ebay out of the deal, saving you (presumably) $3, so they were asking for a $7 or so discount. I don't know if I'd classify that as a "Shenanigan". Maybe "Hodgy-Dodgy" or "Rimtickler".

[cloud cloddie]

"Rimtickler".

 

 

Awesome. That's going in the lexicon for later

[KPR Comics]

[Comic Consortium]

Will read again

[kav]

You should respond

'Time IS money-and you own me $2.50, m'am'

[mrwoogieman]

They weren't trying to defraud Paypal - they were asking if you'd take a direct payment, cutting Ebay out of the deal, saving you (presumably) $3, so they were asking for a $7 or so discount. I don't know if I'd classify that as a "Shenanigan". Maybe "Hodgy-Dodgy" or "Rimtickler".

 

Gotcha. It just seems strange for it to be coming from a 25,000 feedback shooting star.

[slym2none]

 

Let me get my broom!

 

 

 

-slym

[KPR Comics]

[Dr. Balls]

They weren't trying to defraud Paypal - they were asking if you'd take a direct payment, cutting Ebay out of the deal, saving you (presumably) $3, so they were asking for a $7 or so discount. I don't know if I'd classify that as a "Shenanigan". Maybe "Hodgy-Dodgy" or "Rimtickler".

 

Gotcha. It just seems strange for it to be coming from a 25,000 feedback shooting star.

 

I've done that before as a buyer (asking a seller to go outside Ebay). Usually on books that I am working on strict budget with. But, if the seller doesn't want to, it's understandable. Pushing the issue like they did to you is bad form, IMHO.

[divad]

Crazy Ed from Miami has been sending me multiple low-ball offers, telling me they are "serious" offers, but my books are just not as good as I think . . . then why does he want them?