yet more ebay bulls**t - what would you do?
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just thought i'd share another tale of ebay muppetry....
were moving house in a few weeks (touch wood) so are disposing of unsuitable furniture through ebay (at least we were....)
One of the items we've sold is a fairly crappy ikea shelving unit that probably only cost 80 quid or so in the first place.... started the auction at a fiver and sold it for ... a fiver!
no worries - saves me a trip to the tip (i thought) - the first sign of muppetry from my buyer is that they paid through paypal
despite the list stating CASH ON COLLECTION - so that has further diminished the risible amount of cash gain we have for selling this item...
Oh well - never mind - so i contact the buyer who says "i can pick it up next weekend" (being the one just gone where the weather was really nice - ideal times for waiting in for some ebay f
khead no to show up.....
by now i'm starting to get the arse, but still send a neutrally toned mail requesting that they either pick up the item or it'll be going to the tip...
no contact until this morning, when i get the predictable mail:
Blah blah blah - family emergenic (sic) - couldnt get on net - do you still have item? or if not, please refund ASAP.
Now - as this dumb ass paid through paypal, can i just reject the payment?
I want to be able to neg her for messing us around, but am not sure if this can be done on an uncompleted transaction...
what would you lot do?
Am i being unreasonable?
have got a house move and a heavily pregnant wife - so this sort of bull st is most unwelcome to say the least....
were moving house in a few weeks (touch wood) so are disposing of unsuitable furniture through ebay (at least we were....)
One of the items we've sold is a fairly crappy ikea shelving unit that probably only cost 80 quid or so in the first place.... started the auction at a fiver and sold it for ... a fiver!
no worries - saves me a trip to the tip (i thought) - the first sign of muppetry from my buyer is that they paid through paypal
despite the list stating CASH ON COLLECTION - so that has further diminished the risible amount of cash gain we have for selling this item...Oh well - never mind - so i contact the buyer who says "i can pick it up next weekend" (being the one just gone where the weather was really nice - ideal times for waiting in for some ebay f
khead no to show up.....by now i'm starting to get the arse, but still send a neutrally toned mail requesting that they either pick up the item or it'll be going to the tip...
no contact until this morning, when i get the predictable mail:
Blah blah blah - family emergenic (sic) - couldnt get on net - do you still have item? or if not, please refund ASAP.
Now - as this dumb ass paid through paypal, can i just reject the payment?
I want to be able to neg her for messing us around, but am not sure if this can be done on an uncompleted transaction...
what would you lot do?
Am i being unreasonable?
have got a house move and a heavily pregnant wife - so this sort of bull s
t is most unwelcome to say the least....Mexico. said:
I would sort the house out take care of your wife and worry about the idiot in a few weeks time 
This. ^^I sold a boxe of 14 used womens tops recently for £3 and got an email telling me that they were unhappy with the condition and what was I going to do about it
FFS.
Edited by Lil' Joe on Saturday 16th May 13:38
Lil' Joe said:
I sold a boxe of 14 used womens tops recently for £3 and got an email telling me that they were unhappy with the condition and what was I going to do about it
FFS.
FFS.
Edited by Lil' Joe on Saturday 16th May 13:38
Can't believe this was posted 5 mins ago and I'm the first person to laugh...!vtecstu said:
Lil' Joe said:
I sold a boxe of 14 used womens tops recently for £3 and got an email telling me that they were unhappy with the condition and what was I going to do about it
FFS.
FFS.
Edited by Lil' Joe on Saturday 16th May 13:38
Can't believe this was posted 5 mins ago and I'm the first person to laugh...!
Lil' Joe said:
Mexico. said:
I would sort the house out take care of your wife and worry about the idiot in a few weeks time
This. ^^I sold a boxe of 14 used womens tops recently for £3 and got an email telling me that they were unhappy with the condition and what was I going to do about it
FFS.
Edited by Lil' Joe on Saturday 16th May 13:38
sorry, but that just made me chuckle - ebay is clearly now full of total f
kwits.... on a practical note with regards the OP - does anyone know if can i just reverse the paypal payment fully or will it have to net off the commisions?
this rude biatch has just sent me an email with just "????????" in the message field so i am not of a mind for having any dealings whatsoever with her....
I had this recently with an old Punto cylinder head and a couple of tail lights.
Sold for a grand total of....
1p for BMW wing mirror
1p for Fiesta taillights
£9 for the cylinder head.
Stated Cash on collection.
Guy paypals it.
Paypal took both the 1p's and a proportion of the £9.
I rejected the lot and told the idiot to bring the money with him.
He still didn't bring the exact money.
Sold for a grand total of....
1p for BMW wing mirror
1p for Fiesta taillights
£9 for the cylinder head.
Stated Cash on collection.
Guy paypals it.
Paypal took both the 1p's and a proportion of the £9.
I rejected the lot and told the idiot to bring the money with him.
He still didn't bring the exact money.
You have to offer Paypal as a means of payment (more loot for eBay) so I guess that if somebody uses it, it's too bad. You have to pay the 3.5%, post the goods, and then get the remaining 96.5% taken back by Paypal when the buyer whinges, as they inevitably will, because they want the goods AND the money.
Count yourselves lucky, over the past week paypal have upheld a claim for some BMW parts I sold.............for almost double the amount the guy paid and they havent been recieved, then notified yesterday that somebody who won an auction for a rear bumper from an M3 isnt happy as he's damaged it trying to fit it onto a 318Ci............all up will have lost £350 thanks to theiving tts who dont understand that a used car part is exactly that used!
ts who dont understand that a used car part is exactly that used!On the "family emergency" front, do youthink it may be true? Of course he may be lying, but I had a buyer say somebody in his family had died and he didn't have time to get onto the net, could I wait until Friday for him to pay? Due to his poorly worded English I assumed he was a scammer, but I waited till the Friday and he sent the full £240 through, and said if I had any similar items he'd be more than willing to buy them next time!
Only thing I hate about eBay is their fking rip off 10% commission.
Only thing I hate about eBay is their f
king rip off 10% commission. BERGS2 said:
Lil' Joe said:
Mexico. said:
I would sort the house out take care of your wife and worry about the idiot in a few weeks time
This. ^^I sold a boxe of 14 used womens tops recently for £3 and got an email telling me that they were unhappy with the condition and what was I going to do about it
FFS.
Edited by Lil' Joe on Saturday 16th May 13:38
sorry, but that just made me chuckle - ebay is clearly now full of total f
kwits.... Go for a spandex mix of around 20% and you'll be fine.
live and learn eh.
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