eBay collections and hard men

[fido]

I have recently sold a musical instrument on eBay and the guy who has won the auction has sent round some Rugby dude to collect item .. should i be crapping myself?

Just seems weird that everyone who has registered an interest in said item has either offered the services of their 'brother' or some other big fellow to collect it.

Admitedly this chap does live in another county, but why the need to mention Rugby or is it a bloke thing (i suppose i'm a bit metrosexual and don't talk about rugby).

Is this normal eBay behaviour or do only the 'Hardest Men on PH' (as Danny Dyer might put it) do their own retrievals?

[KrazyIvan]

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

[Scott330ci]

KrazyIvan said:

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

Yes I can see why someone coming to your house is such an inconvience compared to going to the post office. Standing in a queue for 30 minutes then having to come back again.

[fido]

Yep, i prefer to shove the stuff into bags but don't like to chance it with larger fragile items. Actually I shifted a vintage Stratocaster a while back with no problems, or having to deal with bandana-toting sportsmen.

[Morningside]

I asked a chap on ebay after a few days if he still wanted the item as I had no contact and he called me 'an ebay pussy' for hassling him . Odd people out there.


A relation of mine went to collect a car in cash from a ghetto (his description) and found himself+passenger surrounded by 10 blokes.
He said that he was getting ready to 'leg it' but the transaction went quite well and he even knocked a few quid off as well as it appears the chap did not understand about MOT (yeah, likely story).

[Tiggsy]

KrazyIvan said:

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

???? What, opening the door and all that stuff? Nightmare!

[5potTurbo]

Odd that they felt the need to mention that, unless the chap's 6' 10" and built like Martin Johnson, perhaps he "warned you" so you wouldn't feel intimidated?

Scott330ci said:

KrazyIvan said:

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

Yes I can see why someone coming to your house is such an inconvience compared to going to the post office. Standing in a queue for 30 minutes then having to come back again.

...rather than waiting in at a mutually convenient time, them not showing up, re-arrganing another date/time, etc. Yeah, that'd be better than going to the P.O.?

[williamp]

if it was a big, expensive item (ie a car) I would insist on collecting it from your House

[TonyHetherington]

My girlfriend sold something on ebay and a friend of the buyer came round to pick it up.

He turned up in an exact replica of the blues brothers car, and he was dressed as a blues brother. Brilliant!!

[fido]

Morningside said:

I asked a chap on ebay after a few days if he still wanted the item as I had no contact and he called me 'an ebay pussy' for hassling him . Odd people out there.

A relation of mine went to collect a car in cash from a ghetto (his description) and found himself+passenger surrounded by 10 blokes.
He said that he was getting ready to 'leg it' but the transaction went quite well and he even knocked a few quid off as well as it appears the chap did not understand about MOT (yeah, likely story).

Oh dear. I hope you gave him bad feedback - or tell him he's being the dick [pussy pun] by bidding and not coughing up.

Yep, was worried the guy had lost interest despite his frantic bidding and good feedback - thinking about filing an 'unpaid item' but he did mail me back soon enough.

Oh well, makes sense if he had deduced from my profile that i'z from the roughest ghettos in Kingston (Surrey) and was worried about being BR'd by a bunch of garage band musicians.

P.S. He's just got back saying one of the rugby crew will be coming round tomorrow.

Edited by fido on Thursday 2nd September 13:02

[Neil H]

I've collected and had people collect from me from Ebay before without issue, dealing with cash instead of Paypal and avoiding post office issues is less hassle IMHO.

[KrazyIvan]

Scott330ci said:

KrazyIvan said:

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

Yes I can see why someone coming to your house is such an inconvience compared to going to the post office. Standing in a queue for 30 minutes then having to come back again.

Would that be the someone who was meant to be there at 10 and turned up a 3, or the someone who said "I’ll be there tomorrow with the cash" but never arrived then got pissed that re-listed the item 2 months later after they failed to respond to any e-mails or voice mails, or finally the people who think the price is still negotiable on the door step after winning the auction, or worse selecting buy it now, then complaining about the buy it now price they paid.

As for the post office, its across the road from my office, and I know when it’s quite so I am rarely there for more than 5 minutes, as opposed to waiting in on a Sunday for 5 hours

[drmotorsport]

Well if the musical instrument is say a piano, it would be sensible to send a big guy to collect

I've had a guy try to collect a massive windsurf board from me in a brand new Alfa 156 with no roof rack and no straps, did cause me to wonder if the laws of gravity had changed recently.

[shouldbworking]

fido said:

Admitedly this chap does live in another county, but why the need to mention Rugby or is it a bloke thing (i suppose i'm a bit metrosexual and don't talk about rugby).

None of them actually play rugby, or have ever done so outside of a game of touch-rugby played on the school fields at age 12 where they cried because they grazed their knee.

When someone says "I played rugby a lot when I was younger" what they actually mean is "I'm a disgusting fat body and the big bones excuse is out of fashion at the moment"

[bimsb6]

Neil H said:

I've collected and had people collect from me from Ebay before without issue, dealing with cash instead of Paypal and avoiding post office issues is less hassle IMHO.

me too,never had a problem .

[Nightmare]

Tiggsy said:

KrazyIvan said:

I never offer collection as its just a pain to be honest.

???? What, opening the door and all that stuff? Nightmare!

to be fair it IS if Im on the other side

maybe he meant it conversationally..."one of my mates from the Rugby club will be round to pick it up" rather than it having any pointedness..... some people feel the need to qualify any statement with additional info, maybe in case you want to be his friend?!

[davido140]

Morningside said:

A relation of mine went to collect a car in cash from a ghetto (his description) and found himself+passenger surrounded by 10 blokes.
He said that he was getting ready to 'leg it' but the transaction went quite well and he even knocked a few quid off as well as it appears the chap did not understand about MOT (yeah, likely story).

I had something similar, was me on my own and I was met by four guys... starting bricking it in case I was going to get done for the cash as it's not unheard of.

Before I had a chance to leg it.... blokes mum came out and invited me in for a curry! easy transaction and free food! Turned out it was the sellers brothers and a mate!

[Jag-D]

Never had a problem, done a lot of business on Ebay, collection on both sides.

Then again, I'm a big chap myself so they probably think the same as you

[BeansOnToast]

fido said:

I have recently sold a musical instrument on eBay and the guy who has won the auction has sent round some Rugby dude to collect item .. should i be crapping myself?

I always send some badminton dude on my behalf