Ah for the old days when it was simple "Ebay people being weird" instead of some nonsense.
My two favorites.
Guy sent his check in a power company payment envelope. That was pre- bar coded. After a brief back and forth, he sent another, which did get here -also in a power company pre-bar coded envelope.
Explained the problem, and he said the power company had just called him wondering what to do with a check for like $7 made out to someone else.
Guy won a handful of cards, all really cheap. No payment, at about a week I sent a gentle reminder. Girlfriend answers, guy was drunk, looks at cards and bid on well over a thousand that were all around $1... Checked his bid history, and yeah he sure did. Now he had hundreds of sellers bugging him for money he didn't have. Said "hey, it's under $10, just pay whenever, I'll set the cards aside" Got a thanks for not being grouchy, and the check showed up maybe a week and a half later. I suspect the grouchy sellers never got paid.
Happier times...
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