eBay craziness

[Snapolit1]

I sell a relatively small amount of cards on eBay and 98% of them go off without an issue. But once in a while ..... sheesh ....

Last night I had a sale end while I was in a play. Friday night. Turn phone on and see card (modern football, from a break) has sold for $140. There are literally 13 messages from the buyer. Asked me if I had shipped. Other craziness. Mind you, he paid. First few were literally like hey I'm the buyer ... would like to have a discussion off line ..... all sort of jokes I didn't understand. Went on and on about how could we get in touch off line. I responded once and said thanks for the payment, shipping tomorrow. Figured maybe the guy was drunk or high and was amusing himself. Woke up this morning to like 6 more eBay messages. Wanted to connect by Insta, which I don't have, all sorts of cryptic messages I couldn't understand. Verybizarre. Maybe guy was hitting the Oxys and Jack. Was so bizarre in that I couldn't make heads or tails of any of it.

[BobbyStrawberry]

What were the cryptic messages? It may have been an attempt to connect with you off of ebay while bypassing their filters.

[BobC]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

What were the cryptic messages? It may have been an attempt to connect with you off of ebay while bypassing their filters.

Good point. But the frequency and number of messages still makes it seem a bit odd regardless, no?

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by BobC

Good point. But the frequency and number of messages still makes it seem a bit odd regardless, no?

Oh, absolutely - I was just thinking about similar messages I've received, with things like a phone number embedded in nonsense text. I figured that what I was, anyway.

[D. Bergin]

I've gotten the, "I like your card, will you take such and such amount? .. contact me on Insta.", before.

I essentially responded (paraphrasing), "How the hell to I do that?"

They responded (paraphrasing), "Duh, it's the same handle as my ebay handle".

I actually would have taken their offer and went to the trouble of marking it down just for them on Ebay, but never heard from them again after doing so.

[Snapolit1]

Some of it was an attempt to meet off eBay but some other stuff was just like a person amusing themselves. Have to guess some mental illness. Just one more message today. Something peculiar about really not needing the cards index no. No clue.