What Do You Do?

[jhs5120]

On a side note:

Is it common courtesy to advertise a card as trimmed in the title if it is known to be trimmed?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

On a side note:

Is it common courtesy to advertise a card as trimmed in the title if it is known to be trimmed?

It should be. You're wasting a prospective buyer's time by making him click on the auction to find out that it has been trimmed. With that said I still don't think Larry should refund this guy anything...you should always read the description on ebay.

[Seattle799]

Is it just me or does that seem like a fast turnaround for grading?

Auction ends April 6th, ships on the 8th, he gets it on the 11th. Only 18 days between when he mails it to SGC, and gets it back?

(I'm assuming he sent it to SGC as PSA clearly would have graded it a 7)

[KCRfan1]

Originally Posted by jhs5120

On a side note:

Is it common courtesy to advertise a card as trimmed in the title if it is known to be trimmed?

Yes. I hate playing 20 questions with sellers who are not clear in a description and it's even worse when the reply to questions are vague. I do not understand why sellers are not more forth coming in accurate desctiptions, and clear in a listing. Prevents problems for both parties.

[HercDriver]

Personally, I think the whole negative feedback thing is overrated. If somebody has 100 positives and 1 negative, I could care less. In 101 transactions, you're always going to find that pain in the arse. It's the same guy who buys the hedge clipper at Wal-Mart, trims his hedges, then returns it. If I was a seller (which I'm not), I'd have it as a badge of honor that I didn't cave into jerks. Of course, with Ebay's policies slanted towards buyers, it makes it a bit tough. Which brings me back to why I'm not an Ebay seller...

Geno

[Mark]

I would refund him the price of the card and I'd throw in the original shipping charge. You could then tell eBay that you've handled it, and I don't see what more they could ask you to do. If there is negative feedback, don't worry about it. If you are able to annotate the negative feedback with a reply, do so. Everyone knows that eBay gives sellers no protection from irresponsible buyers.

[ethicsprof]

No need to fret anymore over this one, Larry, ole buddy.
You're in the right. The fact that you even wrestle with this at all simply attests
to your ongoing pursuit of the good.
all the best,
Barry

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

No need to fret anymore over this one, Larry, ole buddy.
You're in the right. The fact that you even wrestle with this at all simply attests
to your ongoing pursuit of the good.
all the best,
Barry

+100.

Larry, you have to be the easiest, most fair minded guy to deal with on the board. Don't sweat some jerk. Life is too short.

[slidekellyslide]

I used to cave in to idiots like this buyer and submit to their demands even when I knew I was in the right just to protect my ratings and keep my 20% discount...now that ebay has made it nearly impossible to get the discount I don't play games anymore. You got a problem, send it back for a refund..if I made a mistake in my listing, or if it got broken in shipping I'll refund your return shipping too. If you have buyer's remorse I'll take it back and you pay the return shipping. If you're out for a partial refund for any reason ship it back, I don't play that game. It's gotten me a few negatives, but like I said I don't cave to the unreasonable idiots anymore.

[Gradedcardman]

Larry,

Your the best on the bay !! Thanks for all of the transactions we have had together. The buyer although with a lot of feedback seems to be trying to strong arm you because he is " experienced" and negative feedback will result in never selling another item. I doubt that eBay will side with him as your description is good.