Worst type of eBay "guy"

[sportscardpete]

When you message someone to negotiate a price and they raise their BIN price. Cmon, it’s terrible form.

[Jim65]

Sellers who overcharge shipping, charge $4 then ship in a PWE.

People who say " I won't leave feedback until you do first" you sound like a used douche.

I hate when I make an offer and seller asks to take the sale off Ebay. Why would I give up the buyer protection that Ebay offers just to save you a few bucks?

[bnorth]

The feedback nerds for sure. It has been completely worthless for a very long time. Even better the buyers that think the sellers need to leave feedback FIRST. The transaction isn't over for the seller till AFTER the buyer has left feedback. The buyers that message you begging for feedback.

Off eBay, the people that you agree on a price. Then they are such cheap POS that they send PP WITHOUT adding the PP fees when they agreed to pay the fee. There is one member on here that does this but always posts that they cover fees.

[edjs]

Originally Posted by bnorth

The feedback nerds for sure. It has been completely worthless for a very long time. Even better the buyers that think the sellers need to leave feedback FIRST. The transaction isn't over for the seller till AFTER the buyer has left feedback. The buyers that message you begging for feedback.

Off eBay, the people that you agree on a price. Then they are such cheap POS that they send PP WITHOUT adding the PP fees when they agreed to pay the fee. There is one member on here that does this but always posts that they cover fees.

Do buyers do that? As a buyer, I care less about feedback. It doesn’t do anything for me, the benefit of good feedback is for a regular seller. Is there some benefit to feedback I am missing as a buyer?

On the topic, I agree with the OP, why list something at a .99¢ if your going to have a reserve? Just start your auction at a price you can live with if that’s the only bid.

[ASF123]

Last week I received a fake Frank Robinson RC. Politely informed the seller I would be returning it. He launched into a profane, abusive tirade accusing me of being a scammer (and various other adjectives). This continued over multiple emails, even after I took the time to provide side-by-side photos explaining to him how I could tell it was fake.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by ASF123

Last week I received a fake Frank Robinson RC. Politely informed the seller I would be returning it. He launched into a profane, abusive tirade accusing me of being a scammer (and various other adjectives). This continued over multiple emails, even after I took the time to provide side-by-side photos explaining to him how I could tell it was fake.

Theres no point in even contacting the seller. I know its the polite thing to do but too many people take things personal and things get ugly.
Just file the INAD claim and move on.

You could probably get him suspended if you choose to, its against Ebay rules to use profanity.

[ASF123]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Theres no point in even contacting the seller. I know its the polite thing to do but too many people take things personal and things get ugly.
Just file the INAD claim and move on.

You could probably get him suspended if you choose to, its against Ebay rules to use profanity.

Good to know, thanks.

It did get me thinking, though - I'm sure there are scammers out there who will buy a real card, claim it's fake and open an INAD, then return a fake that they already had and keep the real card for free. What's a seller's recourse in that case?

[Mark17]

The guy who can't sell a pair of GU uniform pants for $80, so he raises the price to $600, then a few days later drops the price to $150, calling it a "flash sale" with a 75% price reduction.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Mark17

The guy who can't sell a pair of GU uniform pants for $80, so he raises the price to $600, then a few days later drops the price to $150, calling it a "flash sale" with a 75% price reduction.

That strategy can work.

A few years back, I listed a jersey for sale. It was relisted many times with no takers. A good friend told me the price was too low, that I was devaluing the jersey. So I pulled it, relisted a few months later at double the price and it sold the same day.

[bobbyw8469]

Buyers who ask "What's the lowest price you will accept"....sometimes I feel like responding, "What's the highest price you will pay".....thankfully with a hot card market, those questions have stopped.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by edjs

Do buyers do that? As a buyer, I care less about feedback. It doesn’t do anything for me, the benefit of good feedback is for a regular seller. Is there some benefit to feedback I am missing as a buyer?

Absolutely they do. This is why I set my eBay store to automatically leave positive feedback upon payment. It glitched on me once and didn't leave the feedback for a while, which I discovered when a buyer messaged me and threatened to return his purchase because I had not left feedback.

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

Buyers who ask "What's the lowest price you will accept"....sometimes I feel like responding, "What's the highest price you will pay".....thankfully with a hot card market, those questions have stopped.

No they haven't.

Originally Posted by Fballguy

The guy who says "the pictures are part of the description" then gives you one, typically lousy, picture just of the front of the item.

This is what I originally intended to post, but you beat me to it. So I will add to it sellers who use terms in their descriptions not because they actually apply to their item, or even because they know what they mean, but simply because they think it will help it sell. An Item Not As Described out of ignorance is still an Item Not As Described. Better to simply not describe it and refer to the crappy photo.

[cammb]

Originally Posted by Jim65

Sellers who overcharge shipping, charge $4 then ship in a PWE.

People who say " I won't leave feedback until you do first" you sound like a used douche.

I hate when I make an offer and seller asks to take the sale off Ebay. Why would I give up the buyer protection that Ebay offers just to save you a few bucks?

Now you sound like a used douche!

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by cammb

Now you sound like a used douche!

Ebay offers protection to buyers if a transaction goes bad. Why would you give that up to save a few bucks?

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

When you message someone to negotiate a price and they raise their BIN price. Cmon, it’s terrible form.

This is pretty common. I recently had this happen on a item that had been relisted a few times. I offered about 75 percent of their BIN price. Seller messaged me back saying if it didn't sell they would raise their price. It didn't sell and they did raise the price, strangely someone bought it at the higher price.

[Snapolit1]

People who give lousy feedback because the USPS is overwhelmed and slow as sh*t at times. Particularly when you are shipping out of NJ. In a blizzard.

[Jim65]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

People who give lousy feedback because the USPS is overwhelmed and slow as sh*t at times. Particularly when you are shipping out of NJ. In a blizzard.

That feedback is easily removed.

[hockeyhockey]

Originally Posted by Snapolit1

People who give lousy feedback because the USPS is overwhelmed and slow as sh*t at times. Particularly when you are shipping out of NJ. In a blizzard.

that's always a good one. i sent out a package in similar situation - also from NJ - of course package gets re-routed like 6 times. i reached out to buyer several times to check in (even with the buyer having the tracking number). finally gets the package and feedback: "the shipping was terrible, so slow, but cards got here" not everyone has a clue i guess.

[packs]

Originally Posted by sportscardpete

When you message someone to negotiate a price and they raise their BIN price. Cmon, it’s terrible form.

I ran into a variation of this guy lately. One of the museum collectors on eBay had a card I was interested in. One week it was $999 and the next it went up to $1,499 without reason. I offered $100 below the prior asking price and was told off for "low balling" the guy.

[D. Bergin]

My last negative I got on Ebay was from a guy who bought a vintage photo and wrote in the feedback.

"There was a crease in the photo."

Went and checked my description, and right there under condition, I wrote "There is a crease in the photo. This is where the crease is....". LOL!

Also included was two large pictures showing the crease.

BTW this feedback was from a guy who waited until the absolute last second of an unpaid item reminder on an under $35 item, to make payment.

Amazingly I was able to get the feedback removed, though it took weeks and was kind of a pain in the ass.

[Exhibitman]

Seller feedback trolls. Don't pepper me with 99 PMs asking for feedback on a $2 sale.

[mintacular]

Not a big fan of the PSA 10? in title guy, especially when the card is noticeably o/c

[Harliduck]

Anything that says - PLEASE READ

normally this is reserved for reprints...so when a seller puts that in the description, real or reprint, I just move on.

Always love the L@@K....haha...I usually don't open those either.



I did have something REALLY strange the other day...a "Deans Card" was the best deal in the best shape. Whoa. I still couldn't buy it, but hell had just froze over...

[Throttlesteer]

Best Offer guy that puts an auto rejection to an offer of 90% the BIN.