Worst type of eBay "guy"

[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.