This post is not really about ebay much per se, but since it does delve into cheapos who want stellar service for nothing, I added it.
Went to the local fleamarket this weekend with ass. This time due to
astronomical ebay fees and lack of cash, we decided to sell there. We
set up and open this cookie tin with his grandmother's old costume
jewelry in it. A woman comes up and whips out a small loupe and starts
examining one piece closely. She snottily asks the price and since she
is a bitch, I answer "$3". She snaps, "There's stones missing, that's
all it's worth" and stalks away. Another woman comes a few
minutes later, picks the same piece up and it's obvious that she is in
love with it. She asks the price; I say "25 cents".
I also have an old Uncle Sam cast iron reproduction bank, and a
Pfaltzgraff bean pot missing the lid. I ask $10 for Uncle Sam and $1 for
the bean pot(later, I lower the price on the bank to $5). I have people
whining that Uncle Sam has no plug on the bottom (a 50 cent rubber plug
can be bought at Wally) and that the bean pot has no lid. This cracks
me up. It's a fleamarket, if someone is selling there, they
generally are getting rid of crap they cannot use, or things that maybe
aren't going to be perfect, things that need a little TLC. You're not
going to find a perfect antique Uncle Sam bank for $5, nor are you going
to find a perfect-condition-with-lid 40 year old Pfaltzgraff bean pot
for a $1. They expect mint condition antiques for bargain bin
prices...and I thought ebay buyers were bad.
