More Wackadoos

So the group I belong to has had some wackadoos taking over the board again.

One came right out of the gate swinging proclaiming that anybody still selling on ebay and posting the truth (I.E. that other sites don't have traffic) are "trolls" and "scumbags". This troll and scumbag posted in reply with some backup and he disappeared suddenly with all his posts. Apparently he blocked me. I am so sad. Two can play that game. I blocked him in return.
He now follows me on Etsy. Not creepy at all, lol.

Then yesterday, another guy went off the deep end because he consigned some shit at a brick and mortar auction house and was appalled that nice stuff was selling for cheap. Duh. How do you think some of us get our inventory and are able to sell it on ebay for such ridiculously low prices and still make profit to pay our bills? These people are usually consigning to get rid of shit, or someone has died and they need to liquidate the estate. Some buy Wally World pallets cheap and sell the contents, not giving a shit about price, because they got so much in bulk.

He then goes on about how sellers are getting screwed because shit is selling so cheap and sellers should start a union, and standardize prices etc etc.

Sorry dude. Not all sellers are the screwees, some are the screwers. What about when a toy company or fashion house puts out a Target exclusive and some predatory asshole seller buys up all that new shit and posts it on ebay or some other online venue at 3-10 times the price and then when it doesn't sell, returns it? Or buys up all the black Friday cheap shit (after assaulting a 5'0 poor woman who just wanted a 40 inch TV for a price she could afford - $200. I am talking about a 6'0 200+ pound man here, he shoved me with the TV, which I actually had my hands on first. I waited in line too, asshole!) and tries to sell it for more on ebay/craigslist, etc? You going to form a union to stop that too?

Attack of the Pony People

A couple of weeks ago I decided to get rid of excess pony. I logged onto a pony group and priced them at deep discounts because I hadn't bothered to clean them up and photograph them individually.

Since pony people and Cabbage Patch people are why I now have 2 defects, I refuse to sell them on ebay any longer. Most people on the board were happy to pay the price I asked and bought in bulk. A couple asked for trades, which I get, because people don't always have money lying around. I traded some unwanted 80's ponies for wanted 2000's Ponyville.

This one bitch whined about the $10 I wanted for a flutter with replacement wings, and asked if I wanted to trade. I peruse her list, and see that she has one of two ponies I want. We agree on a trade, then she waffles and decides she wants something else with the flutter. I offer up other shit, but she is uninterested. Now she's decided that she wants me to trade the flutter and now money too...she's been jerking me around for almost a month now...we started this negotiation on September 29th. I am D.O.N.E....no, scratch that, I am fuckin' D.O.N.E.

That fuckin' pony she has will come up and I can probably get it for less than $15, I was asking $10 for the flutter on Etsy, which would also cost $2.50 to ship, so I'd be out $12.50 plus whatever money this chick wants. Nope. Relisting the flutter. The point was to make money, or get something I need/want, not spend money.

I don't understand how it can be hard for someone to figure out things like this.

You want pony x. I have pony x. You have pony y, I would like pony y. You trade me pony y for pony x, who gives a shit about value...we have what each other wants and it's ballpark same price range $10-$15. Here's my address, here's my address. Go to P.O., mail it. Done. Should take less than 48 hours. Not 26 FUCKIN' DAYS!

Then I have people who say "hold this for me" and then disappear like an Etsy buyer. I have had a perfume puff pony on hold for a couple weeks now. DONE. The fucker is going on Etsy...FULL PRICE.

Appendix 11/20/14...I did buy the pony in question on ebay for $15 MIB. Hers is loose. However, we did wind up agreeing to a trade and so now I've got two of the pony in question, lol.

Pennymom for your thoughts

Bonanza sent me an e-mail wanting a penny for my thoughts on their $25 a month store bullcrap.

Trust me guys, you don't want to know my thoughts. I sell shit that basically sells itself and I cannot get a bite on your site even after greatly underpricing to get sales. Like hell I am going $25 in the hole every month. If I could get a refund of time wasted on my free listings on your site I'd do it, lol.

That said I have been kicking ass on Etsy and Facebook.

In the past week I sold about $25 in crap on ebay but $55 on Etsy and about $100 on Facebook. Also made $70 at the fleamarket last week in addition to my $50 part-time Friday night gig. What I like about Facebook is I take one group pic of the crap I want to sell. I say 1st row this price, 2nd row this price, etc. If people buy more than one, I cut them a small deal. The other day I was bored and had a half-hour before picking my son up from school. I made $30 in that half hour after posting a For Sale post. I wish I was bored more often, lol.

The Ghost Buyer

Lately I've had disappearing buyers. All have been on Etsy. I feel like someone on Etsy should create milk cartons with pictures of MIA buyers on the sides of them and sell those.

These "buyers" contact me asking to edit shipping/reserve shit. I also have problems at times with idiots that  do "buy" and 10 minutes later, cancel the transaction.

One missing person was from Singapore, she asked me about a pair of (surprise!) ponies, which I reserved for her at her request after editing the shipping costs on the listings so she could have combined shipping at the correct cost for the two. A week later I still hadn't heard from her, so I took them off hold. Fuck it, and fuck her.

A few weeks ago I had someone ask me about lowering the price on a teddy bear I had on there, I lower the price and edit the shipping and the bitch disappears.

Today, I had someone ask about same teddy bear, and in addition, a doll. I ask her if she wants me to reserve and edit, "yes". I reserve them and edit the listings, and haven't heard from her since...here we go again.

Shank a Bitch

Today I went to the fleamarket.

I got in a pissing match immediately. An older woman asked about a doll and grabbed it off the table. While she held the doll, she examined a baggie full of silverware thoroughly while she dangled a lit cigarette over some vintage crochet books and then asked to see a plate I had back near me. I hand her the plate and she hands me $2 for the plate and the doll, then she says she wants the other two plates and that she only owes me $1 because she "already paid for the doll" I show her the $2 and say you paid for the doll and that plate. She insists she only owes me a $1 so I just say fuck it and give her the fuckin' doll for free.

Later, I see that she has set up a table in the row directly behind us and stuck the free fuckin' doll on her table for sale. Bitch. I should have gone up to her table, grabbed the doll, and insisted that I already paid and brought it back to my fuckin' table.

The past few days I've been wheeling and dealing my stupid pony overflow. Most people are considerate and pay what I ask. A few asked for a trade, and that was fine, I have g1s and I like g3s and nobody else does, so I usually get what I want.

I work out a trade with this one bitch for a pony. She always takes two days to reply to any message so this has been ongoing for about a week. First she didn't want to pay the $10 I wanted, she wanted to trade. Okay. I peruse her trade bait and pick one, pony for pony, okay. Her pony is worth about what mine is. Now suddenly today she decides she wants ANOTHER pony because hers is "rare". Bitch, mine is a near-mint not that common g1, yours is a kinda sought after g3. I am about ready to shank-a-bitch.

More Ebay Defect BS

Yesterday I checked my feedback. As usual I expanded to seller dashboard and checked my defect rate.

1 item "not as described" 1,2,3 star feedback left, .27% rate, it's been .27% for awhile and I was okay with it except for the fact that I only made $6 for that defect.

Tonight, I check again and suddenly see .55% defect rate and see a 1 next to "opened case for item not as described", I check the item number, and the person in question never opened a case against me. When I went to "see which transactions had defects" it was a doll that I sold in August, it listed the defect as a 1,2,3 star item as described, but the person left me feedback well over a month ago, and like I said, never opened a case. I don't think she left me a 1,2, or 3 star. I think ebay fucked up, or it's backdoor revenge for the $55 they refunded me via paypal when the bitch from Utah sent me back a busted doll...

I don't want to shine a flashlight on my account, so I won't call anyone about it, but it pisses me off that it would be listed as an opened case, when it is clear that a case was never opened.

Annabelle

I hate this doll. I am going to call it Annabelle after the creepy movie doll.

I hate it with the burning intensity of a million suns. I almost wish this last buyer would send it back so that I could set it on fire and never have to see or hear of it again!

The doll in question was sold the first time on August 30 for $142.The first bidder asked for a week to pay. I shut off unpaid and gave her the week. No payment. I send a second invoice and wait 24 hours and file NPB. Case closes with no payment.

I contact bidder #2. $140. Can I pay in a week? Here we go again. I shut off unpaid, give her a week. My stepdad kills himself that night. Week later, no payment. Second invoice, 48 hours. File NPB. Bidder contacts with lame excuse that she's had a rough couple of weeks. Fuck you.

I close case, offer to third bidder. $101. No response.

I relist doll at $100, one of previous bidders (not one of those three) buys it...contacts me today, doll apparently has hole in the back of the head (the irony of that, little does she know). Fuckin' UGHHHHH. $%#$^%%^&*HKJGJK! I hate this fucking doll! I HATE it!