Mr. Grupie

I belong to a group. The group is chuck full of Ebay cheerleaders. I joined it because I thought it was about something else, but I stayed to read the bullshit.

It has been painful for me to hold my tongue as they kiss buyer butt and dole out refunds like candy.

It's almost like they are proud to pay someone off to shut them up when they've screwed up.

If anybody even has the slightest tone while talking about a pampered buyer in the group, they go apeshit and the offender is then schooled not to assume anything bad about a buyer even if there are a million red flags. They also advise people not to block anyone and assume "Ebay will take care of it"

Uh guys, 99 times out of 100, they don't. Ebay provides the block feature so you can take out the trash yourself.

I am sorry, but sometimes you get yourself an asshole.

These people brush off refunds as if they are rolling in cash. Oh well, I will just sell more.

Is it really "selling" though when basically you are just shipping shit out and paying people to take it?

In my world, sometimes a buyer needs to be held accountable.

Sometimes they should pay return shipping, and sometimes you don't want that asshole as a repeat buyer.

Even though I am so clearly rogue, I hold the exalted Top Rated Seller status they all seem to want. I toe that middle line so hard I should wear a tutu. I feel like if I clearly screwed up, then sure, I refund. However, if the buyer is just being an asshat, they get treated as such, and BLOCKED.

I always roll my eyes as someone in the group posts a self-congratulatory "I refunded my buyer immediately, now I will have a repeat customer!"

Uhhh, is someone who complains and returns shit really what you want for a repeat buyer? SMH