Ebay For Bidnezz

I answered ol' Arnold. I told him I would drop it by about $5 and that was it. No accusations, no rudeness. Customer Service Persona Y'all! He went away and left me a positive on ebay, lol. WTF? I guess he was shocked when I did not go on the offensive.

That same week that Arnold played his foolish game, an Aussie buyer bid $70 on a Barbie outfit and didn't pay. I filed for non-payment cancellation several days later. That same day, two hours after I cancelled the first item for non-payment, she fucking bids on and wins ANOTHER outfit. I said Fuck that shit and cancelled immediately using the address excuse. I am sick of my merchandise being tied up for days while I am getting dicked around.

I am pretty sure I have a live one this week too. She messaged me as soon as the auction ended: "Pack it well." 

I am like..."Here we go". I packed the doll (well!) and it came up 3 ounces over. FUCK.MY.LIFE. I void the original postage and slap a new one on with the correct weight on it. I did not want to add postage on my own in case it wasn't enough and she got hit with a charge - oh hell no, not stirring up that drama. 

Instead, what has followed was comedy of errors that only happens to me...

First, my local P.O. did not scan it at drop-off. Every single other box I dropped off that day was scanned. Of course this one did not get scanned, of course it did not. 

I go on USPS.com and ask for texts tracking it. Suddenly, the item shows as scanned - a day late! Now, each evening for the last week I hear my Muscle Man ringtone yell "My MOM!"and it is USPS telling me that the stupid doll is still en route. No shit, you don't say?

It FINALLY gets to L.A. and says "out for delivery" then suddenly it's "Missent" and is now circling the Greater Los Angeles area like an unflushable turd in a toilet bowl. Of course it was the picky buyer, of course it was. I am sure something stupid is coming down the pike on this one.

In other ebay BS news, nowadays when something goes unpaid or unsold on ebay, I raise the price and move it over to Etsy. My Etsy sales are fairly steady at 1-2 a day. The buyers on that venue are generally sane and are willing to pay for their shit. I've shoveled a lot of ebay unsold over there and sold it for higher prices.

I was kind of amused today when I was looking at my active ebay listings and it shows an unsold Care Bear and tells me to drop the price by $5. Instead I raised it by $15 and put it on Etsy.