Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Frosted Flakes...they're not grrrrrreat
Thursday, September 8, 2022
Doll People Part 2
My Child doll people are wild, man. I get a question about a doll I am selling. The question :
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2) those who buy to refurbish & then sell for children’s play.
I fall under type #2.
This is a hobby for me which I find b
Monday, August 29, 2022
Cheaplestiltskin 2 Electric Boogaloo
The Ding dong that messaged me 5 days ago asking about 6 ponies surfaced again...this is the message I got:
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Sunday, August 28, 2022
Cheaplestiltskin
Here is a fairy tale from Ponyland...
I am selling off some excess ponyage this week. This is because I have a very tiny pony room and need the space for my loose ponies and some G1 playsets that I want to bring down from the attic. I had a taker from Aussieland who bought two rather largish lots from me and a couple of randos buying several more.
My Ma is over visiting and I see that I have a message:
"Would you consider combining the ponies below for $50? Thanks"
A list of 6 ponies is given. Mind you, they are already asking for a $10 discount by offering only $50 for 6 ponies. I have to cut my visit short with my Ma because I gotta get into the closet, get the ponies, weigh them and respond to the asker.
I send them back a shipping amount ballpark with zipcodes added to show cost for whatever area they may live in and they vanish into thin air, never to be heard from again...I'd say, "The End" but I want to elaborate once more that pony people are cheap fucking flakes.
The End
Skeezy Pony PPL
This morning I go to one of my groups. In said group is a person "congratulating" someone for having won a lot for $30ish bucks with a very rare Spain pony in it.
I cringed internally for the buyer. I know if I pulled off the coup of the decade, I'd be livid if some bitch posted a picture of the lot and told people where it was bought from, which this chick did.
Now, most likely one of the vultures from that group is searching relentlessly for the sold lot so they can swoop in and offer more just to be a dick. *sigh* Pony People, man.
Tuesday, August 16, 2022
Merry Fuckin' Christmas
I list a ceramic tree. Person makes a lowballish offer on it. I accept because she lives one state over and the shipping will be less prohibitive.
Day 1...crickets.
Day 2...crickets.
Day 3...crickets.
I cancel the auction "Why was my order cancelled?"
Jeez, bitch I dunno...maybe because you fuckin' LEFT ME HANGING for three days after getting the tree for half price without an explanation as to why?
I find it funny that she could not be bothered to contact me for 3 days but when I cancel her - FRAMPTON COMES ALIVE! lol.
I tell her why I cancelled. My reply?:
"I had every intention of paying. It's only been 3 days!"
Uhhh do you think Amazon is going to wait 3 days for payment when you click Buy Now? I'd like to call my credit card company after they've charged me a late fee and go "It's only been 3 days!" Fucking A. These people. This asshole has less than 30 feedback. Two feedback left for her by sellers were very telling:
Ended up not getting but cancelled quickly ! Awesome buyer!
You need to pay before it can be shipping. Thanks
Tuesday, August 9, 2022
Cluster
It will be peaceful for weeks and then we have an influx of stupid.
Today an old clock ended. So far, crickets from the buyer.
I get a message about a "cancellation" and I am like "Here we go". It's not the clock, but a bidder cancelled their bids on a doll outfit. I am sure more stupid is coming...
Monday, August 8, 2022
Karen Prompter
Today I left feedback for a very nice skirt I ordered for my winter wardrobe. I left the seller a positive feedback. As I clicked off the page, I was met with the button shown in the screenshot - What I like to affectionately call a "Karen Prompt".
It is almost like Ebay wants someone to open a case. There are prompts everywhere to fucking complain or return shit. It's fucking ridiculous. Believe me you, ebay, if someone wants to bitch they'll find a way.
Friday, July 8, 2022
Cinco tazón de sopa
Item title: 5 Coupe Soup Bowls
Item description: "Set of 5"
Item Picture : Shows 5 bowls.
Potential Buyer: This is a set of five soup bowls, correct?
Monday, June 20, 2022
Nacho Buyer
I bought a load of stuff. I listed said stuff. One of the dolls immediately got a 0 feedback bidder on it, and I cringe. During the 5 days that the auction ran, she got 1 feedback, so I was like "Okay, MAYBE this has hope." Said bidder "won" the doll.
Day 1 - Crickets.
Day 2 - Crickets.
Day 3 (11 at night) -
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Monday, May 30, 2022
Death Dogs
Every single week for the last 4 weeks I get at least 2 deadbeat bidders per batch of crap I list. Today was a "buyer" for a teddy bear I sold. There was an obnoxious flurry of bidding over the weekend and I got the feeling. "This buyer is not going to pay" and she did not.
Instead of retracting her fucking bid, which would have given it to the second bidder albeit for less money, which I don't even care about, I just want the very large thing GONE so I can have the space back...the fucking bitch sends me a message after the auction ended whining that she had no money right now and to cancel the transaction. If you had no money, then what were you doing doubling the price on my auction a day before it ended, twat?
I reported her to ebay for "retracting a bid which negatively affected an auction" and added that bidders such as her were a waste of time and money for everybody involved and blocked her. Another one bites the dust. My blocked list is ridiculous. What I could have done and should have was let the damned thing run for 4 days and let her get hit with a non-paying strike but I wanted to offer it in a huge long shot to the second bidder in the hopes they'd still want it.
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
Lobster Bisque
Today with a half hour left to go on a very large antique doll, I get a rather insulting ask from a potential buyer.
In the description I photograph and describe damage to the back of an arm. This maroon asks me to discount it and add buy it now because the arm is "extensively" damaged. Bitch, I OWN the doll, I can see for myself that the damage is not extensive - it's a 1/4 hole poked into the composition, not to mention it's covered by the fucking outfit it's wearing.
A few days ago I had someone asking if the stringing was so loose that it could not be posed - I had said that it was loose in the listing! Loose means loose. I am so fucking sick of people trying to finagle discounts using things I've already described as excuses for it.
You know what, assholes? I saw the issues, I photographed and pointed them out and PRICED THE FUCKING DOLL ACCORDINGLY. Normally this same doll pulls $250-$500 - I priced this bastard at only $150ish and charged flat rate shipping which would would have killed me financially if someone on the west coast had won it. No. I will not be "discounting" it thank you very much.
I ended the fucking auction, took the fuckin' doll's clothes off and repaired it myself in 5 minutes with a small piece of milliput. Now I am going to tighten the stringing, make it a new wig with mohair yarn, style it better than the synthetic one that it has and raise the price by $50. I was willing to let it go for less because I was like "eh" about doing that stuff but now that I have cheapasses coming out of the woodwork, I'll go ahead and spend that 20 minutes and raise the damned price to what it should be.
Saturday, April 30, 2022
Frosted Flakes
Pony people are the worst flakes. I'll say this time and time again. I feel like I need to make a separate account just to sell ponies because of this because it is ALWAYS ALWAYS pony people that tank feedback.
I had several for sale this week, they were doubles I happened to have in a harder to find set. I always hesitate to sell them on ebay because - pony people = asshole mentality. I nearly always have a problem with one of them on there. This time was no exception. One didn't pay for their shit, one complained about the shipping price after he won it. This chick wanted me to sell it to her directly about 4 days before it ended and I refused. I believe the neutral she left was "revenge" for not selling it to her cheaper. *sigh*
Hey can I buy this from you? The auction will end while I’m at work so I won’t be able to bid, and I’ve been wanting this pony for a while. How much were you hoping to sell her for?
I answered saying that I prefer that bidders set the price since the price varies so wildly on this set. She apparently had time to bid because she won it, and for a kind of ridiculous price. Apparently because she was an idiot and let the bidding get away from her, now she would be expecting the pony to be minty fresh. Being 16 years old and out of the box, it would not be.
No message, no nothing, just carpet bombed with a crap neutral feedback saying that an eye was scratched. I don't believe that it was, I used the magnify feature on the pictures and don't see it and did not notice it before packing it. It sat in my own collection for about a year and I never saw it, but had she taken a picture and told me about it via messages, I would have offered a small refund because I felt like she overpaid to begin with. If you're not coming out of the gate combative, I will work with you, but you come at me, or trash my feedback - you're done. So she's done. Fucking trashbag. I will be adding her to my ever growing blocked list.
Saturday, April 23, 2022
The Reign Of Terror
Out of curiosity, I dropped in on ol' Judy's recent feedback left for others. Seems like she has a lot of "problems" that require sellers to "bend over backward" to correct. One was "very accommodating" IE probably doled out a partial refund to pay the asshole off because of feedback extortion. She's such a fucking bitch.
Outstanding seller. Knows her doll history, advertises honestly and goes out of her way to accommodate the buyer. Thank you.
This seller has bent over backward to correct a problem caused by the post office. I highly recommend her as a very reputable seller.
This lady is a wonderful seller. My doll was damaged in shipment (not the fault of the seller) and she bent over backward in offering to make it right in any way possible. I highly recommend such a virtuous seller.
Tuesday, April 19, 2022
The Man
In the past week, I have supposedly sold $230 worth of shit via eBay. The asshole that bid $200 on a doll never paid, it wound being cancelled and I relisted immediately rather than play more games with the next two bidders.
The other two that won dolls last week did pay - both were under $20. One tanked my shipping metrics by paying, then telling me they were leaving town and not to ship until Wednesday. One just paid, no BS no instructions, just mercifully paid. Suddenly, because they think I supposedly have $200 coming, eBay then charges me for a $69 international shipping label from last month. You know what I've got to show for $230 worth of sales? -$20.13. lol. Good ol' eBay. Useless.
Today, they helped themselves to $1.00 I supposedly owed, despite last week threatening to restrict my account over $19, that they acted like they could not just take...lol. This bullshit is stupid and annoying. I don't like weird threats to take away my selling privileges over something they can just take care of themselves. I gave them the access to that account for that very reason - why can't they just shut up and take the fuckin' fees? They took the $1 no problem but when it's $19, it's a no no? Weird.
Meanwhile, I left my Etsy shop open during the "strike" and made $200 that I actually got paid. Man, if it was not for those stupid offsite ads, I would just move everything to Etsy. Sane people that pay for shit and lower fees for the most part. I've only had two nutcases in the last 11 years that I've been there. The Patty O'Green doll lady who was pissed about getting a refund instead of getting a doll, and the weirdo that thought I switched heads on ponies.
I signed that petition for one reason and one only - Offsite Ads. I hate them. Of course, that's my nature anyway, being forced into something against my will has always rankled me.
The amount of times I took off from school and daycare, my Ma could tell you that...I don't like "The Man" telling me what I can and cannot do.
Sunday, April 17, 2022
She's Like The Wind
Ol' Judy's negative disappeared like a fart in the wind this morning - RIP. 😂
I go back to her stupid original message:
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If she was a seller that knew her shit, then she would have known not to threaten me in messages with negative feedback for "financial compensation". Dumbass. First rule of trying to get a discount, bitch, don't threaten the seller's feedback. It's called feedback extortion and is one of the reasons that eBay will remove a negative. I wasn't even worried.
Friday, April 15, 2022
Ol' Judy MacAsshole
So much for not being able to leave negative feedback for 7 days if you're Top Rated. If that is true, the bitch should not have been able to pull this shit for 5 more days.
In any case, feedback extortionist extraordinaire Judy left me a negative. I immediately reported her for false claims and then messaged eBay for business to have the feedback removed. If they do not remove it, I will copy and paste her original complaint so other people can see she's a bullshit artist and an extortionist.
In her negative, she gives herself away - She contradicts which hand is damaged.
"Very disappointed in the condition of the doll. 4 fingers on her right hand were broken off at an angle which they seller did not mention in description. The photos did not show the damage. In one photo the hand was hidden in the skirt, and in the other it was photographed from the top so that is just looked like the tips were scuffed, not missing. The seller offered to take the doll back, but I declined. I love the doll - just disappointed in the seller's neglect to mention the condition."
Her original complaint about the left hand may have had had a tiny TINY sliver of merit - the left hand did have paint missing (but it was shown clearly), the hand she's talking about now had 0 damage - the middle, ring and pinky fingers are bent down like the doll is making a fist with the index finger out slightly more than the rest. Again, I am familiar with the arms/hands themselves in particular, having come from another doll of mine, I remember clearly what condition they were in, and how they were posed.
Thursday, April 14, 2022
The Rise Of The Deadbeat Bidder/MacAsshole Buyer
I've had this antique doll up for 5 days. I had over 25 watchers. 3 days before it ended, it got a bid. By the time it ended there were 4 different bidders on it and it nearly doubled in price.
Of course, the one that won - registered that same day, actively outbid others, won, and has not paid.
I feel like ebay needs to give sellers an option to not accept bids from some bidders, you know like 0 feedback deadbeats.
I know damned well if I make an offer to the second bidder, this arsehole will suddenly pay on the 4th and final day and complain, but if I don't, I get to wait 4 days twiddling my thumbs and possibly get less for the doll when I am forced to relist it.
Also, yesterday a doll was delivered. Crickets yesterday. Today I get this:
I received the doll yesterday. In reviewing your on-line description, no mention was made of all the fingers on her left hand being broken off at an angle. I also reviewed the photos, and because of the way she is positioned, it just looks like some minor scuffing on the finger tips, not the extent of the damage actually there. I am contacting you prior to leaving feedback because I have been a seller as well. If you can offer some financial compensation for the damage I will not leave a negative feedback. Please let me know your decision. Thank you. |
Wednesday, March 30, 2022
High Horsey
OMFG. I think I've seen the dumbest post EVER on the cheerleader board. It's funny that this moron is willing to throw away nearly $400 over supposed "ethics".
She's pissed that her buyer used her pictures and is reselling the same item before she even shipped it. She's combative with every person who replies to her and keep repeating shit about her "morals" and "ethics". People in the group are like "Uhh, that's allowed you know" and she's all like:
I don't give a damn if the person who bought it sells it for a million dollars. To those who think this is wasted energy, I just refunded $375.00. It's not about the money, it's about principle and ethics. So thankful my energy is spent on ethics.
She spent the next several posts bragging about being a professional photographer, being an Amazon associate and being on the "Governor's Task Force" and writing two bills for the state of Oklahoma. She argued with literally anyone and everyone touting her "morals and ethics" until the head cheerleader gave her the big boot into outer fucking space where she belonged.
Never have I agreed with people so hard in that group...lol. She reminded me of a relative who continually low-key brags about their achievements all day every day on Facebook.
Friday, March 11, 2022
A Wrinkle In Petty
Yesterday I received one of the most petty complaints I've ever received about anything I've sold and that is saying something.
Halfway around the world, Ukrainians are burying people in mass graves, inflation is sucking up every last dollar, people are having a hard time with day to day expenses in this country alone and I get this message on Etsy:
"was not the dress pictured. One of the orange ribbons is so terribly bent & twisted."
She paid $5 and change for the dress. It has two orange bow-ties on the waist - one is bent. Does she not know how to iron? Not have an iron? Can't put a couple of drops of water on it and press the wrinkled part down with her finger or use a hairdryer on it for a few seconds? WTF? She left me 4 stars and then bitched about this - she doesn't even say whether she wants anything or not, just bitching.
Friday, March 4, 2022
This Is The Pits
I have a tiny weird tramp art piece for sale that was in with a lot of smalls or jewelry I bought at an auction years back. I know jack shit about it, it's just an interesting little piece.
Yesterday I get a message:
"Can you tell me where it came from and what is it's meaning? Thank you"
WTF? I dunno man. I'm just selling it. I answer where I think I got it. I could be entirely wrong because I travel to other states and used to buy a lot of weird flats full of shit. And meaning? Who the fuck knows...maybe homeless Joe was bored that day.
Then I get this:
"Have any pieces broken or is it entirely intact?"
It's fuckin' $5 and I took pictures from a few angles - if you cannot tell from the picture that it is indeed, fine, then you need to piss off. I am not into answering 6,000 stupid questions to make what will boil down to $3 and change after all is said and done. I don't know why, but the questions irritate me.
I'm in the process of adopting a cat from a kill-shelter - he had 24 hours to live and in order to save him I had to push through a mountain of paperwork and now have been having back and forth conversations with a rescue and a foster, have 50 million other things going on, and I just don't have the time for bullshit this week. The cat is priority #1. If this was an item I was selling for $50 and up, you bet I'd answer all and any questions, but the fact that it is under $10 and this person is already asking nitpicky shit raises red flags and annoys the shit out of me. If you don't have time to look at the fuckin' pictures, then I don't have time to answer you.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Blockhead Wendy
This guy in the cheerleader group is having trouble with an asshole buyer. Guy is rudeish and insists he ships some books cheaper. The buyer is being rude, however, the OP doesn't seem to know that Media Mail is a thing. If that's what the guy was asking for, then just fuckin' send them that way. The OP left out most of the messages, this is the buyer's reply.
Gee whizz, Beav I thought y'all were all about sucking buyer ass to make 'em happy? LOL
Below OP's comment are LOTS of people saying cancel and block. When someone says it, this one dumb bitch tags them each time and pastes this inane and stupid shit over and over:
blocking does nothing to keep someone from buying from you again
Bitch, blocking DOES work sometimes. I've had at least two yahoos on my block list contact me and whine at me "Why can't I bid?" I feel like if they circumvent said block by "oPeEnINg a gUEsT aCcoUnt" like these ding-dongs always like to insist they will, then cancel the bid, contact eBay and tell them why you did it. It won't always OCCUR to a shit buyer to open a new account in order to harass someone into selling them something so in a lot of cases, blocking will work.
Monday, February 21, 2022
Scrooge McSchmuck
I am sitting here watching some auctions end. I see I have a message, and since I have a buyer who is buying multiples right now, I assume it is her so I glance to see what's up.
I have several outfits listed for $5.95. This asshole is asking me, with 2 watchers and 33 minutes left, if I will take $5 on one of them. LOL.
I did not even dignify the question with an answer. I want to say "Does it say Best Offer anywhere on the listing, jackwagon? No?" Well then, fuck no I will not take $5.
I bitch to Charley about it. Charley's like "Dude, if 95 cents will break you..." and then shakes his head.
In fact, if I do not get the opening bid on said fashion, it will return to Etsy at an even higher price.
Sunday, February 20, 2022
Attack of the Pony People 3 Electric Boogalee
Today someone tried to sell some ponies on a G1 pony board. Said post was met with a snarky "But I thought you wanted that pony for months, you bought it from my friend so and so and now you're selling it?"
I can see both sides of this argument, but again it's petty, shallow BS on both sides.
OP Was all like "I want _____ pony" over and over on the boards until she finally got said pony. Now, I don't know how much was paid for said pony or where she wound up buying but she wanted 75 pounds for it, which is a lot even for that semi-sought after pony.
While it was not the replie-ee's business, I can see her point. Whining that you want that pony on the boards for months and then once you get it - selling it on said board is a little tacky.
I bought a mail order pony a couple of months ago because it looked like a fun project, I was eh about the actual pony. I was happy to have a project for that time being. When I sold her, I felt not a twinge of regret, I made a whole $20 profit, which I figure was payment for me sitting her under a UV light for two months removing brown spots and the original shipping. I turned around and bought what I REALLY wanted with the proceeds which was a rare G2 baby that went with one I already had bought here at a flea market. Now I have the set.
However, I did not go on the boards saying I want ____MO pony for months and then turn around and sell it on the very board I frequent right in front of God and everybody. I bought it on eBay for an okay price and sold it on another venue months later. I don't breathe a word about what I want and what I have, it just feels lame to beg and brag. I have quietly racked up a decent collection of variants, I enjoy them and if someone has a question that I can answer because of variant ownership, then I answer it, but I am not going to go "LOOK LOOK at my shelves of expensive shit" and then go selling it on those boards too...lol. I dunno, I think both people were assholes here.
Saturday, February 19, 2022
Attack Of The Pony People Part 2...
Looking at feedback today and looked closer at the 4 star review left for me over, drumroll please........ponies. All I have to say is this...MY GOD PEOPLE ARE STUPID.
Feedback: "These 2 ponies are not authentic “My Little Pony” ponies. The differences are very noticeable."
And then the dingbat has a picture of two Starshines "comparing" them. Anyone who reads the title of the item she left the feedback on that has an IQ above 10 would probably laugh at it because you can see that the item says "repro" right on the title.
Title: "My Little Pony G1 Repro 2007 Starshine and Parasol"
Friday, February 18, 2022
Salty In St. Louis
Today I get "return request" in said request, the buyer says the "dress doesn't fit" the doll and says it has stains on it. To be honest, because the dress was a bad Kenner knock-off of Barbie doll dress I didn't pay close attention to the thing. I washed it, paired a veil with it and chucked it in a bag after I photographed it. I priced it very low because it wasn't perfect. The elastic shoulder that she's got her panties in a wad about seemed fine to me but I didn't sit there and play slingshot with it to confirm. The stains were up in the creases of the gather where the elastic part was, something I would not have seen unless I was looking at it with a fine tooth comb and since it was a cheap dress - I didn't.
I refunded her the $5.95 (Imma get my first negative over $5 - of course I will) and afterwards, she continues to argue with me and whines that she's out $3.85 shipping! Well you should have fuckin' ASKED for the shipping too - eBay would only let me refund what she asked for!
I keep sending her calm, factual, replies and she's going off the deep end - copying and pasting my descriptions of other items and is all disjointed in her replies.
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What I want to say is "BITCH, it's because I did not notice nor did I give a shit, okay?" But Customer Service Persona takes over and I am all Please Sir, May I have another? As she tries to verbally slap me around - lol. I am STILL arguing with her as I type this. I am sure there is a retarded, disjointed, message sitting in my inbox right now.
Now that I think about it, I am pretty sure she was the nut who was ambiguously "intrested" in two items of mine and wound up winning only the one - so now she's salty and wanting free shit. EDIT- Yup, same idiot.
In any case her nutty argumentative ass is added to my ever-growing blocked buyer list. *sigh*
I am now looking at her "feedback left for others" and when that feedback is for a seller it's either a neutral with a negative statement "Seller would not reduce the shipping cost", a thanks for working with me type schtick "Seller worked on me with an issue", or simply "as described". She is clearly a nitpicky bitch. She sells Barbie shit. I hope she's just as nitpicky when she's looking over her own shit. Cheezus.
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
Starry Night/My Little Pony ID tutorial
So I am like Okay, I'm going to take a look at my ratings...4 star from a pony person, 4 star - pony person, 1 star pony person (the head switch bitch).
So...apparently the only thing keeping me from that dumb rating is pony people. Am I surprised? Nope.
Am I going to start raising prices on my ponies because if you plan on leaving a shit rating, you can pay for the privilege? Yup.
They were the reason for my low star DSR years back on eBay, and now they are the only ones leaving shit ratings on Etsy. They are expecting perfection out of a less than $10, played with, 40 year old toy.
I collect too, but I am realistic in my expectations, I'm a unicorn in that respect, pun intended.
They are usually over 30 and have been manhandled by a child 9 times out of 10. They going to show some wear. I expect that.
Most times a seller will see a pony at a yard sale/fleamarket/thrift store and just pick it up not knowing anything more about it than that it is a MLP. If I've been collecting since 1982 and still get 1-4 stars knowing what I know, I don't hold out much hope for a novice.
I see the community pissing and moaning all the time about how sellers should know about all the stupid shit that they obsess over. I wish I could help these sellers. Maybe I can.
Half the time, the "collectors" themselves don't know shit about a pony they bought - see my example from an old blog about the Argentine Cool Breeze I sold. The bitch was all like "It has a haircut!"
I TOOK IT OFF THE CARD MYSELF. It HAD short hair to begin with - the Alitas have shorter hair than China/Hong Kong Windy Wings. But she didn't know, and not only stole a back card from me, but tanked my rating and jacked shipping money both ways. It's been like 12 years and I still get pissed thinking about it.
So here's a little tutorial for the novice - Just remember that even if you state every little thing, some assholes will still ding you. I don't know WHY they are like this, and as a pony collector, I apologize for that. They're just petty, I guess:
It's only a My Little Pony if it says Hasbro somewhere on it. If it does not, it's most likely a "fakie". I have here Generations 4,3,2,1. I hate G5 but I imagine the hooves say Hasbro too.
Okay, so you've determined that you've got a real pony. You can go to Strawberry Reef to ID it, which is a decent site, however, pictures may be missing here and there. There is also a sticky wicket in the fact that certain companies now reproduce the old G1. They are usually a little different in feel and are marked on the feet as to date produced ballpark - feet always tell a story.
G1 ponies can have a litany of issues. There is pindot mold, which looks like ground pepper. It is usually ground in and best mentioned and left to someone who knows how to remove it.
There is pony "cancer" IE brown spots. Blue and white ponies tend to get this more than others. Same scenario as above, unless you know ponies.
There is regrind. Regrind affects hot pink, purple, and lavender colored ponies. It appears in the form of hot pink splotches. No cure.
Sometimes haircuts can be hard to identify, because some ponies were made with longer hair and someone just cut the hair to what looked like an appropriate length and it's not. But if you don't know ponies, you won't know. But they'll expect you to, so once you ID it, it's a good idea to haunt Google and look at other examples to make sure.
Sometimes a pony will have been bathed with and has telltale signs such as tail rust (rust at the tail base) and dry, frizzy hair. These ponies are usually full of rust and mildew/mold and sometimes it will stain the body from the inside.
But if you take the damned head off to clean it, there are some that will go apeshit on you because you broke a factory seal. God Forbid you scrape the crud out of the insides *eyeroll*. So if you see this - say "tail rust, and dry frizzy hair" and sell it like it is or you'll wind up with a crazy that will ding your rating for the pony having a head that spins, even though it is spotless inside. lol. Pictured below is a G1 Applejack. Photo Credit goes to MLP Merch Database.
There was a very limited run of G2 ponies in the USA. There's 12 ponies and a mail order named Seabreeze. The one I have pictured above is a European exclusive baby, they did not produce those over here but the foot stamping is much the same. You're not likely to find G2 much, the USA versions don't sell well. They have tiny jewels in the eyes that tend to get lost. They were produced in the late 90's and a little longer overseas. Pictured below is G2 Ivy. Photo Credit goes to MLP Merch Database.
G3's nearly always have a magnet in one hoof and that's whenthe symbols started to be exclusively on one side. They are chubby and cute. They were produced from 2003-2007ish. They are still found out in the wild frequently and only a certain few sell well. Towards the end of their run, G3's were ruined by a phenomenon called "Core 7" Hasbro produced the same 7 ponies over and over with different accessories and gimmicks but largely the same color and pose. It took away variety and, frankly, it sucked. Hasbro apparently did not learn from this because this was repeated in G4 via the Mane 6. The Core 7 consist of Pinkie Pie, Starsong, Sweetie Belle, Cheerilee, Rainbow Dash, Toola Roola and Scootaloo. Pictured below is G3 Kimono. Photo Credit goes to MLP Merch Database.
G4's are tiny and look like little goats and they suck. With the release of these came "bronies" and stupid terminologies like "cutie mark". No. To us OG old fuckin' farts it's a symbol. lol. There was a "Mane 6" set of ponies that they kept producing over and over in different styles, but it's always the same 6. Usually Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Twilight (Toilet) Sparkle, Rarity (a misnomer), and Pinkie Pie. If you find any of those 6, unless it's the original release with pets - it's worthless, don't bother. Some of the other oddball ones that aren't Mane 6 sell okay. Pictured below is G4 Fluttershy, original issue with her pet. Photo Credit goes to MLP Merch Database.
G5s are horrible. They are large, ugly, and they have weird Steve Carell eyebrows. Some people actually like these atrocities. They just came out last year and are still found in places like Target and Walmart. I made this pic collage on my own...lol.
Saturday, February 12, 2022
Timing Light
I had a dingus this morning want me to do retakes of a doll with about half hour left to the auction. That wasn't going to happen. I would have had to find the doll, find my equipment, make sure my batteries were charged, set up background/lighting then hope that my finicky software didn't freeze once I offloaded the pics.
In this case, I took pics of the doll from the front and back with clothes, without clothes, and a face/shoulders close up. There was not too much light in the close up face pic. With magnify feature you could see actual lint fibers on the doll's fucking face. "Doesn't let her face be shown well", my ass.
Everything could be seen fine. I feel like I dodged one because the "thank youuuuu" said to me "potential douche alert".
People asking for more pictures even though you took like 8 already, are the ones that always "find" something wrong with their shit afterward - no thanks.
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Thursday, February 10, 2022
Sometimes Resale Is Not A Bitch
Today I had a bid on some shoes. The bidder was my ex nemesis, Arnold. Ol' Arnold has become one of my best customers. He bought the Tressy doll, albeit at a lower price, and paid. He bought Ken flippers and paid, today he bought those shoes and paid. Go figure. I guess it pays to not always block people when they act weird.
Last night, the hat/accessory lady - really nice person, and pretty pleasant to talk to. I think with their Gestapo-like approach to pitting sellers against buyers, eBay has really done us all a disservice. It makes us all paranoid and always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Like the other day when they wanted me to report my seller even though it was their glitch that caused me to message him. It's like they stoke the fires of distrust on both ends.
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Derpy Muffins
Today, I got the remedial class in my eBay messages. Last night, my kid told us he felt pain when he breathed in and so we took him to the ER as a precaution, because - Rona. This morning, my husband went back there for a suspected MCL tear. Meanwhile I had 5 auctions ending. There were 2 hats, 2 purses and another small accessory. Both hats sold and one purse. Each ended within 2 minutes of the other, in a half hour span.
A person who won a hat asks:
"I also wanted the record player. Can they ship together?"
I am like okay, yeah, no problem. Mind you, this was about a half hour after ALL the shit had ended - meaning that the record player had already ended with no bids, but I did not know this, because...ER - was kind of distracted, I figured it was with tomorrow's batch of shit that is ending. The whole day passes and then she's like:
"Did it sale? It has to be actively listed for me to buy it. I did not see it"
Lady, you've had ALL FUCKING DAY to bring this up. *headdesk* I look at my listings and there it is - unsold. It ended about 10 minutes after the hat. I relisted it with a buy it now about 10 minutes ago.
Edit: She bought and paid immediately, said sorry did not know where her head was at - I get it. Me too, lady. Both things will be out in the morning.
Earlier in the evening I got this mildly retarded message with a picture of a dress I have for sale attached to it:
" Hello - I am intrested in this outfit as well as the wedding dress."
Uhhh okay? If you're "intrested" then fuckin' bid on it? She does have a bid on the wedding dress, but this other outfit - I could not begin to tell you what the fuck she is asking. Do you want combined shipping? Do you want BIN? What the fuck do you want? I am trying to think of a reply that won't sound insulting...lol.
Sunday, February 6, 2022
Tomfoolery
Tonight's cheerleader board Tomfoolery is brought to you by "Buyer who wants me to ship Media Mail".
"Looking for some advice/guidance on how I should handle this particular situation. I had a buyer purchase a Map book and asked if I could mail it by Media Mail instead of Priority Mail and refunded the difference. I listed shipping at $8.75 (FR padded mailer) because of size and weight. I didn't consider Media Mail."
Replies:
This, from someone who is always advising refunds for whiners:
"Sellers chose the method of shipping. If you wish to accommodate the buyer, that is your call. But you are not required to do so. I don't know how much your map guide weighs but the refund may not be all that much depending upon the weight? Have you check to see if it is worth it?"
Worth it. Uhhh you dumb fucks are always advising giving shit away to mollycoddle unreasonable assholes, but this buyer has a legit request to try and save himself 6 bucks and NOW it's a problem?
Also:
"2 options:
It would be just fine if the buyer suddenly threw a fit, made up some out there reason why they hate the book, and she had to refund the whole thing. "JuSt SeLl mOrE" but God forbid you're on the hook for $6 to save someone postage.
What fucking planet do these people come from?
In the end, the buyer got sick of waiting for a reply, and simply cancelled the order. Immediately after this was conveyed, some dumbass suggested relisting the book and letting the buyer know that now you offer Media Mail shipping. *headdesk*
Sometimes Helping Isn't Helping - eBay Style
Today I bought a pony I had been after for nearly a year. It was a set completer and I had it on my watchlist for several days. After I won the auction, for about a half hour, no invoice. Nowhere indicated to pay, also nothing showed up in my "purchase" list - almost like I hadn't won anything. I really wanted to get this pony so I wanted to get the guy paid.
I sent an "other" message to the seller telling him what was happening on my end and asking him to send me an invoice if possible because I wanted to get him paid. About 5 minutes later, a "pay now" button finally appeared.
Then tonight I check messages and see this bullshit sitting there. I did not have a problem with the seller. I had a problem with you assholes not giving me a way to pay him! The seller did nothing wrong! And yet, they send this shit out trying to create a problem where there is none.
I clicked the red x in the e-mail and basically told them to get bent with my answers to the little survey.
Saturday, January 29, 2022
Block Chain
Last week, I had 15 things up for sale on eBay. Supposedly 8 of them sold, but only 5 have been paid for 3 days later.
I had hoped that this early in my fledgling account that I would not have to start blocking left and right, but here we are with 5 names on the blocked bidder list already. I also went ahead blocked anyone with at least 2 cancellations due to non-payment in a 12 month span and now exclude shipping to Italy and Chile from my listings because their postal systems are TERRIBLE. That should take care of some assholes.
I removed Arnold. The fucker paid after all.
Blocked Bidders:
The cheerleader board is all like "ThEy CaN jUsT lOG iN oN A gUeSt AcCoUnT" But will they? Doubtful. I block 'em anyway so it is clear to them that they are not wanted and maybe they will take a pause before bidding.
One is a non-payer of two doll outfits totalling about $100. My first naughty from Australia, sadly. One was cancelled for non-payment, the next was cancelled by me because I didn't want a rinse and repeat of the first experience.
0 feedback, located in Hong Kong - MLP, $17. Cancelled - non payment
These next three have waited 3 days each, these blockings are a pre-emptive strike. I don't want your bid if you're going to waste my time.
0 feedback from Russia - MLP, under $10.
4 feedback from US - MLP, under $10.
27 feedback from US, hadn't bought anything in over 6 months, and suddenly "bought" a Game Cube game manual for $30. Edit - Game Cube paid. I removed him from the list. So now my blocked buyer list contains 3 Pony flakes and 1 Aussie Barbie outfit buyer.
What information does one garner from all this?
Pony people are still fucking flakes.
Friday, January 28, 2022
Ten Thousand Dollar Baby
Yesterday I read the latest Bytes newsletter. In this newsletter was some enlightening information about Etsy. Glad I caught it before I hit the threshold. I had been excited to refresh items in my shop and keep selling, but this took the wind right out of my sails.
Last year during the pandemic, I left one singular thing languishing in my shop. Suddenly I got an e-mail saying it had sold.
When I went to pack it I was informed that the sale came through "offsite ads".
When I originally listed the plates, LONG before they sold, the shipping had been around $16.95, so that was what was charged. They actually cost about $22 to ship. That alone sucked, but then I found out that I had been opted into "offsite ads". I wound up with about $19 on an order the buyer paid $58 for. Thankfully I got the plates for like what worked out to about a $1 at an auction, however, I was pissed about it and opted out immediately.
Now, in aforementioned newsletter there were a few sellers discussing the offsite ads. I see now that once you reach $10K in a 365 day span - you're opted in - permanently. I had assumed once you opted out, you were out. Not so fast, sucker - there's always a fucking bottomless pit of despair for you to fall into when it comes to online selling platforms.
I have been selling left and right, hand over fist at Etsy, no free shipping, no offsite ads, I've been going great guns. Hell, I'm already around $3K. This royally sucks because now, when I reach around $9K I'm going to have to deactivate everything in my shop until the year passes, to avoid that buttsucking ridiculous fee.
I'm really disappointed because I thought I finally had my main escape chute from eBay. Fair prices paid, people actually pay, less entitled assholes, less fees. But 30% in fees ain't happening - ever. I pride myself on offering shit for a decent price, and I cannot do that when I've gotta tack on at least 25% extra to try and offset fees. You KNOW that each and every larger sale after you're opted in is going to be from offsite ads, even if it isn't. *eyeroll*.
I feel like Etsy is retarding its own growth by implementing this. For each shop that keeps chugging with that fee added on, there are several more like me that are like "Well, we're at $9500, time to quit for a few months". If enough people are doing that, there goes your "extra" fees. You won't even be getting the 10% . Lesson being, take the damned 10% and be happy, word will get around like it had been before this that Etsy is a better place to sell. So much for that with a mandate hanging over people's heads.
These platforms get greedy, then start mandating shit, and one cannot help to think about how this must backfire on them. They make so much still, that they don't even notice. But they could stop the bleeding if they'd just stop mandating shit and fuck off.
Happy sellers spread word-of-mouth news and gain you more sellers - unhappy ones are even louder. This is one case where what eBay did makes sense - don't force the offsite ads (IE promoted listings), offer them.
Dumb fucks like the people from the cheerleader board will actually pay for that shit voluntarily. I wouldn't, but they would.
We see how well mandating shit is going in this country...take a life lesson, Etsy, eBay - let people do shit their way and they'll be more happy and productive, but if we feel like we're toiling under the wheel, we'll rebel and it will winding up costing you and your shareholders money when people bail to greener pastures.
There's Poshmark, Mercari, Facebook Marketplace, Vinted, Instagram, Twitter, Personal websites, even stupid nearly useless Bonanza...brick and mortar is starting to uptick again because of USPS prices. You guys aren't the only place to go anymore - keep pissing us all off. Fuck around and find out.
Wednesday, January 19, 2022
Another Cuckoo From The Erie
I smell some fun coming down the pike on this one. Lady bought two lots of doll clothing. Her total cost is $13.00 + $3.85 shipping because I revised it from $7.70.
On Sunday before bidding, she messaged me asking if I combine shipping.
My answer: (I wanted to post this since apparently I was not clear? 😒)
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Friday, January 14, 2022
Crazy Pony People and Cheerleader Angst
Lady who bought ponies on Etsy left me 5 star feedback...a couple of days later, revises to 1 star and whines that the heads were "glued". I check the neck seams of each pony I sell - each and every one of them was factory sealed. She blabbered some nonsense about someone switching heads. They all came from different sellers, and I myself did not touch them. It is highly unlikely that 4 different sellers switched the heads on them and glued them back on. So the bitch carpet bombed my good seller rating without even contacting me to ask if I would take them back - I would have because she got them cheap and I can get more for them if I relist. *headdesk*
Pony People.
The head cheerleader got a hair across his ass today. The hair was about flat rate padded envelopes. His post was a childish "See??!! You can STILL get padded envelopes" in response to ecommercebytes writing an article about people not being able to get their hands on them and speculating as to why. He was all hot under the collar and huffy and almost in a sense, as bad as the Former Buyers board with the "If you read that newsletter and believe this shit, leave the group" type attitude. Man, with how much eBay dick he sucks, you'd think he was the fuckin' CEO over there. lol.
Friday, January 7, 2022
Bleeding Coin
The cheerleader group, man. Today someone wanted the best reason to cancel an item because they could not find it anywhere after they sold it. Been there. They asked what to do. Nothing to do with a buyer was mentioned:
"I sold and got paid for an ebay item. I thought I put it in the right container but I've gone through all my containers. Can't even find online. What is the best reason to cancel this item. I'm still on time"
Immediately, an admin goes on the offensive:
"The ONLY appropriate reason for cancellation is OUT OF STOCK. That is a defect for you. But this is not on the buyer".
Asshole, Did anyone say anything about a buyer here?
Oh yes, immediately defend the poor underdog (hahahahahaha) buyers...lol.
I for one know that the seller is very rarely considered when a case is opened. About $236 that swirled the bowl in Italy tells me that. I was writing descriptions yesterday for the small cheap shit that will become my eBay staples from now on and asking myself "Why even bother?" while doing it. The fuckers don't read, and eBay will believe any sob story they throw out there about big bad seller not selling them what they expected, so why even bother writing a description anymore?
Jesus Christ though. A buyer wasn't even mentioned. The OP simply wanted advice. These people have their heads so far up their own asses when it comes to "trading partners" that they can see out of their mouths.
Yesterday someone wanted to know what brand of tape to use. A bunch of uppity "I only use (fill in name of an expensive brand of tape)" ensued. I use cheap ass Shark brand from Job Lot. 110 yards for $1.59 and it's fine. The amount of money they waste is unbelievable.
Saturday, January 1, 2022
Unhappy New Year!
Buyer continues to insist on returning the clock saying the movement cannot be restored.
Eschlong for Bidnezz and Eschlong for Bidnezz Italy both gave me the same canned response.
So...even though his reason for return is "doesn't work or defective" and my description said "seized movement and project" meaning I sold it as not working and defective, I am still forced to lose...
Option 1. $68 in shipping and the $20 I spent on the clock.
Option 2. $68, the $20 I spent on the clock, possibly $20 for fighting it, a strike on my account, probably more funds holding, and forced to pay return shipping. This irks me as well, because I state on the listing "buyer pays return shipping".
Seems fair, doesn't it?
I also like that nice touch of them calling the buyers "customers". No motherfuckers, I'm your fucking customer, and guess what? You made the mistake of playing me when I still have a bit of savings left, a part time job, and other venues to yeet off to. Say bye bye. I'm sure I'm not the only one who's had it at this point in time.
I don't have any major bills due until the end of January, so I have the time and wherewithal to move elsewhere. I might even file a complaint with my AG and the BBB. I've seen complaints to authorities work magic in getting your damned money back from that hellhole and since I give less and less shits about selling there ever again, I just might take that step.
I am tired of giving things away because of other people's incompetence. I did everything by the book. I described things correctly, I shipped them out securely within 24 hours, and I gave a 14 day "Buyer pays" return policy. It is not my fault that Italy post lost a package, nor is it my fault that the dude had no reading comprehension so why should I shoulder the entire blame?
Etsy will get the lion's share of my stuff from now on, I listed like 10 things (with more coming for sure now!) 2 days ago and have already raked in $75 in sales - sales that I will get proceeds from in less than a week and that I can keep 99.9% of the time. I'll be dipping my toes in at Mercari as well. I know they also hold your money, but not for 30 FUCKING DAYS.
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