Friday, September 2, 2016
Monday, August 15, 2016
Resale Is a Bitch
Summer is the worst time for resale. In June and July prices tank, never to recover until fall. During this time, there will always be whiners and scammers.
I have a booth at Bonanza. My sales are so lackluster that I actually forgot I had the booth and never use the paypal address associated with said booth anymore.
I was sifting through my Yahoo mail that I check once a month or so for a bill from my trash pickup and saw "You made a sale at Bonanza" This sale was 4 days before I actually saw the e-mail...I messaged the buyer said "Never saw e-mail, etc etc. Will send tomorrow".
That night, my father-in-law died. Long story short, because of all the goings on, I forgot all about the $4.00 pony. Of course she complained to Bonanza, and now I have to go to the fucking library in order to refund her, since I don't want cookies from the paypal accounts mixing.
I put the damned troublesome booth "on vacation" Frig that headache. I am not going upstairs in 90+ degree humid weather to look for a pony I put away last year for a lousy $1.00 or $2.00 profit.
In the meantime I list on ebay. I randomly get a message one day:
Today I got an e-mail saying, quite ambiguously, "I am sorry. I did not know there wasn't a belt" Afterward, I check my e-mail and see that someone had bid and retracted on a doll. I said in line 2 of the description: "The belt is missing"
Also this morning, I got another message from someone speaking broken English asking me to "sell the doll outside of the auction" Why can't these assholes wait the 4 days til the auction ends? Yes, your life will end if you cannot buy it now. I am suspecting that she thinks she can buy it for the start price. Not.Going.To.Happen.
I have a booth at Bonanza. My sales are so lackluster that I actually forgot I had the booth and never use the paypal address associated with said booth anymore.
I was sifting through my Yahoo mail that I check once a month or so for a bill from my trash pickup and saw "You made a sale at Bonanza" This sale was 4 days before I actually saw the e-mail...I messaged the buyer said "Never saw e-mail, etc etc. Will send tomorrow".
That night, my father-in-law died. Long story short, because of all the goings on, I forgot all about the $4.00 pony. Of course she complained to Bonanza, and now I have to go to the fucking library in order to refund her, since I don't want cookies from the paypal accounts mixing.
I put the damned troublesome booth "on vacation" Frig that headache. I am not going upstairs in 90+ degree humid weather to look for a pony I put away last year for a lousy $1.00 or $2.00 profit.
In the meantime I list on ebay. I randomly get a message one day:
"Hello! Please go ahead and leave me positive feedback for my prompt payment regarding this doll case. I paid for it immediately going on a month and a half ago. If you wait another week or so (total 45 days) the item will disappear from your list and you won't be able to leave feedback at all. I left you positive feedback right after it arrived. Thank you! I appreciate it!"Well, thanks for ordering me me to leave you feedback, bitch. You may have paid for it immediately, but that doesn't always make for a good buyer. Good buyers shut their damned mouths and enjoy their merchandise. Good buyers don't issue orders. I sent her a terse e-mail saying that we had just lost my father-in-law and that "Sorry, I wasn't exactly focused on ebay. I will leave it tomorrow" and I did. I hate people.
Today I got an e-mail saying, quite ambiguously, "I am sorry. I did not know there wasn't a belt" Afterward, I check my e-mail and see that someone had bid and retracted on a doll. I said in line 2 of the description: "The belt is missing"
Also this morning, I got another message from someone speaking broken English asking me to "sell the doll outside of the auction" Why can't these assholes wait the 4 days til the auction ends? Yes, your life will end if you cannot buy it now. I am suspecting that she thinks she can buy it for the start price. Not.Going.To.Happen.
Tuesday, July 5, 2016
Andrey The Extortionist
I sold a fancy clock awhile ago. Said buyer says "pack carefully" and claims breakage on previous clocks. This screams red flags, but I send the clock anyway.
3 days later, he sends me a message bitching that a 1" piece of wood was missing off of the corner of the clock floor (Underneath. It cannot be seen unless you pick up the 20 pound clock and look), then bitches that the movement doesn't fit. He obviously looked hard to come up with complaints, though one was actually mentioned in the listing. I had said the movement didn't fit.
He demands $45 back. I tell him to return it, and ignore him for a few days. He again demands $45 citing all the work he was going to need to do. Fuck you, asshole. That clock needed nothing but a new movement and front door, I did all the cosmetic grunt work. It spent 2 weeks in an electrolysis bath, I sanded it, finished it with steel wool, painted it with 4 coats of paint. Rebronzed the accents. It was set up to be a showpiece. A person could sell the movement that was in it to buy the right one, which was why I included it. I was just fudging it using that movement for myself, because it was supposed to be MY clock and I didn't care. I only sold it because I was really short on cash that week and I needed to pay bills. Never again!
The last clock such as the one I sold him went for $499. He paid $150. In my description I mentioned that the clock had been a project that wasn't finished. I report him and block him and send him the $45 to make him fuck off.
Meanwhile, I look at his feedback. Another seller mentioned he demanded money back. He also apparently buys these clocks cheap, pairs them with candlesticks, takes a fancy-looking picture and then resells them for double or triple what they cost him. I e-mail another seller that sold him the same clock the day after he bought mine and apparently this is a habit. He tries to keep his costs as low as possible so he can have a bigger profit margin, so he extorts sellers for a discount.
3 days later, he sends me a message bitching that a 1" piece of wood was missing off of the corner of the clock floor (Underneath. It cannot be seen unless you pick up the 20 pound clock and look), then bitches that the movement doesn't fit. He obviously looked hard to come up with complaints, though one was actually mentioned in the listing. I had said the movement didn't fit.
He demands $45 back. I tell him to return it, and ignore him for a few days. He again demands $45 citing all the work he was going to need to do. Fuck you, asshole. That clock needed nothing but a new movement and front door, I did all the cosmetic grunt work. It spent 2 weeks in an electrolysis bath, I sanded it, finished it with steel wool, painted it with 4 coats of paint. Rebronzed the accents. It was set up to be a showpiece. A person could sell the movement that was in it to buy the right one, which was why I included it. I was just fudging it using that movement for myself, because it was supposed to be MY clock and I didn't care. I only sold it because I was really short on cash that week and I needed to pay bills. Never again!
The last clock such as the one I sold him went for $499. He paid $150. In my description I mentioned that the clock had been a project that wasn't finished. I report him and block him and send him the $45 to make him fuck off.
Meanwhile, I look at his feedback. Another seller mentioned he demanded money back. He also apparently buys these clocks cheap, pairs them with candlesticks, takes a fancy-looking picture and then resells them for double or triple what they cost him. I e-mail another seller that sold him the same clock the day after he bought mine and apparently this is a habit. He tries to keep his costs as low as possible so he can have a bigger profit margin, so he extorts sellers for a discount.
Crazy Gary
Got this message today:
This was a question asked on a pair of candlesticks. I have never sold to this guy, nor have I ever heard of him until today. I looked at his feedback left for others. Numerous complaints and thanks for the refund.
Blocked.
"got well packed but broken glass last week, thanks, gary"
This was a question asked on a pair of candlesticks. I have never sold to this guy, nor have I ever heard of him until today. I looked at his feedback left for others. Numerous complaints and thanks for the refund.
Blocked.
Thursday, June 9, 2016
I Hate People. Part 1,057
Last week I sold 3 ponies to one guy and 2 ponies to one girl on facebook. I had two oatmeal boxes that would fit the bill for 1st class shipping the ponies. I mixed the two boxes up.
I contact both and tell them. I send them both money so that they could trade the ponies and each get the correct ones.
That was my first mistake. Trusting pony people to do the right thing. He immediately "went somewhere" and says "It's too long of a wait at the PO, I'll do it later" I should have sent his ass a shipping label instead of money so he could throw it in his mailbox, which would have circumvented the post office excuse.
She does everything through fucking snail mail. I had to send her the cash. It took several days to arrive. She got it, but is now using an excuse not to send him his fucking ponies.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FUCKING TRADE! I paid you for it! Apparently I should have demanded they send them back to me, but then I would have had to pay shipping twice on each one. My bad for thinking that those two numb nuts would do the right thing.
I contact both and tell them. I send them both money so that they could trade the ponies and each get the correct ones.
That was my first mistake. Trusting pony people to do the right thing. He immediately "went somewhere" and says "It's too long of a wait at the PO, I'll do it later" I should have sent his ass a shipping label instead of money so he could throw it in his mailbox, which would have circumvented the post office excuse.
She does everything through fucking snail mail. I had to send her the cash. It took several days to arrive. She got it, but is now using an excuse not to send him his fucking ponies.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS FUCKING TRADE! I paid you for it! Apparently I should have demanded they send them back to me, but then I would have had to pay shipping twice on each one. My bad for thinking that those two numb nuts would do the right thing.
Sunday, May 22, 2016
Boxing Day
So...I decided to step out of the box, and sell a few cheap things. $10.50 and $8.50. Everything else I sold that week went for $40 and up. Guess which two had cases filed on them?
NO MORE under $10 auctions. I am sick and tired of cheap, complaining fucks! Anytime I sell anything for around or under $10, someone bitches, and I swear it is to try and get freebies. It's fucking flea market/yard sale season. You want something cheap? Go to the fucking fleamarket!
NO MORE under $10 auctions. I am sick and tired of cheap, complaining fucks! Anytime I sell anything for around or under $10, someone bitches, and I swear it is to try and get freebies. It's fucking flea market/yard sale season. You want something cheap? Go to the fucking fleamarket!
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
And the Oscar Goes To...
Hello:
I
have returned your item. So you can resell this again. I buy items to
fix up. But I had my mother pass and I do not feel this is a good
time. I really enjoy working on the outfits. I am sorry because this
was completely unforeseen.
Sorry.
This was a $10.00 Barbie dress. Now they are paying $2.50 to ship it back. WHYYYYY would you waste money sending something back that was $10.00 to begin with? I am sure as fuck not refunding shipping. So you're out $5.00. Why would you not just resell it yourself? All I have to say is:
Hello:
I have returned your item. So you can resell this again. I buy items to fix up. But I had my mother pass and I do not feel this is a good time. I really enjoy working on the outfits. I am sorry because this was completely unforeseen.
Sorry.This was a $10.00 Barbie dress. Now they are paying $2.50 to ship it back. WHYYYYY would you waste money sending something back that was $10.00 to begin with? I am sure as fuck not refunding shipping. So you're out $5.00. Why would you not just resell it yourself? All I have to say is:
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