The Sadness Will Last Forever

I am up to $1400 in sales this week. So, of course, several people come out of the woodwork to piss me right the fuck off.

First is a woman who claims the vase I sent her is "too thick" and she wants to return it, but she of course does not want to pay for the return shipping. Not two minutes after I get done with my exchange with her, then someone has opened a case without contacting me first.

A box I sent him has been marked as "delivered" However, said box was not on his porch when he arrived home in Colorado. Somehow this is my New England dwelling ass's fault. Apparently, each time I send out a package, I should accompany said package to its destination and wait until the buyer is home, and opens the package before I can say I am done with the transaction.

This, on top of opening a jar I am selling and find a rather large glaze skip at the bottom of it last night should be the three anger causing agents of this week. Because it always seems to be three, sometimes it's more, but hopefully not. And I was in such a good mood this morning because things were finally looking up...silly me.

Skooed

This batch of crap I am selling this week is golden pricewise, but it brings out the crazy in a few. First I have a wackadoo who doesn't read descriptions.

Are all these marked?

3rd line of description. "Bottoms are marked _____"

Can I see pix (yes - pix) of fleabites. I tell her to use the magnify feature. She does this, and immediately questions me about yet another piece in the picture - does it have a chip? LADY. WTF? Does it SAY it has a chip? No? Well then there is not one. Fucking A.

I also had several newer pieces of the said pottery in question. I just lumped them in the "vintage" category because in the middle of uploading 65+ auctions I am not going to stop and go, "Oh no. Even though these are 30 years old, they don't fit someone's textbook version of what "vintage" should be, so let me waste this time moving them to a new category to appease the 2 people who will be butthurt about this"

First asshole: 

Hi, your vases are not vintage Fiesta, they are contemporary post1986 Fiesta, that is why they are not 10 inches. The original vintage vases are a full 10 inches. Here is a site that can help you with vintage Fiesta.

I reply that I am aware that of the fucking things age and that I simply just left it in that category and included measurements and a photo of the bottom so that someone could make their own deductions on the matter. I then thanked her for the message and edited the descriptions to say: Vase is not brand new, but is post 1986 Fiesta.

A few hours later I get this: 

Hi, that vase is post 1986, also has the H on the bottom, they marked some of the new peices after 1997

Dude. Did I not say POST 1986 already? What more do you flipping nuts want me to do? I have measurements, pictures and a description saying post 1986. Do you want me to go tell it on the mountain with my megaphone? Spray paint it on the side of the Freedom Tower? Fly a banner over the White House and the Statue of Liberty? Get CNN to run a ticker tape? What do you flipping want from me??! 

Different Kind Of Pain - Lamenting the Loss Of 3 Day Auctions

So there's a new kind o' deadbeat in ol' ebay town these days.

These deadbeats take a page from Etsy buyers in that they bid early, win, and when they win (5-fucking-days-later), they cancel the order. I left Etsy because I was tired of being jerked around by people all the time. I would look shit up, tweak a write-up, change shipping costs only to have the inquisitor disappear on me. Then there was the raging bitch who could not get over my losing a $8 Patty O Green doll even though she was refunded in full.

I blame this new disappearing act shit on ebay's 5 days or you'll pay policy. A person bids, decides after several days that:

A. They don't really want it.
B. They really wanted it, but now, and found it elsewhere sooner.

This being forced into 5 day auctions thing continues to hit me right in the purse. If my stuff sold for consistent amounts I would just use buy it now, but as it can go all over the map, I don't want to leave money on the table. I miss 3 day auctions. I wish they would just do away with the 50 freebies and just charge .30 for the 3 day duration again. I would rather pay up for 50 auctions at .30 that are over with in a reasonable amount of time than have freebies that constantly go south on me.

Not Friendly

Me? NOT FRIENDLY? ahahahahaha

When it comes to money, no. I am definitely not friendly, asshole. Guy buys Barbie on 18th. UPI opened on 20th. Today I get:

"Hi please can you explain to me why you open a dispote to ebay for payment not recieved? there was no pay date in your description and in any case you could also inform me before opening a dispute. I would have paid for your item by Friday. I do not look it a very friendly behavior, sorry."

 Asshole, "not friendly" is buying a fucking item and wasting someone's time by dicking around waiting to pay a week after you won.

I simply reply: "It's automated"

Not going to dignify his complaint with a detailed "explanation". He's wasted enough of my time. When you bid, PAY FOR YOUR SHIT and things like this won't happen.

I Want My Fuckin Dress

Just got off the crazy train with another doll person. Ebay estimated her fucking doll dress to arrive on September 14. Problem was, she bought it at the end of the week and I mailed on the 12th, which was Monday. When the 14th rolled around, the bitch opened a case.

It went something like this:

Impatience:
Hi. This item has not been delivered, and most recent tracking shows it still somewhere out of my state? Please let me know the status. Thank you.

Me:
(Thoroughly pissed that a case has been opened)   I don't run the postal service. Item has been mailed and is en route still.

Impatience:
No, you don't run postal service. But you allegedly run your eBay business and I guess acting like a jerk is the best you can do. Thanks

Me:
I don't know what you expected me to do? I already sent it. All I can do is tell you the same thing that tracking tells you, there is no way for me to know any more. If that's being a "jerk" then I guess I am one.

Impatience:
I'm sorry I said that, I'm just anxious because it was supposed to be here by the 14th. Tracking has not been updated since 9/12. If it does not arrive tomorrow, can you please check on it through your free shipping program tracking?

Me:
 I have never heard of that tracking program. I sent it free on my own accord. If something costs $3 or less to send, I will generally just pay for it on my own and offer free shipping. It cost me around $3.00 to send the dress. It was sent via first class mail, which doesn't always update at every point in travel and unfortunately can be a bit slow. This is why I hate that ebay puts shipping estimates on the auctions. It scares buyers when the item doesn't always arrive when ebay says it will even though it was sent within the timeframe required by them. I got my eye on the tracking on this one now. If it takes much longer, I can try a USPS inquiry.

The fucking thing was delivered on the 17th. She says this:
Hi. Yes, I see it shows delivered at 12:07 pm. Strange because it is not yet noon here! It was delivered to our office, so we won't be able to check until Monday. I'm sure it's there, but I will wait until Monday to close the inquiry. Thanks for your help and cooperation.

In such a fucking hurry that you held my money hostage for several days with your "case", but you cannot be bothered to go to the "office" to pick the damned thing up when it's delivered. *headdesk*

She went and got it a few days later and left me feedback and I got the fucking money. But this was all an unnecessary headache caused by ebay's stupid fucking "estimate" The whole time you could see on tracking that the fucking thing had been mailed and was on the move. I don't understand people. 

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:

"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.