posted on September 8, 2002 03:38:46 PM new
Well, not all this week, more like the last 10 days.
While I thank god for causing business to be great the last couple of weeks and sending me a crop of fast paying bidders -- I curse the Devil for sending me the following idiots:
Idiot #1. Sends the following e-mail an average of once/day:
Hallo Sir,,
I interested with your item. i'll pay $375.00 and i want you shipp that item
to my shop in Asia. I'll pay for shippment cost. You can charge my credit card
for payment. But i don't want use paypal, bidpay,etc to process my credit card
as payment cause i ever lost much money at there. I can't make check or money
order cause i'm not in US this time and no near office at here to make that. If
you don't have charge machine maybe you can find at your family, friends or the
other who have charge machine for charge my credit card. If you agree with my
offer, i'll give you my credit card info and i hope you can find charge machine
for payment. I hope to hear from you soon. Thank's.
Heh, now is it me, or did this guy read the manual for "how to spot suspicious behavior" that comes with a Merchant Account and decide to emmulate it?
Idiot #2.
She won a Discman on Tuesday, sends me a note to thank me and tells me that she'll take good care of it, she even responds to the WBN, fills it out, gets her total and selects her Payment Method....
....now she sends me Ebay "request payment notices" and e-mails asking me how to pay about 3-4x/day. I respond by resending WBNs, sending explanations as to what to do, providing an address to send payment, etc, etc...or she says she has a new e-mail address and to send it there.....
Idiot #3.
"my brother was folling around on ebay lokking at turtables and was curios about buy it now i did not want to purches the turn tables so email me back and let me no if you got this email"
I got the above e-mail from someone who had been a member for 10 minutes before they "mistakenly" bid on my item -- which really ticked me off, because it's a hot seller that would've probably been purchased by someone else.
Idiot #4.
Sends me an e-mail asking if he can ship an item to his friend in Indonesia, I tell him no, I don't ship overseas, that he should buy it himself, have it shipped to him and then to his friend.
He agrees.
Two weeks later I receive this:
"Hey,
We aren't able to pay for the cd/mp3 player due to yahoo. Can we cancel our order now? Sorry about the inconvience. Thank you"
Point to terms of service, mention that there are other methods of payment besides Yahoo Pay Direct.
Next E-mail:
"Hi, Sorry about the problem. My son purchased this CD player from you under my name with my approval. We normally buy through EBay and the payment system is simple. We have been trying to submit a payment through Yahoo for the last few days without success. Their system is not user friendly. Therefore, I told him to give up and cancel the order.
However, if you give me your name and mailing address, I'll mail you a check. Also, please supply the total cost including shipping. Please ship to my attention at ********************************************
I mention that I'm still confused as to their difficulty because they didn't have to use Yahoo in the first place, (this was an Ebay auction) tell him I don't take checks, give him my address.
That was on 8/27, since it's 9/8 and I haven't received anything, I doubt I'll get it.
Here is the kicker, he only joined Ebay this past June -- had bought ONE thing before he bid on my item and purchased something else and paid for it with Pay Pal the SAME day he was whining to me about Yahoo.
DOLT!
Idiot(s) #5.
These are all the people who bid on 5 of the same item, win more then one of them and then claim that they only meant to bid on one -- which is always the one with the cheaper bid.
One of these people went ahead and paid for both items before I could even respond, I asked her about it and said she had a friend that could use it anyway, it was her mistake, not to worry, left me a positive once they received it....bought more stuff later.....her I like.
The rest.......all trying to pull a fast one, especially when they start the "I never received the WBN/don't know how to pay" even if I they're responded
Idiot(s) #6.
This goes out to all the people who get the WBN, respond to it, pick a payment method and then claim that they never received your address, the WBN, don't know how to paye, etc.
Idiot(s) #7.
Those that claim the payment was sent via Pay Pal, that you just never got it and if I can send the item anyway.
Idiot(s) #8.
Those that don't meet the reserve on an item, offer you an amount that's maybe $50 over their high bid to purchase it, and when you tell them it will cost more -- they go ahead and place the same exact bid on another auction for the same product.
DUH! That bid amount obviously isn't enough.
Idiot #9.
The guy from Russia who keeps bidding on the same item, even though it's something I won't ship overseas.....so when I cancel his order he just bids again.
Congratulations, you're the first member of my Black List!
Idiot #10.
The guy who bids on an item and then sends me the wrong amount for it, before the auction even ends. I send the cash back, explain the situation -- auction ends, he sends me the wrong amount, AGAIN.....two days later, he's sending me this e-mail: "Where is my stuff!" even though his tracking number/common sense dictates that it's going to take close to a week based on his location.
Idiot(S) #11.
The people who ask questions about the auction, even though the information is included in the auction itself.
E.g.
The Auction Clearly States that I only ship to Canada and the US, but they e-mail and ask me if I ship To Canada.
Auction states that the product is brand new and sealed in the box, and someone e-mails me and asks me if the product is new or not.
Idiot(S) #12
Those who think that they're "special" and are supposed to pay less for shipping then is indicated in the auction listing.
posted on September 8, 2002 06:25:30 PM new
There is more......
Same guy whose bid I canceled because he lives in a part of the world I don't ship to, BID ON THE PRODUCT AGAIN! I canceled his bid again, so he bid on the product again.
ARGHHHH!!!!!!!!
I really hate to put someone on a Black List, but this "character" is pushing me.
posted on September 8, 2002 10:45:28 PM new
I am sorry I am Laughing... my gosh, sounds like you had the whole year of idiots in a couple of weeks!
Just a thought, you and JACKSWEBB get together and write a book on idiots of ebay, then auction the books off!
I just got a winner from Japan the shipping will be 3-4 times higher then the bid! geez I wonder if I will get paid, it's collectiable but really not that rare.
posted on September 9, 2002 04:25:12 PM new
pretegra345: I hear you, brother. Though watch now, some AW know-it-all will claim that you get junk bidders because you sell junk.
My idiots have been people bouncing checks this week. Checks didn't use to be much of a problem, but lately they're bouncing all over the place. Very few of the bidder-losers are making good on them, so I've instituted an automatic negative feedback policy on bounced checks. This has annoyed many small minds, but I guess that's just too bad.
posted on September 9, 2002 07:15:53 PM new
fluffy-why would a auto neg feedback on bounced checks annoy anyone-unless there planning to bounce a check in the first place.
posted on September 9, 2002 07:29:25 PM new
I once had a guy who lived in Italy bid HIGH for an item that he could have bought in the town square in his city...where I bought it...for a fraction of the cost...and paid an extra $15 to ship it to him! Never could understand that one...ain't eBay swell?
posted on September 9, 2002 09:14:31 PM new
[i]fluffy-why would a auto neg feedback on bounced checks annoy anyone-unless there planning to bounce a check in the first
place.[/i]
A lot of these check-bouncers think I should have sent them a courteous note after their check was returned NSF by my bank. They think I should give them another 30 days or so to make up the bad check, or better yet, just forgive the debt.
It is to laugh: They ream me because I'm so rude as to leave them negative feedback.
Well, I don't feel bad about it. You other sellers, don't you want to know about it if someone bounces a check? I sure would, even if the check is made good.
posted on September 9, 2002 09:34:01 PM new
Here's my idiot #4,257: This lady insists that "sterling silver jewelry does NOT tarnish. If it tarnishes, it's not real sterling silver!" She of course wants a full refund for the $80.00 sterling silver bracelet she got for $9.00.
I inform her politely she has it exactly backwards and that any sterling silver will tarnish if exposed to air. It's the sulfur gases in the air, specifically.
She replies haughtily that she has a closet full of sterling silver jewelry and it has never tarnished! (Probably purchased on QVC, thinks I, and probably all overpriced base metal crap.) I send her some URLs that explain the tarnish phenomenon in words small enough that they might enter even her pin-size cranium, but you know what? She will continue to argue with me. I'd lay money on it.
Customer service does not mean putting up with any damnfool fantasy some big-haired bimbo comes up with.
[ edited by fluffythewondercat on Sep 9, 2002 09:35 PM ]
posted on September 9, 2002 09:43:54 PM new
Over the summer I sold a big screen projection TV weighed over 500lbs.
Auction stated: Will not ship buyer must pick up!
SO: Who was the winning bidder? Someone who lived in London,England!
TV is in N.J.
posted on September 9, 2002 09:44:27 PM new
Maybe you should send him an email with a link to the site below. It is so funny and will get the point across (giggle)
posted on September 10, 2002 03:09:29 AM new
Today has been cool, got some long overdue feedback from customers I left feedback for months ago, got a couple of nice thank you notes from people enjoying their items and some customers reccomending me to their friends.
"pretegra345: I hear you, brother. Though watch now, some AW know-it-all will claim that you get junk bidders because you sell junk"
Hehehe, probably --- rather bizzarre logic though, why would a deadbeat, a lazy creature by nature, waste time trying to scam something that isn't worth anything?
posted on September 10, 2002 03:28:26 PM new
Hello. We just had one! We had a new customer from Canada who just received his package and was happy with the product. But he is very unhappy with us because the Govt of Canada charged him taxes on the item!! Blamed us. Thats a first in 5 years!
posted on September 12, 2002 02:56:18 PM new
For those who get a lot of bounce checks I use a company called FedChex James Kelly was so helpful. http://www.fedchex.com/php/bbb31.php I have had only one check bounce on me and they got my money within a week plus bank fees they add thier fees on to it so you can recover 100% of your money.
You can accomplish more with a kind word and a shillelagh than you can with just a kind word.
posted on September 12, 2002 05:16:56 PM new
SADDAM,,,,,DONCHA JUST LOVE IT WHEN THEY THREATEN YOU RIGHT AFTER BUYING IT. IDIOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SORRY, YOU MAY WANT TO BUY ELSEWHERE, CONSIDER THIS DEAL NULL AND VOID. HAVE A NICE DAY.
READ!!!! MY "ME" PAGE!!!!! I GIVE EXACTLY WHAT I GET IN THIS SILLY FEED BACK GAME. YOU NEG ME,,I SLAM YOU RIGHT BACK!!!!! GO AWAY!!! I 950 FEEDS YOU,3 FIGURE IT OUT.
AND THE BEAT GOES ON.......
[ edited by JACKSWEBB on Sep 12, 2002 05:45 PM ]
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[ edited by slabholder on Sep 12, 2002 08:55 PM ]