fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 6, 2003 02:40:33 PM new
Under an alternate seller ID, offered a bowl starting at 1 cent. Big, heavy, honking thing in perfect condition. Collectible, even.
Auction ended at $1.28.
Stated shipping was $7.00. Insurance for an additional $1.00.
Got a nastygram along with the $9.28 PayPal payment: "Since you have such inflated shipping, insurance should have been included in the shipping price! I expect this to be shipped IMMEDIATELY!"
My return email:
"I am so sorry! I was rushing around trying to get your bowl off to you today when I dropped it. I'm afraid it shattered into a gazillion pieces. I've refunded your PayPal payment."
When are they gonna learn....
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auctionace
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posted on June 6, 2003 02:48:08 PM new
That's a good one. Street Rules. You risk a negative but get the pleasure of returning that negative back if that occurs.
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bear1949
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posted on June 6, 2003 03:38:42 PM new
Fluffy, don't get too carried away with slaying yourself, your hubby will be blamed for your untimely death.
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rarriffle
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posted on June 6, 2003 03:52:52 PM new
would he take paypal payment for the job?
on a serious note, I won an auction this week for an item that should have gone much higher. I offered to let the seller forget the deal but he chose to complete...lucky me.
he had done everything right but sales in that dept are so down right now that you make a collection for pennies.
[ edited by rarriffle on Jun 6, 2003 03:55 PM ]
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neonmania
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posted on June 6, 2003 04:14:23 PM new
ROFL! yYou will undoubtedly be raked over the coals for this tonight Fluff, but I for one, love it. That was the best giggle I've had all day..
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 6, 2003 04:31:46 PM new
The first thrill was sending that email.
The second was hearing that oh-so-satisfying *clunk* as the bowl hit the garbage can.
BWAH HAH HAH!
On another note, can anyone explain to me how a stay-at-home worker can get the Cold From Hades?
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neonmania
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posted on June 6, 2003 04:36:15 PM new
Hey, don't complain - you just got the excuse you needed to get out of the garage sale / flea market you said you were being dragged to this weekend. Damn shame you'll miss out on all those encyclopedas, I know you are disappointed but you must rest to store up energy to assist dear partner in the listing of all of their finds 
[ edited by neonmania on Jun 6, 2003 04:36 PM ]
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Twelvepole
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posted on June 6, 2003 05:03:54 PM new
Stated shipping was $7.00. Insurance for an additional $1.00.
....and bowl was a collectible... well I for one would of done the same thing...
AIN'T LIFE GRAND... 
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BIGPEEPA
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posted on June 6, 2003 05:17:17 PM new
When you sell to BOTTOM FEEDERS you get nasty emails. I never got a email like that from a customer that spent 2 or 3 hundred or 2 or 3 thousand for an item but have got similar emails from the 8 or 9 dollar buyers. I have sold around 7 thousand items on ebay and have received 5 negs 4 are from non paying bidders. What's that tell ya. Keep up the good work.
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noh2
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posted on June 6, 2003 06:06:36 PM new
i agree,it is always the bottom feeders who are so cheap and rude and obnoxious.
why list an item starting at one penny,you pay 30 cents whether it is one penny or 9.99 dollars.
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ahc3
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posted on June 6, 2003 06:17:16 PM new
Good response, and funny. You probably saved yourself a huge hassle, because you know they would have found a flaw, demanded a refund and of course reimbursement on shipping. Not worth it for $1.28
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CBlev65252
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posted on June 6, 2003 06:36:33 PM new
Good job!!! I would have been oh so tempted to do the same thing. If she didn't like the shipping cost, she shouldn't have bid in the first place.
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 6, 2003 07:37:11 PM new
Yeah, Cheryl, you have to wonder sometimes if these people are just looking for a fight.
The vast majority of eBay bidders aren't looking to work out their personal issues at $1.28 a pop, thankfully, or this business would be intolerable.
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pointy
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posted on June 6, 2003 07:53:27 PM new
I don't know how to explain how you attract these cretin bidders, but that's a classic response fluffy. It was well worth listing the item for the laugh you got...and gave us. Thanks. Add the cheap bottomfeeder to your blocked list ASAP.
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mypostingid
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posted on June 6, 2003 09:24:48 PM new
You threw it away?!?! OMG, I would have done the same thing (the email), except I would have kept the bowl to list this Fall. I have to sit down and think about my ethics and the extent to which Evil is taking over. 
MPI
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hotcupoftea
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posted on June 6, 2003 11:08:07 PM new
Those huge bowls make great pet food or water bowls. You didn't have to throw it away.
I don't sell flawed china unless it is part of a set or has high market demand. I give a lot of it away to customers. The rest, well I freak out friends and customers who visit my home for the first time because I feed my pets on chipped 19th century Limoges plates, bowls and platters. I have one entire bottom cupboard, under the kitchen island, filled with my "pet" dishes. I run them through the dishwasher every day, and when they break, well there is always more. And the pets get a fresh and clean dish at every meal. Anyway, guests and customers see the pattern they inherited from great-grandma, which they treasure with pride, sitting on the floor in my utility room filled with Friskies, water, etc, and they go into shock.
I am not hotcupoftea on eBay.
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itry
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posted on June 6, 2003 11:45:34 PM new
WOW! I am glad that I just helping a friend. I lurk on these boards and some of the problems you folks have with bidders boggle me.
I hope to be through helping before the hateful bidders arrive....Knock On Wood...
Fluffy, I read your posts frequently and have come to a conclusion: there is a secret society of bidders, whose only goal is to give you heck.
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clivebarkerfan
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posted on June 7, 2003 06:15:17 AM new
My girlfriend took the chipped Paden City Pottery we had from my grandmother and broke it into pieces for drainage in the bottom of potted plants.
I didn't know what she was doing at first. Thought she had a severe dislike for that pattern or my grandmother!LOL
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 7, 2003 06:45:21 AM new
You threw it away?!?!
Yeah. That seller ID is for junk I want to get rid of.
My partner and I agreed early on after we got together that if we weren't careful, we would end up as one of those couples you read about in the newspaper. You know, where the police finally have to break the front door down only to discover 57 cats wandering around meowing and old newspapers stacked to the ceiling with only narrow passageways through each room.
He simply cannot bear to throw anything away or see me throw anything away. (Instead, a lot of garbage goes out to the bins while he's at work.) One thing I have learned from living with him is that you can rationalize keeping most anything...even movie stubs from five years ago, receipts you can't even read any more, or "collectible" things that no one actually wants.
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Libra63
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posted on June 7, 2003 07:46:42 AM new
We are just the opposite at our house. My husband throws everything away and I keep it.
Wow, would your partner and I make a bad couple as our house would be piled up to the ceiling.
This was the laugh of the day. Quick thinking Fluffy and Thanks
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 20, 2003 06:15:04 PM new
Update:
I just got around to looking at that id's feedback, and...tada!
The buyer left me a positive feedback! Even praised me for the promptness of the refund!
Doncha love it when everyone's happy?
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mypostingid
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posted on June 20, 2003 09:35:50 PM new
Maybe I'm easily amused, but I still giggle when I think about this one.
MPI
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fluffythewondercat
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posted on June 21, 2003 10:04:44 PM new
Hey, there's nothing wrong with being easily amused. It beats being ticked off all the time.
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CBlev65252
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posted on June 22, 2003 04:01:25 AM new
fluffy
So glad that one worked out for you! I don't think I would have thrown it away either, but then I don't throw anything away and neither does my boyfriend. One day I'll clear everything out so that I at least have room to sit down. I now have three large curios filled and can't seem to part with any of it.
Again, congrats on the way you handled that situation.
Cheryl
My religion is simple, my religion is kindness.
--Dalai Llama
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isadoras1000
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posted on June 22, 2003 08:08:51 AM new
The best HA HA HA I've had all week!
Thanks for a great idea!
Isadoras
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sanmar
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posted on June 22, 2003 04:07:49 PM new
I just love it when the seller gets best end of the deal.. Fluffy, I would never have dumped the bowl. If it was really a collectible item, then the world has lost a piece of history. I would have kept it for 6 months & then put it on under adifferent ID.
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noh2
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posted on June 22, 2003 04:33:25 PM new
what is that saying-birds of the same feather flock together.
you start an auction at one penny,you get the low scums,thats what you ask for and thats what you get!
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