fluffythewondercat
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posted on September 22, 2003 01:09:30 PM new
Got this email in reference to a pair of earrings:
"What is the demention?"
Um, that would be what I go through each day at 5:45 pm rushing around here getting the Fluffmobile loaded to go to the post office.
Our motto: Bright and shiny baubles for persons with low impulse control.
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leapfrogger
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posted on September 22, 2003 01:26:39 PM new
Got this one on Friday from a bidder w/94 feedback points regarding a pair of overalls I had just listed that day - "I want to send you a money order for the overalls, please give me your address".
My response -- "before you send the money order you need to make sure you actually win the auction for the overalls or use the Buy It Now feature".
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dadofstickboy
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posted on September 22, 2003 01:52:00 PM new
What?
You can't use extra money!
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deltim
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posted on September 22, 2003 01:53:20 PM new
ROFLOL... Just last week I got a payment from a person with at least 10 feedback. In the message portion they put "kelloggs postcards". Luckily I was able to find a postcard I had listed the day before and it the opening bid + shipping matched the amount he sent. He had not bid on them though and there were still 6 days left in the auction.
So I emailed him to let him know and he wrote back that I should hold payment and refund if he didn't win. Well at the end of the auction he still hadn't placed a bid, but nobody else did either. So I sent him the postcards. That was one of my weirdest transactions.
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 02:00:07 PM new
haha!
I had one to ask me to CALL HER.
I responded to her email to just PAY.
She has NOT paid and filed NPB yesterday.
What was she thinking?
Obviously the emails work.
BTW, a 0 bidder who has bid on numerous items!
Sure, I am calling her alright, her bluff!!
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lattefor2
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posted on September 22, 2003 02:45:28 PM new
It must be a full moon, Sunday I get an email from someone who won one of my auctions for $4.99,quite a bit of time elapsed so I thought I would send one of those friendly reminders before I do the "filing process" She wrote back and said how do you expect me to pay you when you never sent me anything that I won,(I send notices imediately after auction) and besides I can not write you and ask for your address cause I don't even know your email name or address.Feedback all positives in the mid 40's.
Reenie
I don't get even....I get even better Jimmy Hoffa
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petpost
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:47:13 PM new
I had a very slower payer who kept asking me for my billing address, my paypal address, what were the shipping charge...*yawn*...Finally he asked, "How about I send a COD?"
..........uh, yeah, OK.
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drcomm
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posted on September 22, 2003 03:59:09 PM new
I've got a bidder from the UK ticked off at me right now because he paid domestic shipping and I refunded the payment and asked for the correct amount.
Seems I am cheating him because I stated $2 shipping and am now changing it. Sigh. Says "international, please ask for quote or contact after auction for price" or words to that effect in both my auction and EOA and for heaven's sake, after 98 transactions you'd think he'd know by now that shipping is higher for him than someone in the US! I smell a neg coming on out of this one.
But my all time favorite one is:
"How much for shipping by boat?"
That's it.
My response:
That would depend on what country the boat is headed to. Please advise 
Yeah, I could figure out what country through the email headers, but I couldn't resist.
Then there was the guy who was totally freaked out because I combined shipping for him and the amount didn't match what it would come to for him going through ebay checkout. He just knew he was going to get in trouble with ebay over it.
Deana
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 04:10:50 PM new
My worst one so far was a man who was livid that I shipped to his confirmed address.
I clearly state that in all auctions too.
Left me a neutral even though he got his high heel shoes within 2 days!
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drcomm
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posted on September 22, 2003 04:35:13 PM new
Sounds like someone got caught  No wonder he was mad.
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 05:12:11 PM new
dr., you are a quick thinker! haha!
My exact thoughts too!
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drcomm
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posted on September 22, 2003 05:33:16 PM new
The thing I have gotten the most razzing for selling is a bunch of women's underwear. Brand new, of course. I picked them up on clearance for .25 each. Bought about $100 worth and they sold like hotcakes. 80% of my bidders were men, and probably half of those were international. My dh threatened to put a "Cross Dresser's Outlet" sign on my office door 
People ask me what I sell on ebay and my response is always "Whatever I can get my greedy little hands on."
Deana
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toasted36
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posted on September 22, 2003 05:37:24 PM new
lol liveinjeans should have answered the neutral with something like "oops sorry the neighbors and family didn't know you were a cross dresser" ....That would have made him think the next time
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 22, 2003 06:21:06 PM new
haha!
Well, he/she/it lives about 30 miles from my town.
I was not taking any chances!
He must have a shoe fetish because he is constantly buying shoes!!
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fetish128
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posted on September 22, 2003 08:39:21 PM new
Snnnnnnnnnnnaaaaaaaaaaappppppppp!!!!!!
SSSSSSSnap! Crackle and Pop!
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Vickrose
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posted on September 22, 2003 08:45:53 PM new
I am still waiting for a payment that ended on Aug. 23rd and She says her filing is messed up.
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toasted36
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posted on September 22, 2003 08:52:04 PM new
Heyyyyyy welcome back fetish128 !!
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lovepotions
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posted on September 23, 2003 04:15:21 AM new
Most of my items are safety sealed plastic bottles of lotions, oils etc etc.
One day someone used the "ask seller a question" and asked
Does this item come from a smoke free home??
Does it really F***ing matter?
I can understand it if I sold clothing drapery or furniture but a shrink wrapped plastic bottle of lotion??
And every week someone is lame enough to ask me "Is this a used item??"
Clearly I am a bulk lister of new products and quite often in dutch quantities.
So is this person assuming that of the 1,000+ listings I have running and any given moment are all used???
Some people are just way to quick on clicking the ask seller a question.... yet too slow to think about the questions they ask before sending them.
http://www.lovepotions.com
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drcomm
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posted on September 23, 2003 07:53:23 AM new
"What size are these jeans?"
That had to be mentioned in the auction no less than three times, including in the title. Those are the ones that make it hard to put the time into writing a good listing..does anyone read it anyway? Those are the questions I am tempted not to respond to because I'm half afraid of that person winning the auction!
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liveinjeans
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posted on September 23, 2003 08:41:50 AM new
these comments are too funny!
I love when bidders write asking me if I have a pair of shoes in another size.
The shoes were used that were listed.
Also, when customers ask if the dress will fit them, giving me their measurements.
I did have one ask if I smoked.
I replied, "Nothing illegal".
She did not bid.
I may not smoke but clothes purchased from various places are not guaranteed to be smoke free!
That is why I don't claim that in my auctions.
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pelorus
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posted on September 23, 2003 08:54:00 AM new
A Canadian asked me about shipping cost for a book, saying he had paid $4-5 shipping for similar books in the past. Well, I don't know what books he was thinking of because this one weighs well over 3 pounds, which means the minimum is $8.40.
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fenix03
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posted on September 23, 2003 09:46:21 AM new
My new favorite is one I recieved this week. Yester I recieved an email that simply stated...
"please contact me"
I respoded with an email that stated...
"Please consider yourself contacted"
This morning I get a snide and sarcastic reply from this bidder griping that my response was ineffective and did not help them in the least.
I'm yet to figure out what it is they want.........
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
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