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Something happened to me about three weeks ago that was both humbling and also helped me to understand and forgive the occasional Bad Buyer. And no alcohol was involved…
I like to source old keys on Ebay, buying large lots at good prices, and reselling on Etsy by the piece or in very small lots for a decent profit. This sourcing is done many times watching a mindless TV show and can take me into the way past bedtime hours of the night.
So I wake up on my couch, TV on, Ipad on my lap. I go to bed. Next morning I do what we all do, see what sold, what messages there are, offers, and all that. I check my buying too because there are a few lots of keys in transit and I’m eager to get them. So I notice a $225.00 padlock & key purchase on my buying page, bought that night!
Somehow while scrolling and clicking and scrolling and clicking, I managed to buy a very unwanted, super expensive, not for me, no meat on the bone, padlock and key for $225.00! I explained to the seller who was most gracious. I guess he was gracious enough in that he cancelled the sale for me. What a tool was I! And by pure accident! I have no memory period of even seeing the item! That seller woke up to a great sale, and I woke up to horror.
Has anyone ever had a buyer message you that they bought something, and that they know that they did not buy it or even want it! I have on a couple of occasions. I did become suspicious when I noticed that they did have a general interest in the very item they claimed they did not buy! I take back all the bad things I said about those buyers! We should all be careful while perusing listings on our various devices, especially when tired. Don’t be that Bad Buyer.
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i still don’t understand how you bought that. there are at least 2 screens you need to go through to complete a purchase, it’s not like Amazon 1-click buying.
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Ryan, parellel universe? It freaked me out. I remember tapping the screen in a weird dream state. Very strange.
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are you a sleepwalker? i’ve know a few and this seems like sleepwalker behavior. eating, watching TV, (buying on ebay?) while being fully asleep with their eyes open.
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Hi Ryanne,
First time for almost anything I suppose. It was scary in that I did it and I don’t remember. Just that fuzzy recollection of pawing around my iPad. I won’t fall asleep with my iPad that way again. It’s not like falling asleep with a book. And, no drugs and no alcohol and I’m not that freakin old or stressed out or exhausted!
It was an old high security IRS palock and key that ‘I bought’ by the way. Nothing pretty, just rare.
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When I was in the Army, we would have weekly safety briefings at the last gathering before the weekend. They often consisted of don’t drink and drive, don’t drink and boat, don’t drink and….etc. until one day someone spent their whole paycheck on eBay and then we had to add don’t drink and eBay.
I had a customer contact me after I opened an unpaid item case saying his son must have made the offer that I accepted. He was willing to pay for the item, and did, but I confirmed that he really had no interest in the item and just gave him a refund. I told him I was just doing what I hoped someone would do for me in a similar situation.
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I think Ambien can make people do stuff like this. Just sayin’. Funny story!
I have my own “bad buyer on ebay story.” Years ago, long before I started selling, I ordered a $200 coat for my husband on ebay. I didn’t realize that my mailing address stored in ebay was to our prior rental house where we no longer lived. I think the address in Paypal was current and accurate.
Anyway, I never received the coat and after a couple of weeks followed up and discovered to my horror that it had been shipped with Priority mail confirmation to the old rental house. I called my local postmaster who said there was nothing that they could do to help. I went to the (“low-rent”) rental and politely asked the new tenants if they’d received the coat and they said no. Of course, they were probably lying, but there was nothing we could do about it because I’m not interested in Jerry Springer style altercations. I did trust the post office, so the coat was definitely delivered to these people and they did … something … with it.
Anyway, I appealed to the seller, who gave me a full refund. I really didn’t understand ebay at the time and I wouldn’t have given him a bad review or anything had he not refunded me. I was shocked that he refunded me because I really didn’t think it was his fault. But again, I didn’t understand the system or know if he had some kind of insurance available, or if he was just eating the loss. So if you were that seller, I’M SORRY FOR BEING THE WORST BUYER EVER! 🙂 I will try to pass along that good karma to other buyers though!
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CtLady,
Nice to hear from other bad buyers.
And you captured the spirit of the post! Give the buyer the benefit of the doubt, spread the goodness, stay chilled. Sometimes we must fight yes, but not always.
In your story, That was the BEST SELLER ever! Tough selling act to follow, and frankly, I wouldn’t follow that act!
Maybe I’ll seek out this Ambien to prepare for a future post:
‘I’m a bad buyer, bought a Jag by accident’.
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