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I used to work veterinary ER, and there was more than one night I had to call the cops on lunatic clients. Nothing like New Years Eve at the ER! Oh boy!
I miss the animals. I do not miss their owners.
You have a big heart for doing animal rescue. Rescue and shelter work is some of the hardest work out there. We were always so grateful for the rescues that we worked with. You have my deepest respect.
Ok, so my husband went out thrifting, and brought home a box of silicone breast “enhancers”. First off, I am, ahem, very well endowed, and do not need this product, so I have no understanding of whether or not used fake boobs are in demand or how to determine size, and secondly, there were 3 boobs in the box. Three.
I just looked at him, like, what the heck, dude? What in the world am I going to do with 3 (!!!) fake boobs. I understand wanting 2, but what do you do with the 3rd???
Sold them all to a lady-boy in Thailand. I try to limit my husband’s thrift store trips now.
I think I am in the minority, because I see this a potentially good thing. From what I read, as long as I ship within my handling time, if USPS flubs the delivery window, it’s not my problem. Ebay will handle it. And I’m going to bet that ebay has already thought of the potential double-dipping problem, and will work with Paypal to write code to prevent that from happening.
03/23/2017 at 12:39 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #15118That is what the restocking fee is for -to help offset whatever loss is incurred by the seller.
I wish I could remember where I read it, (I think it was somewhere on here!), where a buyer returned an obviously used item, after claiming it was INAD. If I am remembering correctly, ebay refunded the buyer and told the seller “tough luck”. The seller contacted Paypal, and they refunded the seller, and I think paid for the cleaning of the item, too?
Does this story sound familiar to anyone else?
03/23/2017 at 12:35 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #15117Can you contact the post office, and ask if they have any documented record of what the receiving weight of the package was? They’ve got to weigh those packages at some point in the journey. I don’t know if that would sway ebay. You might try your luck with Paypal, too, and see what they say. Sometimes they come through when ebay washes their hands of a problem.
I was tempted to write back “Anger is a choice”, but that probably wouldn’t help anything, ha!
03/22/2017 at 12:54 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #15032I bet those manuals do well for you. Nice find!
03/22/2017 at 12:27 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #15031Right? Like, why do you have this stuff out if you aren’t trying to sell it? Did you not have a conversation with the family about what they were keeping vs selling?
The last estate sale I went to that day was a “divorce sale”. It had a bad vibe, so I left without buying anything. I don’t need my inventory bringing me down!
03/22/2017 at 12:15 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #15030I so wish I was in the beta returns program. I really hope the roll that out soon, and to all store subscribers!
Near me, the privately listed estate sales are really glorified garage sales or “divorce” sales. I stopped in one this weekend and didn’t buy anything because prices were still very high, even at 50% off.
I haven’t had to deal with a creepy stalker guy on ebay, but I did have a bona fide crazy cat lady once, repeatedly messaging me about her dead cat, (not joking!).
Did you block this guy on facebook? Also, there is a way to change your profile settings so that no one can search for you. That way, if he sets up a new profile to message you, he won’t be able to find you.
If he decides he wants to return the item, I would seriously consider telling him to keep the item, refund his money, and then send him a message essentially “firing” him as a customer. I had to do this with my crazy cat lady. (She bought a mug from me, because she felt it looked like her dead cat. But the eyes were “wrong”, and not like her cat, so she wanted a new mug, with eyes like her dead cat, but not this mug, because the eyes were wrong…repeat that about 20 times).
My final message to her was “I have refunded your money for the mug, and shipping. I am not able to provide you with a mug that meets your specifications. Unfortunately, this means we will not be able to do business with each other today, or in the future, under any circumstances. I am no longer able to accept messages from you, in any form, under any circumstances. Good luck in your search for a mug that meets your requirements”. It’s an altered version of letters that we sent out when crazy clients had to be fired from the veterinary hospital.
He may be happy with the item, or he may continue to ask weird questions about it, as a way to continue the conversation and get attention. If he is mentally ill or special needs, he deserves compassion and to be treated with dignity, but you are not obligated to engage with him in a weird relationship that tramples over your boundaries. And definitely report him to ebay!
03/20/2017 at 12:17 am in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #14854Numbers for Week March 12-18, 2017
Total Items in Store: 392
Items Sold: 21 (20 ebay, 1 Bonanza)
Cost of Items Sold: $52.22
Total Sales: $449.08
Highest Price Sold: $70 x 2 (Dave Ramsey Financial Peace University Kit)Money Spent on New Inventory This Week: about $100
I visited the Goodwill Outlet for the first time. Verdict: Eh. I don’t sell clothes, so this place probably won’t be a weekly stop. I found a few vintage books, and a bag of 32 brass horseshoe shaped drawer pulls.
I also stopped at a few estate sales this weekend, and had a weird experience at each one. The first one, I asked for a price on a box of genealogy books. The guy running the sale thought for a long time, and then said “I don’t want to sell this. I think it needs to be donated to the library”. Hmm, ok…but isn’t that a decision for the family to make? Maybe they want/need the money more than they want to make a donation. He did let me buy the family bible, as long as I promised to love it and give it a good home. I’ll do my best?
03/19/2017 at 11:49 pm in reply to: Scavenger Life Episode 302: How to Deal with Dreaded eBay Scammers Lurking Everywhere!! #14853The charge for the return shipping for INAD is added to your ebay invoice. If you win an INAD dispute, you can get the shipping charge credited back to your invoice. I did it once, and talked to the appeals department, who applied the credit while I was on the phone with them.
03/17/2017 at 1:43 am in reply to: Google says it's a gun but for sure it is not. What is it? #14714Are you sure it’s a thing, unto itself, and not a broken thing off something else? It kind of looks like the spout off of a watering can or teapot. Kind of.
03/17/2017 at 1:00 am in reply to: Google says it's a gun but for sure it is not. What is it? #14713Ha!
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