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I ordered a used Nintendo Wii U a few years ago on eBay. It was advertised as mint condition. Pictures on the listing were few and very blurry. Seller did not allow returns, but I knew eBay would back me if it wasn’t in the stated condition. Well, it was definitely not mint condition (lots of scuffs and scratches). Seller was a jerk and fought me on the return until eBay intervened and forced him to take the return. I had to explain to him the definition of “mint.” The seller leaves me scathing feedback, saying I was needy and a jerk. (Note: I called eBay and had this “positive” feedback removed.)
Then, a couple weeks later I get a package returned in the mail. Apparently, the seller did not have his correct return address. Part of me was just tempted to keep it, but I decided to alert the seller to his mistake. He sent me return shipping costs (again) and I finally got it back to him.
Anyway, I think in this case at first I was a (somewhat) bad buyer, but redeemed myself later. Lesson 2: never use the word “mint” in your title or condition description.
Sounds like a “tire kicker” to me. Probably just someone bored who likes the action figure, won’t buy it for whatever reason, but still wants to initiate conversation about it.
I received another weird sob story, so thought I’d resurrect this thread. The item in question is a vintage board game (in poor condition). Some of this sob story is almost incoherent, and I have no idea what they are talking about in regard to stamping it “damaged article.”
Seller, Thank you for your consideration. What is a fare offer. Let me tell you something.. As a child never in my life growing up have someone sold this for Me since parent took item away at Christmas time to purchase. The condition is somewhat in dire repair and needs care.My health has been in jeopardy with recent mild ♥ heart issues.Not to worry am resting. Am relying on your thought to work with me to come to a price we can agree on. The postage is easy to work out since item is damaged to send. The postage is best sent by The person to locate you notify USPS manager they put stamp damaged article.Best Wishes To Your Family. And For My Speedy Recovery. Bless you seller.
Yeah, if I bought something advertised as new in package, it didn’t work, and the buyer essentially told me “tough luck,” I would be mad, too.
Anything I sell for parts or repair only, I always put that in the title, condition description, and the item description. Helps eliminate confusion.
I would just ignore the feedback. Maybe try a single call to eBay and if they don’t remove it, just let it be. Focus on providing excellent products and service to the next customer. Getting an unfair negative is frustrating, but as long as it’s a rare occurrence, I doubt it will hurt future sales.
Just wanted to say I have one of these and they are very useful. Good for picking up things like hot dogs, corn on the cob, pickles, etc. Originally bought it to resell several years ago, but now can’t part with it.
Anything originally advertised and sold specifically to be a collector’s item was probably produced in huge quantities and is almost always worth little to nothing on the secondary market.
Worse yet, people who have collected this junk usually have unrealistic expectations on its value, even at venues like garage sales.
I avoid “collectibles” like the plague.
False alarm. Apparently, I sold it and it just took a while to show up on my awaiting shipment page.
-It is a waste water tank I removed from a Rug Doctor steam cleaner.
-It was listed for probably 3 months thereabout.
-I don’t end and relist.
-I have close to 1800 items in my store.An inventory does not sound like fun, especially as a one-man show.
Simple solution would be for USPS to charge for shipping the boxes to you, but not for the boxes themselves (also keep them behind the counter at the retail locations and limit the number of boxes per customer). For people who are actually using the Priority mail boxes as intended, a small shipping fee would not be a big deal, but it would probably stop most of those idiots who are abusing the system.
I looked back through my emails and apparently this same firm did contact me through messages on Bonanza around this time last year with a slightly-less-threatening message saying I was an unauthorized reseller and needed to contact them. Seems like I may have received at least one other similar message through either Truegether or eBay. I always ignore stuff like that because I figure it is not legit. Plus, I firmly believe I have the right to resell products and do not need the permission of the original manufacturer. Anyway, it looks like somehow I made it on this company’s radar and they are intent on harassing me.
I have been selling these locks as new (because they are new). Maybe I should have listed them as used instead and possibly avoided the attention.
Bottom line is that I only have 4 of these left and already made my money back on them. I took the listings completely down from eBay for now at least. Plenty of other stuff to sell and don’t need this stress. Definitely not contacting them, though. If they were really serious, they would have sent the letter certified mail and required my signature. The letter was probably just a scare tactic, and I suppose it worked.
Schlage (nor Kryptonite) is part of the VERO program, so maybe that is why they are pursuing this through other means.
I received a lecture from a customer this morning. He had sent a message wanting a discount on a toy train and I didn’t respond. Who takes the time to send messages like this?
Thank you for not even being polite enough to reply to a simple question. Actually I prefer that, because I find it is in my best interest anyway not to buy from sellers who wont bother to answer simple questions, they almost always know nothing about what they sell, and could care less anyway, and usually pack poorly, then blame the carrier for their lack of proper packing, in other words, unprofessional!
I sold trains for 10 years on Ebay, and I always took time to answer questions from potential buyers, and that was why i had 100% feedback and always packed well, and acted in a professional manner. You help me to avoid most likely another wasted transaction. Good day.
Thanks to everyone for your swift responses. I listed all these and already made a sale for $100 (Michael Parks).
I tend to doubt anyone is doing direct comparison shopping between “fake vintage” stuff at Hobby Lobby and actual vintage or antiques on eBay. These are two different audiences. I can’t imagine anyone slowly browsing listings for something like an antique 1930s birdcage on eBay, and then comparison shopping that to a Chinese-made vintage-looking bird-cage for sale at Hobby Lobby. The person who is taking the time to search for a true, quality vintage item for their home is not going to even consider a cheap (super duper cheap) Hobby Lobby reproduction, nor is the opposite true.
As a side note, when I go to yard sales, I see so many sales with tables and tables packed with cheap faux-vintage looking decor. I call these “Hobby Lobby” yard sales, and I pretty much drive right past all of them. Not worth my time. These are people that buy junk to start with and rarely do they own anything nice or worthy of resale. And contrary to some opinions on here, in my experience it is usually middle-aged women hoarding this Hobby Lobby stuff more so than younger people.
