Why Ebay Sucks To Infinity

[mybuddyinc]

I think local hospitals would do well opening a wing just for "sick ebay buyers." The few times I have ever had problems receiving payment, was because the buyer was "in the hosital." Now they have all the time and strength to email and explain their dire siatuation, BUT they don't have the ability to click on the paypal link.

[Rich Wetherbee]

I read these threads and there is a part of me that smiles, since I know it is not only me that gets screwed by jackass buyers. I sell a lot of 19th century non-sports tobacco cards, so any correspondence that I have is generally on the Non-Sports Net54 side.

I had a situation a couple months back where Ted M. from Connecticut bid on a bunch of my cards. After winning 7 cards, he emails me several days later and claims that he lost his job and can not afford the cards. He requests that I re-list them. I go through the ebay process of canceling the transactions, one by one.

Sure enough, a couple weeks later, Ted is involved in a thread on the Non-Sports side in which he is excited to be planning a weekend at the Baltimore National Convention. So I email him back, and ask him how he can afford the trip when he could not afford the $60.00 to pay for the 7 cards that he won. He responds by saying he has a new job and can afford to pay $40.00 for the cards, but no more (you can see where this is going).

Bottom line, is he had a bad case of buyer's remorse. Stupidly, I did not block him from bidding, and he ended up subsequently winning 4 cards from me. I sent the 4 cards upon receipt of payment, well packaged. And I immediately blocked him from future bidding. About 3-4 weeks later, I receive 2 neutrals with the response, "OK" for two of the cards he won (he paid $12.00 for the pair). The only thing I could do was respond to each one on my own feedback page.

Now this is a guy I would warn everyone about, if I could. Ebay gives you no forum as a seller to inform other sellers about jerks like this. Dan's idea about buyer ratings is a great one, as there is no need for commentary; just a rating on punctuality, communication, etc.

All this being said, I am still listing on Ebay. It is still the best place to sell for me, even though I never get the warm and fuzzies from them.

Rich Wetherbee

[oldjudge]

Dan-I'm confused. You sold this guy autographed postcards of nude women baseball players?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Dan-I'm confused. You sold this guy autographed postcards of nude women baseball players?

Jay, if they were nude women baseball players he wouldn't be sending them back to me.

It's really going to suck for him though when I list my Bloomer Girl baseball uniform and he finds out he's been blocked from bidding.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Dan-I'm confused. You sold this guy autographed postcards of nude women baseball players?

From what I have seen I would not want to see naked pre-war girl baseball players.

On the other hand has anyone seen some of the current fastpitch softball players of today? Holy moly....some of them could be top models!!

As for ebay I only still buy on there.....They really have made it crappy for sellers in many ways. I also (still) feel that blocking being able to see who is bidding/bid is ripe for shilling.

[oldjudge]

"It's really going to suck for him though when I list my Bloomer Girl baseball uniform"

Does it say Dan on the back?

[powderfinger]

I've only been a buyer on eBay, a total of 434 times. Never got a negative feedback (dating back to when sellers would still take personal checks) and never left one. I've bought quite a bit lately from members of this board and will continue to buy there as it is the most comprehensive site of its type on the net. As a buyer the one things that bothers me is the anonymity of my fellow bidders. Besides being shilled (which I'm sure has happened to me and virtually everyone on the board), I'd like to know who snipes me in the final seconds of an auction, or who nibbles away at high bids by bidding stupidly low on items they can't afford. If you see a $500 card with a .99 opening bid and you know you're only going to bid $30 and hope for a steal - leave it alone. Aaaarrrrgh. Rant over.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by powderfinger

I've only been a buyer on eBay, a total of 434 times. Never got a negative feedback (dating back to when sellers would still take personal checks) and never left one. I've bought quite a bit lately from members of this board and will continue to buy there as it is the most comprehensive site of its type on the net. As a buyer the one things that bothers me is the anonymity of my fellow bidders. Besides being shilled (which I'm sure has happened to me and virtually everyone on the board), I'd like to know who snipes me in the final seconds of an auction, or who nibbles away at high bids by bidding stupidly low on items they can't afford. If you see a $500 card with a .99 opening bid and you know you're only going to bid $30 and hope for a steal - leave it alone. Aaaarrrrgh. Rant over.

As a seller, I wish Ebay still showed Bidder ID's to everybody. I would regularly get guys bidding on the same items that genuinely disliked each other, for some reason or another. The boxing field is really full of individual personalities.

They would engage in bidding wars that would last throughout the week when one of them saw the other was bidding on it. Almost out of spite it seemed.

Between sniping and private ID's, that no longer happens.

Then on the other hand, you would have guys who were friendly with each other, lay off an item if they saw one of their friends was bidding on it, so it worked both ways I guess.

The good ol' days of Ebay.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Does it say Dan on the back?

No, but it does have "B S"* on the front.












*Blue Springs, Nebraska

[Exhibitman]

I don't think I've heard anyone say something "sucks to infinity" since fourth grade. What's next, Ebay King Kamehameha Sucks?

[FUBAR]

Originally Posted by oldjudge

Dan-I'm confused. You sold this guy autographed postcards of nude women baseball players?

Did she have a nice catcher's mitt?

[cobblove]

Had a guy but a 5.50 card from me. My SH was 2.75 and I put DC on every package I send. Ok the guy pays 2 weeks late. And I didnt have any auctions end around the time the guy finally paid. He also paid on a friday. I didnt get the package out on sat but I did get it out on Monday. Well guess what. My sh time was to slow for him and he gave my stars a 1 for SH and a 1 for SH price. BLOCKED . Only guy to ding my stars. Would have a perfect 5.0 across the board if not for this transaction. He also has about 700 positive feedbacks.
His id is

mobil4u

I would recomend blocking this guy

[bbcarddan]

Why doesn`t E-bay let sellers sell whatever they want and charge whatever they want for shipping,then leave it up to the buyer to decide if this is something that they may or may not want to purchase.Then both sides can leave feedback about their transactions good or bad!

You know what forget what I just said it could never work!