Yeah could be anything but a bunch of weird messages leads me to believe the guys a nut. I was on the phone with eBay this morning. I asked what I should do. They said just do a refund for 1 card (I of course have to pay return shipping). They told me if I get the card and it works I could file an appeal and claim against him for misuse of returns and get my shipping money back. I never knew you could do that in the 25 years I have been selling. Will they honor that? Who knows.
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A flake to avoid on ebay
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Would it really even matter if I did?
They would probably cut you some slack maybe, but it's not like you will take Ebay to court.
I didn't know about the chargeback ability on working returns. Ebay just takes a debit from the guys Paypal linked to Ebay if they want to.
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I remember once ordering a SanDisk memory card on eBay and soon realizing that the card was most likely counterfeit. I wrote to the seller asking to cancel the order, he replied that the card was real and after a long correspondence he wrote that I was a fool because I couldn't even spell the brand name correctly. Now I understand why I wrote SunDisk in a hurry.
I had to call ebay again as the card sent back to me worked fine. They then told me I needed to do an "appeal" to get my shipping back... I have done this in the past. It never works. I dont expect it to work this time either so that was just anyother bunch of crap where the buyer has all the rights and can say and do as they want.
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Same things here, idiots expects scam passed...
What?
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I mean I had similar experience at eBay with not returned packages. Buyer's scam.
Gotcha. Yeah ebay gives all the rights to the buyer even though ebay is only paid by sellers. It is complete fraud.
It's always prudent to *not* be in a hurry, whether a seller or a buyer.
I once had an item listed; the title said shipping included, the text said shipping included.
The first response was a question asking if shipping was included (nothing else).
Now I didn't immediately type the first replier as an idiot, their spelling and grammer were not perfect, but not the same sort of errors you get in 419 scams etc. so I cut them some slack (i.e. wasn't in a hurry) and I replied giving the same answer (nothing else).
The second was from someone who had taken a little more time reading; they committed to buy, supplied a name and address; and got my payment info and I got the money.
The package went out that day.
After the package was sent I got complaint from the first; I told them that they'd only asked a question that had been answered in the ad and the text and my message, someone else had committed to buy etc. (just the facts, nothing about my thinking they were an idiot).
Then I got another message telling me everything I said was a lie, I was and would always be a bad person, etc.
Hope they drive better.
Its a sign of the times. Noone wants to talk on the phone.. they all prefer to text. And whenever you send a test or email noone reads it thorougly. They peruse it with the same skill a 3rd grader might.
Ebays "app" hides the description by default and only shows photos. This is what ebay is desparately trying to force everyone to use.
And this leads to most people not bothering to read anything.
I have listings that point to instructional Pdfs as well as techinical points and still I get messages when they get the item, "where are the instructions?"
WIth all the knowledge at everyones fingertips and nothing but misinformation we are seeings the literal dumbing down of the entire population.
RTFM PEOPLE!
Kids are losing the ability to hold a conversation because they just don't talk anymore. and Instant messaging has killed peoples concentration. When is the last time you seen somebody get a notification on their phone and ignore it for a while?
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You probably some kind of a linguistically limited person who cannot write in a way that everyone can understand easy?
Where is it clearly said "free shipping included" see screenshot below?
It said $50 shipped in Can/US, for me it does not mean FREE shipping or not.
And you wrote:
That's lie, cause you already sold to this guy other items months before (maybe more than once), so you know his address, he knows your PayPal, you just preferred to sell to you ex buyer, even if somebody new showed up interest before him. What a lier... good luck selling your shit. You begin as looser and will end done so.
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I have to admit that was sort of the reason I replied in the first place; you can't really fault someone if they have never had education.
Unfortunately when using text-mode comms grammar and spelling are all we have to work with.
(In otherwords, don't be in too much of a hurry to judge someone; if they are indeed what they appear to be it will be proven soon enough.)
I dont fault people for not knowing something. I fault people for being stupid. There is a difference. I'm pretty sure thats the basis for our civilization.
If they dont bother to even read my listings description, I no longer bother to assume they are a competent member of society.
For instance. Someboday sent me this via ebay messaging" What's the lowest u would go I can buy out right Monday after 1pm forsho"
This "sentence" tells me the person is a moron, and a child (even if they might be 35). In other words... Blocked from buying from me.
We live in the age of Idiocracy 500 years too early.
Everyone is too busy "liking money" and getting lattes. You need to filter through the absolute drudge of people sometimes.
If they dont bother to even read my listings description, I no longer bother to assume they are a competent member of society.
For instance. Someboday sent me this via ebay messaging" What's the lowest u would go I can buy out right Monday after 1pm forsho"
This "sentence" tells me the person is a moron, and a child (even if they might be 35). In other words... Blocked from buying from me.
We live in the age of Idiocracy 500 years too early.
Everyone is too busy "liking money" and getting lattes. You need to filter through the absolute drudge of people sometimes.
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I've long had a policy of not dealing with folks who lack the ability to communicate in standard English. It's a good predictor of problems to come.