Buying and Selling on eBay: Tips, Tricks, Problems & Questions - Page 96

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Originally Posted by Steve Smith 

Waist and length are provided in the auction. I received this request:
Dear smsmith007,
can you provide photos of the pants laid out flat and to the side so I can see the length.

This made me wonder how others handle this type of thing. Do you always provide the requested information? I used to, but lately I have observed that the more ridiculous the question, the less likely the person is to bid on the item.

I would like to answer this question from a buyers perspective.  This question may well represent ignorance on the part of the seller on how on how garments are measured.  I can not speak on personal experience on the part of buying pants on ebay, since I do not but pants.  But I can say when it comes to buying jackets there is no industry standard on how jackets are measured.  For instance, total length of jacket.  Some measure from the top of the collar, others from the bottom.  Shoulder to shoulder: some measure from the front of the jacket, others from the back.  This can make a difference of close to one inch in actual jacket measurement.  For a size 38, the standard shoulder length across the back is 18 inches.  If they provide a measurement of 18" across the front, that is 19" across the back the jacket will start to resemble the power suits of the 80s.  You will also be surprised on how many ebayers also ignored by request for clarification. 

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Originally Posted by VLSI 


You can't possibly be suggesting that the seller cannot measure the item more accurately than the buyer can estimate the item's measurements from a picture of it laid flat? We aren't talking about providing measurements in general, but that particular request was absurd.

My apologies.  I should have said ignorance on the part of the buyer not seller.

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Originally Posted by ChetBakerSings 

A buyer messaged me today claiming a Brooks Brothers tweed jacket I sold him is a fake.

Is it worth trying to reason with him? Or should I simply issue a refund and move on?

Refund. Worse yet if he wins, ebay could tell him to "destroy" the fake jacket instead of sending it back.

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Originally Posted by stevent 

eBay buyer just bought both of my Rugby cardigans by accident, wants to just buy one but is in Italy and didn't contact me before purchase. Would it be ok to ship or should I just cancel the transactions?
Thanks guys, never really had Italian buyers before so not too sure what to do

Were both separate ebay transactions? You should be fine to ship one if it is completely separate from the other. Just make sure to ship express to be protected. I think PayPal protects sellers for Italy, but double check their policy.

I have only ever had one transaction with Italy and it did not end well, but that was likely a fluke. I was the buyer and was buying an unlocked iPhone (this was years ago when you had to purchase internationally). The seller actually paid 20 bucks to ship me an empty package. Straight up bubble mailer with nothing inside. I really think it was just a fluke bad seller, though.

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Originally Posted by Dolfan954 

Were both separate ebay transactions? You should be fine to ship one if it is completely separate from the other. Just make sure to ship express to be protected. I think PayPal protects sellers for Italy, but double check their policy.

 

I have only ever had one transaction with Italy and it did not end well, but that was likely a fluke. I was the buyer and was buying an unlocked iPhone (this was years ago when you had to purchase internationally). The seller actually paid 20 bucks to ship me an empty package. Straight up bubble mailer with nothing inside. I really think it was just a fluke bad seller, though.

I thought you weren't allowed to ship clothing to Italy. Is that a myth?

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Originally Posted by VLSI 

Someone here stole my pictures for their ebay listings... after I helped them in regards to buying the item

Not sure what listing this is for, but when a buyer wants to relist an item they bought them me I always tell them they can reuse my pictures. It helps take some of the sting out of refusing to accept a return.

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Originally Posted by VLSI 


They didn't buy from me. Bought from a store to flip. They just stole my pictures.

You can always file off a DMCA takedown request. Those pictures are your copyright!