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post #2101 of 3323
1/31/13 at 11:41am
Sometimes deadbeat bidders are a good thing. The high bidder a couple of weeks ago on a BB orphan suit jacket didn't pay the $87, so I relisted it and sold it for $135.
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post #2102 of 3323
1/31/13 at 12:34pm
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Originally Posted by DanM View Post

Why would ebay allow the buyer to keep fraudulent merchandise, shouldn't they require the seller to pay returning shipping too in the absolute worst case scenario? Seems insane that someone can claim fake, doesn't have to send it to ebay to confirm, and just keeps the merch and the money.

Because I believe it is illegal to transport fake merchandise through any postal service.

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post #2103 of 3323
1/31/13 at 12:38pm

 

While I appreciate her paying top dollar for this and leaving me prompt feedback, I am a bit worried that she has apparently purchased it as a surprise gift for someone else. I hope he wanted an outdated, no-name corduroy suit. Of course, if he is a "good" boyfriend, he will pretend to love it....right?

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post #2104 of 3323
1/31/13 at 12:47pm
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Originally Posted by capnwes View Post

Because I believe it is illegal to transport fake merchandise through any postal service.

Then here's hoping Upper Deck can verify...
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post #2105 of 3323
1/31/13 at 12:49pm
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Originally Posted by Klobber View Post

Watching of BIN/OBO auctions usually implies one of four things:

1. A desirable item is too expensive and thus placed on watch list on off chance that the price will reduce by X % further down the road.

2. Buyer likes item but not enough to make an immediate impulse offer or purchase. Buyer places on watch and uses watch list to filter out items he/she wishes to purchase. Kinda like a shopping list with essential items mixed with non essentials.

3. Buyer places item on watch with the mindset "I will purchase this one day if it does not sell and I have the money to do so".

4. Buyer brand whoring, in his mind he wants something from one of the big brands. That item you listed works for him but he will hang around until something better comes along.

I've had a Drakes Shepherd's Check tie on there for damn near 3 months and it's had over 20 watchers since the first couple of weeks it was listed. Bastards. I've contemplated just keeping the damn things.
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post #2106 of 3323
1/31/13 at 5:08pm
Shipping to Germany??? Never shipped outside USA, but may ship a jacket to Germany? The buyer will pay cost and asked that I use USPS. Good idea or not?
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post #2107 of 3323
1/31/13 at 5:27pm
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Originally Posted by mr monty View Post

Shipping to Germany??? Never shipped outside USA, but may ship a jacket to Germany? The buyer will pay cost and asked that I use USPS. Good idea or not?

Just use USPS 1st Class Registered or USPS Express mail and you should be OK

 

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Originally Posted by Brianpore View Post

As a buyer I use to leave feedback all the time, but have stopped leaving it until the seller leaves it. The seller has no down side to leave feedback but is just too damn lazy so I'm not going out of my way to do it anymore. If they leave it, I'll do it right away as well.
I leave feedback once the buyer does. We seem to be at an impasse nest.gif Lazy buyers not leaving me feedback annoys me, so I won't give them any either.

Ebay does not let you leave anything but positive feedback for a buyer so the only thing you can leave him feedback on is how quick he pays and once he does that, he gets feedback. nest.gif

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post #2108 of 3323
1/31/13 at 8:25pm
WTF with PayPal only allowing me to refund the FULL amount of an ebay purchase? The buyer and I agreed the return would not include original shipping and would be subject to a 5% restocking fee. But EFFING PAYPAL will only let me do a full refund! And I can't even just do a separate payment refund, because that will still leave me holding the bag on the EFFING PayPal fees. Mother freakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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post #2109 of 3323
1/31/13 at 8:37pm
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Originally Posted by GMMcL View Post

WTF with PayPal only allowing me to refund the FULL amount of an ebay purchase? The buyer and I agreed the return would not include original shipping and would be subject to a 5% restocking fee. But EFFING PAYPAL will only let me do a full refund! And I can't even just do a separate payment refund, because that will still leave me holding the bag on the EFFING PayPal fees. Mother freakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Call them....I just did a partial refund less then a week ago.

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post #2110 of 3323
1/31/13 at 8:45pm
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Originally Posted by GMMcL View Post

WTF with PayPal only allowing me to refund the FULL amount of an ebay purchase? The buyer and I agreed the return would not include original shipping and would be subject to a 5% restocking fee. But EFFING PAYPAL will only let me do a full refund! And I can't even just do a separate payment refund, because that will still leave me holding the bag on the EFFING PayPal fees. Mother freakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Send the money back to the buyer via his email address. Click on goods / merchandise so Paypal records would indicate it is an off the record transaction when in actual fact it is your "refund" to the buyer. Buyer unlikely to suspect anything. Wait 44 days and then hit the Buyer with a SNAD saying buyer did not send you a product. Paypal refund you and buyer is out of pocket and out of the item he sent back to you. You sell that item on eBay and have effectively doubled your money.

There is a way now for a seller to get his own back by pretending to be a buyer devil.gif
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post #2111 of 3323
1/31/13 at 9:01pm
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Originally Posted by Klobber View Post

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Originally Posted by GMMcL View Post

WTF with PayPal only allowing me to refund the FULL amount of an ebay purchase? The buyer and I agreed the return would not include original shipping and would be subject to a 5% restocking fee. But EFFING PAYPAL will only let me do a full refund! And I can't even just do a separate payment refund, because that will still leave me holding the bag on the EFFING PayPal fees. Mother freakers!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Send the money back to the buyer via his email address. Click on goods / merchandise so Paypal records would indicate it is an off the record transaction when in actual fact it is your "refund" to the buyer. Buyer unlikely to suspect anything. Wait 44 days and then hit the Buyer with a SNAD saying buyer did not send you a product. Paypal refund you and buyer is out of pocket and out of the item he sent back to you. You sell that item on eBay and have effectively doubled your money.

There is a way now for a seller to get his own back by pretending to be a buyer devil.gif

crackup[1].gifWOW

Minus the federal (cross state lines) fraud involved not a bad idea.

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post #2112 of 3323
1/31/13 at 9:04pm
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Originally Posted by Klobber View Post

Send the money back to the buyer via his email address. Click on goods / merchandise so Paypal records would indicate it is an off the record transaction when in actual fact it is your "refund" to the buyer. Buyer unlikely to suspect anything. Wait 44 days and then hit the Buyer with a SNAD saying buyer did not send you a product. Paypal refund you and buyer is out of pocket and out of the item he sent back to you. You sell that item on eBay and have effectively doubled your money.

There is a way now for a seller to get his own back by pretending to be a buyer devil.gif
Awfully creative. Emphasis on the awful. devil.gif
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Originally Posted by Brianpore View Post

Call them....I just did a partial refund less then a week ago.

Turns out, he used some kind of Ebay bucks to buy the item. So PayPal wouldn't let me do a partial (presumably because it could result in him actually getting cash out of what should be a coupon -- creative buyers could scam the system. Either way, PayPal (after a 30 minute hold) figured out a workaround: I paid the buyer via payment (as Klobber suggests), then the PayPal dude looked at previous transactions and credited me the PayPal fees on several of those, adding up to the prorated amount I was owed back. Net, the universe is as it should be, but the process troubles me a little.
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post #2113 of 3323
2/1/13 at 1:20pm

can anyone hook me up with the Ebay "black List"

 

just had a 0 feedback buyer win an item (and their join date was 2011) 

 

sooooo, i'm a bit worried.

 

& it isn't just a shirt or something.

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post #2114 of 3323
2/1/13 at 2:15pm
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Originally Posted by dustinmyself View Post

can anyone hook me up with the Ebay "black List"

just had a 0 feedback buyer win an item (and their join date was 2011) 

sooooo, i'm a bit worried.

& it isn't just a shirt or something.

Go ahead and PM Brianpore, he'll need your email (possibly only gmail, not sure) address in order to give you access!
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post #2115 of 3323
2/1/13 at 2:23pm
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Originally Posted by HansderHund View Post


Go ahead and PM Brianpore, he'll need your email (possibly only gmail, not sure) address in order to give you access!

thanks!

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