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

[William Kazak]

Yeah, thanks to all who came up with ideas. I just returned it. My first return in, er, probably decades. I usually just "sell forward". Seller was not happy, and tried to fight it (dumbass) but he has already re-listed it, even though he hasn't received the return yet.

I will try and buy another one in a while. Meanwhile, back to using the old one. So OK, I guess some of you might have ideas on this: maybe I can fix the one I have.

The issue is that I have it set completely manual (ISO, WB, exposure settings), and I use the thumbwheel on the back to ratchet the exposure up and down a notch or few. Nothing else changes.

All of a sudden (this issue raised it's head after the camera unused for a while and the battery fully discharged when I was moving house), it began trying to override my manual exposure settings, ALWAYS switching my manual setting to one that was consistently overexposed. Very aggravating. If I move the thumbwheel slowly, it is more likely I will be able to get the setting correct, but if I move it quickly, it will always try to overexpose. It kinda jumps back to an overexposed setting. Sometimes it takes me two or three attempts to slowly nudge back to a correct exposure.

It's almost as though I have some kind of setting enabled that I am unaware of that is overriding or bracketing, but AFAIK nothing is set to be automatic at all. And if it's set on M for manual, shouldn't all automatics be disabled? What could it be?

Any ideas/insight gratefully received.

What brand is your camera? What model? Do you have a manual?

 

[double00]

Yeah, thanks to all who came up with ideas. I just returned it. My first return in, er, probably decades. I usually just "sell forward". Seller was not happy, and tried to fight it (dumbass) but he has already re-listed it, even though he hasn't received the return yet.

I will try and buy another one in a while. Meanwhile, back to using the old one. So OK, I guess some of you might have ideas on this: maybe I can fix the one I have.

The issue is that I have it set completely manual (ISO, WB, exposure settings), and I use the thumbwheel on the back to ratchet the exposure up and down a notch or few. Nothing else changes.

All of a sudden (this issue raised it's head after the camera unused for a while and the battery fully discharged when I was moving house), it began trying to override my manual exposure settings, ALWAYS switching my manual setting to one that was consistently overexposed. Very aggravating. If I move the thumbwheel slowly, it is more likely I will be able to get the setting correct, but if I move it quickly, it will always try to overexpose. It kinda jumps back to an overexposed setting. Sometimes it takes me two or three attempts to slowly nudge back to a correct exposure.

It's almost as though I have some kind of setting enabled that I am unaware of that is overriding or bracketing, but AFAIK nothing is set to be automatic at all. And if it's set on M for manual, shouldn't all automatics be disabled? What could it be?

Any ideas/insight gratefully received.

i have very similar workflow , fully manual . i set the iso , wb , and the exposure i set via thumbweel and aperture ring . in practice i will usually pick a fairly wide aperture and make adjustments with the shutter as needed during a shoot .

without having your camera make/model i could suggest programming your manual setup so another dial is used for the exposure adjustment that you're trying to make . on my rig ( pentax ) i have two wheels one in front and one in back plus an option to use the lens' native aperture ring . i've used the two wheels in the past for exposure but can reprogram functions and now i have a lens that is incompatible with the in-camera aperture adjustment so i abandoned the front wheel .

hope that makes sense . if it is a hardware issue and your thumbwheel is cooked you might be able to switch it out is what i'm getting at . another idea is to disable the light meter if you can . again when i shoot i find an exposure that works and just ride it and make any micro adjustments ( for instance stepping into a detail can require a bit of bracketing ) and review as i go

 

[Sartoriamo]

i have very similar workflow , fully manual . i set the iso , wb , and the exposure i set via thumbweel and aperture ring . in practice i will usually pick a fairly wide aperture and make adjustments with the shutter as needed during a shoot .

without having your camera make/model i could suggest programming your manual setup so another dial is used for the exposure adjustment that you're trying to make . on my rig ( pentax ) i have two wheels one in front and one in back plus an option to use the lens' native aperture ring . i've used the two wheels in the past for exposure but can reprogram functions and now i have a lens that is incompatible with the in-camera aperture adjustment so i abandoned the front wheel .

hope that makes sense . if it is a hardware issue and your thumbwheel is cooked you might be able to switch it out is what i'm getting at . another idea is to disable the light meter if you can . again when i shoot i find an exposure that works and just ride it and make any micro adjustments ( for instance stepping into a detail can require a bit of bracketing ) and review as i go

I haven't tried it yet, but this makes total intuitive sense. It's possible that when I brought the camera back into service I got something wrong resetting it to manual. Just couldn't figure out the glitch, but sure, if I messed with the aperture dial while trying to reset to manual, that might have torqued it. Also, yeah, I should make sure the light meter is off. Perhaps that runs in the background and needs to be actvely disabled. Makes sense that it might be the kind of thing that would cause overrides. BTW, the camera is a Canon S120. Thanks!

 

[Fueco]

Thought on this with regards to the current climate on eBay? This shirt is tagged as slim fit large, and listing shows measurements (40” chest and 31.5” sleeves).

Will eBay reverse the case after return given the threat from the buyer?

 

[txwoodworker]

You're not wrong, but isn't the return automatically accepted when someone says it's defective? I don't see you winning the case or changing the buyer's mind.

 

[Fueco]

You're not wrong, but isn't the return automatically accepted when someone says it's defective? I don't see you winning the case or changing the buyer's mind.

It’s only automatic if you accept returns.

A few years ago, eBay would’ve closed this return request as fraudulent. The feedback extortion would’ve also been held against the buyer such that his feedback would be removed.

 

[jbie]

Thoughts on the new regulatory operating fees for some EU countries?

 

[sjmin209]

A new one for your blocking consideration:

jeongyounki0​

Haggled on a jacket I had for sale, I accepted his offer. Mailed it to what turns out to be a forwarding station in Oregon that sends stuff to Korea. USPS said the address was invalid & returned the item to me. eBay told me I could either refund his money minus shipping fees, or that he could pay additional shipping if he wanted me to send it again. He threatened to file a claim with Paypal. After consulting with eBay, I refunded his full payment. He then filed a claim with Paypal.

 

[eddyroxx]

Thought on this with regards to the current climate on eBay? This shirt is tagged as slim fit large, and listing shows measurements (40” chest and 31.5” sleeves).

Will eBay reverse the case after return given the threat from the buyer?

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I've had to deal with a few of these in the past.
Just accept the return and appeal later for the shipping charges, save yourself the headache.

 

[eddiegreen]

Yeah, I think whoever said that was just plain wrong: keyword spamming has always been a policy violation, and I remember getting busted for it 20 years ago: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/search-manipulation-policy?id=4243

 

[RFHansen]

A new one for your blocking consideration:

jeongyounki0​

Haggled on a jacket I had for sale, I accepted his offer. Mailed it to what turns out to be a forwarding station in Oregon that sends stuff to Korea. USPS said the address was invalid & returned the item to me. eBay told me I could either refund his money minus shipping fees, or that he could pay additional shipping if he wanted me to send it again. He threatened to file a claim with Paypal. After consulting with eBay, I refunded his full payment. He then filed a claim with Paypal.

Seems like this guy is no longer on eBay.

 

[RFHansen]

$2 extra? Thanks a lot, buddy!
The listing no longer accepts offers. Tuff stuff, lesson learned...

 

[Fueco]

$2 extra? Thanks a lot, buddy!
The listing no longer accepts offers. Tuff stuff, lesson learned...

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But can he pay right now?

 

[RFHansen]

Yeah, that's the big question...

 

[RFHansen]

While researching the beanie, I came across a similar item on the bay, listed at $89.
Beware of dodgy labels. Just look at that jibberish trying to pass for Italian and English... Why even bother?

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