I cannot believe the abuse I am getting in private correspondence that an eBayer has entered into with me. Its beyond belief.
I recently put up for sale a loco for £35 and described it as mint in a damaged but excellent looking box. The listing finished and the item remained unsold.
A few hours after the listing finished up pops this email saying I am a crook and breaking eBay rules as my item for sale definitely was not mint as mint examples of this loco go for £90!
A non offensive reply goes back saying that the item is/was as described and it was unsold.
I then get an even ruder reply suggesting I am in league with the devil, don't know my business as if I did I would definitely be selling this loco for £90, and refering to rule C10 of eBay (which rule is this?) and saying that it is eBayers like me who give eBay a shocking reputation and that everybody else who viewed my item must have thought exactly the same way about it as he does as the price was too good to be true!
A further non offensive reply goes back stating that in my terms I offer a money back gaurantee on all items sold and giving buyers ample time to examine goods received and to dispute any condition claim made.
Not yet had a reply to that.
I suspect this eBayer has been caught out in a bidding war and has overpaid on an item big time and his wife has spotted this when she discovered my listing and he is now trying to justify the money spent on his purchase to his wife!
And the gent is an American!
(no offence intended to normal Americans looking in)
Can you just picture the scene in this American household as darling sweety pie harps on about her high spending hubby! If walls had ears.....
The lesson here is to keep all spending from the eyes of you know who!
Are there any other recent eBay tales that anybody has to keep us all amused?
Happy modelling
Gary
I recently put up for sale a loco for £35 and described it as mint in a damaged but excellent looking box. The listing finished and the item remained unsold.
A few hours after the listing finished up pops this email saying I am a crook and breaking eBay rules as my item for sale definitely was not mint as mint examples of this loco go for £90!
A non offensive reply goes back saying that the item is/was as described and it was unsold.
I then get an even ruder reply suggesting I am in league with the devil, don't know my business as if I did I would definitely be selling this loco for £90, and refering to rule C10 of eBay (which rule is this?) and saying that it is eBayers like me who give eBay a shocking reputation and that everybody else who viewed my item must have thought exactly the same way about it as he does as the price was too good to be true!
A further non offensive reply goes back stating that in my terms I offer a money back gaurantee on all items sold and giving buyers ample time to examine goods received and to dispute any condition claim made.
Not yet had a reply to that.
I suspect this eBayer has been caught out in a bidding war and has overpaid on an item big time and his wife has spotted this when she discovered my listing and he is now trying to justify the money spent on his purchase to his wife!
And the gent is an American!

Can you just picture the scene in this American household as darling sweety pie harps on about her high spending hubby! If walls had ears.....
The lesson here is to keep all spending from the eyes of you know who!

Are there any other recent eBay tales that anybody has to keep us all amused?

Happy modelling
Gary