Regards,
@downunder-61 wrote:Admire your moxie - chill in the marshmallow thread, it is a lot of fun isn't it.
Yo @downunder-61 ... no kidding?!? The Marshmallow thread gets a mention here? I love it and @caz-10 he's right ... shed some of that angst on this thread ... https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/Can-we-sell-Organic-Marshmallows-on-eBay/m-p/32067180#M1795833
Let me share my frustration with a Seller
-Purchased on the 6th
-Label generated the 8th
-"Picked up" the 9th (didn't bother to take it to the Post Office)
-8 days later (today) and 1 day PAST the delivery date the package is sitting in a bulk center in the Seller's state!
-I messaged them asking them to file a Missing Mail piece to get it moving (I did that MANY times during Covid last year)
-Have not heard a peep from the Seller
Time for a giant s'more ...
@musicforyoureyes wrote:No more strikes?!? Hmmmmm... I'm doing this all wrong. I'm going back to growing Organic Hot Chocolate!
@musicforyoureyes I heard that!
@caz-10 wrote:It was the timing.As soon as the auction was over he emailed.He could have just cancelled his bids during the auction.
He may have developed a pattern of doing this and didn't want to cancel any more bids lest eBay decide he was a 'disruptive buyer' and suspend his ability to no pay for auctions he bid up and won.
Without your response, you could have reported the customer for bidding with no intention to pay. I keep a series of links on my browser bookmark bar so I can get to these pages quickly. With your response, you may get a reprimand from eBay as well.
Also, if you cancel at customer request before payment, eBay should have no FVF to refund -- they haven't processed any payment yet, and that's when they collect the FVF+PAY fee. No payment should mean no fee to refund.
I know everyone says these folks have been around forever, but I think the semi-anonymity of "the web" makes them feel more emboldened to do things they would not otherwise do. Which just proves how little they know about the service (the internet) they use to play their little games. <sigh> I think I'm beginning to understand why some day the machines will take over -- they will judge most of humanity as too feeble-minded to be entrusted with their own choices. And most of those folks will agree with them - cuz if you read it on the internet, it must be true, right?
-Bob.
@caz-10 wrote:Well,when I turned on the computer I had another one! Buyer paid and wants me to cancel it.I emailed him back that he would have to cancel it from his end and if he didn't know how he should call Ebay. Just having a little fun! I canceled it after a while.Blocked him of course.
Don't know where they are coming from.Getting used to it.The next one I'm not going to answer for a day or two.
Things have certainly changed in selling on line. CAZ
You know these folks who walk out into traffic because they have their nose/eyes/attention buried in their phones? That's where they are coming from! Back in the day (yes, I'm old enough to say that), you had to work to earn your way thru life, and it wasn't sitting at a desk and typing all day (altho that was my career arc, but I've always been special!) -- it was working from dawn to dusk 6 days a week.
As technology has made our lives easier, we have begun looking for new things to entertain us, and we are a very creative creature, mostly. Playing free games on your phone becomes boring... paying to play becomes expensive... but messing around with folks on eBay? Priceless!
I'm sure the majority of the folks who've asked me to cancel their purchase have had legitimate reasons for doing so, and to be honest, I'd rather cancel before I ship than deal with the losses from a return post-delivery.
At least the "My Friend" messages have stopped. And offers to buy at stupidly low prices are just ignored - if they get upset, they should have made a better offer. Just like feedback, responding to messaged offers is voluntary. 🙂
-Bob.
