Bidders asking stupid questions ?

[turquoisetulips]

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@equid0x wrote:

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@turquoisetulips wrote:

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@scotchtapeboutique2017 wrote:

A lot depends on what you sell ... a few years ago I was moving and had to unload a bunch of my vintage video game collection... what a nightmare and completely different than the customer base I had been dealing with up until then...really really obnoxious buyers!

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Usually yes - scammers are attracted the most to high dollar items for obvious reasons . However there are people out there who seem to be addicted to scamming like  there are people addicted to shoplifting . It's become a fun thing  for some[ like a risky  game] .   It's   not always because they simply can't afford to pay for  the item they're trying to steal. Tulips

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I think some get a dopamine hit off of it or something. 

I can't imagine, personally, being so dissatisfied with my life that I'd feel the need to go to an online venue and rip-off some dude just trying to pay some bills to get my lols for the week, but this seems to be where a lot of people are in life in the year 2019. *sigh* equidOx 

Wasn't it the actress  Lindsay Lohan  that was being hauled into court  all of the time on shoplifting charges ? Or am I confusing her with another famous actress with sticky fingers ? Anyway ,, it just goes to show  that a person can conquer the world  but still be very unhappy  or simply have a mental disorder  that leads them into bad habits  like stealing  . Tulips 

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[paulibeverlyhills]

Agree. Without fail  buyers who ask  ?’s and beat a  dead horse , do NOT purchase!!!! A few exceptions,  but consistently true!  And the nicer you are  in your replies, the worse it is. Kind of like someone trying to pick a fight and when u dont play, they get more angry. There are trolls who likecto annoy selkers. They are likely either bored people, or maybe paid by someone  or a company and designed to annoy sellers. 

[turquoisetulips]

All I did was hit the quote button on a reply. I looked back at the original and it looks like @coolections called you out in their response before his post which the way Lithium quotes makes it looks like you said something you didn't. equid0x 

I've seen a lot of misunderstandings occur  in different threads  because  people  think  someone said something  that another person altogether  had actually said.  That's why I felt I needed to bring attention  to my actual words .  I usually just  copy and paste the message  and then put the posters name  after it  before I respond  to it  and then add my name to the reply . But,, yes there should be an easier way  . Tulips 

[paulibeverlyhills]

You do win! Thanks for the chuckle. 

[turquoisetulips]

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@paulibeverlyhills wrote:

Agree. Without fail  buyers who ask  ?’s and beat a  dead horse , do NOT purchase!!!! A few exceptions,  but consistently true!  And the nicer you are  in your replies, the worse it is. Kind of like someone trying to pick a fight and when u dont play, they get more angry. There are trolls who likecto annoy selkers. They are likely either bored people, or maybe paid by someone  or a company and designed to annoy sellers. paulbeverlyhills 

In my experience  some of the potential buyers  who ask a great deal of questions  before they make the purchase are purposely setting the seller  up  for giving out a partial refund  once their package  arrives . I'm in no way referring to the  customer who has a  harmless question or two ,, but only the people who seem to be trying to get the seller  to say something that they can use against them in an attempt  to get  part of their money back.  Tulips 

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[ersatz_sobriquet]

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@equid0x wrote:

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Cheater , con artist , fraudster  etc etc . There's quite a few  words that basically all mean the same thing . And yes  you're right they've been in business since time began. Tulips 

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Hahah... you forgot "swindler." 🙂 Yep, they're here and everywhere else, I agree. 

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Shyster...pincher...

[johnrj1226]

@paulibeverlyhills 

Had a buyer ask me 4 questions  last night on an item - pair of jeans, actually two pair.   I responded to each in a timely/pro manner.   Never thought i t was a PITA effort. They bought my item (both pair).  They are in the hands of the USPS  today - scanned in at 10:51 AM.

My experience says my approach works more often than not.  I sold for 41  years and it was  the  same  routine in  tete-a-tete selling. 

Unfortunately, this electronic/internet world we now live in selling much less based on relationship building that I grew up in - of course I like time on the golf course with my  customers or on a fishing charter.  I like people and I like my way better.  Texting, faxing, e-mailing of proposals are all done in black & white and very much one dimensional which can lead to more issues than we care for - not much room for discussion for clarifications - sellers  need to clearly describe the item they are selling in both words & picks & don't take the "short cut" by  saying see pictures for full description - bad, bad, bad but be pithy in word description i.e. ditch the cute, flowery marketing jargon.

There are no short cuts to professional selling - can't count how many Dale Carnegie seminars and AMA meetings I attended over  the years - all after college where I earned an engineering degree w/a business minor.

[scotchtapeboutique2017]

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@turquoisetulips wrote:

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@equid0x wrote:

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@turquoisetulips wrote:

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@scotchtapeboutique2017 wrote:

A lot depends on what you sell ... a few years ago I was moving and had to unload a bunch of my vintage video game collection... what a nightmare and completely different than the customer base I had been dealing with up until then...really really obnoxious buyers!

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Usually yes - scammers are attracted the most to high dollar items for obvious reasons . However there are people out there who seem to be addicted to scamming like  there are people addicted to shoplifting . It's become a fun thing  for some[ like a risky  game] .   It's   not always because they simply can't afford to pay for  the item they're trying to steal. Tulips

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I think some get a dopamine hit off of it or something. 

I can't imagine, personally, being so dissatisfied with my life that I'd feel the need to go to an online venue and rip-off some dude just trying to pay some bills to get my lols for the week, but this seems to be where a lot of people are in life in the year 2019. *sigh* equidOx 

Wasn't it the actress  Lindsay Lohan  that was being hauled into court  all of the time on shoplifting charges ? Or am I confusing her with another famous actress with sticky fingers ? Anyway ,, it just goes to show  that a person can conquer the world  but still be very unhappy  or simply have a mental disorder  that leads them into bad habits  like stealing  . Tulips 

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Winona Ryder

[midwestflow]

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@scotchtapeboutique2017 wrote:

i block sellers asking stupid questions and/or I answer with stupid answers.  

I.e., 

1.) Had a new/sealed bluray for sale....buyer asked if it was in a smoke-free, child-free, pet-free home.  I simply responded, LOTS OF SMOKE, LOTS OF KIDS, LOTS OF PETS (none of these, even if present, would affect a new/sealed item).  then I blocked.

2.)  Whenever I have used videogames listed...buyers ask if there are scratches on the disk(s).  ME:  Yes, it's a used item.  I don't have time or patience to fight over the severity of scratches with these people when they ultimately recieve their item that works perfectly fine.  Blocked also.

3.)  After the purchase:  Please pack securely in a rigid box, blah blah blah.  I have had sellers cram these items into an envelope and then they arrive damaged, yadda yadda yadda.  ME:  Perhaps you should make your demands known before you bid/buy to avoid these problems in the future.

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I agree. Esp with number 3. I hate after they buy and they start demanding how you should wrap it. I already calculated the price based on how it will be shipped so doesn't make sense to ask after you bought it. It's also insulting to a seller who has all positive feedback and has been selling for years - we know how something should be packaged.

[pink.fish.rule]

I agree it's annoying, but to be fair, some buyers have had fragile items arrive in a polymailer.

[nc-daydreamer]

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@scotchtapeboutique2017 wrote:

what about peanuts?  should we mention we have peanuts in the home?

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And milk, soy, wheat - inside and the yard has dandelions too. 

[yuzuha]

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@pink.fish.rule wrote:
I agree it's annoying, but to be fair, some buyers have had fragile items arrive in a polymailer.

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I thought it was annoying until I received a fragile item packaged pretty much exactly like that.  After that, I wasn't bothered by buyers asking me about my packing methods, because clearly it's a reasonable concern to have.

[alcoforever]

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@equid0x wrote:

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IMHO there needs to be away to select what you want to quote and then quote it like you can do on other systems. Maybe Lithium can do this and I don't know about it?

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There is.  You hit the quote button to get the whole post and then you delete the parts you don't want.

[luv_my_cheng]

Just wanted to throw this out there somewhere, not necessarily because this is the very best place. (How would I know, right?) 

In August I was delighted to win three auctions at low prices, low enough that I am sure that the sellers were not thrilled. (Been there. Just send the thing off. End of story. Next!)

Anyways, all three of them cancelled the orders after I had made payment, which I pretty much do immediately!

The first two waited about a week, left the PayPal payments pending, and then cancelled. I had sent messages prior that were ignored. The third one cancelled immediately without a word to me. I was sad.

So, I won another auction, also at a low price. I paid that, got my goody, and since I now had my sellers address I sent her an extra 10 dollars and told her that I appreciated her honoring the deal. I also had written about the three others that did not! She did message me back with a nice response. I felt so much better after all of that happened!

[gracieallen01]

Sometimes packing requests don't work any better than how well a responsible person normally packs. 

I shipped a very well packed bronze, once upon a time, that arrived broken - it couldn't survive the fork from a forklift that penetrated the side of the box.

If it is of any value, a buyer will - or should - be concerned.