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801kim435 · ‎08-07-2018

I have a seller requesting me to write on an item before sending it which would really decrease the value should it be returned. As long as eBay can review the messages there is no risk on my part right? I'm just nervous about them claiming the item was damaged and wanting a refund.

grayirongolf · ‎08-07-2018

You assume all the risk if you write on the item or not. Seller protection is a fairy tale.

Here in reality, the buyer has multiple ways of pulling the wool over on you.

coolections · ‎08-07-2018

My guess it is a very sick person or the buyer just wants those diapers as a gag gift for a friend. Either way, tell him to write his own stuff on them after he pays and owns them.

brejen10 · ‎08-07-2018

@801kim435 wrote:
They didn't give a specific reason but I'm guessing it's to do with a particular fetish. The item in question and what they want written seems to cater to that. I just want to be protected. It is a high priced item.

When you sell items that cater towards fetishes, expect your buyers to expect you to cater to their fetishes

801kim435 · ‎08-07-2018

In fairness to myself, I entered this realm in innocence 🙂 I actually had to do a bit of investigating to figure out why these were going so high. I honestly thought people were collecting them for display or something 🙂

gracieallen01 · ‎08-07-2018

If the person hasn't paid for the item, he/she/it may want you to make the item unsellable.

Not saying 'NO' doesn't mean 'YES'.

The foolishness of one's actions or words is determined by the number of witnesses.

Perhaps if Brains were described as an APP, many people would use them more often.

Respect, like money, is only of 'worth' when it is earned - with all due respect, it can not be ordained, legislated or coerced. Anonymous

muttlymob · ‎08-07-2018

Just say no.

If he is sending it as a gift direct to the recipient, thus wants you to write on it rather than having it sent to him and he sends it on to the giftee, then the solution is for him to have it sent to himself first then he mails it on.

I would be worried just as much about a SNAD as the possibility of the package being undeliverable and returned to sender, with the item no longer sellable due to this buyer requested customization.

dhbookds · ‎08-07-2018

@801kim435 wrote:
I have a seller requesting me to write on an item before sending it which would really decrease the value should it be returned. As long as eBay can review the messages there is no risk on my part right? I'm just nervous about them claiming the item was damaged and wanting a refund.

Buyer could always claim some sort of other reason for returning and you would be stuck with an altered item....... or he could try to blackmail you if you do it: Give me $10 and I won't return this.....

If the guy hasn't paid......certainly don't do it.....and I would refuse to write on anything as it alters it from what was actually sold.......

penguins_dont_fly · ‎08-07-2018

@coolections wrote:
My guess it is a very sick person or the buyer just wants those diapers as a gag gift for a friend. Either way, tell him to write his own stuff on them after he pays and owns them.

Maybe they are actually shipping the item directly to the friend ... which is why they want the OP to write on them??

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lex-talon · ‎08-07-2018

@801kim435 wrote:
I have a seller requesting me to write on an item before sending it which would really decrease the value should it be returned. As long as eBay can review the messages there is no risk on my part right? I'm just nervous about them claiming the item was damaged and wanting a refund.

Do not write on the item. Buyer might be fishing for a partial refund. Politely decline their request.

coolections · ‎08-07-2018

The big question I am surprised no one asked is what does he want it to say ?

brejen10 · ‎08-07-2018

@801kim435 wrote:
In fairness to myself, I entered this realm in innocence 🙂 I actually had to do a bit of investigating to figure out why these were going so high. I honestly thought people were collecting them for display or something 🙂

Bet you won't do that again! Rofl

gew6463 · ‎08-07-2018

Oh my soul, are we talking about the Luvs? My kids wore those in toddler years. I should have been stacking those up, and using cloth diapers instead; I would be rich now! You just never know with Ebay 🙂

muttlymob · ‎08-07-2018

@coolections wrote:
The big question I am surprised no one asked is what does he want it to say ?

Maybe no one really wants to go there?

southern*sweet*tea · ‎08-07-2018

Rare baby diapers? Really?

I wish I had known all this 35 years ago! I could have been a millionaire today

The easier you are to offend the easier you are to control.

We seem to be getting closer and closer to a situation where nobody is responsible for what they did but we are all responsible for what somebody else did. - Thomas Sowell

801kim435 · ‎08-07-2018

My daughter-in-law's mom gave them to her because she found them in her storage. She was actually USING them on the baby and asked me to see about selling them since she didn't care for them. We were all shocked at the response! She was letting my granddaughter POO on them! Lol. That's an expensive dump.

My retirement plan may include stocking up on pampers. Who knows what 20 years will do to the value! 😄