eBay

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 · ‎08-08-2018

I can see it now.

What do you sell on eBay?

Diapers

coffeebean832 · ‎08-08-2018

@801kim435 wrote:
My retirement plan may include stocking up on pampers. Who knows what 20 years will do to the value! 😄

Hey, they're starting to get rid of plastic bags, plastic straws and more. Who's to say there won't be a massive shift to more eco-friendly diapers making today's popular models a rare commodity in the future?

d.clawed · ‎08-08-2018

Can you offer to enclose a card? Message will get through...item not devalued.

fashunu4eeuh · ‎08-08-2018

I don’t know what he wants written, but reshippers sometime request the transaction number or seller name etc be put on the item so they can identify who’s who. Some reshippers deal in scores of such packages and keeping who gets what straight is a real challenge.

goodluckselling · ‎08-08-2018

@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.

If the message is in the eBay mesage system, I would call eBay and report the buyer for making unreasonable demands by way of the buyer money back guarantee after the sale and ask for a specialist to allow a cancellation of the transaction and then block the buyer.

God Lick Selling!

vintagecraze50 · ‎08-08-2018

What are they asking you to write on the item? What is the item? Hard to give advice if we do not know what the item is or what they want you to write on it. For example if it is a ring and they want it engraved then that's usually ok.

muttlymob · ‎08-09-2018

@vintagecraze50 wrote:
Hard to give advice if we do not know what the item is or what they want you to write on it.

It's easier if you read the entire thread before posting and at least some of that info is already posted.

keziak · ‎08-09-2018

The question in my mind is, as already said, could this be a gift going to another party? Is the message something innocuous like "love you, Brad"?

Anonymous · ‎08-09-2018

Put the writing on a post-it?

a_c_green · ‎08-09-2018

@Anonymous wrote:
Put the writing on a post-it?

Heh... I was thinking the same thing...

Aside from that... what is it about vintage-1990s Pampers or Luvs that makes them so much different than modern-day ones? I mean, it takes multiple bidders to push the price as high as what we've seen in the OP's auction, and I know that the appeal is presumably, um, something other than basic baby maintenance, but... what? The smell of vintage plastic linings?

I'm trying to be circumspect here , and I always thought I was pretty worldly about things in general, but this was totally out of left field for me, both in terms of people storing sealed disposable diapers for 25 years or more, and others bidding like mad to get them.

treschic53 · ‎08-09-2018

If it is to be used as an international business sample, it could be a legit request....for example, a shirt going from China to New York to be used as a manufacturer's sample by a garment manufacturer often will be defaced or have a sleeve cut off or the back cut out, making it unwearable. Since it is unwearable, there is no import duty paid to get it into the USA.

You need to determine ( or ask) the reason for the request