Um....buyer here, sorry if this is a seller only rant I'm intruding on. In one of the replies - ghost buyer? don't know what that is but cheap? I don't say no to a good buy but I don't buy on eBay because I am cheap, going to resell something or otherwise be a true beeatch. I Like eBay. I Like the Sellers. I can't go to swap meets, yard sales and stuff because of two little reasons. One, I'm legally blind. I have resolution on the monitor set as high as I can get it and still have nose prints on my monitor. Two, I'm wheelchair and bed bound. Ya'll ever tried to get one of those special handicapped moving people in a van to come and take you to flea markets, swaps and whatever? My heaven, if I did that I couldn't buy on eBay!
So if I meet your criteria for being a not so welcome buyer, oh well, that's not so new. Our kids stopped inviting us over a long time ago because of the logistics involved in getting me from my husband's truck to their homes.
I hope not all your buyers are true beeatches or duds or whatever else is causing you heartburn. And yes, I have noticed that it does seem that eBay often (all the time) seems to forget that without you sellers there wouldn't be a darn thing for any of us buyers to buy.
Last thing - some of us buyers really, REALLY appreciate what you sellers do. Heaven knows I do, because without eBay I wouldn't be able to buy what I need (ok, want) and nothing to wear to numerous doctors/physical therapists and such or even the cat tree that my cats have shredded to heck and I need to replace quickly. I do need to buy my wonderful companion dog another blingie collar, so will close this for now so I can go do my favorite thing - visit eBay, find stuff, bid, hopefully buy and maybe even find something blingie for my wheelchair and companion dog. Much love to eBay's sellers, JB
OH, and a quick PS. Some time ago a seller had a pretty little citrine ring at the starting price of a penny. I ended up winning the auction and feeling horrible for the seller not getting more for the ring. The jeweler my DIL took it to said it should have gone for more like $25, so she was delighted and I felt even worse. So just a question but why don't more of you set a higher starting bid or reserve price? I'd much rather have paid more for the ring for my DIL - which she still wears daily. Guess if ya'll did that, eBay would end up getting even more of what you earn, which is one good reason why there isn't a chance of a snowball fight down here in the deep South in August.
Ah well, I'd rather be a buyer - a darn happy eBay buyer. Now please pardon me, and return to your rant....um.....discussion. I've got to find bling for my sweet little girl companion dog and maybe something to make my wheelchair look a little less like a piece of medical equipment and maybe more like ...darned if I know, but I'll find it here on eBay. Hugs and kisses and great sales to all of you. Pat yourselves on the back for me, because you sellers really and truly ARE one of a kind and you bring me a lot of companionship even just from looking at your sales and reading the boards than you'll ever know. (There is only so much television this old math nerd can take. My daily tolerance is about 15 minutes unless there's something good on Discovery.)
“Nothing that grieves us can be called little: by the eternal laws of proportion a child's loss of a doll and a king's loss of a crown are events of the same size”
Mark Twain
