Last week, I just had some joker offer me $60 for an item I was trying to sell for $110. The item had been listed for a couple of years. So even though I was already the cheapest by $40, I decided to honor his request and sent him his $60 offer through a replay message. 1 week later and no response back from him.
I actually lost my temper and let him have it before blocking him. I showed plenty of restraint and stuck most closer to the point than rude. I let him know that he's the 4th seller to do that to me and that he'd soon be joining them on my blocked list. I also ended my e-mail wishing him luck in finding those pieces that cheap elsewhere. Why knows if I will end up with some sort of a warning or a ding for my unprofessional tone, but I really don't make enough sales anymore to care.
Who do people think they are to think it's okay to insult a seller with a lowball offer request and then totally ignore them and disappear when they accept? I expect those aggravations on the FB marketplace, but Ebay buyers are getting just as bad. Society is getting ridiculous.
And another recent annoyance was someone asking me if a projection bulb I was selling "worked"! When I let her know that it was leftover inventory NOS from a camera store that recently closed, and I have had a 100% satisfactory rate with the other bulbs that I've sold from that inventory over the past 2 years, I never heard back. Now why would I even try to sell a non-working item for $6? It would not be worth it.
Also, for a used 1961 Sylvania AM radio that I've been trying to sell for over a year, I also had someone come along and ask it if worked. Why woudln't it if that's what it says in my description? More recently, another person come along and ask what color it is when the pictures clearly show it is tan. I'm astounded it still hasn't sold, especialy since I'm not asking much for it at all.
People keep getting dumber by the year and I'm getting fed up as an online seller.
