How to coupe with a nasty message from another seller

[casimishop]

Hi, i am so confused, angry, sad, and many more feelings about a message that i received today from another buyer. i am selling a white power ranger for an x amount of money and with the option to accept offers. this seller sent me a message that made me feel so bad, telling me that i am a **bleep** by trying to profit from the death of a person. i have been in front of my pc trying to list some items and i cant, for real, i have sent the person a reply very polite but i do not know why i feel so bad. the power ranger that had died is the green color and this person is telling me this nasty words on a white ranger. you claim that my selling price is crazy but i am not putting a gun on anybody heads. i think that i have experience bulling for the first time. what or how you deal with this feeling when i have never received a negative feedback ever?  

[12345jamesstamps]

I would just block the person and move on. You can also block the person sending you any further emails through eBay. I had an experience from a repeat buyer last week who said something about an item for sale that the buyer thought was common and not worth much. I just ignored him and moved on. 

[ebooksdiva]

Just ignore the messages and delete them and block the seller. 

[fashunu4eeuh]

You do not owe an explanation to anyone, especially another seller (or was it a buyer?). As an independent seller, you are only beholden to eBay’s policies, and if you are not breaking the rules, then how you conduct your business is your own affair. Do not let some ding-dong make you feel bad. I would not have responded to such an attack.

Moving forward, I would let this go and delete any further messages from this person. Be sure to put them on your block list as well. But if you think further action is warranted, then depending on what the ding-dong said, you might be able to report the incident to eBay for offenses against the Member-to-Member Contact policy, see link below.

But like i said, let it go, stop all communication with them, and go about your business as you see fit. Sorry this happened to you.

https://www.ebay.com/help/member-behavior-policies/policies/membertomember-contact-policy?id=4262

[pburn]

Make sure you add the member id to your Blocked Buyers List, and include the block for communication. That part will not work for awhile (like 30 days or more--not quite sure) if you replied to any of the messages.

You can also put the member on "ignore" if they message you through the Community private messaging feature here on the discussion boards.

[stephenmorgan]

When a Celebrity dies often their memorabilia will rise in value for a while.  The person is mad because you are asking current market price.  I suspect if you had it listed well below market price they would have purchased it for resale.  Don't let it bother you.  The sooner you put this behind you the better you will feel.

[luckythewinner]

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@casimishop wrote:

Hi, i am so confused, angry, sad, and many more feelings about a message that i received today from another buyer. 

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Why would you allow a stranger to have that much power over you? 

[caseypl]

Your post is confusing. You should read what you wrote and try to understand why people would have a hard time following. 

[moondogblues]

Please do not delete any annoying, hateful, scamming, phishing etc messages from anyone.  Create a folder for these and put them in the folder.  You may need them one day.

[inhawaii]

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@caseypl wrote:

Your post is confusing. You should read what you wrote and try to understand why people would have a hard time following. 

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... and that's not even considering the "coupe" vs. "cope" typo.     😉

[arisdisc]

The "ignore" button works pretty well. 🙂

[soh.maryl]

Why would you not just ignore the message?

And anyone who sells anywhere needs to grow a shell.  

[goodnu9]

Report the person to eBay. Let them handle it. Then block the person. It's that simple.

[mike_jayroe]

I can remember when Winston Cup Champion Alan Kulwicki died, I went to Pit Stop Souvenier to buy a couple items to remember him. I wasn't a major fan at the time, but I was happy to see him win the Championship in the closing laps of the 1992 season. The store owner had only allowed a few items to be purchased by each individual to prevent profiteering by any single person. Same thing when Davey Allison died.

I don't like seeing people do it but it only works if someone is willing to pay a much higher price than it would usually sell for.

Like the others have said, don't worry about it or let it get you down. You are a better person. 

[deltilogical]

Ignore them, list what you want and block them.   People are getting way overboard being a 'good person' these days.  They are twists hanging off social media.