Site users who bid for Collection-Only items but refuse to collect - is it only me?

[addoria]

I can't remember how long it is since I advertised a "collection-only" item where the winning bidder actually paid for and collected the thing!

In times gone by, it would occur very occasionally that someone would sheepishly get in touch to explain that they'd made a mistake and would have to withdraw their bid.

Now, every single item I sell ( or appear to have sold ) which is collection-only results in the bidder claiming that they did not know - despite the fact that "COLLECTION-ONLY" appears in the ad's heading in capital letters!  They refuse to pay, they refuse to collect.   

eBay do absolutely nothing to deter bidders from behaving like this.  Today is the latest in a long string of incidences of this nature.   

This matter could be resolved very easily - but eBay don't seem interested, despite the fact that they are losing out on commission.  

Does anyone else have a similar experience?

[gurlcat]

I don't understand. Why would you say something is only for collection?  Some people only want one of something, not a whole collection, and some people buy to resell.  Why even try to dictate what people will do with an item?  

[dhbookds]

@addoria  You are in the UK,  so you might get better answers on that board.  This is the US board.

We have Local Pickup here and people do fail to see that also, but I'm not sure it's as big a problem here as you indicate it is there. 

[eleanor*rigby]

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@gurlcat wrote:

I don't understand. Why would you say something is only for collection?  Some people only want one of something, not a whole collection, and some people buy to resell.  Why even try to dictate what people will do with an item?  

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LOL! "Collection only" in British English means "local pickup only."

[eleanor*rigby]

@addoria 

You've landed on the U.S. discussion boards, and you're more than welcome here. If, however, you'd prefer to discuss this with your fellow U.K. sellers on your "home board, here's a link to the ebay.co.uk discussion boards:

https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Discussion/ct-p/13

[gurlcat]

OMG, of course.  Like trash "collection", I get it.  And speaking of trash, I wonder what the Limeys think when they see us talking about searching "bins" for inventory ("bins" means dumpsters in the UK) LOL!!!!!!  

[eleanor*rigby]

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@gurlcat wrote:

And speaking of trash, I wonder what the Limeys think . . .

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"Limey" is considered a derogatory remark. I think it might be better to stick with American English for now . . .

[gurlcat]

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@eleanor*rigby wrote:

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@gurlcat wrote:

And speaking of trash, I wonder what the Limeys think . . .

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"Limey" is considered a derogatory remark. I think it might be better to stick with American English for now . . .

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I have only seen it used affectionately, and that is my intent as well.  Considering British people are not an oppressed group (the exact opposite, historically speaking), show me one pouting about "Limey" and I'll show you a super self-absorbed person whose friends and family are probably very tired of, LOL.  

[eleanor*rigby]

You can post whatever you want, I suppose. I just prefer not to insult others by using pejoratives based on their race, religion, age, ethnicity or country of origin, but that's just me . . .

Hey, it's all in good fun to use slurs directed at others, right? And if they can't take it with good humor, well, tough on them, eh?

[gurlcat]

You haven't said why you think its' a slur.  I'm assuming you know the history behind it, and get that no British person is walking around thinking of themselves as a whaling vessel sailor, sick with scurvy.  Are you offended by them calling us Yanks?  
But after replying to you I realized just 12 feet away I had the most perfect source short of an actual British person: my kid, who is 
1. The most woke 15-year-old on the planet.  She recently told me I should stop calling things "lame" because she thinks it might be disablist.   And.....
2. The biggest Anglophile American ever. The kid would in a heartbeat abandon her family, friends, and cozy bedroom, to go live as a homeless person in London.  All her favorite 'everything' is British, and most of her online friends are Brits.  
So I asked her, with no hint about my view, "Is Limey derrogatory?" She thought about it just a second, laughed, and said the same thing I replied to you, almost word-for-word.  
As I am clearly already admitting, she is not herself a Limey, but if you can find so much as a web link to any Limey explaining why it hurts them to be called Limey, by all means, please share.  

[downunder-61]

You are in the UK, here we call them Local Pick Up Only, and you should always put your post code (zip code) in the title of your lising to re-inforce that.

Other than that, buyer's simply do not read, we are a visual society and buyer's see an image and little else when shopping on line.

[eleanor*rigby]

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This anglophile adult has spent more time in Britain than your 15-year-old anglophile daughter has on the planet. I would never refer to a British person as a "limey."

I found plenty of "web links" stating that using the term "limey" is considered derogatory. You can do your own research and find the same ones I did.

[downunder-61]

Limey

/ˈlʌɪmi/

Learn to pronounce

noun

DEROGATORY•INFORMAL

1. a British person.

In saying that, I never take offence to anyone referring to me as an Aussie or an Ocker, but I would never refer to anyone in the US as a Yank either. I don't know why, just some words ''sound'' derogatory to me.

I affectionately call my sister in law a Pom (English slang, and no idea where it came from)

[downunder-61]

POM : Australians have been using the word freely since its probable emergence in the late 19th century as a nickname for English immigrants, a short form of pomegranate, referring to their ruddy complexions

Who knew ???  Sorry back on topic.............. carry on

[soh.maryl]

In this usage, the word "collection" as in "for collection" means that the buyer is expected to go to the seller's location and collect the item he has purchased.  It means that the seller will NOT ship the item for whatever reason, bulkiness, hard to pack, etc.