@rootbound03 wrote:
Neither are baby wipes essential to protect you from the virus, but I had 3 packs that were left here by a visitor that I wanted to list (NOT at an outrageous price) and got a notification that they could only be sold by ebay business owners, not individuals, and to NOT list them again. People are in need of baby wipes all the time, not just now. My price was in line with a regular store price. I don't get it.
Makes one wonder, who those "business owners" are. They must have good nexus with eBay execs. There was a remarkably high number of sanitary goods - including, but not only hand-made face-masks, up until it turned out that Etsy sold millions of those - that were restricted to be sold on eBay, even if the seller did not list them at an inflated price. I never sell those products, but would have considered buying some hand-sanitizers and eye-protection on eBay.
The first attempt to buy eye-protective glasses did not go too well. The seller was listed in CA but as the order was paid, it looked more like he was not. After 17 days passed by FOLLOWING the expected delivery date and no package arrived, I opened a case and the seller waited another 3 days to tell me that they will refund me. Note: when I opened the Item Not Received case, I have clearly marked the type of resolution I wanted: Delivery of glasses, and not Refund my money.
The second attempt to buy splash-resistant clear Laboratory glasses - which I need for work - was weird but I actually did not mind, at that point. I placed the order for 2 pairs of glasses and paid. I meticulously scanned the listing for any potential sign of these being shipped from abroad, and that was not the case. But here the good news end. As soon as I paid, almost instantly, the seller contacted me asking, "Did you see that these glasses are going to arrive with slight damage = being scratched?" I said, nope, and went to double-check the listing. I saw the condition said, just as I remembered, that these are "New in the original packaging." Told the seller so, asking him what kind of a trick is THIS?
He replied that there are "shipping and handling-related" scratches to all of these glasses, and that these are the only pairs he got left. Naturally, I was not too happy about hearing this, but this order having already been placed and not too many others shipping from within the U.S.A., I decided not to ask for cancellation of the order.
Then the seller contacted me again, telling me I will receive them in 2 days (which I have) and that he will throw in a third pair (which he did). Got them all, and one is majorly scratched but I ended up with two usable pairs with a minor spot on one side, on each - I think I can live with that.
I was wondering, though, why the seller threw in the third pair after he also stated he only had the two pairs left, those that I purchased. OOPS. Of course, this OOPS must have been some miscommunication, I thought, as I am aware it is easy to misunderstand someone even in written communications. It is possible that he only had 3 (not 2) pairs left. Nobody knows but him. Could be I ran across an honest seller who just made a mistake when listing these glasses as "New in original packaging," and he mis-counted the number of pairs he has in his inventory,
These arrived in an Amazon box which is happening quite often. It is O.K. with me. I know that many sellers sell on multiple sites, but wonder how many pairs he still has listed - over there. It makes me wonder, is this seller one of the "chosen businesses" allowed to sell PPE on eBay? Hmm.
PW
