i ended an auction early 2 weeks ago because the bidder was from europe with small feedback. i forget to set the item as NO OUTSIDE USA delivery. the item was a 9.99 auction book----very, very, very thick/heavy. bidder was likely to be the only bid. so why risk spending 25/30 postage in a no-win situation. there is no delivery confirm at that rate., so if the buyer is not honorable, i lose the book, plus the postage. the upside would have been a net on 8.00. hence----stupid on my part. i have never been burnt with buyers outside the USA, but the potential is there. mbb In a message dated 5/6/2010 9:59:57 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
The way it works now. YOU were supposed to wrap the parcel and get it into the mail within 5 seconds of his money hitting your PP account. I guess the safer way is to acknowledge the payment and tell the buyer when you are going to ship. Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Wong" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 5:43 PM Subject: [MOPO] Bad news ebay buyer alert > Hi MOPO, > After 10 years of selling I finally got my first negative feedback! > > If I were you I would avoid ebay id colonel_john_sheppard of Larry Casey > who may also go by Bob Morane, Clausse Laurent or wraiths. He collects on > Logan's Run. > > This buyer paid on 4/25. I transferred the money to my account on 4/26, > wrapped the package on 5/3 and was planning to mail it on 5/4. I logged > onto > my Paypal account that morning to find that the buyer had filed a buyer > dispute which caused the money to be taken from my account and placed in > "held" > status. I emailed the buyer and told him that if he removed the hold, the > package would go out that afternoon. He insisted that I should mail the > package first. Within 24 hours, he had escalated to a buyer claim and > left me > negative feedback. I "resolved" the case by refunding his money. This on > a > $17 photo that would have taken almost a week to arrive in France by > Global Priority in any case. > > I have learned my lesson. In any case where a spurious complaint has been > made, I will instantly refund the money and hopefully cause the ebay sale > to > be voided and avoid getting bad feedback. > > Thanks, Michael, Cinecityposters > > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ > How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List > > Send a message addressed to: [email protected] > In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L > > The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
