Years ago, I sold some odds and ends on Ebay. One of them was a cheapo monster magazine that I never liked with a Creature cover. A buyer from Japan was the only bidder and I started the auction very low. This guy emailed me several times each day with questions about the magazine (after he won the auction) questions about the shipping, the packaging and questions, questions and more questions. Even asked what other magazines I had. Well, turns out he also liked Alien but never indicated that he wanted to pay any extra. At that time, I was so terrified of negative feedback, that it not only cost me four times as much to ship it as he had paid but I also included the other magazine gratis. Glowing feedback, but obviously lost money.
As a matter of fact, I think that was the last time I sold on Ebay. Nathalie On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 10:10 AM, Michael B <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > 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.
