eBay question

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Most of the time anymore I just use Craigslist . I know every scam there is on there with buyers at this point. I just love the out of state text scam artists that say "I'll send you PayPal and have someone come over and pick the item up." Once you weed through those lowlifes, it's a good way to sell stuff and there are no fees.

Craigslist was awesome when in debuted in Los Angeles back in 2000. I sold bedroom furnitures, desks, pro audio gear, computers and more until about 2004, when the scammers and thieves began ruining it. I've sold 2 items on Craigslist since but fully vetted the people coming to my home.

I had a perfectly new bass cabinet that cost more to ship than the asking price, so I really had no other choice. The purchaser was a 61 year old AT&T tech who proved his identity via email and over the phone, so I was okay with it.

These days, I'd rather donate. Just last night, I replace two older but still working 24" LCD monitors with ultra thin Samsung LED's. The old monitors are power consumption hogs and have a gigantic footprint on the desk. But instead of trying to get $50 bucks each or whatever, I'll just drop them off at Out of the Closet and take the deduction. It's not worth putting them on Craigslist because inevitably, someone will say "Can I try it out?" and want to come into the house. No thanks.

I wish I could find the exact email but in 2004, my wife decided to sell this really cool looking (but not very functional) glass desk that she had in her office. I posted a Craigslist ad and got a response from a really hot 24 year old Asian chick that was a "BDSM Mistress". She offered a 2 hour session in exchange for the desk (supposedly, no sex involved).

Had I been single...

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud

Craigslist was awesome when in debuted in Los Angeles back in 2000. I sold bedroom furnitures, desks, pro audio gear, computers and more until about 2004, when the scammers and thieves began ruining it. I've sold 2 items on Craigslist since but fully vetted the people coming to my home.

I had a perfectly new bass cabinet that cost more to ship than the asking price, so I really had no other choice. The purchaser was a 61 year old AT&T tech who proved his identity via email and over the phone, so I was okay with it.

These days, I'd rather donate. Just last night, I replace two older but still working 24" LCD monitors with ultra thin Samsung LED's. The old monitors are power consumption hogs and have a gigantic footprint on the desk. But instead of trying to get $50 bucks each or whatever, I'll just drop them off at Out of the Closet and take the deduction. It's not worth putting them on Craigslist because inevitably, someone will say "Can I try it out?" and want to come into the house. No thanks.

I wish I could find the exact email but in 2004, my wife decided to sell this really cool looking (but not very functional) glass desk that she had in her office. I posted a Craigslist ad and got a response from a really hot 24 year old Asian chick that was a "BDSM Mistress". She offered a 2 hour session in exchange for the desk (supposedly, no sex involved).

Had I been single...

Yeah I get it, I never let anyone from Craigslist in my house either, or if I had to, I would have my two Dobermans in the background. If I'm selling something, I generally have it right by the door or along side the house.

If they look sketchy at all I also have my Glock 20 on me tucked away. You never know if some slippery Larry is there to case your place. It's always better to be smart about it rather than sorry.

I can also say I have never been offered a two hour rub down from some "BDSM Mistress" for a trade.

[DaneMcCloud]

Originally Posted by Bwana

Yeah I get it, I never let anyone from Craigslist in my house either, or if I had to, I would have my two Dobermans in the background. If I'm selling something, I generally have it right by the door or along side the house.

If they look sketchy at all I also have my Glock 20 on me tucked away. You never know if some slippery Larry is there to case your place. It's always better to be smart about it rather than sorry.

Awesome

Originally Posted by Bwana

I can also say I have never been offered a two hour rub down from some "BDSM Mistress" for a trade.

Is that just ****ing great or what?

[Dayze]

I ****ing hate ebay. it's basically turned into an on-line store, instead of bid site for the most part.
virtually everything I search for is a 'buy it now' that's the same, or higher, than anywhere else you can get it on the internet. I haven't bought from Ebay in probably 3-4 years.

any savings I "might" have in an auction, is far outweighed by the PITA factor. So I'll just buy whatever I need new from a legit site./ retailer.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Dayze

I ****ing hate ebay. it's basically turned into an on-line store, instead of bid site for the most part.
virtually everything I search for is a 'buy it now' that's the same, or higher, than anywhere else you can get it on the internet. I haven't bought from Ebay in probably 3-4 years.

any savings I "might" have in an auction, is far outweighed by the PITA factor. So I'll just buy whatever I need new from a legit site./ retailer.

I buy a lot of stuff through Amazon Prime, but once in awhile I will still find a better deal on ebay, it's probably 60/1. You can still get jerked around on Amazon as well, but they will always take care of you. I had an old blender kick the bucket three weeks ago. This thing was probably 15 years old, I don't use a blender very often. I "found a deal" on a new Ninja and figured what the hell, this thing will last me another 20 years.

Fast forward, I don't hear anything from the seller, and emailed it for a tracking number. It sends me a tracking number and the item is headed for NY, I'm in MT. It turns out the seller did this about 60 times to people in 48 hours. I called Amazon and got the money refunded. At this point, an item either has to come directly from Amazon, or the seller has to have a lot of positive transactions, or I won't buy.

[notorious]

I have sold around 25k of high end Car Audio gear (Old Phoenix Gold, old JBL GTi, etc.) and never been screwed.


Someone tried with a pair of Adire Koda components. I had the serial numbers with photos of the speakers before shipping. The guy said one basket was bent so I requested a pic. The serial didn't match so I called him on it. Never heard from him again.

[hometeam]

Save your receipt and shit and wait for the paypal chargeback, turn in the evidence to paypal and your free man~

[dj56dt58]

Originally Posted by hometeam

Save your receipt and shit and wait for the paypal chargeback, turn in the evidence to paypal and your free man~

lol

[KranzDictum]

I am with Dane on this.

Ebay likes to side with the buyer even if they don't pay. I cleaned out the closet and have been selling things and had issues with 3 buyers.

The One I won: I had a lady who had a purchase and there was postage due on it because I bought the postage from USPS.com and not through ebay. She tried to claim I owed her for the shipping, which was worth more than the item. She tried claiming the item did not match the auction. in the end I won because the shipping she paid in total matched the auction price but it was a pain in the butt.

Another guy just didn't pay, had 100% feedback. I opened a ticket and ebay suggested I close it and relist, I left the ticket open a few weeks and figured they were never going to do anything about it so I relisted the item. Still waiting to sell it.

One guy bought something then gave me a sob story of not being able to pay his rent even though his bid was at the last day. I just let him go. it is not worth the trouble opening a case.

Good luck.

Ebay is nice when the people on the other side are nice.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by KranzDictum

I am with Dane on this.

Ebay likes to side with the buyer even if they don't pay. I cleaned out the closet and have been selling things and had issues with 3 buyers.

The One I won: I had a lady who had a purchase and there was postage due on it because I bought the postage from USPS.com and not through ebay. She tried to claim I owed her for the shipping, which was worth more than the item. She tried claiming the item did not match the auction. in the end I won because the shipping she paid in total matched the auction price but it was a pain in the butt.

Another guy just didn't pay, had 100% feedback. I opened a ticket and ebay suggested I close it and relist, I left the ticket open a few weeks and figured they were never going to do anything about it so I relisted the item. Still waiting to sell it.

One guy bought something then gave me a sob story of not being able to pay his rent even though his bid was at the last day. I just let him go. it is not worth the trouble opening a case.

Good luck.

Ebay is nice when the people on the other side are nice.

I would just slam people that wouldn't pay for their auction back when a seller could leave negative feedback. I would toss out things like, Deadbeat, likely goes to cemetery and digs up graves for free jewelry AVOID! Another nonpayment, I guess crack sales must be this week?..DEADBEAT. Must be hard to pay for item when you're back in jail?

I figured I would at least my pound of flesh for wasting my time. I ended up getting a warning from ebay once because my negative feedback was too mean.

I'm done selling anything on ebay.

[Buck]

Update:

Sent tickets anyways. He thanked me for sending them. He didn't know what a tracking number was, nor did he have any activity previously on ebay.

I could be getting super scammed, but I can't do shit with the tickets at this point, so I bit the bullet and sent and documented everything.

[Bwana]

Originally Posted by Buck

Update:

Sent tickets anyways. He thanked me for sending them. He didn't know what a tracking number was, nor did he have any activity previously on ebay.

I could be getting super scammed, but I can't do shit with the tickets at this point, so I bit the bullet and sent and documented everything.

Dude

[notorious]

Zero feedback history?





Good luck. You are going to need it.

[Buck]

If he was trying to scam me in that way he wouldn't have asked to cancel the order, he would have collected the item and then done a chargeback later.

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by Buck

If he was trying to scam me in that way he wouldn't have asked to cancel the order, he would have collected the item and then done a chargeback later.

that was kind of my take. He's just a dummy, not an asshole.