I Love Ebay

I have been selling a few things lately and have come across a lot of buyers who won't pay. They will either win an aucton or buy it now and after that it seems they instantly die after the transaction. No payment and no contact after the fact. Since I don't want to piss them off(even though I should be the one thats pissed:mad:) I give them waaaay more time than they should need to pay before I make a big deal about it. I know everyone thinks the sellers on ebay are POS, yet I run into many crappy buyers as well. When I buy or win something I pay instantly or as soon as I get the invoice. I don't know what people's problems are. It's a pain in the ass and timely to get the ebay fees back and start over with the sale or offer second chance offers to the lesser bidders who have already cooled off from the thrill of the auction. Rant over.

I do what you do. I make sure I have enough funds, then upon winning or Buy It Now, I pay immediately. I can't comment on the Seller side as I have yet to sell anything on eBay.

But I wouldn't let that bother you. The world is full of dumbasses and it seems that a few have ended up on eBay. :lol: ($9000 for Sonic 1 anyone???)

I have found in my many years of buying and selling that there are FAR more douchebag buyers who won't pay than there are sellers that won't give you the item you won. As for retarded sellers who don't know how to pack items - that's another story.

ebay has allowed me to amass a retro collection that is unsurpassed by anyone else i know, i adore the place

I get so many deadbeat bidders its not even funny. I have thousands of names on my block list, many countries on my exclusion list, zero feeback and bidders with strikes against them can't bid and they still get through. Ebay does all they can to screw there sellers. Things like raising fees constantly and no negative feedback for sellers. I really hate the place but there is no realistic alternative.

I have have one right now who owes me a $140 and had another who douched out on $180 worth of Legos. Some other sellers set up dummy accounts to bid up your items or hit the buy it now. Sadly though, most of the dead beat bidders I get have a decent amount of feedback so I know its not just a another seller trying to screw me most of the time.

On the flip side of tings it seems like when ever I relist something I get way more for it the second time around. I ended up getting $280 for those Legos. Its like clockwork.

I take this guy with a grain of salt but he makes me laugh my ass off after dealing with ebay.

its a disgrace that sellers cant leave negative feedback, how and why did that come about?

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Originally Posted by makinagenesis

its a disgrace that sellers cant leave negative feedback, how and why did that come about?

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I totally agree its utterly stupid.

I have had loads of no pay customers recently and its really pissing me off. Just this week some guy in Italy won 7 Game Gear games from me and didn't pay and one he had bid up really high to win it too. So annoying its untrue.

That's a nice video, thanks for sharing, Lizard.

You're not charging enough

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Originally Posted by Crackdown

I totally agree its utterly stupid.

I have had loads of no pay customers recently and its really pissing me off. Just this week some guy in Italy won 7 Game Gear games from me and didn't pay and one he had bid up really high to win it too. So annoying its untrue.

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Just say no to Italy. That's the conclusion other game forums have come to. It seems LOTS of people have had trouble selling to Italy. It's as if only scammers live there. It's unreal!

While I enjoy buying plenty of stuff like off Ebay, sellers like this that are just scamming people & Price Gouging really suck.

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Originally Posted by Jesse813

While I enjoy buying plenty of stuff like off Ebay, sellers like this that are just scamming people & Price Gouging really suck.

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And here you could get every thing listed above but for 11 dollars plus shipping and handling and all I did was sort by "Time: ending soonest" and it took less than a minute.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Shining-Force-II...item4159a8bd88
I hope no one pays over 600 dollars for a game

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Originally Posted by makinagenesis

ebay has allowed me to amass a retro collection that is unsurpassed by anyone else i know, i adore the place

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Ditto

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And here you could get every thing listed above but for 11 dollars plus shipping and handling and all I did was sort by "Time: ending soonest" and it took less than a minute.
http://cgi.ebay.com/Shining-Force-II...item4159a8bd88
I hope no one pays over 600 dollars for a game

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But RPGArcana/video_game_quality's game is rated at 95 silver level and comes in a plastic bag!!!

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Originally Posted by Jesse813

While I enjoy buying plenty of stuff like off Ebay, sellers like this that are just scamming people & Price Gouging really suck.

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Oh yeah, that guy also has a Streets of Rage marked at around $120 just because it is in a little plastic baggy I guess. CiB Genesis stuff has been shooting up on eBay recently it seems, annoying.

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Originally Posted by SpaceFlea

As for retarded sellers who don't know how to pack items - that's another story.

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I agree with that. I recently bought Space Harrier 32X and the guy shipped it in a capri sun box...

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Originally Posted by cornacchia

I agree with that. I recently bought Space Harrier 32X and the guy shipped it in a capri sun box...

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Yeah, I bought a $500 mint condition Game Gear game a couple months ago, and the guy shipped it overseas in a bubble mailer... needless to say, it wasn't pretty.

And, I also bought two complete Maracas controllers for the DC and the guy taped the two boxes together and wrapped them in brown paper. As one would suspect, the paper tore in shipping and the corners of the boxes got mauled. Also, the post office reattached the torn paper to the Maracas' boxes with even more tape. That was a fail on so many levels!!!

Ebay's gotten WAY too sketchy to be especially useful for me lately. I used to be a Powerseller, but when they hiked up their rates and took away my right to leave negative feedback, it took the wind out of my sales. I've also bought a fair amount of stuff, but I've gotten a few two many pirated games that now I don't even want to take the risk anymore.

I can't believe so many people have problems paying. I've always paid immediately after winning, speedy paypal thing or whatever.

Just for your information, ebay used to have a feedback rating sellers could use for buyers as well, I dont really remember why they removed it, but i think it had much to do with sellers who left bad feedback for buyers for unreasonable reasons. It was a big deal when it happened either way.

Either way, use common sense as a buyer and overcommunicate rather than not, and you can normally talk sellers into packing your stuff well, dont assume they will pack professionally if you dont ask them to. As for dealing with buyers, thats more difficult since you cant choose them.

Ive been on ebay for maybe 8-9 years now, and i feel safer now as a buyer than i ever did. Ive dealt with good and bad sellers, but i have aside from mass volume sellers from Hong Kong never been able to not sort out something thats gone bad. Either refund, exchanged item or such has gone reasonably smooth. If you use common curtesy when stuff goes wrong, you hardly ever need to leave less than good feedback. That goes for both buyer and sellers side of things. As for selling on ebay, i rarely ever sell anything, and if i do, i try to avoid places like ebay. not for the buyers, but for the company making percentage profits off MY items, and not just a set, and low, classifieds fee.

Just my two cents on ebay.

Evilbay's... okay. As long as you remember never to underestimate the potential stupidity / indifference / duplicity (delete as applicable) of people in general.

While I have had troubles with dead beat bidders and many impatient customers who can't wait three days I have had much better luck with Ebay than with Amazon. Many of those people were just plain crazy. If one of them is out to get you they will win and you lose your account.

I've only bought on eBay, but I'm hoping to start selling some stuff relatively soon. I'd much rather deal through forums and the such if I can, it's a much better process and except for whoever is getting a cut of the payment, all the money goes to the seller. Plus, without fees then sellers will reduce your price and you don't have to pay as much, it's win-win!

Yes ebay can be fun. I purchased a Dreamcast from the UK (costs cheaper even with postage than trying to buy here) delivered to Australia. It came in a busted padded bag, both game's it came with, smashed. Ad said VMU, no VMU there, showed SCART cable, got RF shit-tin, 1 controller busted. AT least the console worked.

Also still waiting for my Mega CD from the UK, been over a month now. Just get the "I will check". I even told the dude if the transaction goes smoothly I will be buying more, oh well hopefully I can get my cash back through Paypal but I ain't holding my breath......

I have been on ebay for a whopping 12 years now and it sucks compared to how it use to be. Bids start up so high, you can't see the id of the other sellers. I woudl sometimes loose an item only to have another seller contact me and we make outside arrangements to get that item.

I think they took away negative bidding for sellers so that buyers have more control. If buyers have no fear of negative feedback, it will attract more buyers hence more cash for ebay.

I leave them bad feedback anyways. Sure they get the points it but sure does piss them off. Also no buyer feedback is the reason I thousands of names on my block list. Also I don't know if anyone noticed they just removed the option to block no feedback bidders.