eBay pet Peeves

[markn]

My pet peeve is people who buy several items but leave 5 or 10 minutes between each and poor efficient PPH has to go to the trouble of sending out more than one invoice.

[Nevol]

I only buy off Ebay, and one of the things that really ticked me off, was a US seller who in his OWN blurb, said all items can be combined in one invoice for up to 10 days. I won 4 items and was still bidding on another 3 or 4 that would end 7 days after the first lot.  I even contacted him to let him know I was still bidding. So, 4 days after the first lot ended, he hit me with unpaid items for the 4 items.  

It ended up with me getting very hot under the collar, & I refused to have anything more to do with him, and I didn't pay for the first 4 items either.  He was a total moron and could not grasp the fact that I was well within the time frame  that he stipulated in his listings.

[echidna]

Ebay doing nothing about Chinese duds  = my pet peeve

[Bigfellani5]

Good one's. I have given no less than 10 partial Paypal refunds in 2 months because buyer didn't wait for combined invoice. I then feel bad if I don't refund the overcharge.
It wreaks havoc with my bookwork.

You loose seller protection if you send individually paid for item in the one parcel. Each separate purchase must go seperately to qualify unless combined before payment. Not that seller protection is worth a pinch of shit anyway. I found this out the hard way on a $400 parcel.

[JeffH]

OK, maybe we need to summarise about now.
The conclusions I draw;
•Biggest cause of angst is attitude of eBay management
•EBay does not care for sellers, even though they are who they make their money from.

PayPal is a slightly different issue but, PayPal is now a fully owned subsidiary of eBay. ('nuff said.)

What do you think?

Jeff

[Australian coin]

people that's why I am with paymate, you pay a little more per transaction than paypal, but there no BS, and I get a lot more bank deposit since I have had it as an option anyway, you know I got my first check last week from an eBay buyer since I started using eBay it was funny but hey I try to give buyers all sorts of payment options, makes everyone happy.

- Paymate
- Cash on pickup
- Money order/Bank cheque
- Personal cheque
- Bank Deposit ( this includes internet transfer / also over the counter cash deposit)

my biggest problem I have is newbies, just not knowing the whole how to purchase an item and using eBay check-out system to pay, I am always friendly and send them a message when they ask "help" I don't know what to do, its funny too, I think I have a template that I keep somewhere. they all say thanks and feel silly but that's ok, more than happy to help

I hate people that don't communicate, it is very hard to work things out with no communication, I give a few days then send a message to see if they are paying sometimes its just confusion with checkout and lots of people get lost when it comes to the bank deposit part, for some reason some people are shown the bank detail and other times it has ask seller for details- wtf

tho I have had people that just bid and when they win they don't intend to pay at all - that's is just mean (I have no problem giving them a not payment mark and black listing them on my block list)

[Fr45h3R]

I'm spinning out at the number of non paying bidders people are reporting in this thread!
I normally pay a few minutes after the auction completes, and if I don't I send a note explaining when I will be paying.

[keldaw]

ac ,
 blocking them or giving them the black mark , that means nothing to them , there are thousands of others out there that they can play around with .i have one on right now , my message quite clealy states to make contact in 3 days and pay within 7 days .. no response what so ever , sent a reminder , still nothing .. but you bet , if i relist it ,in a weeks time , i will get into trouble with ebay when he reports me for not supplying the goods that i dont have anymore because i relisted it .after waiting over 3 weeks to hear from him .. ,, kel ,,
how does it matter who you are with ? ,, paymate  ,,  paypal or whoever , if they dont pay then you dont get the money ,
 if they dont want to pay then why bid .

                ,,  THEY ARE JUST STIRRERS  ,,

                   ,, AND ALSO COWARDS TOO ,,
               ,,   HIDING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS  ,,

  ,, KEL ,,

[purplepennyhunter]

I am very accommodating, as long as people communicate. Selling through my own website I can be much more flexible than adhering to eBay's rules. They can hinder seller and buyer.

[Bigfellani5]

I am with you kathryn

[Australian coin]

kel there is a system you can use, go to your selling page, then find the item that hasn't been paid for, on the right in blue it gives you a word then a triangle drop down tab with "more actions" from this you choose [resolve a problem] that should take you to a page where you report the buyer for non payment, eBay send them a reminder to pay and after 4 days you can give them a non-payment strike! yep feel the burn suckers, this also gives you your money back if you payed listing fees and you can now re-list the item problem free

[keldaw]

thnks A C , but i try to be fair and give them plenty of time to pay ,
maybe they got called away or something else so i give them at lease 2 weeks , , but in the meantime i still send them reminders myself ..
    i just wish they would make contact with me ,  and let me know ..

  i have been into town this pm  and just reporting in on my find today
 it is a   [(  NCLT   2005  GALLIPOLI DOLLAR WITH A C M M  )]

  but it is not in very good condition ..  shame ..    ,, kel ,,

[JeffH]

I give one week exactly (if no contact from buyer) before sending reminder invoice.
Three days later I lodge unpaid item dispute.
It is a matter of courtesy; if the buyer doesn't respond, how can I know he is thinking of bidding on next week's items for combined postage (or maybe he will change his mind before then).
I am not clairvoyant (in fact I don't even believe in that).

Jeff

[Fr45h3R]

Just another one that keeps popping up in many eBay listings.

People using Sort , instead of Sought.

[trout]

Just another one that keeps popping up in many eBay listings.

People using Sort , instead of Sought.

They need to use IE10 , it has a great built in spull spill spell checker :Laugh2: