eBay pet Peeves

[Fr45h3R]

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:

Hmm.. i use firefox..
but if you spell the wrong word correctly, does it still pick it up like say MS Word would ?

[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:

Hmm.. i use firefox..
but if you spell the wrong word correctly, does it still pick it up like say MS Word would ?

No but you can use it to make a choice of wordings

[accumulator]

When sellers only put 1 picture in their listing & it's the reverse of the coin, & then when you ask the obvious questions ( because  it's decimal ), What year is the coin ?  & if i bid will i get the coin in the picture you've provived in your listing ?

& this is the reply you get -

I have a few coins, all different years. not sure which coin that is in the picture.

:dash1::diablo::@:dead_horse:

[Australian coin]

yep the one picture is pretty annoying, your always like but what does the other side look like

ok I just had a fantastic one - the buyer paid by bank deposit and the payment was 50c short, I still sent the item, but seriously not cool, now my numbers don't match up for buying and selling for the month.

[trout]

yep the one picture is pretty annoying, your always like but what does the other side look like

ok I just had a fantastic one - the buyer paid by bank deposit and the payment was 50c short, I still sent the item, but seriously not cool, now my numbers don't match up for buying and selling for the month.

If it was sent via direct deposit I wouldn't worry about it.
You save because paypal hasn't got its cut this time :good:

[Australian coin]

I figured that too, its not PayPal its pay mate, and yes I saved paying the merchant fee. still a little odd tho

[ausjack]

That does sound strange, I wonder if they do that on all transaction :scratch_one-s_head: good scam if you can get away with it because 50 cents on evrything you buy would have to add up pretty quick..maybe think about puttin them on the "no go" list AC because you don't want that all the time..yeah I'd bar them :good:

[JeffH]

Yes, I have had the odd short payment. If only a small amount I don't bother about it but I do make a note. If the person buys something else later I add the shortfall to the postage (with a note to explain why). Haven't had a problem then but, if not fully paid second time around, I would think seriously about refunding any payment (less owing from before) and cancelling the transaction.

One peeve is eBay itself. They keep revising things, presumably to keep everything looking fresh and new. So that then require a learning curve to get used to the changes.
If it ain't broke don't fix it!
For example, I used to be able to edit the display of my selling page to fit a whole week's listings on one screen. Now, postage comes up on a separate line (even if postage check box is not ticked) and effective display length is doubled. So, now have to scroll up and down to see all items. I could set my browser default font sizes smaller to make the display more compact but then I would be straining my eyes to read it!
Small point but annoying, backward step. And, on a wide screen monitor (47cm display width) the actual page display width is only 34cm. Plenty of room to make a more useable layout.
They usually announce such changes as being in response to user requests. Well they have never asked me what I want.

Jeff

[Goldseeker]

My peeve is that I advertise the item, and add postage separately but then EBay postage pops up automatically and is always more than what I ask for.

I ask postage of $6.00 Registered mail and ebay posts as $9.80.

I have sent numerous emails to them re this and they were supposed to have fixed it up.

To date, nuttin.   Still posts a $9.80 and this I believe chases a lot of buyers away.

[ausjack]

If it ain't broke don't fix it!
I totally agree Jeff one day the powers that be may take notice and same as the old kiss theory..can't go wrong :good:

And GS that just doesn't sound fair, in fact it sound wrong..and rehab wondered why I didn't want to get into it and I know of a bloke that got a bill from the tax man 'cause his hoppy turned into an income and you only find this out the hard way apparently.

[Australian coin]

o goldy that is interesting, hmm will have to think how that postage thing works, I usually put it in as standard post option then enter amount manually, are you typing the amount in the box, I also know there is a postage calculator too but have never used it. I will take a screen shot for you and see if you are using the same.
I know I have trouble sometimes with the invoice part, but I have usually have that down to a nack

[JeffH]

I ask postage of $6.00 Registered mail and ebay posts as $9.80.

GS. Are you using the calculator or putting fixed price postage?
We have finally managed to get the calculator showing what we want including a discount on AP advertised rates. Requires fooling eBay into thinking you are in USA when you enter some account settings. PM me with specifics of your problem if you want more information.

We usually list using Auctiva but that should not make any difference.

Jeff

[Australian coin]

I realised I only post in Australia at the moment, you may be posting international and that might be different.
hear are my settings in the two tabs, I used to show postage discounts but now I just let people know that I combine items for free anyway, don't let computers think to much for themselves they cause trouble.

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[Goldseeker]

Thanks one and all.   Will check it all out on my next sale.

[JeffH]

Here's a new one. Two in two weeks.
Buyer of an item completes checkout but doesn't pay. Then sends a message along lines of "send bank details so I can pay. If not within two days you can keep it."
I send polite reply with bank details and tell them to click "Pay Now" for bank and PayPal payment details to be available. These are buyers who have feedback for previous purchases so they have done the process before.

A day later, another request for bank details. I reply again (via eBay messages, direct to their email address and also as a note in a second invoice).
Last I ever hear from them.

I assume a change of mind about purchase. Why not just say so and I can cancel sale and offer to next highest bidder. And, after unpaid item dispute finally goes through the bidder won't get a strike against their name either.

Jeff