Ebay Frustration as a Buyer (1 Viewer)

[tdubel]

Ok, this one takes the cake. Newbie seller, I won 2 K&C Single figures for cheap - A Marine and A Scottish. Seller had s/h listed as $4.55 for each auction. End of auction, I email asking for combined invoice. Took the seller 4 days to figure this out, then sends and invoice listing s/h as $10 (Priority from New Jersey to Maryland). Now kids, follow along........ total if I paid separately was $9.10.........so..........I ask, how $10???? Guess what, the response I get is ok, s/h is $12. IT ACTUALLY WENT UP????????????

Finally, I to my wits end try to explain this to the individual and I get a one sentence response saying "I give up, this is too complicated, I am relisting the item". I think I am better off, if this nimrod could not even calculate the shipping, I cannot even imagine the packaging or if I would ever get the items. Its just not that complicated folks. This ebayer should get Idiot of the Year award. I feel like leaving a negative feedback to warn others, but you know the old saying of getting dragged down into the mud...


What a week on ebay, see my latest collectors classified post for more frustration.

Tom

 

[Spitfrnd]

Well at least you got a good story mate; and it didn't cost you a dime. That certainly is an "interesting" one.

 

[tdubel]

along with a nice headache. All the while on business travel as I sit here trying to figure out a way to lower a client's property tax. oh joy.

Tom

 

[OzDigger]

I would certainly give him a negative feedback, idiots like that shouldn't sell on eBay.

Here's my latest eBay frustration. I bought a retired mounted US Para from a US eBay seller/K & C dealer then sent several emails requesting a freight cost.

After a few days with no response I received an email asking for payment otherwise he would relist and give negative feedback etc etc. I emailed him back saying I HAVE to have a freight cost before I can pay via Paypal. Then yesterday he said he didn't have the item anyway

 

[Spitfrnd]

Just curious, how many transactions had those guys had as either a buyer or seller?

 

[theBaron]

Tom, that is a great story, really more as an idiot story than an eBay story. That's up there with the idiot kids today who can't figure the change, when the power goes out and the register is down.

Can you post feedback on the seller, if he cancels the transaction? Would it still show up in your list in the feedback forum? I've never had an auction I've won get cancelled, so I have no experience with that.

OzDigger, your seller should be reported. Or is his decision covered by eBay's rules, that is, can the seller cancel the transaction, once the auction has ended with a highest bid?

Prost!
Brad

 

[Flammenpanzer]

tdubel, I think the seller wanted to back out or recoup his losses on the figures since you won them cheap. I hate when sellers try those tricks. When I sell on ebay it ships for the price it ends for and the shipping I quoted even if I am losing money.

 

[gk5717]

I would give both of them a negative feedback in a heart beat!
Gary

 

[Beaufighter]

I would give both of them a negative feedback in a heart beat!
Gary

Agreed-switching to guns!

Hang Tough,
Beaufighter

 

[Dickbuttons]

I had a transaction a while back where I bid on an item and a week later when the listing ended I was the winner. I immediately paid the seller via my paypal account. I e-mailed him a day later and asked if he could advise me when he might ship the item?

Very graciously he e-mailed me back advising that his paypal account had been frozen for some kind of mal-feasance allegations, and since he was unable to retrieve my funds from his paypal account, he wasn't going to send me the item.

I had to file a complaint with Ebay and about 30-40 days later finally got my money refunded.

The greatest part is that the seller started selling again on Ebay using a different name. He placed the same item up for auction again. (This time I passed on bidding on his items.)

 

[thebritfarmer]

It's idiots like the afore mentioned that are causing Ebay to basically take the joy out of buying through an online auction.

 

[Warrior]

You are better off in the long run Tom; regarding the FJ 01 you missed out on, TRUST ME on this one, you are MUCH better off you didn't win that auction.

I know who the seller is and I pity the poor SOB who shelled out the money for that thing, he's going to hit the roof when it arrives and he has a look at it.

I'll fill you in at OTSN, but lets just say you dodged a major bullet by not winning it.

 

[OzDigger]

Just curious, how many transactions had those guys had as either a buyer or seller?

My seller has a feedback score of more than 1,500, with Positive Feedback above 99%.

I decided not to Neg him as I think it was just an oversight that he listed the item then couldn't find it rather than a deliberate ploy. He also said he tried to get the item from some other K & C dealers but they were sold out.