hi Ann, Here's the thing, Ann: I just don't care.
I sell things on Ebay now and then, in bursts, for the benefit of the buyers. It's mostly stuff that I have cluttering up the apartment and I figure if I put it out for sale a) other people who value it will have the opportunity to buy it, and b) I'll get some money back from it. If no one wants it, it either goes back into the dark corner from which it came or straight into the garbage where it probably belongs. If a buyer wants to be a dickhead, well, to put it politely, just go away: I don't want their business. ;-) I always keep copies of all my sales and the complete email transaction record in which I articulate fully the terms of the transaction, and I record both the receipt of payment and the shipping just in case anyone wants to take me to court for some irrational reason. I've had a lawyer friend proof my records and email methodology, her summary was that "Your butt is covered, don't worry about it, and tell the dickheads to sit on a stick and rotate." As a result of this good karma, I've only had one whiner and all good transactions on my sales. I've only had one or two less than wonderful experiences buying from Ebay, possibly because I'm picky about what I buy and usually only buy with BIN sales from well known vendors. I lose most of the open ended auctions I bid on because I just set a price that I am willing to pay when I see an item and don't look back until the auction is over. 99% of the time some idiot has sniped the item in the last 20 seconds for half again what it's worth ... Nothing's worth that much stupidity to me. Do I have an attitude? Na, I'm just a friendly kinda guy. ;-) The vast majority of the good stuff I might have for sale is sold directly to interested, knowledgeable people who hear about it word of mouth from me and my friends. All have been excellent, several have become good friends after they bought nice stuff from me. Far away from Ebay and other such nonsense. G On Jan 24, 2007, at 7:43 AM, ann sanfedele wrote: > G, > the thing is simply this - you can't ever retract (or not without an > extreme hassle) the > positive rating you gave someone as soon as you got their money. I > have > had few > hassles, but occasionally someone whined - mind you, because they > hadn't > bothered > to read the description, about some $10 item - I coddle them , but if > they really > were silly or nuts and kept the item I merely say "thank you" in the > feedback area. > instead of something more elaborate. > > I've never had any problem with international buyers, only those in > the > USA, interestingly, > > ann -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
