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No Fancy Layout, Just The Facts
ebay member since Thursday, May 21, 1998
geographic location: california, usa
current ebay time: Nov-22-09 13:54:11 PST
What I sell...
Please check what is available this week on eBay and half.com.
Times I Got Burned.. to help others not get into the same scenario (this does not include transactions from around 1998, when the feedback system was not enforced so i do not have records from those days)
djmowgli@hotmail.com sent payment for #2551595619, but using a payment method i could not accept as specified in the auction details and in many email exchanges with said user. the payment never went through and i asked for payment via another method. user refused, eventually said they sent a money order. i never received the money order. i never heard from them again.
sent payment for #2511453511 to collectiblesfor99cents@hotmail.com but never received the magazines. actually i never heard from them again.
sent payment for #1459096307 to cowonthemoon@home.com (AKA ebay@californiaoutlets.com). each time i asked about it, they said it would be sent soon. finally they said they sent the cds but the mail was delayed due to the events of 9/11/01. i never received the cds and never heard from them after that.
sent payment for #1427225499 to milkfan@aol.com but never got the cd. he couldn't remember if he received payment or sent it. would look into it. never heard from him again.
sent payment for #1601424322 to astarisborn1981@hotmail.com and never heard from them again (they did this to several others)
the weathermen sent the wrong size shirt for #1435669334. they've screwed up other times as well. i think i'm done with them.
rareitems2000@yahoo.com said after his trip, he would make up for the mistake made with #494084625 (rare mayhem shirt size xl; received size m) and never heard back from them. also won from them #499981088 for which i never received any communication (emperor shirt size xl; payment cleared through paypal; item never received).
cbm1@charlotte.infi.net was shady regarding #92423487. i sent a money order and didn't hear from them until i made contact. their answer? never received money order. if that was the case, why didn't i get a "where's payment?" email?
My eBay Tips
Complete all transactions immediately so you can leave feedback.
If you wait around for 2 months to receive the item or receive payment, chances are, it's never gonna happen baby so leave feedback at that point. You have 3 months to leave feedback, otherwise you can't comment on the transaction at all. But really, what is the consequence of not leaving feedback or getting negative feedback (in theory)?
If you leave feedback, you are letting other people know how that seller/bidder has behaved in the past. This may not reflect the present or future. If you liked how the person conduced business, let others know. If it was bad business and you want to warn others, then do it with feedback. If things go really bad for a user, they can be completely removed from eBay but what then? A new account. That's all it takes. Persons with multiple accounts have been a problem in the past. If you are a hobbyist and bid on things in your hobby, it is good to be on a mailing list so you can hear about shady characters that use auctions. In an ideal world, eventually the deadbeats will be removed but we know this will never happen.
Don't bid on it unless they have XXX feedback.
This number keeps increasing. I used to say 50. Then 100. Then 500. Then 1000. It keeps increasing and I keep breaking my rule. Sometimes I have a bad feeling about an auction and I won't bid but sometimes the item is rare enough to me that I bid anyway. One of those bad vibe auctions resulted in the seller taking off with the money from several winning bids, not sending the items, then left eBay altogether. Another resulted in me still waiting for my items. "I shipped it last week". "I got delayed but I shipped it this week". etc. etc. I guess intuition is a better judge than we realize.
Pay by XXX method.
I have yet to find the ideal payment method! (but for my needs, paypal is close)
Cash is a risk. Never do this. *Unless of course it is very rare and in a foreign country. Only once did something go wrong this way and as a result, I won't send anything to that country except to my friends and it won't be cash.
Money Order is a risk. You pay for it and the money is gone. If it gets lost in the mail then you are screwed. If the person cashes it then you are screwed because how are you gonna get the money back? The money is gone. You may try to stop it but if it's cashed, it's gone so forget about it.
Check is a risk. A lot of sellers don't take checks because people are fradulent and they don't want to be charged by their bank for a bounced check. (This system never made sense to me. I think the bank should hunt down the check-writer and find out what's going on. Don't charge the person it was made to straight away. Find who is at fault. If the checkbook wasn't stolen then send the bill to the check-writer. Probing further, why the fee at all? I don't get paid for time I "lose" so why should corporations make money in this manner?) A lot of sellers don't take checks because they hate waiting for them to clear. If something goes wrong then what? Your bank can't get it back. You can stop the check but if they cashed it, then the money is gone. You think your bank/police/etc will hunt down someone because they took $5 for some magazine from the 80s? Hell, someone once stole my checkbook and was able then to take $400 from my checking account. I had to file a report with the police and the bank refunded my account $400. But was I ever reimbursed by the bank all the overdrawn fees they charged me that forced me to scrounge for change under my couch, sell CDs, and only eat soup just to get back in the black? No. Did the police ever tell me if they caught the asshole who did this or charge him? No. So do you really think anyone will help you get the guy who stiffed you for a 1979 McDonald's Happy Meal toy even though it is a collectors item?
Online money rerouting service.
Some are virtual banks, some are little guys doing the dirty work. I have only used paypal and it seems to work well in terms of getting the payment out. It seems some sellers don't trust it due to caps on money that you can receive, charges, etc. If you're a small-time buyer then I think it's alright. You have the same problem as other methods should the seller bail out: the money is gone and you don't have the item.
Third-party transactions.
Sounds great? Big risk! Sending the money to the seller's friend who lives in your country sounds fast and convenient but it's a pain. The friend never gets the money and the country the item is coming from has a slow mail system.
Unless you're a big spender, realize that all transactions are a risk and be willing to lose the money up front. If you're a big spender, why are you buying things on eBay and not Sotheby's? ;) (big spender items that have been up for auction: jewelry, automobiles, real estate, integrity)
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