The I sold something to an idiot thread

Have had experience of this long ago, i soon realised it wasn't worth the hassle. The only reasons for selling stuff of this nature on auction sites instead of this forum is=

A. you do not have enough posts to access the MM, in which case you are pretty much snookered.

B. You expect to bleed as close to retail as you can back for a second hand part that sensible people on this forum are not willing to pay, the hassle just negates the point of it all and it bites you on the ***.

Everything i sell now is sold on here for a reasonable price.
 
mame said:
I tried to sell a HTC Desire HD to CEX. They instantly claimed that it doesn't work or charge. I took it home and charged it then took it back and they accepted it. I thought it was common knowledge (at least to a device tester) that once something is completely flat, it needs a couple minutes of charge to do anything.
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I took the very same phone to them, they then just looked at it and said "no". Nothing wrong with the phone at all. Only use them for cheap games/dvds now!
 
I've also had some bad experiences with the auction site and blatant ignorance :(

In two minds what to do as I now have a few pc bits I'm looking to sell but still a bit away from mm access. Chance it on the bay or wait till access which could take a while. :rolleyes:
 
Arrange for a courier to collect it before it goes to any kind of payment dispute or you probably will end up losing both money and processor because of distance seller regulations.
If they fail to give it to a courier a dispute will go in your favour.
 
FoxEye said:
Not really.
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I don't know, in all the time I've been using the MM, I have found in the past few years that people have become far more cheeky with the price they'll offer for something e.g. a laptop for £300 and someone will put in a "cheeky offer" for £200 as if they think that'll work. Obviously if you don't ask you don't get, but it can feel somewhat insulting to have someone chop your price down because they're just trying it on, and I'd potentially be less inclined to want to sell to that person as a result.
 
I sold a 24 inch screen to someone. Two days later it packed up, but I had been using it for 4 years without issue.
He then tells me he has taken it apart to 'try to see what the problem was'. He was a hopeless loser anyway, so no way would I accept a refund.
This was a transaction to someone I loosely knew.

Ebay has been OK for me for selling, but I prefer the MM as I have never received a faulty item.
EBay does net a greater profit, but their extortionate fees always surprise me. By the time Ebay and Paypal have had their cut you can be talking a 10% cut.
 
TheVoice said:
I don't know, in all the time I've been using the MM, I have found in the past few years that people have become far more cheeky with the price they'll offer for something e.g. a laptop for £300 and someone will put in a "cheeky offer" for £200 as if they think that'll work. Obviously if you don't ask you don't get, but it can feel somewhat insulting to have someone chop your price down because they're just trying it on, and I'd potentially be less inclined to want to sell to that person as a result.
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That's haggling, and you shouldn't take it personally :p

You can always say 'no' :p If the offer really was below market value then the offerer will be expecting this anyhow.

Or you can try a bit of salemanship, and explain why the item you're selling is worth more than he's offering. He might then increase his offer to something you're happy with. Win/win.

Or you can carry on using eBay, and keep getting burned :p
 
There's haggling, then there's just being silly. :p

Like I said though, it's only something I've noticed over the last few years, it was never really an issue before. Still plenty of sensible people on there of course but there are many users who seem to think that the lowest number they can think of is all the item is worth. If it was haggling, they'd raise their offer accordingly afterwards rather than say "Well let me know if you change your mind".

I don't sell stuff on eBay anyway, threads like this put me off!
 
I can't understand, If he's bought the wrong one why on earth did he open it? He should have left it sealed and just posted it back? Then he could have avoided any accusations on what state the product was in.
 
TheVoice said:
There's haggling, then there's just being silly. :p

Like I said though, it's only something I've noticed over the last few years, it was never really an issue before. Still plenty of sensible people on there of course but there are many users who seem to think that the lowest number they can think of is all the item is worth. If it was haggling, they'd raise their offer accordingly afterwards rather than say "Well let me know if you change your mind".

I don't sell stuff on eBay anyway, threads like this put me off!
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I think its silly to be bothered about it... I mean if you think there is some psychological anchoring as a result of someone mentioning a low price in your sale thread then maybe there is something to be concerned about... otherwise you're still getting your thread bumped and (I'm not that familiar with the members market but gather rules are quite strict) you then have an opportunity to bump the thread again with your reply to the low ball offer
 
Only had one bad experience selling online, IIRC it was my first ebay sale about 5 years ago, sold a guy the original iPhone 2g and he claimed it wouldnt work. Many an email was sent trying to explain to him in the simplest terms how he needed to download itunes and plug it in to his computer to activate it, but alas he was too stupid. "Its broke m8 all it does is display the apple logo how can u sell me a dodgy phone u scammer alerfugh\selfkuaseluanfuberfwehfliuwebfewbf" etc etc. Refunded him and he sent the phone back, re-listed it with a detailed description of how special the last buyer was and sold it for more to someone who could actually understand basic concepts.
 
This is why you take photos of the product and definitely the serial number.

If they insist it's actually broken you can show them the photos and point out you have the serial number. If it was legitimately broken then I guess you have to see if you can get the money back from the courier...

I just avoid ebay, only buy cheap things on there now and sell only on either here or another photography forum.
 
TheVoice said:
I don't know, in all the time I've been using the MM, I have found in the past few years that people have become far more cheeky with the price they'll offer for something e.g. a laptop for £300 and someone will put in a "cheeky offer" for £200 as if they think that'll work. .
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It's always funny when someone lists something at a very reasonable price and someone comes along and offers a few quid less, just because they think that's what you should do and then someone comes along and snaps it up at asking. Bet a lot of people do their selves out of a good deal by putting offers in for no reason.

Sometimes people do list things way above what they should be. Probably so they can keep dropping the price a bit to bump the thread, which is fine.

Then there are those that list it way higher than it should be, even higher than they would get on ebay and refuse to drop the price. Then they announce they will be selling it on ebay, so they will get less than they wanted anyway and will also lose 13.4% of their profit, plus risk selling to the masses of idiots on there.
 
Honestly i've never had an issue so far (*touch wood*). I always send stuff via collect+ insured and with tracking and i've set my selling criteria to a minimum of 10 or 20 feedback, all positive.
 
MrMarvelous said:
Honestly i've never had an issue so far (*touch wood*). I always send stuff via collect+ insured and with tracking and i've set my selling criteria to a minimum of 10 or 20 feedback, all positive.
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You can only set the feedback level to block those with -1 feedback or below as far as I am aware.
 
piggeh said:
I sold limited edition nintendo 3DS princess peach edition, £300. brand spanking new. Guy receives it, emails to say it doesnt work. Was working fine when I sent it out, though admittedly I hadn't checked it just before sending it. Was sure the guy was trying to scam me. Eventually (being jungle marketplace) I had to accept the return. I took my phone to the post office so I could record receiving it, opening package, etc, in case he'd put a rock in there or anything.

I bring it home. Try to turn on, doesn't work. I plug it in for 2 minutes to charge and try again. Works fine. FFS WHY DON'T PEOPLE AT LEAST TRY IT!

Probably lost value because it now looks used and took some slight damage to the box from the sending back and forth, so that worked out well. Idiot.
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Wow, that is just sad he didn't try charging it.
 
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