That really is pathetic
Ebay buyer requesting return of NTSC gamecube game because she didn't know what an NTSC game is. Adv
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That really is pathetic
Hope counterfeit goods have changed. I bought an Nokia phone charger for 99p plus 6.99 postage a good few years ago. Clearly not genuine. Under the gb flag the instructions were in Russian and there was no English instructions anywhere and the comparing it to my original broken one the pin bit was much longer.
Filed with eBay for receiving counterfeit goods etc. was told I had to send back at my cost and I would be refunded the item cost but not my original postage. Seller claimed he didn't know they weren't genuine and had bought them as genuine. He was a power seller with 30k of feedback.
Problem is me posting it back would actually put me out ofocket and I wouldn't have anything to show for it!
After that I repeatedly reported the seller for selling the fake chargers as they continued to list the identical ones over and over. Clearly eBay didn't care as they were getting their money and wouldn't make them remove the item.
I kept it as the charger actually worked but wasn't happy. Advert clearly said 100% genuine Nokia charger.
Yep, agreed. Ebay is a hirrible place full of liars, cheats, chancers and idiots.
this id get the satisfaction of telling her shes a **** that cant read or doesn't understand anything. (go really OTT) tell her she can keep or return it at her cost and in future LEARN TO READ.
TBH i wouldnt even bother walking to a post office for the amount of cash we are talking here
I recently sold a couple of items on eBay. Still waiting on the buyers confirming that they received the items so that PayPal will release the funds. It's strange how the most communicative of buyers loses interest the moment they get their items. I have no idea if they even arrived (aside from the tracking number confirming that they did).
Only sold there as I was consistently getting low-ball offers here and on AVF. If nothing goes wrong then I made an extra £40.
Only sold there as I was consistently getting low-ball offers here and on AVF. If nothing goes wrong then I made an extra £40.
I had someone, barely literate, who claimed a brand new toy I sold them didn't work. After them opening a case, I asked for more details of the problem (as I had also done before they opened the case) and they never responded, even after a prompt.
As a result, Ebay (automatically, I assume) closed the case in my favour when the time ran out.
That ^ is one of only 3 possibly-not-genuine problems I've had when selling approx 400 items on Ebay. It's not as bad as the impression you get from this forum.
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I'd fight this to death as its such an insignificant value, just for something to do..
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Wut. When I sell stuff on eBay, I can withdraw the funds as soon as the buyer pays them and before I even post the item. As for buyers not communicating after receiving their item.... that's what feedback is for.
It's a new thing to combat fraud or if they have reason to suspect that the seller may not be honest.
Only on newer accounts though, my paypal account is almost as old as paypal itself.
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I think it's a new thing, a friend of mine had that too. I can also withdraw as soon as it hits PayPal.
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Ah I see, that must suck. I don't think I'd bother selling anything on there if I couldn't access the funds until the buyer leaves feedback. Some people just forget/can't be bothered once they have the item.
It makes sense for new users, I just wish ebay would actually consider the sellers side more often.
I must have 400+ feedback on there now, but I'm sure it never used to be like this.
It's only over the last few years that it's gotten to this. I used to use ebay quite extensively about 5 years ago, 99.9% of my buyers just wanted what they paid for and had very few issues (once filtering the obvious "my friend will come view it as I'm out of the country" scams). Last time I used ebay was during the Bitcoin boom when I imported loads of stuff from China to sell here, and never again. The amount of crap I had to deal with just wasn't worth it.
Edit: it also obviously depends on what you're selling. Knitted hats will more than likely attract less chancers than mobile phones, but that still doesn't rule them out.
It's the ones that expect the moon on a stick that annoy me the most.
Edit: it also obviously depends on what you're selling. Knitted hats will more than likely attract less chancers than mobile phones, but that still doesn't rule them out.
It's the ones that expect the moon on a stick that annoy me the most.
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Or pay £2.50 for something worth £25 and expect it to be genuine. If its listed as genuine then it absolutely should be but when somethings too good to be true...
I tried to buy a couple of phone batteries for my old s4 mini, I'm pretty sure everyone listed was fake, and the +100% battery life versions etc is obviously all BS too. eBay just don't seem to care, they get paid, end of.
this id get the satisfaction of telling her shes a **** that cant read or doesn't understand anything. (go really OTT) tell her she can keep or return it at her cost and in future LEARN TO READ.
TBH i wouldnt even bother walking to a post office for the amount of cash we are talking here
For this money, I'd refund just to avoid the aggro. I'd also make sure to advise some adult learning classes, and then proceed to sign her up for as many free publications, advertising campaigns and newsletters as possible, both physical and electronic, just to flood her with spam for being such a stupid *****
Edit: You could also send her a couple of letters with thick folded sheets of paper in.
Make sure they are just thicker than 5mm, and only pay for 1st class.
If they are thicker than 5mm, they will be classed as large letter rather than letter, and so 1st class postage will not cover it.
She'll receive a card from the PO advising they have an item for her with insufficient postage.
She'll have to pay the extra postage AND a £1 fee to find out what the item is - might work once or twice before she cottons on?
Could even print "NTSC LOL" in big letters on the sheets of paper?
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Its only £2. Tell them to get over it? Cost you more in time dealing with it.
I smell a scam, the retro console market is kinda niche so as an enthusiast she should really know what NTSC is, perhaps she just wanted to copy the game for free or maybe she is even dumber than she claims and didn't know what a gamecube is but wanted to play it on her PS/XB lol.