topic Re: Time wasters in Selling

Time wasters

1chump — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 08:51:50 GMT

I have been dealing on Ebay since 2005 and over the last 3 months have had nothing but trouble selling and buying. I pay straight away for my purchases and these sellers dont even get back to me. I have had no items sent, items that were told were in stock then after paying they tell me they are on order and buyers trying to get items for cheaper than what they bid. Its been a complete nightmare. I now am waiting for a purchase that I paid for 9 days ago, sent 2 emails and no response, now yesterday they marked it posted with a tracking number and after checking with Postal, no number exists so it looks like I have been ripped off again. I live in Melbourne and it was supposed to come from Melb, but I got a parcel from China I purchased on the same day

Re: Time wasters

carly2579 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:07:23 GMT

some sellers say they sell from australia but are really selling from china

Re: Time wasters

kopenhagen5 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:18:13 GMT

Yes a lot more members trying too hard to get a sale these days.

As buyers, we need to sharpen our eye and read between the lines a little more.

I look for the tell tale signs of chinglish/engrish, then have a good look at feedback for signs of drop shipping or late arrivals.

But mostly, I have stopped buying from China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. 😉

Re: Time wasters

*new2vintage — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:24:14 GMT

In case you don't know you can open an item not received dispute when you pay with Paypal. You need to open it with 45 days after the payment date.

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foxette-in-sox — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 10:35:39 GMT

so it looks like I have been ripped off again.

The only way you would get ripped off is if you don't open Paypal disputes within the 45 days as Deja has stated so why are you letting yourself get ripped off?

Re: Time wasters

i-once-was-bump — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:03:19 GMT

Just because the tracking number does not show up on the Auspost website does't mean it hasn't been posted.

I have been trying to find a parcel that was posted on the 9th November and it kept showing as invalid tracking number.

Yesterday morning it appeared on the website as being with the driver and I received it 4pm yesterday afternoon.

The parcel was in the system but was never scanned until the day of delivery.

Re: Time wasters

flashback_deals — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:25:40 GMT

Sometimes with the big sellers, it is wise to look at their feedback before you buy to look for any signs of complaints like not having it in stock, poor communication and where it actually is sent from

Some of the big sellers dont care about customer service, only the $$$

Re: Time wasters

jewelfish2000 — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 12:40:58 GMT

Well that does sound abysmal but I have had happy transactions in my ebay life with 99.9% good people. Perhaps it is just a bad patch?

Re: Time wasters

polocross58 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 06:01:10 GMT

There's a current thread about hostile responses to people seeking help from the ebay boards which were, correct me if I'm wrong, sort of set up by ebay for that very purpose

Maybe the below response is illustrative of the hostile responses referred to ?

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quote: "

I live in Melbourne and it was supposed to come from Melb, but I got a parcel from China I purchased on the same day

Really? A parcel from China came on the same day you purchased it? Almost too good to be true

I have been dealing on Ebay since 2005 -

Then you should be aware of the tools eBay provides to protect you from bad sellers/buyers - start using them " end quote

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Totally unnecessary in my opinion

Hostile, imo

A chance to wound and vent, imo

Nasty, imo

Cut it out, imo

and hint: the insertion of smiley faces in no way excuses or disguises and in fact could be regarded as deliberately provocative

Re: Time wasters

davewil1964 — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:10:45 GMT

YOUR opinion, as you said.

If posters want specific answers, posters should word their questions in grammatically correct English. That way there will be less confusion and less chance of people taking the mickey.

Unnecessary - yes

Hostile - no

Actwav - no

Nasty - no

Emoticons (Smiley faces) are intended to convey tone as that can't be determined from the printed word. As such they should be read as part of the post, not as an optional adjunct.

?:|;-)

Re: Time wasters

*new2vintage — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 07:23:18 GMT

" Cut it out, imo "

Do you only post on the boards to complain and lecture instead of providing assistance ?

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***super_nova*** — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 02:49:42 GMT

Totally unnecessary in my opinion

Hostile, imo

A chance to wound and vent, imo

Nasty, imo

Cut it out, imo

and hint: the insertion of smiley faces in no way excuses or disguises and in fact could be regarded as deliberately provocative

Sorry, but this is a discussion forum; people contributing are not paid, some friendly (the emoticons) banter should be taken in that spirit.

If you want straight professional answer go to Live Help. (Although some people may find this statement exceedingly funny 🙂 )

But here, as things are, people are free to discuss and take a friendly dig at somebody who said something that makes no sense, or misspells word such away that it changes the meaning of the sentence. It is just normal human discussion and people should be able laugh at themselves. I have been on receiving end many times and am the first to laugh at my spelling mistakes. 🙂

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thebraff — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:16:17 GMT

I live in Melbourne and it was supposed to come from Melb, but I got a parcel from China I purchased on the same day

Really? A parcel from China came on the same day you purchased it? Almost too good to be true ?:|

I have been dealing on Ebay since 2005 -

Then you should be aware of the tools eBay provides to protect you from bad sellers/buyers - start using them 😉

Greencat, I believe 1chump was referring to this part of their opening post I now am waiting for a purchase that I paid for 9 days ago, sent 2 emails and no response -in that on the same day as they ordered from the seller in Melbourne they also ordered from a seller in China which they have now received those items but still not received from the Melbourne seller.

Sometimes you do need to re read what was written to put it into context.

I must say that I have been really happy with nearly every purchase I have made so I am sorry that you are having problems 1Chump. I don't know what you are purchasing but if it is similar type items then it just may be a problem with the items themselves being rare or hard to get or drop sipping like others have said.

Re: Time wasters

thebraff — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 03:18:31 GMT

It's the festive season......(my excuse) for writing drop sipping instead of drop shipping. :^O <-- laughing at myself and my mistake here.

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the_hawk* — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:19:35 GMT

As a buyer I have had a couple of the things you complain about.

Seller claiming to be in Oz, item comes from China, I deal with this in feed back with a neg and comment about false item location and slow delivery.

Items not in stock are dealt with a INR dispute and a neg

Items not turning up are dealt with in the same way.

Its not hard

Re: Time wasters

carly2579 — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 11:25:25 GMT

also remember bank deposit doesnt cover you

Re: Time wasters

the_hawk* — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 12:11:47 GMT

also remember bank deposit doesnt cover you

yes always pay with paypal and fund from credit card for the higher valued items for that extra protection

Re: Time wasters

t0psales — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 15:16:09 GMT

its really weird, I have been quiet for ages, then suddenly I have had this item list for 6 months with no sales, sell 6 in one week..

Bogus Item Locations

ausgeoff1946 — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 18:32:12 GMT

eBay needs to enforce the ruling that the item's physical location is the designated location, and not the address of the drop shipper.

There's currently a tonne of gear listed as located in Australia, but which in fact is located in China, Hong Kong or Taiwan.

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*kazumi* — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 19:31:30 GMT

eBay needs to enforce the ruling that the item's physical location is the designated location, and not the address of the drop shipper.

How can eBay possibly know where the items are coming from unless buyers report the seller? There is the "report" link on each item; people need to report item location misrepresentation and eBay will act if they get number of complaints. They cannot act on just single report as that could easily be abused by competitors.