99% of buyers asking for pick up never turned up

[huatao1975]

I sell some old video games. I don't list local pickup as an option. Still, many poeple ask for pickups. So far I've had around 30 such cases. I always replied politely, answered all their questions, and gave them my address.

What I don't understand is, only 1 out of these 30 actually turned up. The rest of them just disappeared for no reasons. A few of them said "Sorry I changed my mind", the majority just vanish.

I live in Melbourne's inner East, reasonablly easy to reach. I find this quite strange. For a while I refused all pickup requests. Some got angry and asked me why, and I just ignored them.

This morning, I got another "urgent" pickup request and needed my help "ASAP". Initially I was going to refuse again, but then I felt sorry and decided to give this person a go. I asked for the tine he / she would turn up as I can't be commited staying at home entire day.

And of course there was complete dead silience. No replies.

I think this is the very last time I'll ever bother with any pick up requests.

[vwpordieur]

A buyer initiated a pickup at 5:00 pm today, claiming to be arriving in 5 minutes.

We have one wooly and one wooly metro here about 8 minutes walk apart. I sent the buyer the address of the wooly where we would meet.

Twelve minutes passed, and I asked the buyer where they were. She/he claimed to be at the other wooly and coming over.

Another fifteen minutes passed, and still no one showed up. I texted, and no one replied.

Eventually, until I said I needed to go. The buyer replied to want to pick it up tomorrow. I asked how far the buyer was. The buyer claimed that she/he was already on the bus and wanted to pick it up tomorrow.

I won't deal with this person again.

[davewil1964]

Relevant to 2019 how? As in the year this thread was relevant.

I have buyers pick up from me regularly. No issues.

[sandypebbles]

No need to tell other members your story

Tire kickers are a part of selling on ebay

Have you cancelled the sale? You will be charged fees otherwise

And if you don’t want to deal with them again, put them on your blocked list

Maybe they were confused by what a wooly is

[kh-syedse]

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread, if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.