eBay Rants
Things I hate about eBay bidders:
Overseas bidders can not read the shipping costs.
It clearly states I sell to International Bidders with the listed cost. Yet,
I still receive emails and messages asking me how much cost is to someone's country
when it is ALREADY LISTED in the auction description.
Buyers that complain about my shipping cost.
They say "it's only $1.74 in a bubble mailer", or something to that nature when I
charge $5 shipping. I have to PAY for the bubble mailers, PAY the eBay listing and FINAL value fees, PAY the
PayPal fees, and then DRIVE to the post office which takes time, as well as the GASOLINE
it takes to head to the post office. People do not seem to understand that in order to
use eBay and not become poor from it, you need to make up for the fees somehow.
Buyers that "report" me to eBay because they don't want to pay cost of shipping/can not win
auction, etc.
Some idiot did not like my $10 shipping charge to Canada for a demo of a PS2 game.
He then tells me he reported me to eBay for selling it. What was the point of that? It's a
NOT FOR RESALE demo that plays in a final PS2, but he decided to report me because he did
not want to pay $10 shipping? I'd like him to tell me where I can ship a package for under
$7.50 INSURED with TRACKING anywhere in the world. You HAVE to have tracking if you accept
PayPal, which means you need to pay the big money. Too bad someone has to ruin it for
everyone.
Buyers that ask me to sell "rare" items for LOW LOW prices.
I've had silly people offer me $10 SHIPPED for brand new PS2 games released in the
stores a day earlier. I had someone else offer me $7 for 3 protos AFTER he emailed me asking
me to purchase them, and I said to make a "decent" offer. Please. Get real.
Bidders that bid $1.00 on ANY BIN item I post.
Because they KNOW it costs me money each time I do this, and they also KNOW that they
are not going to win it for $1.00, yet they do it anyway. Some freaking idiot from Los Angeles
kept doing that to my Virtual Boy auctions. That is why he is banned from bidding again on my
stuff. I'd post his name, but I don't want to dirty the forums with trash like him.
Sorry for the rant, but people make no sense sometimes...