Mrs.M
Yes, Gardengnome, I tend to agree. The poor guy with not much sold yet, looks terrible with a neg. feedback, but the person with 1000 sold , looks like nada! Maybe there should be no %, just # of each.
Mrs.M
Mrs.M
Probably a good idea.
Must have been late at night when I posted that last. Not like me to mis-spell principle.......Twice!
GG
Must have been late at night when I posted that last. Not like me to mis-spell principle.......Twice!
GG
Gardengnome,we all do that(spelling). I sometimes go back and read one of my old posts and I cannot believe some of the mistakes I made. But then, I am usually typing faster than I am thinking....and that, for me, is not good! 
Mrs.M
Mrs.M
Nice flowers, Mrs M.
Actaully I've aways taken grate pride in my speling and grammer and it gawls me to find II'm not as prefect as i thort!
GG
Actaully I've aways taken grate pride in my speling and grammer and it gawls me to find II'm not as prefect as i thort!
GG
I still haven't heard from my shy seller, though I see he's delivered other items sold at the time and gotten feedback for them.
I have a feeling this character doesn't like snipers, there's no other reasonable explanation that I can see. If he thinks I'm just going to give up and go away quietly he'd better think again!
If he doesn't make contact in 24 hours I'm going to pay for the items anyway, with an allowance for postage. It's not too much and that gives me even higher moral ground from which to jump on him. Then I'll report him for non-delivery (twice - there are two separate items) to eBay, and he can pick the bones out of that!
Can anyone see anything wrong with this strategy?
GG
I have a feeling this character doesn't like snipers, there's no other reasonable explanation that I can see. If he thinks I'm just going to give up and go away quietly he'd better think again!
If he doesn't make contact in 24 hours I'm going to pay for the items anyway, with an allowance for postage. It's not too much and that gives me even higher moral ground from which to jump on him. Then I'll report him for non-delivery (twice - there are two separate items) to eBay, and he can pick the bones out of that!
Can anyone see anything wrong with this strategy?
GG
Gardengnome, no I see nothing wrong with that as long as you are willing to accept the loss if he never ships. Of course, you could give him a bad feedback without that and take the chance he would retaliate with I never received payment, although I contacted the buyer.
Mrs.M
Mrs.M
Might be too late for my 2 cents, but since this whole thing has seemed a bit fishy, I'd be a bit leery just sending $ to this person without having had any contact with him.
And what does the feedback history look like on the people who've left feedback for him? If there are high numbers and good comments, then I'd trust they are likely legitimate. If they are low numbers and a lot from the same couple of people, then he may have set up some "fake" auctions and had his friends bid on and win them and leave him great feedback to make him look "REAL."
What I'd do is request his contact info via eBay and call him. (Go to Help: Topics > Safe Trading > Knowing Your Seller > Request Contact Information to do this.) You can tell more about a person when you can talk to him live and maybe you can then make a better judgement as to what to do. Plus you can find out why he hasn't contacted you with shipping info.
If you decide to go thru with the transaction, I would definitely insist on delivery confirmation so you have to sign for the item when received. This way if you don't get it, the person will not be able to provide any proof you did. And they can't just say, "Well I shipped it!" and leave you hanging... unless of course they are total frauds and disappear with your $ soon after! That has happened to me and many other people.
Anyway, good luck!
diva (aka Dag)
And what does the feedback history look like on the people who've left feedback for him? If there are high numbers and good comments, then I'd trust they are likely legitimate. If they are low numbers and a lot from the same couple of people, then he may have set up some "fake" auctions and had his friends bid on and win them and leave him great feedback to make him look "REAL."
What I'd do is request his contact info via eBay and call him. (Go to Help: Topics > Safe Trading > Knowing Your Seller > Request Contact Information to do this.) You can tell more about a person when you can talk to him live and maybe you can then make a better judgement as to what to do. Plus you can find out why he hasn't contacted you with shipping info.
If you decide to go thru with the transaction, I would definitely insist on delivery confirmation so you have to sign for the item when received. This way if you don't get it, the person will not be able to provide any proof you did. And they can't just say, "Well I shipped it!" and leave you hanging... unless of course they are total frauds and disappear with your $ soon after! That has happened to me and many other people.
Anyway, good luck!
diva (aka Dag)
Thanks Diva and Mrs M.
I take your point Diva, and the suggestion about proof of posting is well made. I shall as they say “Take it on board”.
I have already checked this bloke out and his FB is over 2000 now, not 1000 as I thought before. He’s been dealing in the area of my interest for a long time and is very familiar to me even though I haven’t bought from him before.
A friend of mine bought from him at exactly the same time as I did and has had delivery already and feedback exchanged, so I know he’s generally reliable – the amount was even more trifling than mine so I know it’s not because he didn’t make enough on the items. He has a high turnover of auctions and is obviously in contact with other buyers, so it seems I’ve been singled out for some reason and, as I said earlier, I suspect it’s because he doesn’t like snipers. In the absence of any emails whatsoever, what else can I think?
I could buy something from him through my other eBay persona just to test the theory. If I don’t snipe it and he responds I’ll know for sure. Actually it’d work both ways – if I do snipe it and he doesn’t respond.
While there is a risk I could do my money by paying him, I feel it’s worth taking to make the point. If he still doesn’t respond I’ll report it to eBay as I said and also follow through and email ALL current past and present bidders on his items.
Thanks again;
GG
I take your point Diva, and the suggestion about proof of posting is well made. I shall as they say “Take it on board”.
I have already checked this bloke out and his FB is over 2000 now, not 1000 as I thought before. He’s been dealing in the area of my interest for a long time and is very familiar to me even though I haven’t bought from him before.
A friend of mine bought from him at exactly the same time as I did and has had delivery already and feedback exchanged, so I know he’s generally reliable – the amount was even more trifling than mine so I know it’s not because he didn’t make enough on the items. He has a high turnover of auctions and is obviously in contact with other buyers, so it seems I’ve been singled out for some reason and, as I said earlier, I suspect it’s because he doesn’t like snipers. In the absence of any emails whatsoever, what else can I think?
I could buy something from him through my other eBay persona just to test the theory. If I don’t snipe it and he responds I’ll know for sure. Actually it’d work both ways – if I do snipe it and he doesn’t respond.
While there is a risk I could do my money by paying him, I feel it’s worth taking to make the point. If he still doesn’t respond I’ll report it to eBay as I said and also follow through and email ALL current past and present bidders on his items.
Thanks again;
GG
quote:
Originally posted by Gardengnome:
so it seems I’ve been singled out for some reason and, as I said earlier, I suspect it’s because he doesn’t like snipers.
Maybe not. He might be a high volume seller, and sometimes they aren't as organized as they should be. And, some of the high volume sellers don't think they make enough money to provide the personal touch, or to answer questions. Also, they may be SO organized that everything is automated ("auction closes, send invoice, payment received, label printed, item shipped - NEXT"). Or, he might be growing so fast he can't keep up with it.
I'm not suggesting these are VALID reasons, but many of us have experienced one or more of these types of sellers.
Why do you think he knows you sniped it? Do you see any other closings that were bid on in the last moments and did he ship?
Mrs.M
Mrs.M
Accepted Rick, but my friend bought exactly the same type of article at exactly the same time and the deal has been completed for several days. I've checked and quite a few others have been finalised since then.
His own payment instructions - "If you don't get an invoice within 24 hours of close please email me".
I added a bit for luck and emailed him 4 days after, but have heard nothing after 10 days!. My emails have not bounced so I know he's got them.
I haven't even had an automated response.
It's past my bedtime, gotta put the garbage out;
G'night all!
GG
His own payment instructions - "If you don't get an invoice within 24 hours of close please email me".
I added a bit for luck and emailed him 4 days after, but have heard nothing after 10 days!. My emails have not bounced so I know he's got them.
I haven't even had an automated response.
It's past my bedtime, gotta put the garbage out;
G'night all!
GG
Haven't researched it that deeply, Mrs. M. It's just a gut feeling I admit.
I'll leave myself a note to look into that tomorrow.
G'night;
GG
I'll leave myself a note to look into that tomorrow.
G'night;
GG
GG,
You could also check the feedback that the seller has left and see if any of his auctions were sniped. That might show he doesn't have a problem with snipers.
It just seems difficult to believe that someone with that many feedbacks could be upset by snipers. If he is, he must be upset most of the time.
P.S. Good nite.
You could also check the feedback that the seller has left and see if any of his auctions were sniped. That might show he doesn't have a problem with snipers.
It just seems difficult to believe that someone with that many feedbacks could be upset by snipers. If he is, he must be upset most of the time.
P.S. Good nite.
I think I'd call him at this point. You are slipping thru his administrative cracks or he is avoiding you for some reason. Just call him, be VERY professional, not accusatory. State the facts...
You really want this item and are ready to pay. All you need is the shipping amount to do so. You had emailed asking for this info, but hadn't received a reply, so you thought you'd just call for the info.
No need to ask questions like "Why haven't you replied to my emails" or anything like that. Just state your purpose for calling, and hopefully the guy will just tell you what you need to know and that will be it.
Again, good luck!
diva (aka Dag)
You really want this item and are ready to pay. All you need is the shipping amount to do so. You had emailed asking for this info, but hadn't received a reply, so you thought you'd just call for the info.
No need to ask questions like "Why haven't you replied to my emails" or anything like that. Just state your purpose for calling, and hopefully the guy will just tell you what you need to know and that will be it.
Again, good luck!
diva (aka Dag)
He has finally (finally!) responded. No explanation, but it appears my email suggesting I was going to pay for it anyway may have gotten through.
Thank you all for your very sensible and level-headed advice. I do tend to go off half-cocked at times and you just might (might...I say!) have saved me from making a complete ass of myself. That's ass as in donkey, I hastily add, for all you US people.
I'm still very suspicious of this guy's motives but we'll see.......
G'night;
GG
Thank you all for your very sensible and level-headed advice. I do tend to go off half-cocked at times and you just might (might...I say!) have saved me from making a complete ass of myself. That's ass as in donkey, I hastily add, for all you US people.
I'm still very suspicious of this guy's motives but we'll see.......
G'night;
GG
Very curious..what did he say?
Mrs. M
Mrs. M
Nothing, Mrs M. Just mentioned he'd gotten my email and supplied the total to be paid.
I've paid up (I was going to anyway as you know) so now we'll wait and see when he delivers. Or if.....
Rick and Diva may be right, maybe it was just an oversight.
GG
I've paid up (I was going to anyway as you know) so now we'll wait and see when he delivers. Or if.....
Rick and Diva may be right, maybe it was just an oversight.
GG
Really hard to call, Gardengnome, but my guess is you will receive the items. Sometimes things happen such as deaths, illnesses, etc. and seller's don't like to mention them. Just looks like the seller should have said something..even if it was a white lie...lol..kidding! 
Mrs. M
Mrs. M
I was just having a look at my feedback (I got a nice new one this morning!) and noticed that the seller of the "invisible" PC had -2 feedback today. Yesterday he had -1 (from me) so I went to check and the other person who had won one of his auctions had posted negative feedback saying that he was a "non-selling seller".
It looks like he had no intention of selling those machines, as the portable went for what I would regard as a fair price.
SuperSqueaky
It looks like he had no intention of selling those machines, as the portable went for what I would regard as a fair price.
SuperSqueaky
Yes, well that's in line with things we've discussed here recently isn't it, Mrs. M. Just sending someone a brief "Hello, I've got your message and I'll be in touch soon" works wonders for preventing misunderstandings.
I don't buy that anyone can be too busy to do at least that much. It's common courtesy, though that seems an outmoded concept today.
Just to throw it into sharp relief, I bought an item from the UK on Sunday, from a dealer I know and respect. I could really use having this item before the weekend for a display I'm mounting in an exhibition, which left five working days to get it round the world. After I explained the situation the seller went out of her way to take it to the post office first thing on Monday morning and make sure it caught the earliest possible mail. It still may not arrive in time due to the vagaries of international mail, but thanks to her effort the prospect is good. And there was no extra charge!
Contrast that, from a busy dealer with the efforts of the one we've been discussing!
Have a good one!
GG
I don't buy that anyone can be too busy to do at least that much. It's common courtesy, though that seems an outmoded concept today.
Just to throw it into sharp relief, I bought an item from the UK on Sunday, from a dealer I know and respect. I could really use having this item before the weekend for a display I'm mounting in an exhibition, which left five working days to get it round the world. After I explained the situation the seller went out of her way to take it to the post office first thing on Monday morning and make sure it caught the earliest possible mail. It still may not arrive in time due to the vagaries of international mail, but thanks to her effort the prospect is good. And there was no extra charge!
Contrast that, from a busy dealer with the efforts of the one we've been discussing!
Have a good one!
GG
Hi Mrs. M, Rick, Diva etc....
Going briefly back to our recent discussion, I wish to advise that the goods have turned up safe and sound.
Thank you all once again for sage advice and encuragement.
GG
Going briefly back to our recent discussion, I wish to advise that the goods have turned up safe and sound.
Thank you all once again for sage advice and encuragement.
GG
That's "encouragement"!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm glad to hear all turn out good! 
..and good morning-evening to you!
..and good morning-evening to you! quote:
Originally posted by Gardengnome:
I wish to advise that the goods have turned up safe and sound.
And G'day to you, Mrs. M./Rick.
GG
GG
As a seller I would never end my auctions early for off-site sales. There are two main reasons.
1> I have heard of people being scammed this way. The 'buyer' turns them into eBay so they may get booted off
2> My dad had a board game. He is well versed in the antiques and collectible having his own store for many years. He figured it would have brought about $20 at his shop. He listed it with a $9.99 starting bid. By the end of the first day it was over $100! If someone had offered him $50 right away and he took it.. He would have ended up losing over $400 as it sold for $550+... Times have changed now, and more people are bidding on the last day so you can never judge a book by the first days bidding any more..
But being you are the BUYER.. I say go for it! LOL
1> I have heard of people being scammed this way. The 'buyer' turns them into eBay so they may get booted off
2> My dad had a board game. He is well versed in the antiques and collectible having his own store for many years. He figured it would have brought about $20 at his shop. He listed it with a $9.99 starting bid. By the end of the first day it was over $100! If someone had offered him $50 right away and he took it.. He would have ended up losing over $400 as it sold for $550+... Times have changed now, and more people are bidding on the last day so you can never judge a book by the first days bidding any more..
But being you are the BUYER.. I say go for it! LOL