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Ebay seller Knife-Yenta STAY AWAY!
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From marcangel:
Yeah, I think it is something which rhymes with ebay power sellers. Went and looked and the seller has over 400 items up for sale simultaneously. That's a lot of junk to keep track of. Though after reading about 3 pages of his feedback I would never attempt to deal with the dork. Don't forget to respond to his feedback on you, if you are so inclined. Not sure when but at some point too much time will have elapsed to do so.
Yeah, I think it is something which rhymes with ebay power sellers. Went and looked and the seller has over 400 items up for sale simultaneously. That's a lot of junk to keep track of. Though after reading about 3 pages of his feedback I would never attempt to deal with the dork. Don't forget to respond to his feedback on you, if you are so inclined. Not sure when but at some point too much time will have elapsed to do so.
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While this person may have overall deserved a negative response might I ask everyone who deals on eBay to reconsider actions when dealing with slow or somewhat unresponsive sellers for a moment?
About a year ago I was selling on eBay as a secondary income, and doing fairly well at it. Mostly with stuff I bought second hand but I did occasionally sell for others I knew quite well. Around this time I wound up in the hospital for a week, I refunding all my auctions currently finished prior to going in the hospital. When I got out I needed the cash and sent out emails and listed a few new items including some equipment for a friend (10% profit to me). I was still running around dealing with doctors and wasn't at home for a couple days.
When I logged on to sort out any questions and prepare stuff to ship that might have been sold on "Buy it Now" I found that one person without trying to contact me in any way (Even though my cel phone was listed for questions, which I had with me) filed a complaint with PayPal and eBay. I found that my PayPal account had been frozen with a dozen buyers funds, and all my funds prior to my hospitalization (I was using the debit card, since the Money Market account seemed like a great idea)all locked up. This was every cent I had including money for packaging and shipping. I contacted my buyers and explained the situation and most were very understanding, with my explaining PayPal and eBay just wanted to verify some information. 3 weeks go by after I sent PayPal what they wanted before they ever responded and they said they needed more info. By this time most of my buyers knew PayPal's 30 day complaint deadline so they filed.
Not to drag this story out any further. But in the end, I actually LOST several thousand dollars and wound up with a few in debt, and my eBay account (Which I had since '97), PayPal account, and my bank account (When PayPal was thru toasting my funds there they went after my bank account and overdrafted it to hell). Not to mention my credit. I'm still trying to recover from this. I'm not asking for people not to protect themselves from scams or bad sellers. But just think twice about your actions and whether or not you are jumping the gun. I know alot of people badly burned this way. Try reading thru http://www.paypalsucks.com/ sometime for more examples. -MJ
About a year ago I was selling on eBay as a secondary income, and doing fairly well at it. Mostly with stuff I bought second hand but I did occasionally sell for others I knew quite well. Around this time I wound up in the hospital for a week, I refunding all my auctions currently finished prior to going in the hospital. When I got out I needed the cash and sent out emails and listed a few new items including some equipment for a friend (10% profit to me). I was still running around dealing with doctors and wasn't at home for a couple days.
When I logged on to sort out any questions and prepare stuff to ship that might have been sold on "Buy it Now" I found that one person without trying to contact me in any way (Even though my cel phone was listed for questions, which I had with me) filed a complaint with PayPal and eBay. I found that my PayPal account had been frozen with a dozen buyers funds, and all my funds prior to my hospitalization (I was using the debit card, since the Money Market account seemed like a great idea)all locked up. This was every cent I had including money for packaging and shipping. I contacted my buyers and explained the situation and most were very understanding, with my explaining PayPal and eBay just wanted to verify some information. 3 weeks go by after I sent PayPal what they wanted before they ever responded and they said they needed more info. By this time most of my buyers knew PayPal's 30 day complaint deadline so they filed.
Not to drag this story out any further. But in the end, I actually LOST several thousand dollars and wound up with a few in debt, and my eBay account (Which I had since '97), PayPal account, and my bank account (When PayPal was thru toasting my funds there they went after my bank account and overdrafted it to hell). Not to mention my credit. I'm still trying to recover from this. I'm not asking for people not to protect themselves from scams or bad sellers. But just think twice about your actions and whether or not you are jumping the gun. I know alot of people badly burned this way. Try reading thru http://www.paypalsucks.com/ sometime for more examples. -MJ
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What I have learned over the years on Ebay is to click the "Auctions" tab at the top of my search results page...this filters out the yahoos with the "buy it now" stuff. IMO "buy it now" was one of Ebay's biggest f___ups!
I have sold many knives on Ebay and I agree that feedback is a big problem on the face of it.
In over 700 sales I have 2 negatives. Not deserved? Well, I am biased but I belive so. What to do about them? Not much. I have relied on what someone else mentioned in this thread. Buyers will look at the totallity of your feedbacks. I think this is fair.
No one should be judged on just one incident. BY the way, this is true in most everything, not just ebay. I have made several mistakes in all the deals I have done on ebay and else where. When I made them I just told the buyer what happened and they accepted that and we moved on. (Funny thing... none of these were entered as negative feedback.)
One of my negatives came from a fella who said the knife I sold was not the one pictured. No, he did not contact me before entering the feedback. In fact he did not enter the feedback until way over a month after he got the knife. I had already entered his positive when he paid. (I too agree that this is when the seller should give feedback. When the buyers side of the deal is done is when they have paid.) I responded to the negative that I did not belive I had sent the wrong knife and even emailed that buyer to try to find out what he was talking about. Never got any response and the negative feedback is still there.
I even had one, just recently, entered where the buyer contacted me right away and said it was entered in error. Sure we both got with ebay and it was taken off my total numbers but the entries are still there to be read. this buyer was kind enough to enter a comment explaining their error.
The one that gets me the most is the retalitory one. He bid, won, and never responded. I waited more than a month and finally entered negative feedback stating he had not paid. I got a response right away. He wrote,"You should have just left it alone. Welcome to your second negative feedback." Will ebay pull this? Nope.
So, all and all I have to say that I have very little trouble selling knives on ebay. I agree with the one who earlier stated that "Knife people are very nice". I find it is very true. I have talked with ebay sellers who deal in all kinds of other things. They can not belive how few non paying buyers I have had in these 793 tranactions. I am up to about 5. And of them 3 contacted me and explained why. One even sent me $2.00 to cover the listing fees I lost.
Yes, I really can't complain. All the comments I see here are very good and helpful to anyone using ebay or just dealing with life in general. Myself, I try to enter negative feedbacks only if I feel it is a very serious action that others should know about. Otherwise, I do like my Mother told me. "If you can't say nothing good, don't say nothing at all." The poor syntax aside, I think one must be very flexable when dealing with others. I can not pretend to be perfect in this way but I do try.
Read descriptions carefully. Read feedbacks on buyers and sellers. Judge the feedbacks using your own sence of fairness and I don't think you will go too far wrong.
This was a big "2 cents" I put in here but It gave me a change to blow off the steam from a negative feedback and I think this forum is a great place for all knife people to vent these things.
Ed Fox
In over 700 sales I have 2 negatives. Not deserved? Well, I am biased but I belive so. What to do about them? Not much. I have relied on what someone else mentioned in this thread. Buyers will look at the totallity of your feedbacks. I think this is fair.
No one should be judged on just one incident. BY the way, this is true in most everything, not just ebay. I have made several mistakes in all the deals I have done on ebay and else where. When I made them I just told the buyer what happened and they accepted that and we moved on. (Funny thing... none of these were entered as negative feedback.)
One of my negatives came from a fella who said the knife I sold was not the one pictured. No, he did not contact me before entering the feedback. In fact he did not enter the feedback until way over a month after he got the knife. I had already entered his positive when he paid. (I too agree that this is when the seller should give feedback. When the buyers side of the deal is done is when they have paid.) I responded to the negative that I did not belive I had sent the wrong knife and even emailed that buyer to try to find out what he was talking about. Never got any response and the negative feedback is still there.
I even had one, just recently, entered where the buyer contacted me right away and said it was entered in error. Sure we both got with ebay and it was taken off my total numbers but the entries are still there to be read. this buyer was kind enough to enter a comment explaining their error.
The one that gets me the most is the retalitory one. He bid, won, and never responded. I waited more than a month and finally entered negative feedback stating he had not paid. I got a response right away. He wrote,"You should have just left it alone. Welcome to your second negative feedback." Will ebay pull this? Nope.
So, all and all I have to say that I have very little trouble selling knives on ebay. I agree with the one who earlier stated that "Knife people are very nice". I find it is very true. I have talked with ebay sellers who deal in all kinds of other things. They can not belive how few non paying buyers I have had in these 793 tranactions. I am up to about 5. And of them 3 contacted me and explained why. One even sent me $2.00 to cover the listing fees I lost.
Yes, I really can't complain. All the comments I see here are very good and helpful to anyone using ebay or just dealing with life in general. Myself, I try to enter negative feedbacks only if I feel it is a very serious action that others should know about. Otherwise, I do like my Mother told me. "If you can't say nothing good, don't say nothing at all." The poor syntax aside, I think one must be very flexable when dealing with others. I can not pretend to be perfect in this way but I do try.
Read descriptions carefully. Read feedbacks on buyers and sellers. Judge the feedbacks using your own sence of fairness and I don't think you will go too far wrong.
This was a big "2 cents" I put in here but It gave me a change to blow off the steam from a negative feedback and I think this forum is a great place for all knife people to vent these things.
Ed Fox
Interesting. I forwarded the link to this thread and informed knife-yenta that this post was going to be "on Jesus mode" (resurrecting itself every 2-3 months) and received an e-mail in response. The e-mail stated that they had terminated the person who was running the portion of their eBay business, and included an apology. I also called their attention to the fact that the thread had over 1,200 views. So far, I have not seen a dramitic change in their feedback, it seems the B.S. (bait and switch) and listing of items they don't have in stock comtinues. I will keep you all posted as to the final outcome.
I have an inetersting story that relates to this. I stopped by a local sandwich place a couple of years ago, had alot of trouble with the service and product. I wanted to speak to the manager, not here they said come back Monday.
I came back Monday and asked to see the manager, I'm the manager, says the person. (The same person I talked to when serivce was bad) I related my story to them, "Oh yes, they've been fired!" they said.
I said "you're full of sh!T your the same person I that was here and served me when I had the problem!"
Bttom line, when someone says the offending wipe has been fired, they're often not telling the truth.
I came back Monday and asked to see the manager, I'm the manager, says the person. (The same person I talked to when serivce was bad) I related my story to them, "Oh yes, they've been fired!" they said.
I said "you're full of sh!T your the same person I that was here and served me when I had the problem!"
Bttom line, when someone says the offending wipe has been fired, they're often not telling the truth.
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My Ebay feedback rating is 466 100% I know someday someone will like to be the first to shoot me down. I have been really screwed a few times, and once by someone I had done business with many times. I usually would send the item, and always money was in the mail. This time he got me for $100.
This is what I do, wait till 89th day, and pop them a neg. Then unless they check their feedbacks everyday, they have no chance to reply in kind. Then he started bidding to screw up my auctions. I put a blocker on his bids, and then I noticed he was kicked off Ebay. Got a new I.D. and was booted again. Soooo really think twice about a neg., and if you do wait 89 days.
This is what I do, wait till 89th day, and pop them a neg. Then unless they check their feedbacks everyday, they have no chance to reply in kind. Then he started bidding to screw up my auctions. I put a blocker on his bids, and then I noticed he was kicked off Ebay. Got a new I.D. and was booted again. Soooo really think twice about a neg., and if you do wait 89 days.
Man, good idea of waiting until the 89th day. I only have 200 and some F.B.'s all positive though. I always try to give buyers the benefit of the doubt. I have some who said they have made a mistake and I let it slide. How do you know if they are lying or not? It is the internet we are dealing with. Correct me if I am wrong but, when I file with ebay for my listing fees for npb's I think the npb cannot leave fb after you request a final credit for your listing fees. As for the ebay forum man what a joke! those people won't even use their ebay id's they all have "posting id's" 
I asked a few questions about an auction gone sour and had nothing but attacks sent my way. One guy tried to help me out and all the "stay at home moms" flamed him to no end!
I asked a few questions about an auction gone sour and had nothing but attacks sent my way. One guy tried to help me out and all the "stay at home moms" flamed him to no end!
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doomonyou said:As for the ebay forum man what a joke! those people won't even use their ebay id's they all have "posting id's"
No kidding!! I went on one of those ebay forums once and I gotta tell you...those people are some very sick psychos. And another thing...don't ever expect any help from ebay itself...Meg is concerned with only one thing; and it ain't the quality of your ebay experience
