posted on June 14, 2001 01:20:36 PM new
I just received an email from a winning bidder on one of my auctions. Actually he just hit the reply button after reading my EOA (the EOA was attached to his message).
His email consisted of one question:
Do you accept PayPal?
I replied back and told him to please scroll down a few lines and read payment option #1.
What's WRONG with these people? I get something like this on a daily basis. Is it that they won't read, can't read, or can't comprehend what they read? It drives me crazy.
posted on June 14, 2001 01:37:02 PM new
>What's WRONG with these people? I get something like this on a daily basis. Is it that they won't read, can't read, or can't comprehend what they read? <
Here's mine for today.......
"I don't have visa or master is there a way I can pay with discover through
billpoint. If not maybe I can use my girlfriends mothers cards Let me know
what to do next please thanks"
Auction reads Money Orders, Cash or PayPal.
No where does it mention Billpoint.
You guys get people wanting to PP you money, I get billpoint!
Of course then today I also get a winning bidder from CANADA when it CLEARLY states several times US SHIPPPING ONLY.
posted on June 14, 2001 01:53:43 PM new
MrBusinessMan-
You're not complaining about bidders who actually want to pay, are you? Those silly questions are frequent and common to us all.
Now if you were complaining about a psycho bidder who reeks of used cat litter and wants to pay you personally with grocery coupons, then I might be able to sympathize.
posted on June 14, 2001 02:08:59 PM new
MR. BUSINESS MAN
(With apologies to Bob Dylan)
Hey! Mr. Business Man, answer one for me,
I'm real stupid and I can't read too good, too!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, do you accept PayPal?
In your jingle jangle auction I'll bid till I'm blue.
Though I know that eBay's empire has returned into sand,
My mouse has paralysed my hand, Left me blindly here to bid but still not sniping,
My bank account amazes me, it's tattooed on my seat,
I really think that's neat
And both Amazon & Yahoo are too dead for dreaming.
Hey! Mr. Business Man, answer one for me,
I'm real stupid and I can't read too good, too!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, do you accept PayPal?
In your jingle jangle auction I'll bid till I'm blue.
Let me make a bid upon your nifty little thing,
My sentences don't have swing, my hands can't reach the ring,
My brain too numb to read, wait only for your reply to be wonderin' do you take Paypal?
I'm ready for to bid
In this big eBay charade, cast your answer still my way, I promise I'll bid on it!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, answer one for me,
I'm real stupid and I can't read too good, too!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, do you accept PayPal?
In your jingle jangle auction I'll bid till I'm blue.
Though you might hear spammin', shillin', deadbeats madly on the run,
They're not paying anyone, it's just negging feedback fun,
And but for PayPal there are no charges reversin'.
And if you hear vague traces of keyword spamming rhyme
To your business leads this time,
it's just a competitor right behind,
I wouldn't pay it any mind, it's just SafeHarbor
That he's been e-mailin'.
Hey! Mr. Business Man, answer one for me,
I'm real stupid and I can't read too good, too!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, do you accept PayPal?
In your jingle jangle auction I'll bid till I'm blue.
Then take me for a ride with your faulty auction goods,
Down the foggy refund trail, I know I should have understood,
That rare, one-of-a-kind, meant common one of each,
Far from the twisted reach of crazy sorrow.
Yes, to bid on diamonds faked with one hand waving free,
Silhouetted by eBay, which has been down all day,
With computer memory all used up beneath the waves,
Let me forget about PayPal until tomorrow.
Hey! Mr. Business Man, answer one for me,
I'm real stupid and I can't read too good, too!
Hey! Mr. Business Man, do you accept PayPal?
In your jingle jangle auction I'll bid till I'm blue.
posted on June 14, 2001 02:09:02 PM new
I love the bidder who win a widget for $4.99 TOS clearly states shipping & handling charge but then writes: I just won your widget ebay item number 5551212555 please tell me how much I owe with shipping ….
posted on June 14, 2001 02:10:50 PM newIs it that they won't read, can't read, or can't comprehend what they read?
most likely it's 'won't read.' - open email, quickly scan it (maybe), hit reply.
most of my buyers are great, don't ask silly questions that are already answered in the listing or eoa. i did have one who replied to my eoa (which stated she could pay either via money order or paypal) with 'i'll send you out a check tomorrow.' in this case it was a 'doesn't want to comprehend'
posted on June 14, 2001 02:19:50 PM new
My favorite are the people who email all the time to ask how much shipping is - when they have no intention of bidding regardless of my answer.
How do I know this? Well, I did an experiment on some of my items that do not have heavy shipping charges.
The experiment: Reply to shipping inquiry with an offer of free shipping.
The result: They still did not bid. One of the items was currently at a price of $0.01 when the person asked. They wouldn't bid for $0.01 with free shipping.
Ahhhhhh!! I can't take it. Take me away, please. Anything to stop these emails from buyers!!
posted on June 14, 2001 03:32:17 PM new
Upriver--
That was SO great! Thanks!
"I think it pi**** off god if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it." Alice Walker
Loved your idea. I have a website and had an email from a buyer wanting to know how much shipping was because if it was too much, he couldn't buy it. So I told him the price included shipping. Never heard from him again.
I wonder if these people just are bored and have nothing better to do than write emails.
Had an item up this week at auction. In the title and the first line of the description, I indicated the date of the item c1900. I had an email from someone who wanted to know how old the item was. DUH!!!!
Last week, I had another item on which I described in the condition that the top was a little warped (wood). Got an email asking me if the wood was warped at all? DUH!!!
My favorite was one last week who asked me in a very short email - "I want to sell my item on eBay, but they charge my credit card - do you know how much they charge each month?"
posted on June 14, 2001 08:53:59 PM new
My "favorite" was the newbie high bidder who answered my EOA email with:
"How do I know you won't keep my money and not send me anything?"
I answered with an explanation of how eBay works, and what my obligations as a seller are. Then she replied (one sentence emails):
"Well will you send me the item first so I can see if I like it?"
This made me a bit cross. I told her that selling on eBay was serious business for me and would she please click on that three-digit number after my name (that starts with a FIVE) and check out my feedback. Her reply:
"OK but can I just send cash and you keep the change?"
I said yes. A few days later an envelope arrived with a twenty-dollar bill in it and nothing else. I sent her three cents change with her item.
posted on June 15, 2001 09:56:21 AM new
The buyers with question don't bother me. I answer all of them with "thank you." The one that tick me off are the one with unsolicated advice, Like xyz sell it for $$$ or your shipping is too high and you itemize for me.
Look at the buyer's question a time to sell!!
YES WE CAN SHIP THE MERCHANDISE BY PONY EXPRESS, BUT MS BUYER YOU WILL HAVE TO SUPPLY THE HORSE, RIDER AND IT COST YOU $55.00
posted on June 15, 2001 10:26:50 AM new
I am sorry but we laugh about this all of the time~ I think my favorite ones to answer though are the "I just went to pay for the widget I won from and noticed that the item was relisted, what are you trying to do!" I try to explain I buy in bulk and frequently have many more than just one of a particular item and most simply think I am trying to pull something over their eyes. Ugghh. Sometimes they are funny though....
posted on June 15, 2001 11:10:00 AM new
My favorite so far.....
A girl bought a pair of shoes from me after I gave the info on the size and everything. She emailed me asking if I could send her the shoes so she could try them on before paying for them incase they didn't fit!!
HAHA!! I kindly told her that i wouldn't be able to do that as she could take the shoes and run!! Literally!!
posted on June 15, 2001 12:14:04 PM new
Ah....besides the buyers that COMPLETELY ignore the NO PAYPAL directives in my TOS, the international buyers who ignore the NO SHIPPING OUTSIDE THE USA directives in my auction and the deadbeats, I get this gem: (from a buyer with low feedback who bidded the item, a book, up to a ridiculous high price.)
"Thank you for notifying me about winning the book. Unfortunately, I got called unexpectedly to Europe and cannot pay you until after the 30 days that I will be there. I could pay now but you won't take Paypal."
I dunno, I thought that writing a check and addressing an envelope took about 5 minutes AND that they have mailboxes at airports. But that's just me, I guess.
posted on June 15, 2001 08:45:14 PM new
Of course, there is always the PayPal one and the International one.....
But how about a bidder who gets my EOA, which clearly states no checks.....
She replies with an email stating she will send a check tomorrow....
I reply back saying I do not accept checks, but I do accept money orders....
She replies back saying she will send a money order the next day....
That Saturday (5 days after auction end) I get an email asking if I received payment yet.......
When I get the payment, it shows a postmark of THAT SATURDAY. She must think when she drops it in the mailbox, it instantly gets to me.
I get the envelope in the mail; In it is a letter and payment. The letter says "Here is the money order for XXXXXXXXXX"
And what is the payment?
A CHECK.
I didn't know that if you call a check a money order, it instantly becomes one.
And to make it all the more funny, after I email telling her that I will have to hold her check for 2 weeks, she sent at least 3 emails in the first 5 days asking "Why do you have to hold the check? I am in love with this doll, and I would like it as soon as possible"
I give up.
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Then of course, there is the one who bid on my item, and in response to my EOA (5 days after I sent it) she says "I am a seller, and when I get payment for one of my items, I will send you a money order"
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Then of course there are the people who ask questions about an auction after it is already ended, and the answer was right in the description.....I will never understand that one.....
posted on June 15, 2001 09:19:16 PM new
Here one for you…
Won a auction for $925.00 and shipping was $47.00
Very heavy coffee Grinder.
Sent off my info right after auction, got reply the next morning, with their address.
It was 6 blocks away, I emailed and ask a time I could pick it up or they could drop it off at my business, will pay CASH.
heard back, NO send money order and we will send it UPS.
The next morning I talked to my UPS pick up man and he said that block is on his route, I gave him cash, he picked it up and delieverd the same day, asked any problems ?, He said (no I told them no cost to send this auction item), they were surprise that ebay would be so fast to pickup the grinder, and knew when they would be home.
They emailed me and told me it was on the way and thanked me for following ebay rules, It is the only way to do it.
I asked them do they think all auctions were picked up by the carrier (UPS, POSTOFFICE, or whatever), they said after I am on ebay awhile longer, i will understand how it is done.
posted on June 17, 2001 10:10:07 AM new
Just got this one today....Hi. I am writing in reguard of the pants u had on ebay. I see that the
shipping is 6.50. Well I am buying these for a neice and I don't have
that
much. If i get the bid would u consider letting me pay only 3.00 in
shipping?
I would deeply appreciate it.
Thanks!
I had to tell her that i ship priority mail...we'll see how she reponds!!! Wish i could but then i'd end up paying half the shipping!! SORRY!!
posted on June 17, 2001 10:32:26 AM new
I have one bidder from Australia who keeps ending me the same email over and over about how his ISP has problems and do I take paypal. I told him earlier I didn't, and asked him if he's read my earlier emails to him - duh....
posted on June 17, 2001 11:21:38 AM new
I got a very angry letter from a buyer saying that the DVD I sold him did not work, and all he could access was the special features.. and not the actually movie.
posted on June 17, 2001 11:52:27 AM new
Hello All
What you all say is true BUT how about the stupid Sellers? I ran into one yesterday (Saturday) who wanted payment with check or MO in 72 hours, No PP No BP. Seller live half way across the country from me. So e-mailed him/her. Yup, got a reply that they would ..wait.. for my check if I won. They have one bid in six days on a cheap, choice, item. I bet they are also complaining that sales are slow! Go figure... Dave [email protected]
posted on June 17, 2001 01:11:24 PM new
The ones that drive me batty are those who will not tell me a shipping address. At least once every two weeks get someone who demands to know shipping. So we write depends on where it is going. We will not quote without an exact address and the quote is only good for that address. Sometimes it takes up to four emails to get that out of winning bidder.
And then there are the mysterious payments. No information of any kind about what they bought on the money order or check. Arggg
