posted on March 29, 2001 04:17:13 PM new
One time I had just bid on and won a blue, antique, egg-shaped door-knocker when I get an e-mail from the seller (in the same town) who tells me that he likely suspected I would win, so he took the liberty of hacking into my Paypal account, paying himself (including a generous tip for excellent s&h) and then he delivered it to my front door 2 hours before the auction was over.
Sure enough, I went to the front door, and there it was! Unfortunately, he had installed it on my door. I really just wanted it as a paperweight.
posted on March 30, 2001 09:16:14 AM new
You don't relize how tough it was to try and think of something better than jerry12. I'm not saying I did but gave it a good shot.
I'm sure they will try and make you belive their story is true but you know mine is besides you would have had to been here two yesterdays ago prove it was not.
posted on March 30, 2001 09:34:23 AM new
I was planning on listing an item when I got an email from a complete stranger that was driving by my place and using his cell phone to contact me.
I replied and - No wait a minute. Forget I ever said anything. I never paid eBay their commission and I could be in all sorts of trouble if that story ever gets out.
posted on March 30, 2001 10:22:10 AM new
reston_ray Your close, see what you should have done is like what happened to me.
Guy comes to my door, says I figure your about to list something and I am here to pick it up. I give it to him and he pays me what I want for it. I count the number of items he takes and send a check to ebay for .30 x total number.
If you would do it this way then you would not be in trouble.
posted on March 30, 2001 10:48:59 AM new
I realize we are all merely rank amateurs in the presence of a pro like Jerry12 but I've got to take a stab at the logical PREclusion of the truly speediest eBay transaction.
So, here is what happened to me last Saturday....I'm in the south, see, so spring yard sales have already started up down here. I was at a sale and picked up a few eBayable treasures and was walking back to my car. A lady stopped me and said she sensed I was going to put it on eBay and she'd give me $3.00 for it. Hmmm, not bad since I had just picked it up for $.25. Another woman heard her and she bid $3.25. Then, the lady running the yard sale asked if a seller named paperfan was here...there was a man from California on the phone saying he would bid $250 for my little widget. Then, my cell phone rang...it was someone from Japan ("Sure, I'm happy to do international sales" ) and he bid $4500 (lucky for me I speak fluent Japanese).
By the time I got to my van, I had sold the little widget for big bucks to someone in Nevada, figured eBay feez, debited my CC for the amount due Meg et crew, and packed my $.25 Widget (when you get big bucks for something you can automatically capitalize it) on the way to the next yard sale where some guy in a black helicopter paid me with a cashier's check (no waiting for it to clear) and picked it up.
It could happen....
errant smilie
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posted on March 30, 2001 07:15:33 PM new
I routinely receive payment for my dutch auctions and the bidders have their merchandise in their hot little hands before the end of the auctions. When the auctions end all that's left to do is leave feedback. This happens several times a week.
posted on April 2, 2001 04:35:45 AM new
I sell gift certificates to internet stores occasionally. Basically, all I have to do after I receive payment is email the gift certificate code to the winner.
I once had a bidder use the "Pay Now" feature within five minutes of the end of the auction. I was watching the end of the auction as well and saw the payment notice come through. So, I immediately emailed her the code and other necessary information for her to spend the code at the internet store. All in all, it took about 15 minutes altogether from the end of the auction!
posted on April 2, 2001 05:51:45 AM new
I am sure many of my fellow sellers has had this happen to them before. I received a payment in the mail with no ebay ID number on it, no description, no e-mail address, nothing. For the life of me I couldn’t match the money order up to any of my auctions. This happened about two weeks ago. When I get these UFM’s (Unidentified @!%ing Money Orders) I toss them in a pile and hope the buyer will eventually send me one of those nasty "where is my merchandise" letters so I can FINALLY figure out what auction their payment is for and get their merchandise to them.
Well about a week goes by and one morning as I am sitting at my computer checking auctions that just closed I get an message "BING" You’ve Got Mail (and I don’t even have AOL). The e-mail is from a person whose name for some reason sounds very familiar. Yep, it’s from the same person who earlier in the week sent me the money order. I thought "at least now I can write back and ask the person what other auction he bid on of mine" and get the auction that just closed and the one he sent me the money order for out to him.
As I read his e-mail I start to have a Rod Sterling moment. Maybe there was even a bit of a 60’s flash back happening here as well. His e-mail explains, he is a psychic with extra ordinary abilities and powers (guess yet where this is going). He knew I would be listing this particular widget, and since he didn’t have PayPal he sent me a money order to make sure it arrived so when the auction closed I would have his payment and could get it the widget out to him right away. After getting over the initial shock and wondering if this is a dream, flashback, hallucination, or a bad reaction to the fish I had last night for dinner I jump into action.
I packaged up the box and since the auction had ended before the Post Office even opened I was able to get it down there right when the door opened. But that isn’t where the STORY ends. I take a number. I was number three because two other people rushed the ticket machine before I could get to it. I wait my turn and my number is called. I walk up to the window and hand the package containing the widget to the Postal worker behind the counter. As I am waiting for him to weight the package I’m looking around and notice the name on his shirt. Just about this time I look at him, he looks at me. He says eBay?. I respond yes, are you? He answers "YES!".
PACKAGE DELIVERED......
Health & Happiness
The Colonel
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