naucratis
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posted on April 4, 2001 09:43:51 AM
Ever had a bidder send you a address that is not legible. Even though after the auction ended you ask them politely for a simple request, like verifying their mailing address via e-mail but instead you receive a week later a money order with a address written in chicken scratch.
Now I have to e-mail this individual once again and explain and ask her/him to send me their shipping address because I was unable to decipher the secret code (the address).
Note, this bidder has over 40 feedbacks.
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Meya
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posted on April 4, 2001 09:49:15 AM
I've had this happen a couple of times. When I email them for verification, I'm usually careful to not actually mention that their writing is sloppy. Some people have physical trouble that can effect their handwriting.
I try to be diplomatic, but also say I cannot send their widget until I have a clear typed address.
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mballai
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posted on April 4, 2001 09:57:30 AM
I always ask them to email me their address. Make this your SOP. I then run it through the National address Server or USPS to verify it. Even the typed ones can have errors.
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redskinfan
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posted on April 4, 2001 10:00:51 AM
Cut out the address from the envelope it was sent in and tape it to the package.
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computerboy
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posted on April 4, 2001 10:01:21 AM
I feel your pain. We average at least a few illegible addresses a week. These buyers must be doctors...
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sun818
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posted on April 4, 2001 10:09:41 AM
Good one computerboy!  How about the ones that send illegible return address, include a money order with no auction number, and use initials instead of their full-name.
I usually sit on these until they say something. One time I had to return a money order because I didn't know what the payment was for. The total didn't match up to any of my closed auctions.
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computerboy
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posted on April 4, 2001 10:56:00 AM
I've been there.
My handwriting is aweful, so I do not even attempt to provide my info in writing. It's pretty easy just to type it out, especially when you are already sitting at a computer. It's better than scrambling around to find a pen...
I receive many of these illegible addresses by international customers. Talk about risk takers.
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eventer
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posted on April 4, 2001 11:17:55 AM
Don't do it. Just cut out his return address, tape it to the package & if the sucker doesn't get there, tell him you used his very own handwriting on the address. Maybe he/she will learn to print in the future.
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zoomin
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posted on April 4, 2001 11:38:51 AM
perhaps you could fax it to Frank Perdue for translation.....
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eventer
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posted on April 4, 2001 11:39:31 AM
zoomin,
LMAO!
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katiyana
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posted on April 4, 2001 12:17:43 PM
Can you make out ANY of the address or name? I've used the USPS zip code look-up to help me fill in the blanks on addressess..
For example, I have one customer whose address I SHOULD know by now, but she abbreviates the name of her town, and I have to go look it up everytime to make sure i get it right.. It might get there if I abbreviated it too - but I don't dare because I actually want to get it there..
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uaru
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posted on April 4, 2001 12:34:13 PM
You might take it to your local pharmacist. They can read anything.
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Pic3kett
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posted on April 4, 2001 01:13:38 PM
Im with auctionwatch so I havent experienced that because they type everything out on the response section but if I had to deal with that I would email client again and just write it off the email.
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zoomin
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posted on April 4, 2001 01:33:05 PM
thanks eventer 
gotta lighten up somewhere around here!
uaru:
ROFL!
what do you think would be in the little bottle the pharmacist hands back?!?
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hitandrun
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posted on April 4, 2001 08:24:57 PM
LIVER Pills from Austria! What else??
HUH??
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jenndiggy1
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posted on April 4, 2001 08:39:30 PM
I once had a buyer paypal me back when I accepted paypal.
The street address they sent?
9 gdog gdog
My then fiance said I should have said "G bow G wow" in reply, but I was professional about it.
Wonder how that ever happened.
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dadofstickboy
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posted on April 4, 2001 09:07:23 PM
Had this happen 1 time. Just go into Ebay info and you can get they're address and phone # if you need it.
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mcbrunnhilde
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posted on April 5, 2001 01:49:50 AM
Dubyasdaman has a great idean to prevent problems like this in the future:
http://www.auctionwatch.com/mesg/read.html?num=2&thread=356774
Without eBay, I might have a real life...
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oneofakind
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posted on April 5, 2001 03:47:47 AM
We too have resorted to cutting out the address they wrote and taping it to the package. My handwriting is horrible so I always include a preprinted address label with any payment I may send out.
Amy Ann
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gravid
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posted on April 5, 2001 04:29:43 AM
I read about a lady that wanted to mail a letter to her son and friend who were moving from mining camp to mining camp in the interior of Australia and had dropped out of contact with her.
She mailed it to John and Terry beyond the black stump - and it got to them.
Try that in the US!
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jwoodcrafts
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posted on April 5, 2001 05:29:50 AM
I have had this happen before. I just assumed maybe they were really very old, or had some kind of medical problem, such as arthritis. Anyway, the envelope was kinda crumpled and I just used that as an excuse when I asked them to email me an address.
I would have felt horrible if they had had some kind of handicap and I complained about their writing.
http://www.geocities.com/sandcastless/crafts.html
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