posted on February 2, 2004 01:49:47 PM
I'm a nit picker! I send my items out clean or else I state in the auction that they can clean it themselves.
If I receive an item that is grungy and the seller did not warn me in the auction, they'll get, at minimum, an email from me and if it looks like their auctions are all running along the same lines, they will get a neutral.
My husband recently bought a motorcycle helmet on ebay. It has a bad pic and said in good condition. When we received it, the box was not even big enough to be taped closed, so the packing tape was stuck to the helmet. (I know, no big deal,but...) Then when I pulled it out of the box it smelled like perspiration and had sticky finger prints all over it like some 5 year old eating a jelly sandwich had done the packed.
I know some people live like that, but not me . Maybe you feel it was harsh but I left him a neutral. If that had been anything other than a helmet, it would have been destroyed in shipping. And I greatly resented having to clean whatever the heck that was off the helmet.
Just use a little common sense. Even most flea market dealers do not expect a fair market price if they don't go to the trouble of cleaning up their merchandise.
OK, I'll put away my soap box now. But bad pics, not as advertised items, poor packaging and dirt, really raise my blood pressure and give the rest of us a bad name.
posted on February 2, 2004 03:28:41 PM
Whenever I sell a plate, I always make a great effort to make sure any dried egg or cheese sauce is scraped off. I never could see where a little syrup or gravy would bother a buyer though. Just make sure the pizza box you pack it in doesn't have any ants. That really gets a buyer steamed.
The light at the end of the tunnel will turn out to be an oncoming train.
posted on February 3, 2004 08:06:31 AM
And make sure you wrap them in diapers too. I guess that gets people worked up also. Hey...why not? If you've got babies at home, it's a bonus gift - right?
posted on February 3, 2004 08:36:39 AM
Or Chux (is that how you spell them?) Were you speaking of unused diapers? Aside from the esthetic aspects of using either as wrapping material, I personally see nothing wrong. Clue me in.
buyhigh
posted on February 3, 2004 09:16:16 PM
Ah, yes, the diapers... Someone was disgusted because her collectible plate came wrapped in one, EXTREMELY large Adult sized disposable diaper... She wanted to know what feedback she should give.
I believe the consensus was that the plate arrived in perfect condition, and the diaper wasn't pre-worn... whoo boy!
And before that, someone got a plate packed in a USED pizza box, with the debri of the pizza atill in it- and ants!
When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple
with a red hat that doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
posted on February 4, 2004 07:39:24 PM
They Layed them on the GRASS to take picture.... no no no..
My pet peeve is seeing clothing of any kind, spread out on the floor for a picture.
Sorry, it just bothers me.I may take pictures on the floor, but I at least put a clean drop cloth under them.
Someone was disgusted because her collectible plate came wrapped in one, EXTREMELY large Adult sized disposable diaper... She wanted to know what feedback she should give.