posted on May 26, 2004 07:24:40 PM new
Right in the SEARCH Engine line! and five (5) times MORE in the auction information...NO shipping,,,,,MUST pick UP.....description,,,,,,payment area,,,,and EVERYWHERE else,,,,,,
The IDIOT is in,,,,,well,,ANOTHER State,,,,1500 miles from here.!
Hello,I am the high bidder on your auction,,,I am sorry I did NOT see the no shipping....
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!! on not one,,,,,but TWO auctions!!!!!! Why in the HELL won't E bay give US the location of the bidders!!!!!!! E bay makes us sellers give OUR location,,,,,
The twilight Zone,,,,,,AAAAAA!!!!! NOOOOOO a crazed bidder Knows where I am!!!!!!! OOOO, I am SOOOOOOOOOo Terrified,,,,I am in Los Angeles,,,I just KNOW he will find me and come knocking on my door in the middle of the night with a butcher knife,,,,,I am soooooo scared.....
Thanks e bay for protecting the BUYERS,,,,,,Screw the sellers....Sellers can't find the buyers till the auction is over,,,,but the Buyers Know RIGHT where WE sellers live......you tick those not even buyers off and they know RIGHT where you live, if they don't like yer terms of sale or ANYTHING else you say, they are on the way,,,,,,,,,,REDRUM.......REDRUM,,,,,,REDRUM......
posted on May 26, 2004 08:15:58 PM new
Here's what I don't understand. this is about the 4th time you've sung this sad song here and every time someone sugests that you set up your local pick up only auctions so that you have to approve the bidders.
Rather than set yourself up for this situation time and time again so that you can come here and complain that ebay has not enacted something that is a non issue to 99% of all sellers, why not just actually use the ebay option that enbles you to makes sure your bidders qualify?
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If it's really "common" sense, why do so few people actually have it?
posted on May 26, 2004 08:25:15 PM new
Actually it's an issue to me in a different way - I want to know where a seller is and I think eBay should disallow "Happy Land" or "in my truck" as location on auctions.
If they're gonna show locations, SHOW LOCATIONS.
Course, I think bidders should be "located" too for a variety of reasons.
Both should be city/state, right off your registration.
posted on May 26, 2004 08:59:04 PM new
It's a very valid issue. There is absolutely no reason a bidders and seller's locations need to be a closely guarded secret. I had an auction that closed 2 days ago in which the winning bidder had an Australian email address. Had I have noticed it earlier, I would have cancelled his bid and blocked him because this was an item that would have been prohibitive to ship to Australia. As it turned out, he lives in Florida so all is o.k. He paid immediately with Bidpay and I shipped the item. It's just a fluke I didn't notice his Aussie email addy. If Ebay would start putting the zip codes (or country for international bidders) back on the bidders list like they did at one time, it could head off a lot of future problems. I still haven't figured out why he didn't get a Yahoo or Hotmail account for his Ebay address.
A $75.00 solid state device will always blow first to protect a 25 cent fuse ~ Murphy's Law
posted on May 26, 2004 08:59:39 PM new
fexin.......stuff it it in yer Seabag,,,, obviously you have never sold anything over the weight of a peanut so YOU have NO idea what you are talking about.....Have a wunderful day.........
posted on May 26, 2004 10:45:37 PM new
funny that this topic came up today. I just got through putting up my first no shipping /pick up only auction. Too big for me to ship but ok for someone to pick up. In the auction description I did add my location area but not my address and invited interested persons to contact me to preview the item. I guess that was kind of stupid. Oh well, maybe my sick killer dog will attack the first "bad guy" that arrives with the butcher knife. If not, maybe my karate kid with protect me hahahahaha
posted on May 27, 2004 12:03:15 AM new It's a very valid issue. There is absolutely no reason a bidders and seller's locations need to be a closely guarded secret
Just click on your bidder's name--their feedback box comes up, and it tells you right at the top where they are located--United States, Australia, U.K., whatever.
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That really isnt what I had in mind. United States covers a good deal of territory - I would like to see city/state right off your registration info for sellers AND bidders.
posted on May 27, 2004 10:03:53 AM new
bunni,,,,,,,hahahahaha, you hit it RIGHT on the head. Yup! they live in the Good Ole UNITED STATES of AMERICA! that narrows it right down to a pins head.
Bob,,,,like fenix03 says,,,I cry about this ALL the time yet,,,,they still do nothing at e bay.
posted on May 27, 2004 12:40:09 PM new
jack, if you only sell things that are less than 13 ounces you won't have to care where in the US the buyer is (send everything 1st class). That's my suggestion. If you have something heavier, break it into 13 oz. pieces and auction them separately. You're welcome.
posted on May 27, 2004 12:56:46 PM new
Thanks! Great idea!!! Now if I just can just find that stick of dynamite to blow this 400 pound safe to smitherin's. sssssssssssss........BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!! yehaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!! yer right!!!!!!! 13 ounce pieces all OVER the place! RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR,,,,,,,,,RRRRRRRRRRRRR,,,,,,,,RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR,,,,,what's that? THE COPS!!!!!!!! Thanks pelorus!! Thanks ALOT!!!!! Jesus!!!!!! money is falling from the sky now that the DUST is clearing!!!! I am rich!!!!!! Screw selling this on e bay,,I am RICH I tell you RICH! Ah,,,yeah Officer,,no, I did'nt ROB no bank! I blew it to pieces. Pelorus advised me to do so....
posted on May 27, 2004 01:25:15 PM new
Hey this is creepy,,,,people are watching my auctions,,,yikes! Good thing it only says UNITED STATES as my location! Watching Hell they are stalking me!!! I no likey this! watching me? You mean EVERYWHERE I go they are WATCHING me? Looking left and right,,,,I am pulling the drapes!
posted on May 27, 2004 08:03:00 PM new
paranoia,,,,,,,left,,,,,,,right,,,,behind,,,,,up,,,,,Oh my GOD down???? Someone is a beating on the DOOR!!!!!! Oh MY GOD not one of those Crazed disinchanted ebayer buyers,A npb?,,,,,,,I need a web cam installed on the roof!!!!!!!,, a peep hole in the door,,,,,,CATS!!!!!! GET mean!!!!!!! I mean REALLY MEAN!!!!!! I'll get the Neighbors to help sting the consintina wire,,,,,,,,Trip wires,,,,,,,beer cans on the wire to hear movement,,,,,,,,,,send out a 12 man Recon patrol 5 clicks out,,,,,,give me that starlight scope,,,,,,THERE THEY ARE!!!!!! Open FIRE!!!!!!!!!!! OPEN FIRE!!!!!!!! 50's,,,,60's........M-16's!!!!!!!!! Call in the M-48 A-2 Marine Tanks!!!!!!! Call in an AIR strike(F-4 phantoms)!!!!!!!!! Call in PUFF(C-47 Gunship)!!!!!! Open FIRE with 105's..........frag e'm.......Oh my GOD!!!!! why me?????? why oh why, did'nt I just say in my location,,,Sunnyville......watch yer flank!!!!!!! Stupid me I gave them a direct TARGET....Los Angeles!!!!!!! Fix bayonets!!!!!!
posted on May 27, 2004 10:02:30 PM new
Why should a buyer need to know the seller's location?
If the shipping is fixed it makes no difference where they are.
It really doesn't help for transit time since it is likely that the item won'e be shipped for a couple days.
posted on May 27, 2004 10:15:41 PM new
You have never traveled farther than your own back Yard.....WWW... It's a BIG friggin' World.....there is NO fixed shipping.....
Ever heard of Japan,England,France,Germany, Lower Mongolia,Australia,Sweden,Denmark,Afganiistan, Europe,,,,Asia,,,,,,, Belice,,,,Mexico! Canada! I don't just sell to little ole Ladies from Pasadena,,,,,,
posted on May 27, 2004 10:18:48 PM new
Let me try that again, the buyers DO know where the SELLERS are it's right in their auction, sellers have NO idea where the non reading BIDDERS are until,,,,,,it's toooooooo late......
These threads just go to ,,,,,,Oh well what's New.....and the beat goes on,,,,,,,,,
I was snooping, actually looking at your auctions and you must have really stupid customers. You are real clear about what you can and can not ship.
Here's a suggestion:
Put a clause in your auctions that says "Only bidders with gray matter between their ears and only those who can READ are permitted to bid on my auctions!!!"
Other than that I have no other suggestions. I really don't think you can be any clearer that you already are.
posted on May 28, 2004 05:58:09 AM new
Wow, jack, do you really have a 400 lb. safe? I need one of those. If you can guess where in the US of Friggin A I am I will pay shipping. I would pick it up, but I don't think I can pick it up.
