sanmar
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posted on February 13, 2006 07:01:03 PM new
I have an auction for a Echo chain saw. I have 2 pictures showing. One is if a pic of the saw & the other is of the box. My TOS states that the pic is not oF the the saw, but is identical to it. The one I am showing is still sealed in the factory sealed box. Why did they want to know if this is what they are bidding on? JHC, What is wrong with people? Can't they read??
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parklane64
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posted on February 13, 2006 07:30:15 PM new
No, they're what we call eBay 'seasoned'.
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agitprop
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posted on February 13, 2006 07:59:38 PM new
Maybe they're afraid that like the recent rash of Xbox 360 listings - they're bidding on the empty box? Never underestimate the stupidity of some people... who bid on empty promises or boxes.
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mikes4x4andtruckrepair
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posted on February 13, 2006 08:25:41 PM new
I look at it this way. It's safer for them to ask a question before hand and have me answer it than not ask and be a problem after the sale. I get dumb questions to and I just answer them. Just remember, answering their dumb question may get you a bid.
They say your memory's the second thing to go, I just can't remember what the first thing is. 
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roadsmith
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posted on February 13, 2006 08:44:43 PM new
But here's what gets me this week. I'm selling all these complicated machines and gadgets for some British fellow. In the 7 auctions ending tonight, for his items, I got 14 very complicated questions, not just involving how much shipping would be to various states and countries, but stuff about the items themselves. Of the 14, not one ended up winning the items. (I don't have the time right now to see if any of them even bid on the items.) Sigh. And yet I still answer all their questions just in case . . . .
I suppose half of them could be phishing questions which then are subverted by my answering them through My Ebay. Still---
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sparkz
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posted on February 13, 2006 09:12:23 PM new
Sanmar...Answer with the same type of answer you would expect to get from Ebay when you ask them a question...
"HI,
Thanks for the interest in my auction. I'm sorry, but this is the only color I have in stock now. We do have a similar lady's model bicycle in red. Please let me know if you would be interested in that one."
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TnErnie
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posted on February 13, 2006 09:23:45 PM new
ROFLMAO
Good one Sparkz!
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sanmar
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posted on February 13, 2006 09:33:24 PM new
spakz; This is a very good answer for most questions, but doesn't co here.;
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pixiamom
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posted on February 13, 2006 11:16:36 PM new
I think that was Sparkz point, Sanmar. Although eBay would have added "Is there anything else I can help you with?"
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stonecold613
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posted on February 14, 2006 01:13:21 PM new
Here is one for you.
How about actually showing the actual item in the unopened box?
Then you wouldn't have a stupid listing.
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pixiamom
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posted on February 14, 2006 06:59:33 PM new
How can you show the actual item if the box is unopened?
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tOMWiii
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posted on February 14, 2006 07:19:52 PM new
I got a ?QUESTION? today about a NEW-IN-BOX scale described as "NEW" and "NEW-IN-BOX:"
1) "What is the condition of this scale?"
2) "Why are you selling it?"
Ralphie likes to handle these religious and/or eschatological discussions with "buyers..." by replying:
"Why do birds fly up in the sky?"
Ya wonder sometimes how some of these folks don't run around in yellow shoes all the time...??
[ edited by tOMWiii on Feb 14, 2006 07:20 PM ]
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