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Same with twats sending an offer that you accept then don't get paid
Are people really that simple that this is a thing? I narrowly avoided just this recently (names and places changed)
Selling some rare records on ebay. A couple were £150 or best offer.
A guy emailed me, lets say his user name is blob246 and asked if I would do a deal for the two.
I went back offering £200 and he said yes that's great; are they originals?
This instantly seemed odd as IMO anyone spending this sort of money on records would know enough about them to see from the pictures that they obviously are (sleeve designs, colour variants etc.)
Anyway I explained that they were original releases. He came back and said great, can I pay you on Friday? and signed his email Billy.
As I was now suspicious I checked his ebay account and I could see he was from York.
I googled his ebay user name and found the same user name existed on Discogs. There however, he had an appalling feedback record; most comments were 'bought my records, never paid'.
So, I emailed one of the sellers asking for help and said can you confirm this time waster was called Billy and from York?
They sent me his full name and address which sure enough matched (They told me his name was Billy Corgan)
So I blocked him.
Two days later I get a very similar offer on ebay from a user with hardly any feedback called JimCorg79. So I check his postcode and it's less than a mile from the previous user!! My guess would be a relative possibly named Jimmy Corgan.
So I blocked him too.I realise that these people couldn't just hit BIN as I set my sales to require immediate payment. Presumably all that's achieved by this is just giving people headaches / hassle. I can't see what else they have to gain? Maybe my address so they can come and burgle me and get the records for free?......
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That's a total headache.
Had it once selling a pair of Nike Air Jordans. Heaps of photos, big description. Guys places offer, I accept then the questions start, I reply but then the trail goes dead.
I think unfortunately some people are that simple/peculiar, same dobbers that go to A&E with spurious symptoms for something to do perhaps.
Josē
Yeah given:
" I have got plenty else going on domestically and personally that I don't really have energy to engage"
take the hit and keep it easy for yourself and take the return? I've never had this happen while selling on eBay (touch wood) but it's the path I'd take if someone got the hump over a purchase. Same with twats sending an offer that you accept then don't get paid. Temptation is to force them to buy/spam them, but in reality easier to let it lapse and relist for the benefit of your zen.