November 7, 2005

  • Mercy Maud, what a jerk. :^(

    I've bought quite a bit via eBay over the years, and it's been smooth sailing.

    Ran into my first jerk.  Dmitry had been cruisin' eBay and located
    a Gameboy game he wanted.  It wasn't going for much so I okayed
    him bidding on it.

    We won it, and that's when I discovered, to my displeasure, the seller
    is one who doesn't take Paypal, instead wanting a cashier's check,
    money order, check (in which case he holds it for a week before sending
    the merchandise) or cash.  Kept meaning to get a money order but
    would forget, as normally I only do business with those sellers who
    accept Paypal.  At one point I was looking for the address to send
    the payment - once I remembered to get - it, and couldn't find
    it.  Only his name and city.  Not sufficient info, so I
    emailed him via eBay's message system.  Didn't hear back, but did
    get an online invoice two or three days later.

    Today I gave up and wrote out a check, then emailed him, advising him of this.

    Dude mustn't read well, for though the subject line of my message to
    him said "I just sent a check for #8230086490....", this is the reply I
    received:

    What are you saying? Or better yet, don't even
    respond. You'll receive a non-paying bidder notice if
    you don't pay.

    Huh???  

    Sent him a message asking him what the devil is the matter, and perhaps
    he should take the trouble to read what I actually wrote.  Also
    warned him threats work both ways, but if the merchandise shows up in
    good shape and in a timely fashion (keeping in mind he'll hold it for
    seven days after depositing the check), there's still a chance he'll
    get a positive feedback.

    Told him I wasn't terribly optimistic, but hey...maybe he'd surprise me.

    What a loser. 

Comments (3)

  • He finally responded. What a charmer!

    > This message is understandable but the one before it
    > still isn't. Hey, if you finally paid, great that
    > was
    > what you were supposed to do. Now hopefully, I don't
    > have to continue to hold your hand during this
    > transaction. I sell stuff all the time. It's not all
    > that complicated to send $ and sit back, relax,
    > continue with your life and the merchandise
    > inevitably
    > shows up at your door.

  • Good. Night.

  • It was hard, really hard, for I desperately wanted to write something really snappy in response, but the LORD stayed my hand and eventually got through my thick noggin, "Repay evil with a blessing....repay evil with a blessing..."

    Don't WANT to. That's no fun. >:^<

    [sigh] But I did. Wrote him and suggested we start over, and apologized for having written him a snippy response to his initial message.

    We'll see!

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