OMG people on eBay :O

[Heatherj96]

Shocked at the message I have woken up to on eBay this morning -

Are you having a laugh you are asking for what you paid for it. Plus you bought it in last years sale. You should be ashamed of yourself!!!

Like WTF 🤣 what is WRONG with people

AIBU with my reply !

Actually I bought it this year from next for £16 
So let me break it down for you Someone pays £15.10 take of postage £2.95 and then PayPal fees 74p and £1 fee to eBay I end up with £10.41 and thats without the fuel to go and post it, so why don’t you get your facts right before messaging people 🙄 I am sick of giving stuff away for a few quid because people think they are oh’d something on here! I don’t pay out my hard earned money to then give clothes away for free to people on eBay, if you don’t want to pay the price for high street brands go to Primark.

someone accused me of buying the products cheaper elsewhere first and then selling them at a higher price, to make money

How dare you! But then again, there was a thread on MN where OP complained about he tenants, and some people were sincerely telling OP that as she clearly does not need the house herself, she should gift it to the tenants.

Sympathies OP, I've finally found time to sell off a few things on eBay during lockdown and I've had two nightmare buyers. I clearly state that I don't accept returns unless I've grossly misrepresented the item: one buyer bought a dress which was a size 8, listed as such in the listing title, product details and listing details, but wanted to return it because her daughter bought it thinking it was a size 22 When I politely declined the return request but invited her to feel free to use my photos to sell it on, she sent me a rant saying she "wasn't accepting it, it's a lot of money for a 22 year old" (£12.50 including postage).

Then I had a woman requesting to return a pair of shoes because the colour wasn't what she expected. This was annoying as the picture was perfectly clear but I agreed to accept the return because I can't really argue with someone about a colour. The conversation went:

Her: So do you want me to return them or just give me a partial refund of what I paid for postage? I don't mind either way
Me: Please return them to

Her: You do know you'll have to pay return postage?
Me: Yes, send a photo of the PoP and I'll refund you in full when they arrive
Her: How about you just refund me £4. I'm disabled ( )
Me: Thanks for the offer but I would prefer that you return the shoes you utter chancer
Her: Wow, not even willing to refund for less postage than paid

Followed by incomprehensible neutral feedback about being disabled.

Good grief.

I keep swearing off it, but then I make £50 on a pair of shoes I bought on eBay for £10 but didn't fit me.

(Yes, that's more than than I paid, and even more than the RRP, but evidently desirable as they can't be bought new any more - what a cheek I have )

some people were sincerely telling OP that as she clearly does not need the house herself, she should gift it to the tenants.

I love that these people are always generous with other people's properties and belongings, never with their own

If you do want to reply I'd just tell her that she's free not to bid then block.

If she bids and wins she'll be a pain in the arse.

The only thing you may have got slightly wrong is replying to them at all
Whether the price was justified or not, nobody has to bid on something that doesn't suit and unfortunately ebay's full of crazies who'll wear you down if you let them

Much better on the whole to ignore and block these sort of bidders

I have only ever sold a few items on eBay but the people who sent me totally hatstand questions were just blocked - life is too short to waste time trying to reason with idiots.

All the people thinking others are CFs for making a bit of cash are no doubt the same sort of inadequates who moan about tickets for mega popular acts costing zillions from resellers.

Don't pay! It's simple.

@Puzzledandpissedoff I understand where everyone is coming from saying I should not have replied but I am a grown woman with a strong mind, I like to reply and hope 1 idiot 1 day may not write something stupid again.

Some people may read the message and remove the ad thinking they are doing something wrong! I hate that 🤦🏻‍♀️

I am a grown woman with a strong mind, I like to reply and hope 1 idiot 1 day may not write something stupid again

That's very decent and principled of you, Heather - it's just a shame that so many on ebay don't share those principles

I stopped selling on ebay after too many such encounters and even outright frauds, but I genuinely hope that this'll be the last one you meet

Interesting; I have got well into eBay in lockdown and have had relatively positive experiences (bet my bottom dollar that’s tempting fate now!)

I had a woman message me on Monday about a dress I put on for bidding only (BIN not enabled). This was a deliberate choice by me. She asked whether I had a BIN price; I checked how much the listing fee would be to add BIN as bidding hadn’t begun. eBay recommended £12. She then started quibbling about whether this included postage. I’m like - nope. While she was wasting time faffing about, someone made an opening bid and so BIN was off the table. She’s like “ah what a shame”. I’m like, you snooze you lose.

All these CFs moaning about prices have failed to understand the most basic principles of free market economics.

It's hardly a big deal is it though. OP you don't need to justify yourself to a randomer on the internet, and you did, that is not the same as sticking up for yourself necessarily. Equally you are not require to make attempts to educate others. I doubt they are doing anything other than sitting at home moaning about how rude you are, the same as you are doing. It's just a waste of time. Make them a blocked bidder and just move on, don't waste energy or anger on it if you can help it.

One thing I'm wondering about, though. These people who actually send these massages to Ebay sellers, do they also send the same messages to normal retail websites? Do John Lewis also receive emails saying "£20 for a lampshade, you've got to be kidding me"?

Yes they do and say stupid things as well. Was in John Lewis on Black Friday and a woman walked up to the till and had a go at the sales assistant because 'there's not enough in the sale, you're a disgrace!' Like the sales assistant made that decision. You couldn't make it up.

"You do sound like your overcharging though" there's no such thing as overcharging when selling your own stuff. You have something to sell and you let people know that and if they want it they give you the money.

Today's eBay twat demanded a 50% refund for a "faulty part" that can't be faulty, because it isn't even a part. I gave the refund, because I really couldn't be arsed to argue about it and if he had brought it back I don't doubt it would have been deliberately damaged.

There was the "threat" of bad feedback.

What a horrible man. Fugly, too.

I was just laughing today at feedback on a knitting pattern seller's account.. Someone had bought a vintage knitting pattern for a babys lacy shawl and had thought the 2.99 buy it now price including p&p she paid was for a actual shawl already knitted.. her husband left neg feedback saying ' wife thought it was a knitted shawl I am very disappointed!!! ' and the seller replied underneath ' You fucking married her'!!!!'

There was the "threat" of bad feedback

In theory, and if you can prove it, I believe that can be reported to ebay; it's called "feedback extortion" or something

I wouldn't hold your breath over them actually doing anything though - at least, not unless you're one of their big commission-earning business sellers

@notsodimwit Perfect response!

@BillysMyBunny

Why was Next selling River Island clothing?

Because Next sells other brands now on their website.

Some people are odd though.

Last week a bloke listed a gazebo from the range on Facebook. He wanted £40 more than it is in the shop (still available in store). For your extra £40 you also get the pleasure of going to his house to dismantle it.

Unsurprisingly it's not sold. God loves a tryer and all that.

Why is OP unreasonable for trying to get a price close to what she paid for the item since she will still be making a loss anyway? Nobody is forcing anyone to buy.

I get it op. I once listed unused brand new in a box, pair of boots for £40 less than the RRP on schpock and one CF tried to offer me 67% of the asking price and telling me that they can get it for that much on another site, and that it was their final offer. However, tempting it was, I resisted from replying with "Then buy them from M&M you muppet!"

I hope you get a decent price from a grateful buyer. Just ignore the cfs who want something for nothing.

I recently bought through ebay auction, two lovely Brand new strappy summer dresses, Monsoon brand. no one else made a bid for either, so I had both of them at £3.50 each, and £ 2.10 postage for the lot.

The seller was in Scotland, I am in HERTS, and the dresses came in two days,even in lockdown delivery.

I contacted the woman, to say the dresses were lovely, a bargain ,and came quickly. She wrote back to me, and said that she sometimes buys things,and never wears them, so sells them cheap to empty her wardrobe,, to then buy more stuff ha ha.

Does anyone remember the story about the CF on ebay who bought the playstation and what way it went?

It ended up costing the seller a fortune in next day postage or something because she wanted to ensure the child got it as their birthday present and she even bought the child a gift or card herself...or something like that??

Clicked submit without responding to the OP!

Charge whatever you want for clothes. I've often paid the same or more on ebay as I would in a shop. I'll happily pay it if it's something I want.

Sometimes I get crazy bargains so it kind of all evens out in the end for buyers I think and I hope it's the same for sellers, make up losses on higher priced items!

I don't agree with it for things like highly sought after Christmas toys and things like that or hand sanitiser or anything that people really need where they just multiply the price by 10....but for clothes it's fine.

As a side note, has anyone noticed the price of 90s or Y2K fashion these days on ebay and depop? It's a huge thing, people are making a fortune on old Adidas and Morgan de Toi kind of tops!!