Am I the worst e-bayer ever!

[bizziebee]

Bought a bugaboo parasol on e-bay recently. Got carried away and paid as much as it would have been if I had got off my arse and gone to the shop and bought a new one. Turns out it doesn't fit my type of bugaboo. So - thinking some-one else would be as stupid as me and spend the same amount - put it back on e-bay. It just sold for less than half as much as I paid for it! Feeling utterly demotivated by my first e-bay experience. Any one have any worse ones?

what bugaboo do you have? they fit all of them dont they?

you win some, you lose some! better luck next time

It's a gecko - it seemed too big and just kept slipping down.

dd u not get the book with the parasol, there are certain points it fits on

Oh bloody hell- have i just sold a parasol that would have fitted?

yup!

I know it's a bit naughty and you risk negative feedback but you could email the buyer and say it has been damaged and then give tem a full refund...

Depends how high your current score is, whether you mind or if you cold easily start over with a new ID.

I'm very bad person, tell me off now

oh dear!

I agree with liquidclocks. Check if it fits your one first, if it does, tell the seller its no longer available.

I think i just want to post the bloody thing off - and never see another parasol for the rest of my life! dd will just have to have the sun in her eyes!

If you get negative feedback on you first transaction, you'll have 100% negative feedback.

Like taffy said, you win some, you lose some.

just checked bugabooc.om it says it can go on the handles or handle bar, only ever put it o na foam covered part.

I think i tried that. Hope I haven't sold a faulty product. This just gets worse!

Nah, refund the money, start a new id

says put the sharper bit on first?

Right - have just tried it. It fits! I am so hopeless! Can't get negative feedback though cos have currently got a couple of jackets on.

Agree with falme sparrow, if it is ok, you've got no + feed back to loose, so refund and start a new id.

thanks misdee for looking into this for me - should have done this earlier!

If you give a really good excuse as to what has happened to it, you might not get negative feedback

As long as the buyer isn't an MNer

Any ideas! Other than pleading with them!

tell them you stepped on it and its snapped.

Honestly - I've done it - I couldn't find an item I'd sold. I told the buyer I'd damaged it and gave her a full refund. I asked her to leave me neutral feedback as a negative would damege my rating and gave her a full refund. In exchange I said I'd give her a positive - geuess what, she was lovely and gave me positive too!

How do you go about refunding? can you do it through paypal?

Yep - there's a button on paypal to give a refund - I think all you lose is the Paypal fee. Got to your account on Paypal where it shows the transactions.