ebay and ebayers are driving me mad!

[nancy75]

am selling some stuff for my parents as they are moving house, oh my god never again. i have been inundated with people asking the most stupid questions ( i dont mind sensible questions) and some of them are just bloody rude aaargh.

and there are plenty of them who then rip you off, especially using PayPal and because you can't leave negative feedback for buyers anymore.

i use Gumtree and boot sales and cards in shops now to flog stuff.

expat, normally i wouldnt bother but its quite expensive furniture so not really bootsaleable, should have just shown my mum how to do it herself - i am going prematurely grey dealing with these idiots!

put it in your local AdTrader or paper and on cards in supermarkets.

cheaper than paying listing fees even if it doesn't sell and/or PayPal fees.

or look into local auction houses.

if it doesnt sell im going to suggest a big bonfire!

even a yard sale would probably be less hassle and cheaper.

seriously, check the Ebay topic. there's at least a thread on here every day about someone getting scammed or someone on Ebay taking the piss.

unfortunatley i have spent hours listing it all and answering stupid emails, luckily its all cash on collection stuff, i have read on here about all the paypal scams and wont be using that again. if it doesnt sell i wont be relisting.
what really gets me is how rude/stupid the people are when they email you, its not like im making them buy it.

It's crap now they have changed the feedback system.

I used to love it

savoycabbage, havent got as far as feedback yet - god help me still dealing with daft questions while the sale is ongoing. tbh i am never using ebay again so they can all moan as much as they like!

I once saw negative feedback saying

"this album was not as good as the first one."

savoycabbage Really? Some eBayers truly are insane.

savoycabbage, thats brilliant!
the one driving me mad at the moment keeps emailing asking if i will courier something, but has not told me what item it is, he keeps emailing and i keep telling him he needs to press the ask question about item button or describe what it is he wants to buy, as i am selling more than 1 thing. i have done this 6 times and just got reply saying if i dont want to sell to him thats fine its my loss
bloody nutter!

i know the cant be arsed with ebay feeling listed 12 items to end this eve, some new with tags, some new without tags and some worn a few times. Only 2 items sold, started items at 35p-99p so not like i started them too high and postage was minimal.--aargh think i will freecyle it less hassle

If I were you I'd add the guy who keeps asking the daft questions to your blocked bidders list. If he's a pain now he will surely be a pain if he wins.

he has 7 days to pay, you cant make up your own rules for ebay unfortunetly