Newbie sellers on eBay, aren't they a hoot?
Don't get me wrong, most newbie sellers take the time to read about selling, and are clued up on the do's and dont's before they start on eBay, but there are a small number who don't, and I seem to be getting landed with them more and more and it's really hissing me off!
The latest escapade happened two days ago when I bought something from this particular seller. I don't pay immediately any more as I don't get paid immediately any more, so I pay within the sellers timeframe, and if they don't give one like this person then they get paid when I do (about 4 days after the auction) which is usually within most people's "reasonable" expectations. Except, this one decides to pester me with a barrage of emails as soon as the auction ended demanding to know when, where and how I am paying. I have learned from bitter experience that these types are after starting up a war of words by email because despite saying things to the contrary, they have no other life than having a go at a stranger in cyberspace. I did not reply to her mail until today. Yes, yes, I know I should have followed my own advice because the last time I tried sorting something out amicably I ended up in in a war of words with some eejit in the west country because I had dared to advertise postage which was for special delivery, and was therefore higher than what this fool considered normal. Every five minutes there'd be an email from her till I asked her to either buy the item and I'd look at the postage or go away. She wouldn't go away and she wasn't even buying the item. You would not believe the state this one got herself into, degenerating into spiteful, nasty language until I had no option but to block her email addy and report her to eBay. All because she wanted some stranger to lower postage on an item she wasn't buying! Isn't that the most moronic thing you've ever heard? There is absolutely no sense in it at all - what a moron!
Anyway, back to today's debacle, new person decides I am at fault for her getting married a few weeks ago; because I haven't paid yet her 2 kids won't have xmas presents. This as well as saying she hasn't pestered me and I wasn't being fair because I had somehow forced her, by replying to her email, to tell me all this. Yep, really worrying isn't it - didn't realise I was so powerful. Any way, after her last missive, I told her not to send any more emails as they would be deleted without being read. So go on, guess what she did next - that's right! She sent another email! I'm so stupefied by the eejits on eBay really I am, and yes I did delete it without reading it.
Ebay is a great way of buying and selling, but people like this one really do bring it down and make it a less than enjoyable experience.
On the other hand, my little camera arrived today with all the bells and whistles on it (why you need bells and whistles on a camera is anyone's guess), it's a reconditioned Kodak, and it's so perfect, a little gem of a thing. There had been a problem with getting it due, not to the post strikes like you might imnagine, but because the shipment mine was in had been damaged and they wrote and told me so, kept me informed evey step of the way, said that a new shipment was coming on Monday 26th Oct and I'd be told when it was coming out. It arrived this morning, in a FedEx bag and delivered by Royal Mail - go figure! The company also gave me £5 refund for all the hassle. It is such a refreshing change to have a company that treats it's customers decently and does exactly what they say they're going to do, I am really pleased with them so I'm going to buy from them again when I need more batteries and any accessories for this little beaut. Oh yeah, forgot to mention the company trading on eBay is based in New Jersey with European depots (mine was sent from a depot in Swansea), being an American based company probably explains the courteous, polite way in which I've been treated; all employees work to the same standard and it's really encouraging.
If you're interested in the model it's a Kodak EasyShare ZD710, it's tiny but perfectly formed and I love it ta bits!
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