Quote Originally Posted by Geigerrock-2 View Post
i'm sure it's been said before but i'm sick of ebay and the ignorant, rude, scamming, dumb _ _ _ _ s that seem to inhabit it..
been scammed more this month than ever before. it's just like everyone has jumped on the vintage toy selling band wagon and doesn't know what is what when it comes to selling their crap.

Aholes
I agree with you 100%, eBay is not what it once was because every Tom, Dick & Harry thinks that they're crap is worth a mint and they're owed a fortune but whom clearly have very little understanding of how to conduct themselves as a Buyer/Seller or how to actually do any proper research.

I have been finding examples like these growing in number over the past couple of years:
  • I have not had any contact from you since payment and it's now a week after your supposed postage period, what is the status of this item?

"I'm not at my computer 24/7, some people actually work so you'll be contacted when I'm good and ready".

  • This item is only 3 years old and was sold at all major retailers; Your auction is marked "Make an Offer" but you wont accept $5 off the asking price even though it's set at twice the original RRP, why is that?

"This item is really rare, I've only seen it like twice on eBay in the past 3 years - Trust me, you wont find this item at this price again for a long time!".

  • I'd be prepared to take this item off of your hands for it's actual value; it's missing 'this that and the other thing' and has a broken 'X', I don't mean to be rude but it's honestly not worth 'X'-ty dollars - Could we work something out?

"Umm, this is a rare toy from the 80s and I know for a fact that it is worth close to twice this amount - Don't waste my time, I'm over time wasters".


Then you get the mongrels who purposely sell fakes/knock-offs and get away with it, they get reported time and time again with little to no action taken by eBay... Yeah, eBay is useful without a doubt but it's often populated with morons and scammers these days.

Communication people, it can avoid so much turmoil regardless of which side of the fence (Buyer/Seller) you happen to be on - Oh and your broken, Internationally mass produced item is not bloody RARE! - manufactured in the last 40 years or not!