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Mizzou
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Over a month ago I sold a coin on Ebay and the buyer paid immediately with PayPal. I packaged the coin and dropped it in the mail the next day. A few days later, I receive positive feedback "AAA+ Fast Shipping" and it's a done deal.
When I got home from work today I find a familiar package in the mail that has "Refused" written across the shipping label. I open it up and sure enough, it's the coin that I sold. My wife asked me what I was going to do now? I told her I'm not sure because I've never had this happen before. No return request, email or any communication from the buyer.
Very strange -
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
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Dude probably left feedback for wrong item, and is now wondering where his coin is 😆
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Maybe but, the label with "Refused" written on it makes no sense if that's what happened
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
YES oh boy thought i lost it for sure, changed address pm me for new send to THANKS..........
NAW LOL
Refused by the spouse.
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That's Twilight zone strange. Was "Refused" an official USPS worker marking? Did you mail It to a POBox? 🤔
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Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
I just sent him an email, his response should be interesting.
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
I recently left positive feedback for the wrong item on eBay and the seller sent me an email saying that he hadn’t delivered the item yet and apologized for the delay and offered me a refund. He said some kind of excuse, why he couldn’t send it until a week more. I was confused for a minute until I realized I had not received the item yet and replied to send just send it when he could. I had ordered a similar item to the one from this seller. I tend to blow off giving feedback until months later and then do everything I purchased real fast without paying close attention. If I don’t remember any problems I tend to give the same positive feedback.
The “refused” on the OP’s package might have been some kind of confusion, maybe the package was delivered to the wrong house and the recipient refused it and the buyer might have gotten confused like I did.
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Multiple personality disorder. One wants it the other does not hahaha!!!
Still no response from my email to the buyer. If I don't hear back from him in a few days, oh well...I'm not going to worry about it.
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
I would refund it if you have the goods back in your hands. You know the treat others as you would want them to treat you. One’s integrity isn’t worth what ever is in that box. Only thing the buyer could say that would change that is ;
They still want it and the address was wrong. 2nd shipping paid by person who made the mistake
Every other scenario would result in me sending the funds back
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I'm usually pretty good at doing that however, I find it very inconsiderate of this guy not responding to my email. If he's not concerned about it, I'm not either.
I could tell you an unbelievable story of a Craigslist sale that I was recently involved in that would explain my view however, it's not "coin related" so I won't go down that road.
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
So, while I agree that I would want everyone to be considerate and friendly, there is no law against rude non-responsiveness. Since you have the buyers money and your merchandise, you are on the wrong side of the laws that do exist.
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
I think I'll email him again and say "As soon as I receive payment, I'll put the coin in the mail"
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
the buyer already paid, correct?
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
An inconsiderate buyer doesn’t justify your failure to reimburse him if he paid for an item and you have received it back.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Absolutely, but from what I've seen so far he's a total whack job. Maybe I can get him to pay again...
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
In case your question wasn’t meant to be rhetorical, from the OP’s initial post:
“Over a month ago I sold a coin on Ebay and the buyer paid immediately with PayPal.”
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Refund and block.
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Are you kidding? I'm gonna see if I can get a payment plan...
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
If you are joking, this is not a very good joke. You need to refund the money. You are trying to blame the buyer, but I do not really understand the circumstances in which the coin was returned (and it reads that you don't really either). What we do know is that you have the coin, and you have the buyers money. It is 100% YOUR responsibility to return the money or return the coin.... since you are having trouble returning the coins and getting in touch with the seller - you are obligated to refund the money.
No, I am not joking. and No, the law is not on your side.
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
Do us all a favor and try to develop a sense of humor over the next couple of days.
(And you'll be doing yourself a favor, girls love to laugh and have fun)
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
I guess I need to do the same. Since none of us know the full story, I don’t find the insults to the buyer or your joking to be amusing.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
of course
It's really not that hard of a problem. I'm not sure why all the complaining.
In this case, the seller doesn't have a problem at all. They have the coin and the money.
Bingo -
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
You omitted his other comment about you in the same post:
“It's really not that hard of a problem. I'm not sure why all the complaining.”
I say “bingo” to that.😄
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
I am so confused, and I will have to work on my humor afterward. I didn't realize that @Mizzou was writing this post as satire. I was under the impression somehow that the dealer was intending to keep the coin AND the money. Of course this would be wrong, especially when you have eBay that can help to facilitate the refund.
I guess I just thought this, because the OP said:
We are quite the jokester when we are holding someone else's money. While stated all in jest, I do think that you need to understand your responsibility as a dealer. Maybe you should hold your jokes until you make this right. I will never find ripping-off a collector funny. You can say what you want, but if you do not refund the money - this is exactly what you are doing.
Not even joking. Besides, my wife hates when I date other ladies, so I might as well stay serious.
I am a newer collector (started April 2020), and I primarily focus on U.S. Half Cents and Type Coins. Early copper is my favorite.
I just reread the OP's first several posts to this thread and they didn't sound like he was joking.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
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OP has a history of making strong statements with a flip attitude and doesn't understand that his words have meaning and, since we are on a message board, we can't see/hear his tone of voice and body language.
I took issue with him making guarantees about the price of gold and he called me a child. He decided that a coin forum was the appropriate venue to discuss investments and tried to play it off by asking if we had shares in CU; I don't need to tell you how absurd that is. He also constantly makes click-bait thread titles.
My determination is that he is a total waste of time, bordering on trollish. Probably best avoided unless you like to laugh at him. YMMV.
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@lermish,
I'm sorry that you're still losing sleep about being called a child, I thought I was talking to an adult.
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
I'm losing zero sleep. But if/when I call someone out, I want to make sure I can demonstrate that I am not being unreasonable or a clown. That way, when serious posters read my post, they can see that I'm not just spouting off.
If someone I respect on the boards tells me I'm in the wrong or to tone it down, I'll happily do that and reconsider my position and apologize if necessary. Hasn't happened yet here...
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When is that demonstration going to take place?
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
His posts in this thread sound more reasonable and mature to me than yours do.
Mark Feld* of Heritage Auctions*Unless otherwise noted, my posts here represent my personal opinions.
Children go to your rooms or you're not going to get your pudding
Sometimes I think that animals are smarter than humans, animals would never allow the dumbest one to lead the pack
Just refund the money!
And get a good nights sleep
Mike
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