I thought his question to you was fair. Your response was very insulting, IMHO, and almost asks him to neg you. I agree with what Mark F. says: Relayer, I think you MIGHT have read more into his message than you should have and overreacted. Better to give the benefit of the doubt initially.
There's never an advantage to being confrontational, IMHO.
I'm the Proud recipient of a genuine "you suck" award dated 1/24/05. I was accepted into the "Circle of Trust" on 3/9/09.
<< <i>So exactly at what point did he become a "scumbag"? Clear this up for people who are slow like me.
Dave >>
At the point he wrote that letter because he took to long and from the message from the guy it sounds like he trying to scare the seller with neg feedback.
<< <i>I thought his question to you was fair. Your response was very insulting, IMHO, and almost asks him to neg you. I agree with what Mark F. says: Relayer, I think you MIGHT have read more into his message than you should have and overreacted. Better to give the benefit of the doubt initially.
There's never an advantage to being confrontational, IMHO. >>
You cant give everybody tbotd and this buyer certainly doesn't deserve it.Plus someone needs to send the buyer a pair of glasses.
I do not like either side of this agument. The buyer might be threating you with feedback... or not; but your response would for sure be rewarded with a neg if I were the buyer. JMO
Just curious. Is the buyers screen name sports_pro? Your email looks very similiar to an email I received from this buyer in regards to a Barber Dime he bought and was not happy with the rating I used when listing the coin.
<< <i>I do not like either side of this agument. The buyer might be threating you with feedback... or not; but your response would for sure be rewarded with a neg if I were the buyer. JMO
Chris >>
It's kind of sad in a way but that buyer is completely wrong.
<< <i>Just curious. Is the buyers screen name sports_pro? Your email looks very similiar to an email I received from this buyer in regards to a Barber Dime he bought and was not happy with the rating I used when listing the coin. >>
<< <i><STRONG>"I rarely get returns and I don't care. I just give them their money back (block them) and relist it. I've also paid for a few "lost" coins."
</STRONG>So you regularly block ANYONE that has the "audacity" to return a coin? Now that's great customer service >>
You don't have to pay for "lost" coins just lost coins.
<< <i><STRONG>"I rarely get returns and I don't care. I just give them their money back (block them) and relist it. I've also paid for a few "lost" coins."
</STRONG>So you regularly block ANYONE that has the "audacity" to return a coin? Now that's great customer service >>
Being that the cent has a problem and you knew it, you should have put it in the description. It's clearly a misconception on your part, not everyone is as well versed in his/her knowledge of coins and you should probably look at it from that perspective.
<< <i>Being that the cent has a problem and you knew it, you should have put it in the description. It's clearly a misconception on your part, not everyone is as well versed in his/her knowledge of coins and you should probably look at it from that perspective. >>
Theres obviously something wrong with the coin in the picture.
While you can say there is something clearly wrong with the coin in the picture, do you know the DEGREE to it being bad? Really? From the picture you do? You must be some kind of coin superman!
And, do you KNOW what the buyer was thinking when writing the initial email? Really? You do? You aren't ASSuming anything? Again, some kind of superman with reading minds and intentions!
While the buyer *might* have been being a bad person, no one knows. The letter in itself is too open to interpretation. The response, however, is quite clear.
Some people forget what it is like to NOT be a coin expect and/or NOT know all the ebay intricacies. Another LYNCHing with only some of the facts
I resently bought a 1982 uncirculated set (14 coin with cent versions). It arived with most of the coins lose in the envlope.
Needless to say this did not make me very happy. So i'm going to refrain from leaving any feedback for this purchace.
I know it's not a strong responce but I don't want to leave a NEGATIVE feedback unless I'm really screwed. Paul PS. I may leave a neutral feedback saying the coins where lose.
(Old man) Look I had a lovely supper, and all I said to my wife was, “That piece of halibut was good enough for Jehovah”.
(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
Here is something I want to know: They buyer said "I received the 1960 small date proof set", but the picture of the cent sure looks like a large date!! Was the set listed as a small date?
While you can say there is something clearly wrong with the coin in the picture, do you know the DEGREE to it being bad? Really? From the picture you do? You must be some kind of coin superman!
And, do you KNOW what the buyer was thinking when writing the initial email? Really? You do? You aren't ASSuming anything? Again, some kind of superman with reading minds and intentions!
While the buyer *might* have been being a bad person, no one knows. The letter in itself is too open to interpretation. The response, however, is quite clear.
Some people forget what it is like to NOT be a coin expect and/or NOT know all the ebay intricacies. Another LYNCHing with only some of the facts >>
Not some kind of coin superman but the coin seems to have pronlems from the photo.
No I don't know what the guy was thinking but I am staeing what I believe the guy is wrong.
Yes I am ASSsuming stuff I do it a lot.Like when I hear a news story that begins with PETA I know i'm going to call some people hippies.
By the way by no means am I a coin expert.Trus me on that one.
Holy crud -- if that is the auction in question, that is NOT a small date. If I were the buyer I would complain more about that than the toning on the cent!!!
I don't think it was really a threat as much as it was like a freudian slip through his fingers. The response you gave him was really harsh IMO and I'd be tempted to leave at least neutral or no feedback at all. He just asked a simple question at the start and the email response covered an awful lot more than his question.
PS: I'm glad you left him feedback first for being a quick payer or whatnot, whether or not he's a schmuck afterwards he still held up his end to begin with.
-Daniel
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
<< <i>I didn't think it was a small date either >>
The set, listed as a small date, sold for $40. Market value of a large date set (which it appears to be, from the auction photo) is approximately $15. At a minimum, the seller should refund $25 to the buyer, regardless of the issues around the toned cent.
<< <i>I didn't think it was a small date either >>
The set, listed as a small date, sold for $40. Market value of a large date set (which it appears to be, from the auction photo) is approximately $15. At a minimum, the seller should refund $25 to the buyer, regardless of the issues around the toned cent. >>
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Dave
Relayer, I think you MIGHT have read more into his message than you should have and overreacted. Better to give the benefit of the doubt initially.
There's never an advantage to being confrontational, IMHO.
<< <i>So exactly at what point did he become a "scumbag"? Clear this up for people who are slow like me.
Dave >>
At the point he wrote that letter because he took to long and from the message from the guy it sounds like he trying to scare the seller with neg feedback.
<< <i>I thought his question to you was fair. Your response was very insulting, IMHO, and almost asks him to neg you. I agree with what Mark F. says:
Relayer, I think you MIGHT have read more into his message than you should have and overreacted. Better to give the benefit of the doubt initially.
There's never an advantage to being confrontational, IMHO.
You cant give everybody tbotd and this buyer certainly doesn't deserve it.Plus someone needs to send the buyer a pair of glasses.
Dave
<< <i>Great, that clears it up for me. Now I'll know in the future. Thanks!
Dave >>
I aim to please
Chris
My Collection of Old Holders
Never a slave to one plastic brand will I ever be.
BTW, did you shank the guy on shipping?
<< <i>I do not like either side of this agument. The buyer might be threating you with feedback... or not; but your response would for sure be rewarded with a neg if I were the buyer. JMO
Chris >>
It's kind of sad in a way but that buyer is completely wrong.
<< <i>Just curious. Is the buyers screen name sports_pro? Your email looks very similiar to an email I received from this buyer in regards to a Barber Dime he bought and was not happy with the rating I used when listing the coin. >>
and so the story goes deeper.
So you regularly block ANYONE that has the "audacity" to return a coin?
<< <i><STRONG>"I rarely get returns and I don't care. I just give them their money back (block them) and relist it. I've also paid for a few "lost" coins."
</STRONG>So you regularly block ANYONE that has the "audacity" to return a coin?
You don't have to pay for "lost" coins just lost coins.
<< <i><STRONG>"I rarely get returns and I don't care. I just give them their money back (block them) and relist it. I've also paid for a few "lost" coins."
</STRONG>So you regularly block ANYONE that has the "audacity" to return a coin?
Now that IS wrong.
<< <i>Being that the cent has a problem and you knew it, you should have put it in the description. It's clearly a misconception on your part, not everyone is as well versed in his/her knowledge of coins and you should probably look at it from that perspective. >>
Theres obviously something wrong with the coin in the picture.
While you can say there is something clearly wrong with the coin in the picture, do you know the DEGREE to it being bad?
Really? From the picture you do? You must be some kind of coin superman!
And, do you KNOW what the buyer was thinking when writing the initial email?
Really? You do? You aren't ASSuming anything?
Again, some kind of superman with reading minds and intentions!
While the buyer *might* have been being a bad person, no one knows. The letter in itself is too open to interpretation. The response, however, is quite clear.
Some people forget what it is like to NOT be a coin expect and/or NOT know all the ebay intricacies. Another LYNCHing with only some of the facts
I've been told I tolerate fools poorly...that may explain things if I have a problem with you. Current ebay items - Nothing at the moment
Needless to say this did not make me very happy.
So i'm going to refrain from leaving any feedback for this purchace.
I know it's not a strong responce but I don't want to leave a NEGATIVE feedback unless I'm really screwed.
Paul
PS.
I may leave a neutral feedback saying the coins where lose.
(Priest) BLASPHEMY he said it again, did you hear him?
<< <i>Midwestcoin13.....
While you can say there is something clearly wrong with the coin in the picture, do you know the DEGREE to it being bad?
Really? From the picture you do? You must be some kind of coin superman!
And, do you KNOW what the buyer was thinking when writing the initial email?
Really? You do? You aren't ASSuming anything?
Again, some kind of superman with reading minds and intentions!
While the buyer *might* have been being a bad person, no one knows. The letter in itself is too open to interpretation. The response, however, is quite clear.
Some people forget what it is like to NOT be a coin expect and/or NOT know all the ebay intricacies. Another LYNCHing with only some of the facts
Not some kind of coin superman but the coin seems to have pronlems from the photo.
No I don't know what the guy was thinking but I am staeing what I believe the guy is wrong.
Yes I am ASSsuming stuff I do it a lot.Like when I hear a news story that begins with PETA I know i'm going to call some people hippies.
By the way by no means am I a coin expert.Trus me on that one.
<< <i>Auction Link >>
Holy crud -- if that is the auction in question, that is NOT a small date. If I were the buyer I would complain more about that than the toning on the cent!!!
<< <i>Looks like a few have had problems with this buyer/seller in the past. >>
What do those retaliatory negatives have to do with anything?
Russ, NCNE
<< <i>What do those retaliatory negatives have to do with anything?
Russ, NCNE >>
understood, edited out
PS: I'm glad you left him feedback first for being a quick payer or whatnot, whether or not he's a schmuck afterwards he still held up his end to begin with.
-Daniel
-Aristotle
Dum loquimur fugerit invida aetas. Carpe diem quam minimum credula postero.
-Horace
<< <i>I didn't think it was a small date either >>
The set, listed as a small date, sold for $40. Market value of a large date set (which it appears to be, from the auction photo) is approximately $15. At a minimum, the seller should refund $25 to the buyer, regardless of the issues around the toned cent.
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<< <i>I didn't think it was a small date either >>
The set, listed as a small date, sold for $40. Market value of a large date set (which it appears to be, from the auction photo) is approximately $15. At a minimum, the seller should refund $25 to the buyer, regardless of the issues around the toned cent. >>
if this is true then he does need to refund.