What ebay excuse do you get more than any other?

lawnmowerman

Either form sellers or buyers. I am always having the unfortunate luck of dealing with sellers that always have people dying in their familys. I am sure that some of them are legit but I keep getting the same excuse. Its really quite funny.

pandrews

i had a guy click on a Buy-It-Now, and then paid immediately.. then a couple hours later i get this email:

"I made a mistake by buying this card. I thought I needed a chrome refractor of XXXXXXXXX,,as I thought I had purchased a gold refractor recently. If you check item #XXXXXXXXX you will see that I already purchased a chrome refractor.Would you kindly refund my paypal account for this error? Leave negative feedback if you are really teed off at me, but I would appreciate it if you didn't.
Sincerely,
XXXXXXXX"

argh, it's frustrating that there are people out there that do this.. ive NEVER bid on something and then asked the seller to let me off the hook..

but being the nice guy i am, i refunded the dudes money no questions asked..

shagrotn77

I've gotten the death in the family or personal illness excuses several times too. Personally I'd never use either one for fear of heaping future bad luck upon myself (kharma's a beyatch).

GlynRParson

Same excuse but it is from buyers:

Brian48

I've gotten the "family illness" excuse. Personally, I think he was just pissed that I was the only one who bid on his auction and won it for only .99.

Southsider

Lately, it's nothing. No excuse, no communication, no "sorry," nothing. No response to invoices, reminder invoices, or emails.

BUT, as soon as you intiate a Non-paying Bidder Dispute, paypal payment received w/in hours. Weird how that works, isn't it?

thenarcissus01

Usually from sellers, I get the death in the family and/or I was out of town.

TheThrill22

The old, "I was out of town" line from sellers and buyers.

onlyanumber

Am I the only one that gets the 'my computer was broken right after I won it/sold it' excuse?

lawnmowerman

I forgot about this one. I got this a few weeks ago from a buyer. "Sorry I am having paypal issues". It took about 2 weeks for him to fix it.

Brian48

<< <i>The old, "I was out of town" line from sellers and buyers. >>



Yeah, forgot to mention. The relative that was ill was also out of town.

jlbsquared

personal illness/in the hospital with both buyer and sellers...

wick70

Internet problem. But apparently it isn't a problem to bid on additional cards during that time frame.

Wick

baseballfanatic

My Ebay excuse I get more than any other, doesnt come from buyers or sellers, but from Ebay itself:


We are concerned about violations on the site and have thoroughly
investigated your report. In accordance with our site policies, we have
found that there is not enough evidence to show that a violation has
taken place.

TheThrill22

I wonder if any guy will have the courage as a non-paying bidder to actually say, "Sorry but my wife found out how much I spent on a piece of cardboard and put the kabosh on it."

bri2327

To answer all of you....that was ME, and all my family members seriously did die, it was no excxuse, and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for being so distrusting.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>"Sorry but my wife found out how much I spent on a piece of cardboard and put the kabosh on it." >>

Little known fact: Bill Clinton is a card collector. Hilary found out how much he was spending and "took care of business" She said that she could deal with all the affairs he had, but card collecting? Thats another story!

kcballboy

"My car broke down and I don't have the money. But I will pay you on Friday when I get paid again." No big deal though, I relisted and made an extra 40%.

TheThrill22

Matt, now THAT is funny!

charliehustle14

Last year, I sold a card and the lot went unpaid for 3 weeks. I emailed multiple times, and even left a phone message. Finally, I get an email from the guy apologizing and telling me how he got Legionnaire's Disease and had been in the hospital. I was starting to feel sorry for the guy, when in the next email exchange his story changed a little...He mentioned how sorry he was that his contracting Lyme disease delayed his ability to pay. I finally got paid and just blocked the guy from bidding on future listings.

Todd

SDavid

sometimes this one is stated up front, sometimes just after a buyer complains, but the most common one I see is....."I'm not a professional grader."

I didn't realize you had to be a professional grader to recognize obvious creases, deep surface scratches, paper loss, etc.

lawnmowerman

<< <i>To answer all of you....that was ME, and all my family members seriously did die, it was no excxuse, and you should all be ashamed of yourselves for being so distrusting. >>



I knew it was one of those Yankee fans!! It all makes sense now.

M E T S.................. METS METS METS!!!!!!!!

CardCoreCollector

20 Years Later

Mets Win It All !!

edit to change from 10 to 20 years

boy does time move lol

eyebone

I have had a fair number of people who want to pay in installments. One guy recently asked if I would take $20 a week for 10 weeks in order that he could buy a card I had for sale. I said I would take two installments of $100 each--never heard from him again.

Eyebone

felix76

Would you rather hear the good ole' " I was out of town for the week" or " I was just too damn lazy to go through with the checkout process and now I will make sure you get paid later, so bak off for now."

I think people say the out of town just to buy some time.

Southerncards

I've actually used the "out of town" thing and "death in the family" but unfortunately, they were legit. I recently had a buyer tell me that they forgot to send payment since they actually had to (GASP!) write a check since I dont take paypal.

ArchStanton

I just had an auction that ended Sunday. On Monday, a buyer emailed me and asked if it would be OK if he paid me Thursday when is Paypal account gets replenished. Replenished? Whatever, it is no big deal to me. Well, when I got the Paypal notice today, there's a little note crying about $9 S&H. What the !@#%$??? It was a friggin Heritage Base set. There's only one ending every 30 min. He could have waited until today to buy one.

I paid someone late for an auction in Sept 2004. There was MAJOR flooding here and I did not have phone (& internet service) for eight days. However, on the fourth day with no phone, I left my wife and two-week old daughter and went to the local library to use their internet service. I paid the seller and apologized for the delay.