I wish all eBay buyers were like this - Resolved and buyer has left eBay
TopographicOceans
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*UPDATE AT END OF THREAD*
I have a coin listed with a $1650 BIN. I get a message from one of the nice people on eBay:
would u consider take n just a lil less..$1550 + shipping?lmk thank u
So I send an offer of $1610 and he buys it.
Then I get an email from PP saying the payment is under review and they'll let me know within 24 hours if I should ship or not.
Within a span of 8 minutes I get 5 messages from him:
1) i was gna check out and use pad option till my pend n paypal money cleared which should b anyday im gna keep try n if ir dnt start work n i will have to get back with u i want the coun for that price its fair price it always works idk why its not but i will keep try n thanx
2) i just paid for this item but accident with check n please cancel i paid with wrong method
3) i tried to push back because pay after delivery wouldnt work at it paid my money hasnt transfered from paypal yet and didnt mean to pay out of checking not in there yet i used cancel order i still wanna buy but not with check n please please cancel let me try to pay another way
4) i sent a cancel order i did this by total mistake will u please cancel for me if not money not there yet and i will b in very big trouble im gna try to contact ebay too see if they can help
5) will u please respond this is worse mistake ive ever made it was a total accident u can see from email i said payment option wssnt work n rhen it went threw like a reg payment please cancel i put in to cancel order and on hold with ebay right now to telm them to help with cancel order
eBay sent a cancel request and I agreed so I got my fees back.
Then I get a new message from him:
are u gna relist item since i caused u trouble i will buy for the 1650 price soon as i have payplal fixed lmk
Now that I have his email address since he was a buyer and PP already put a hold on his payment, I'll let him buy it direct with payment with US Postal Money Orders.
It's fun dealing with the nice people on eBay.
I have a coin listed with a $1650 BIN. I get a message from one of the nice people on eBay:
would u consider take n just a lil less..$1550 + shipping?lmk thank u
So I send an offer of $1610 and he buys it.
Then I get an email from PP saying the payment is under review and they'll let me know within 24 hours if I should ship or not.
Within a span of 8 minutes I get 5 messages from him:
1) i was gna check out and use pad option till my pend n paypal money cleared which should b anyday im gna keep try n if ir dnt start work n i will have to get back with u i want the coun for that price its fair price it always works idk why its not but i will keep try n thanx
2) i just paid for this item but accident with check n please cancel i paid with wrong method
3) i tried to push back because pay after delivery wouldnt work at it paid my money hasnt transfered from paypal yet and didnt mean to pay out of checking not in there yet i used cancel order i still wanna buy but not with check n please please cancel let me try to pay another way
4) i sent a cancel order i did this by total mistake will u please cancel for me if not money not there yet and i will b in very big trouble im gna try to contact ebay too see if they can help
5) will u please respond this is worse mistake ive ever made it was a total accident u can see from email i said payment option wssnt work n rhen it went threw like a reg payment please cancel i put in to cancel order and on hold with ebay right now to telm them to help with cancel order
eBay sent a cancel request and I agreed so I got my fees back.
Then I get a new message from him:
are u gna relist item since i caused u trouble i will buy for the 1650 price soon as i have payplal fixed lmk
Now that I have his email address since he was a buyer and PP already put a hold on his payment, I'll let him buy it direct with payment with US Postal Money Orders.
It's fun dealing with the nice people on eBay.
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Sounds like trouble to me.
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Sounds like trouble to me.
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Sounds like trouble to me.
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+2, I've had my share of these buyers and as Rosann-Rosanna-Danna says, it's always something.
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Sounds like you are dealing with a crackhead. Did he buy this a 3 AM?
He's in Central Time. His first offer was a 4 AM CT.
I responded at 10:30 AM CT and he bought it a few minutes later.
I haven't heard back on the money order deal. Maybe he's sleeping it off?
I'll give him a couple of days before relisting it.
He might be legit - many wonderful people have language difficulties. That said, the odds of problems are high here, and I'd be reluctant to take the gamble. I'd want cash-in-hand, then ship. The various seller "protections" that exist with this particular auction venue don't give you much of a safety net.
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Probably a nice honest nice guy.......but I would be sure to get the money before shipping.
Seems like the dude had a genuinely difficult day. I applaud you for being so nice to the buyer, but I do agree that the necessary precautions for a succesful transaction should be taken
Instead checkout went with the default of using his PP balance and the remainder with an instant transfer from his bank account. And he doesn't have the funds in his bank account right now.
That seems like a mistake that could easily happen.
The transaction has been canceled on eBay, so if he wants to send a USPS money order I can cash it at the Post Office and ship it the same day. It saves me $148 in fees.
Since he wanted to use the Pay After Delivery, that means he doesn't have the money today. My opinion is he shouldn't be spending $1600 on a coin then, so maybe it worked out best for him.
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His text like communication might be appropriate for his friends but God help us if in business this ever becomes the new norm.
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I explained PayPal has it on hold during their review and it never posted to my account and he needed to call PayPal.
This morning I get emails from him and eBay. Because PayPal placed a hold on the funds while they were reviewing it, there was a disconnect between eBay and PayPal and when I canceled the transaction on eBay, PayPal didn't cancel the payment.
I see the money posted to my account so I issued him a refund.
I didn't mention buying it with a MO since he shouldn't be buying a $1600 coin.
As Meg Whitman said, "eBay is not for everyone."
Buyer email
ebay is now say n u have my money as of 1030 i been on phone over 3 hrs just got off phone ebay supervisor she is email n u now ask n for u to refund my money..if its not by friday i have to open a dis not receive claim on ur item im hope n u take care of this asap my bank every dollar of money i had to live on..this will b my ladt time on ebay this has ruined it for me thank u
eBay mail
We have been reviewing your transaction for item # . We have noticed that the buyer < />, had asked you fro a cancel transaction. Normally when a cancel transaction is completed it will send any payment the buyer made back to the buyer. In this instance it did not. We are reaching out to you in order to ask that you please issue these funds from PayPal back to your buyer.
I know this is a confusing situation and appreciate your willingness to work with your buyer. It’s great selling practices like this that make eBay a great and safe place for online transactions.
We definitely appreciate your business and want to do everything we can to assist you and wish you the best with your future transactions. Please reach out to the buyer via m2m messaging.
Wait for ebay/paypal to resolve where his money is.
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eBay mail
We have been reviewing your transaction for item # . We have noticed that the buyer < />, had asked you fro a cancel transaction. Normally when a cancel transaction is completed it will send any payment the buyer made back to the buyer. In this instance it did not. We are reaching out to you in order to ask that you please issue these funds from PayPal back to your buyer.
I know this is a confusing situation and appreciate your willingness to work with your buyer. It’s great selling practices like this that make eBay a great and safe place for online transactions.
We definitely appreciate your business and want to do everything we can to assist you and wish you the best with your future transactions. Please reach out to the buyer via m2m messaging.
Sounds like BS to me
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I still have the coin and the buyer has his money back. Because PP flagged the transaction (I don't know why) it didn't get undone automatically when the eBay transaction was canceled.
It's legit.
I verified it was in my eBay messages and saw the PP transaction went from Do Not Ship to have a Seller Protection Eligible and the funds were in my account before I issued a refund.
I still have the coin and the buyer has his money back. Because PP flagged the transaction (I don't know why) it didn't get undone automatically when the eBay transaction was canceled.
It's legit.
That email from ebay seems odd. Typos, weirdly worded and lengthy sentences, and a request to m2m message the buyer (not even sure what that means-- member to member?).
``https://ebay.us/m/KxolR5
That email from ebay seems odd. Typos, weirdly worded and lengthy sentences, and a request to m2m message the buyer (not even sure what that means-- member to member?).
The situation that the OP was involved with is not one that comes up very often. In this case, eBay does not have a pre-written script for the case reviewer to send, so the reviewer has to generate her own message.
This is likely why it doesn't sound "official".
With all those abbreviations, it sounds like you are talking to a teenager. If you are typing it that way, how old are you?