Who Here Speaks eBay?

So, I get a Question to Seller this morning.  Yes, it's another episode of "I don't speak/understand/read/write English but I'm going to ask you stuff via an online translator".

Our contestant today is from Brazil, and speaks either/or Spanish/Portuguese.


hello! I would like to know which the value of a of iten that wanted to buy of you.  **Ok...they want to know the value of an item I am selling, or at least this is what I THINK they are asking at this point.

- TIME FORCE Power Rangers Ranger CHRONO-SABER MIB  **This is understandable since they just copied the listing title.

Which the value that is and the items and the value of the sending to Brazil for Registrad Airmail?  **This is where the wheels start flying off the bus!   I'm thinking they mean "what is the value and the cost to ship to Brazil by registered airmail".  Now there is no such thing as registered airmail from the US.  There is express air, priority air or 1st class air.  You can insure and/or send certified via some of these shipping rates as well.  So I have no clue which rate they want a quote for.  
Do they want to know the value(for customs) or the cost of the item?  The cost is obviously right there on the eBay listing(hello!), so they must want to know what I put on the customs declaration so they know what/if any customs fees they will be charged to receive the package.
Man, that used up way too many brain cells this early in the day!lol
But it continues.....

I would like to buy out of you of Ebay,
getting rid of the commission, you would grant like this me a discount.
**Aaaaah, so now it becomes clear as mud....by "value" they mean they want to know how much it will cost them to buy it from me directly, and not through eBay.  They want a DEAL.
Oh, you naughty, naughty customer......screwing eBay out of their cut!
So they want me to sell something to someone in another country without ANY safeguards to me if/when they make a chargeback through Paypal and I lose my item, get my payment yanked out of my account and have the honor of paying the chargeback fee which Paypal will pass along to me.  tsk, tsk, tsk....

I await the return. Thank you!  **And just keep waiting until hell freezes over buddy!  




So what does our contestant win today Johnny?

I do believe he gets banned from our eBay listings for life!
And what made this one extra special is that he sent it to me TWICE!LOLOL

Thanks for watching today's episode.....now where's that Hump Day drink??

Sluggy

What else?.....eBay Fun Part "Whatever"!

Remember Mr. China/NY/CA guy?

Well I refunded his payment and filed to cancel 1 of the 2 transactions after he ignored my emails for 2 days where I asked him to explain a few things before I shipped the toys.
Then I went and reported him to eBay for suspected suspicious behavior.

That evening I get an email from eBay that Mr. China/NY/CA Guy has denied canceling the transaction and eBay will NOT be refunding my Final Transaction Fee of $3.40(plus the initial listing fee of .20¢) because the buyer won't agree to cancel it.
WTF?!
Then I get an email from Mr. Guy that he wants me to cancel both transactions at the same time.
???
Well I can't do that because you already denied the cancellation of the 1st toy, can I, you dumb shit!?
Now if I cancel the other sale the 'nice' way he's going to deny he wants it cancelled and I'll be out another $6+ on those FVFs.
This a-hole has already cost me $3.80 in fees and a week's worth of having 2 items available for sale.

So I filed a Report on him that he violated my terms of sale for the other toy.
Screw him at this point!
I'll at least get my FVFs back on that one and he won't be able to leave me a negative on that sale.

So now he keeps sending me emails through eBay asking me "what's the matter?".
Get.
A.
Friggin'
CLUE.

eBay acknowledged my "report of suspicious behavior" on Mr. China/NY/CA Guy.  They will investigate(not holding my breath)but because of confidentiality they can't 'share' with me what they find....blah, blah, blah....yah, I know their spiel.
I wonder how much longer they let him act the predator on eBay before they decide to yank his account.  Hopefully before 32 sellers lose their items and get hit with chargebacks....but probably not.


I also have a potential situation with a buyer who bought something 6 days ago and still has not paid me.
My terms of sale are payment within 1 week as listed in the auction/listing.
This buyer has ZERO feedback....another just signed up person....and he owes $249.
Oh, I am just a eBay Loser Magnet, huh?


And I got an email via eBay's system.  I now have a high powered Chicago corp. law firm demanding I remove the word beanie from a listing.  Seems Mr. TY Warner of Ty Beanie Baby fame has bought the exclusive use of the word Beanie among others and you can not use it to sell something on eBay....unless it's a Ty toy.  Gee, I thought a beanie was a generic word for a generic type of doll?
I guess Mr. Warner can't think of anything else to do with his billions of $$$s(put in his pockets by little guys buying his schlocky toys in the first place)other than paying high-priced lawyers to bully the little guy just trying to sell a couple of things online.  I know I am powerful but I never thought I was a menacing threat by trying to sell a few beanie dolls!lol

Since I am already in a very pissy place when it comes to dealing with eBay, I was thinking of changing the listing by rewording it(not removing the highly offensive word buy moving it in the listing title)and adding a bonus item of a hat if you buy my dolls.....a BEANIE type hat!
Now I am sure they don't have the market cornered on the word Beanie in the hat world, so I'll sell a hat with the dolls and still use the word in terms of the hat.
LOLOL

Or I could just substitute the alternate Beanbag for Beanie.
And send a snitty reply to the lawyers of course.

I know....I am spending waaaay too much of my energy and time on this.
I just hate bullies....
And lawyer firms.

Sluggy