I always brag that I had never been "had" on e-bay. I spend a lot of time making sure all bases are covered. A few weeks ago I listed several things. They all brought good money and I was happy. One buyer was slow to respond but I don't know him and the money goes in the bank so it's no big deal. He e-mails me and asks for a shipping quote. I post my zip code and the weight in the add so everyone can figure their own shipping but this guy may know less about computers than I do.I send him a price from UPS ,FED_EX and DHL. Several days later I get an email saying the shipping is too high.I tell him to pay me for the item only and arrange his own shipping and I will deliver to any freight Co. in OMaha. He then informs me he will Pay Pal me and have DHL pick it up .The listing specifically states no pay pal. A few days later he sends me a personal check . The listing specifcally stated Cashiers Check or Money Order only . No big deal I email him ,when the check clears the bank I will notify you and you can instruct me with your shipping plans. I have my bank call after 3 days and they inform me that he has cancelled payment on the check .No problem I still have the Item. Now the fun comes in ,I email him that I have to attend a funeral and will be leaving town today ,I tell him I am sure the check is good if he says it is and to have DHL pick it up today before I leave town. Now this is the part my wife says I'm a Butt hole about ,I have a pretty good size box here at work and I filled it full of broken up concrete and when DHL comes for his package today (that he paid for with a bad check) I will send it to him. I would sure love to see his face when he opens it up after paying to ship 80 Lbs halfway across country . Maybe I am a No-good rotten low life, but it sure is fun.
I'm gonna have to remember that. The last time I transacted in an ebay deal, I'd like to have stuffed that summa bitch's body a box and shipped it to antartica. I think that was the last time I buy somthin off ebay. Drew
Holy shit dude! That's some mega-revenge. I sell so much shit on there, and I get lots of assholes all the time, but I never do shit like that because 1. I'm a pussy and 2. that takes balls. What a jerk! That will be worth the negative feedback all day long! Please keep me updated, I hope they really pick up the package and charge the guy!
You are my new hero. I sure wish I had thought of that when some jerk off told me he would pay the shipping on the $700 item that I sold him if I would ship it with UPS using his company account number and send it COD. What he neglected to tell me (but I found out in time) was that UPS will only send their collected COD payments to the address on the account on which it was shipped. He basically set it up so that he would get my stuff, pay the UPS man, and then UPS would send him his own money back and I'd be screwed. You gotta love your fellow man sometimes. I'm sooooooo wishing that I had sent him a 50 lb. box of something useless and smelly. <I post my zip code and the weight in the add so everyone can figure their own shipping > And I wish everyone would do this instead of trying to make their money on shipping charges. I'm having trouble with a guy right now who wants to charge me almost twice actual shipping to send me something I bought.
I love it! Only problem is that gaybay doen't allow enough room in their feedback to explain your position to others (I solve that with a page on my homesite & link to it). ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" America - made in China!
Now if you could just have hidden cameras watching him open it up. Like the ppppower book saga http://www.zug.com/pranks/powerbook/ Definitley one of the best scam the scammer tales around. mike
Very nice! Yup... I think if you are dealing with the ebay community its only a matter of time until someone somehow gets you... Never had anything as bad as JOECOOL. I did get neg feedback once... but the comments were very good? Not sure why... the bonehead sent me cash...I stated Paypal or Money Order... so, I figured I'd be a nice guy... then noticed he asked for his $.07 change to be put into an envelop with the stuff. So, I did. I super glued 7 pennies to the inside of the envelope. I tried to get it cleaned up but nothing ever got resolved. So, he now gets alot of junk mail. Unfreakinbelievable!
You'll need to be sure and post his feedback for us its bound to be interesting. I'd probably make sure that I ad everything dated also. The bad check the shipping pickup. Just in case he tries to do something legal. You did good, now cover your ass.
Joe - you are funny as hell. I would post feedback early the day the package should arrive. Then yours in on record before he gets the package. I would love to see what he has to say now.
Damn, that's funnny stuff, Joe! I'll be watching for an update on this one. I just got my first negative feedback on Ebay from some idiot buyer who doesn't understand that it can take more than a few days to ship (via post office)from Canada to the US. The worst part was he didn't even try to find out what the delay was before leaving the negative. I'll have to remember your little trick in case it happens again.
That is freaking awesome. I can't believe that prick would cancel the check and send the shipper to pick it up. You burned him so GOOD. cool. I also can't believe there are people on here that would worry about what this prick could still do to you. Who cares about negative feedback. I once got a bad piece of crap that was misrepresented by the seller. He was a real prick about it. I left him bad feed back - it did nothing. He just lied right back on his feedback, so I left another one. Then he just lied again as his response. If a guy gets too much bad feedback, he'll just open up another acount. I made sure I emailed tylerg everyday and to remind him what a piece a lying piece shit he was.
with a handle like Joecool your living up to it.I buy on ebay but never sell due to all the horror stories.Of course that's a double edge sword as i sold a new part the other day for $15.00 then seen one that was 14 years old go for over $300.00 on ebay.
Thanks all ,I really try to be decent with my dealings ,no handling charges ,if the freight comes in less I always refund the remainder. So far they haven't picked it up and I only have a little over an hour. Remember everything I know I learned From ROCKY!!
That same technique can be used to lessen the amount of junk mail you receive. A professor of mine used to get so much junk mail that he decided to open each one and if there was a pre-paid postage envelope inside (like in a credit card mailer), he'd take the envelope, unfold it, tape it around a red brick, and send it back with "thanks, but no thanks" written on it. That took care of the problem quick!
I used to do that a lot. Didn't realize you could tape a brick to it & it would be sent! That's just great! Fortunately I'm at a new address & haven't given it out too much. I DID get a life insurance offer the other day addressed to: Head Of Household Pre-Selected Residence Major US Market Area WTF???? How the hell do I get mail with an address like that??? Maybe I'll open it & see if it has a return postage card inside. (I saved it 'cause it was sooooo generic). I'm sure they're in need of a brick! ~ Paul aka "Tha Driver" America - made in China!
That's the shit LOL...One prick I dealt with sent me a cancelled check for a Model T steering wheel, I almost didn't let it clear (it was only $25) but I did it anyway (my better half's advice). Found out it was no good, so I said what the hell and mailed him a set of handle bars from my very first bicycle (Huffy, LOL) packed in shredded paper, I was also gonna go to wal-mart and buy a couple of bulk paks of razor blades and dump them in the middle of the shredded paper but I didn't do it (my better half's advice). Looking back on it I should have never said anything to her! He never left feedback nor did I so it was all good and I ended up relisting and some old timer was happy to give me $25 for it (covered shipping the handle bars so I actually got $17 for it, but it was fun) Next time its blades! Mike
I do the same thing but I use old phone books I have a friend that works at the recycling center and I am able to get as many as I want. before I thought of that I used do stuff the envelope with anything I could find laying around the parking lot at the Post office Cigarette butts, used bubble gum, rocks.... Dawg
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