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Time Wasters (43 posts / 5,861 views)
scozza
Posts: 18,421
Post #31 10 Jun 2026 18:03
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In reply to Post #30
I don’t do cheap

What were you selling, leather balaclava, purple leotard?
braders1978 braders1978
Posts: 18,195
Post #32 10 Jun 2026 20:17
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In reply to Post #31
you would of bought that
scozza
Posts: 18,421
Post #33 10 Jun 2026 20:22
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In reply to Post #32
Potentially, but not the second hand rubber fist you were selling

braders1978 braders1978
Posts: 18,195
Post #34 10 Jun 2026 20:49
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In reply to Post #33
you seem to know alot about this stuff
JeffE JeffE
Posts: 1,196
Post #35 10 Jun 2026 21:03
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I get my mate to sell my stuff on eBay using his account. 9/10 times it's fine but every now and then you do get a complete cockwomble as everybody does. You list something as new then a question comes in "is it new?".

Sold 3 packets of hooks to somebody once who claimed when he opened the envelope it was empty. FFS.
Dedge Dedge
Posts: 39
Post #36 11 Jun 2026 12:11
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I was selling some bite alarms on Vinted and eBay and had some ridiculous offers and time-wasters.
I had them listed for £400, and someone went out of their way to tell me they'd seen some on Facebook for £375. I replied, "That's great, go and buy them then." He responded with "OK bitch" and blocked me. 😂
Then I had another lad ask if I wanted to swap them for a gaming PC.

I hope its none of you lot haha
Tinhead Tinhead
Posts: 17,089
Post #37 11 Jun 2026 13:42
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I can understand that if you are good seller but to be fair there's not so good sellers out of there that claim their item is new when it's not.
By asking 'is it new', you say yes and it turns out not to be, the buyer has more evidence if he claims 'Not As Described'

The one that gets me is clothing listed as 'New Without Tags'
Then in the description it says 'only worn a handful of times'

Always read the small print and ask if in doubt

@Dedge Personally I would've modified my reply.
On Marketplace I've been offered a Playstation Playmat for a guitar and goose feather jacket for a 3D printer!!!
Spod Spod
Posts: 13,415
Post #38 11 Jun 2026 13:54
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I'm considering a set of Nevs at the moment and have been looking at a few on eBay. There's one set for sale with the description, "no marks or cracks whatsoever" but you can clearly see at least 3 cracks in the base from the pictures.....
0nslow 0nslow
Posts: 1,616
Post #39 12 Jun 2026 04:10
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In reply to Post #37
I hope you took the goose feather jacket
QAE QAE
Posts: 21
Post #40 14 Jun 2026 16:20
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Secondhand rubberfist PMSL
silverfish silverfish
Posts: 2,652
Post #41 21 Jun 2026 00:31
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I know where you are coming from, I had some items for sale on the bay of evils, I knew what they were worth, I knew what other sellers were asking..more than they were worth.
So I started £100 lower.
The first message asked for my best price for buy it now- it's there the start price
The second asked for my best c-a-s-h price for the second lot..if he collected.
Went on for a few days and when they sold item one sold for £100 over the opening price ..to the guy that messaged me at the beginning
And the second item also sold for £130 over the opeing bid to Mr 'best cash price'..and the delivery address Sunderland. So much for collection.

Now I also have some of specialist shooting items for sale privately at genuinely fair for both party prices. It's been like pulling teeth.
One guy asked for my best price on the lot, advertised prices amounted to around £900, some of it new and under half of RRP
Make me an offer...
£300..you're 70 miles away and there is fuel and time.
Three weeks later I knock £10 post off two items and he finally commits to buying them

A few weeks later he messaged me- he has a mate who may be interested in the rest of the gear.
I thought OMG here we go and ignored it until he messaged me again.
Got in touch with his mate, sent pictures, gave him my prices.'
replied ' can we do a deal... what's your best price, I can use some of the gear but the rest I'll just sell on. where abouts are you to see if it's worth collecting?'

Those are my prices, make a reasonable offer I can accept it or not.

I'm not trying to rip you off 'i'm willing to buy things off you that I dont want at a fair price- if it works both ways but hopefully make the deal work easier for you'

Thanks for the offer of a 'favour' but how does that work for me?
I'm not going to undercut myself so that you can pay less and make a profit.
mark1009
Posts: 4,738
Post #42 21 Jun 2026 03:07
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I bought a set of 4 aviators from a guy who advertised them as collection only from a place about 15 miles from me. I got them for £50 under my maximum bid. I felt so guilty as it was just before Christmas I bought him a present of £100 of booze as a Christmas present when I eventually managed to pick them up. ( don't ever try to drive around Maidstone in the rush hour ) he and his wife were lovely people .Basically not all e bay transactions are bad, if both parties are normal , reasonable people, and not money grabbing *******s
silverfish silverfish
Posts: 2,652
Post #43 21 Jun 2026 11:55
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well you're a a better man than me,
it's an auction and if the hammer price is 50 quid less than the most you were willing to pay and higher than the starting bid ....it's fair.
probably did better than what the tyre kickers in the Classified would offer
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