don't sell shit on eBay

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don't sell shit on eBay Anonymous Tue Jan 8 00:50:49 2019 No.5280440 [Reply] [Original]

>be me
>sell some of my Vidya consoles on eBay because I need the money for rent
>sell extensively modded Gameboy
>audio mods, backlight mod, bivert mod, glass screen, etc
>some dude wins it in a bid for 120$
>lmao alright
>send to guy
>week passes
>A CLAIM HAS BEEN OPENED
>think to self "wtf did USPS break this shit or something?"
>the screen is broken and the console doesn't look like the picture I want to return this
>see attached images
>see a Gameboy that's obviously not the one I sent out, and fucked to hell and back
>this case has been reviewed and closed, you must refund money
wtf
>call eBay
>yeah UHHHH there's no way to know that that wasn't the one you sent him so, yeah you have to take a return and refund the money
>get message from guy
>if you give me a partial refund of 90$ and say to keep the clearly damaged item, I'll accept it, if you don't want to, I'll send "your" Gameboy back for the full refund
>call eBay again about the message
>says there's nothing inherently suspicious about the quote marks on "your" Gameboy
>decide to bite the bullet and only gain 30$ from this vs 0$ and a broken Gameboy
fuck this dude.
shitty Buying/selling experiences thread I guess, I just wanted to vent a bit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 00:55:56 2019 No.5280448 You have the guy's name and address, get a lawyer to send a threatening letter to him to scare the living shit out of him. You're not obligated to go through ebay's mediation system.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 00:56:47 2019 No.5280451 File: 1.59 MB, 267x200, 1532756628344.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Genuinely sorry, Anon. I don't sell shit online, or at all. Just wanted to post that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 01:00:29 2019 No.5280457 Hunt him down and beat him within an inch of his life

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 01:05:36 2019 No.5280468 I've sold quite a lot of stuff on eBay. What I do is, before I send anything valuable off, I take pictures of it as I'm packing it so I have proof in case some asshole decides to do that.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 01:06:28 2019 No.5280470 >>5280448 Sure let's waste even more time and money.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 02:17:19 2019 No.5280569 >>5280440 Record your serial numbers, and use nail polish to mark the PCB with photos and timestamps of things like that. I know it seems absurd, but there are enough scammers out there to justify this behavior.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 02:19:22 2019 No.5280573 >>5280569 I forgot to add that you can also state that you do not accept refunds. Shipping costs including postal insurance MUST be paid by the buyer. If they choose to not insure, it is their fault.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 02:36:44 2019 No.5280594

>>5280573
>If they choose to not insure, it is their fault.
This won't actually fly. Insurance is never the buyer's problem no matter what clauses you work into your ad. Always insure your shit and factor it into the sale. If you give the buyer the option to decline insurance you are potentially screwing yourself.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 02:54:29 2019 No.5280620

>>5280440
I usually only sell stuff AS-IS and No Returns. Some dumb fuck tried to get me for Destiny's DLC codes that I listed as-is twice in the description. He gave me a negative review that's already disappeared from my rating and I got to keep the money.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 02:56:36 2019 No.5280625 >>5280457 I like this idea.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 03:03:35 2019 No.5280634

>>5280620
To clarify. It was the physical release of the game that had all the expansions on the cover. I guess all the expansions were DLC use once codes only and the disc was only the base game. Which is complete shit. I don't know. I got what everyone else was getting at the time for a used copy of this release of Destiny.

Sold a couple expensive Carts. Like Mighty Final Fight and EarthBound. Those went well. Still have my fingers crossed on the latest Genesis title I sold.

If you want to be real safe and through disassemble the entire game and post a picture of that with the description. That's what I did with EarthBound.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 05:57:22 2019 No.5280789 >>5280440 I make some extra money by trading with old hardware/software games, arcade cabs and general electric equipment and THIS is why I only trade locally within my area(150mi radius)

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 06:32:46 2019 No.5280858

This old guy requested my contact information then proceeded to harass me on the phone pretend he was a mafia guy to scare me. Then he would call again to mock me when he managed to get the negative feedback off his profile. All this over a PSU he didnt want to ship anymore because he wasnt happy with the price.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 09:11:03 2019 No.5281073

>>5280440
File a police report, someone has stolen from you. Although you've probably already fucked yourself by accepting his offer. Nothing will happen but at least if he does it to someone else they can investigate him.

Believe me, i have just as many stories of shitty sellers with 100% feedback.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 09:16:08 2019 No.5281080

>>5280573
>>5280620
Stating no returns doesn't make the slightest difference. If someone wants to return something, they can and will. All they have to do is state 'not as described' which any buyer can do whenever they please without proof. The only possible way around this for a seller is listing something as 'not working'.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 09:23:28 2019 No.5281106 >>5280440 I only sell shit to gamestores and pawnshops. I dont know how ebay is in business still with shit like this.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 10:24:09 2019 No.5281269 >>5280440 >selling on ebay lel

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 10:31:43 2019 No.5281289 >>5281269 I have a shop on ebay. I sell overpriced retro games to manchildren.

Anonymous Tue Jan 8 14:18:33 2019 No.5281893

>>5281106
Easy: because buyers like it. I know I sure as shit wouldn't buy anything used online if it weren't for the buyer protections provided by places like eBay and Amazon. Way too easy to get fucked otherwise. OP's situation sucks, but it's what you have to deal with if you want to sell where the buyers are.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 8 22:44:36 2019 No.5283314 >>5280573 op here, I clearly stated in my description I didn't take returns and it said in the return policy field "returns not accepted". doesn't make a difference because eBay will force you and ontop, make you pay the shipping cost

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 00:01:51 2019 No.5283505 >>5283314 What's your rating? I told the guy no. Ebay only suggested I do what he wanted.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 00:44:16 2019 No.5283604 >>5280440 What's this faggot's info? I fucking hate assholes like him

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 00:57:41 2019 No.5283625 >>5280440 This is why I don't sell on eBay after they removed the ability to give feedback on buyers.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 00:59:02 2019 No.5283626 >>5280440 you didn't record the serial number and take a snapshot of the item before shipping? are you fucking retarded?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 00:59:12 2019 No.5283627 >>5283625 >after they removed the ability to give feedback on buyers. WTF? When did that happen? Are you sure?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:03:08 2019 No.5283630 >>5283627 You can only give positive or neutral.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:05:09 2019 No.5283634 >>5283627 >>5283630 Nevermind you can't even give neutral anymore apparently, just positive.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:06:36 2019 No.5283637 There are sites that list bad buyers. Add his info OP.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:07:12 2019 No.5283638 >>5283634 So, buyers can only get positive, but sellers can still get positive, negative, and neutral? Odd.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:11:22 2019 No.5283643 >>5283638 Yeah it's to compete with stuff like Amazon Marketplace probably. I still use eBay quite a bit as a buyer though.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:13:05 2019 No.5283649 >>5281073 This. File a police report and send a copy to ebay.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:15:15 2019 No.5283650 >>5283643 Yea, but if they keep being shitty. Soon you won't find much to buy.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:16:15 2019 No.5283651 >>5280440 Ebay has really gone down the drain after that woman took over. Seriously. Every Single Time

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:31:23 2019 No.5283671

>>5283650
Unfortunately it seems like eBay is trying to drive off the smaller sellers. I still use smaller sellers on occasion but have been mainly sticking to the bigger cheaper JP sellers. The number of Japanese selling to the gaijin online these days is pretty impressive.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:37:44 2019 No.5283676

>>5280573
Ebay has a guarantee policy to prevent people from doing this and selling bullshit that can't be returned...you can say whatever you want, but if something is defective or not exactly as advertised it can be returned and you'll have to pay for it. I had to return a game that didn't work and ebay had me print a label out and send it back to the guy.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 01:41:41 2019 No.5283682

>>5281073
Unless it's worth $500 or more and in your state, the police don't give two shits...and if they guy you sold to lives in the hood they definitely won't do anything about it because they don't want to get shot over a Gameboy. (I know this because my aunt's i-phone was stolen and it took 3 months of harassing the cops in the state the guy fled to to go get it because he lived in nigga land and they didn't want to go die trying to get it back)

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 03:48:12 2019 No.5283865

Not retro but I also got scammed once on eBay.
I was bidding for a DSLR camera and eventually won it for 90€.

The payment method was bank transfer only. That should have been a red flag right there but I went ahead.
Transferred the money and then waited and waited and waited.

The guy didn't respond to my messages and a month later I notified eBay.

Another 2 weeks later they wrote me back saying that due to the method of payment they can't refund me and closed the case.

And that's how I lost 90€ on fucking nothing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 03:59:07 2019 No.5283876 >>5283682 Sure, but if he does it to multiple people which is probably going to be the case, then the police have to investigate. >>5283865 Pretty sure you have to have Paypal as a payment option on Ebay on almost all items.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:03:00 2019 No.5283882 >>5280470 Sure let's keep getting raped and smile about it

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:07:18 2019 No.5283886

>>5283682
OP put it up for auction and it went for $120. But let's face it, even if it was worth $500 the police won't do dick. Once they hear it's for a fucking Gameboy they'd probably laugh him out of the building. I feel bad for OP, and it sucks he got fucked out of rent money.

Honestly, the only way I sell off my shit would be through Craigslist or the equivalent platforms. We meet, I show them shit works, pay with cash upfront.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:08:21 2019 No.5283887 >>5283876 You can use a credit card instead of Paypal, even prepaid cards.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:09:32 2019 No.5283890

>>5280440
You gave up too easily and you didn't call ebay soon enough. You should have submitted a new case with ebay as well as contact paypal or whichever service you used to be paid. Then you should have had him ship the gameboy back and if it wasn't the right one you should have opened a case with the shipping service. If it's the USPS they will take that claim very seriously and if he keeps that shit up they'll arrest him for mail fraud.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:10:34 2019 No.5283892 >>5280573 >I forgot to add that you can also state that you do not accept refunds. You can say this but the truth is every sale on ebay can still be either refunded or returned.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 04:11:15 2019 No.5283894 >>5283876 Nope it was explicitly stated that only bank transfers are accepted. And I never actually went to the trouble of making a credit card (I still use a debit card)

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 07:25:29 2019 No.5284076 >>5280440 I was the one that bought the game boy from you anon. What are you gonna do about? And to the people who want to know my info my name is faggoty fagerson in fagway.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 07:35:20 2019 No.5284091 >>5280440 >audio mods, backlight mod, bivert mod, glass screen, etc >120$ brah a cap for "prosound" a blacklight and etc shit is no more than 30$ not trying to be a dick here two if that GB was used for anything other than LSDJ you are a massive faggot

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 07:45:43 2019 No.5284096 >>5283671 Retro_saikou is my jam, that guy always has cool stuff for cheap, he’s based af.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 07:52:58 2019 No.5284098

Buying shit on eBay can be sketchy too, here’s a shitty thing that happened to me:
>buy strider 1&2 for PS1
>in the pics the discs were in flawless shape
>the genius seller decided to package the discs loose between pieces of styrofoam
>the styrofoam scratched the ever living fuck out of the discs
>the games don’t even pretend to read in my PS1
>shit was $40
>was pretty mad
Ultimately in the end the eBay guarantee saved me and I got my money back.

What kind of idiot packs discs like that?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:02:09 2019 No.5284121 >>5284096 He just looks like one of those guys who sells rare Japanese items for slightly more than Japanese sellers sell them for. I can't buy from the US anymore anyway after they forced most sellers into the GSP.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:06:37 2019 No.5284129 >>5280468 This. OP is a retard.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:08:28 2019 No.5284134 >>5283638 To protect sensitive feefees

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:31:56 2019 No.5284173 >>5284096 Looks cheaper to go through big JP vendors for the most part, although the quality of his items seems pretty good.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:44:37 2019 No.5284195 >>5281289 based. how much you making per year?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 08:45:35 2019 No.5284196 >>5283865 >dslr >90€ yeah....

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 09:48:40 2019 No.5284330 >>5284196 Come on, say it. I dare you.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 16:58:48 2019 No.5285159 >>5284098 The same fucking idiot that wraps a Voodoo 2 in cling wrap.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:03:52 2019 No.5285169 File: 13 KB, 480x360, old_memes.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Any old man will tell you that you will get scammed before you die. Some old men will tell you how to scam. Few old men run the scams.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:12:12 2019 No.5285182 >>5280440 drop his dox,fuck ebay fuck the police and fuck the mod who is gonna ban me for this comment

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:14:51 2019 No.5285187 >>5280440 You have inspired me to take pictures of serial numbers in the future...

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:21:22 2019 No.5285194 >>5280573 This goes both ways because I will usually not buy stuff that is listed as "For Parts, Untested etc" as I can't trust the seller to be selling something that actually works.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:25:48 2019 No.5285204
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>>5281289
Pretty based.
I used to have a Nintendo shop here in my country on Mercado Libre, got most of that stuff on travels i did back in the day to the US, sold 5 GameCube games for about 300US dollars to some dude, Pokemon Red and Gold for 200 dollars both, and a bunch of other Nintendo stuff. The only time i had a problem was with one dude who kept on buying stuff and then pulling back when he finally bought something he gave me a bad rating because the item wasn't like he imagined, i told him that i had to drive for like an hour to get there and that the item that i brought to him was the same on page, he got pissed off gave me the money and went away.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:32:57 2019 No.5285217 >>5285187 My wife actually videotapes putting the thing in the box and putting the box in the mail. A fact I didnt know: with package insurance, the receiver files the claim and gets the cash. Ebay should not be refunding these jokers.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 17:35:27 2019 No.5285221 File: 1.11 MB, 1372x1049, 4a3dfebdf6ca456092db42977f57498a.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5285204 It wasn't 300 dollars they where 400.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 18:58:18 2019 No.5285359

I sold through offer up. I remove the middle mad. I have them send me a payment through PayPal as a personal gift. Then once payment is received and transfer to my bank, I send the item and give them a tracking number. Sometimes PayPal will out a three day hold on the money when I go to transfer it. In that scenario I send the item anyway. I don't give a shit for PayPal ot eBay to ever see a penny of my money. But I gave this shit up. Now all I will do is a hand to hand transfer. This shit is to risky. I also don't buy anything online.. Al the shit I have has been bought through hand to hand transfer... But the retro shops in my city are drying up. I'm glad I have got what I got so far..damn, this hobby is crazy

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 20:26:56 2019 No.5285531 >>5285194 "Untested" is ebayese for "absolutely did test and shit's fucked" On the other hand I'm proficient repairing electronics so a lot of those auctions are an opportunity.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 20:36:35 2019 No.5285558 >>5280440 Aaaaaand this is why I'm always chill with sellers who don't make e-selling their whole business. Sorry you had to go through that dude. I hope that faggot gets the maloik.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 21:03:15 2019 No.5285604 >>5285159 Are you me? Except it was an OG voodoo and the cunt had the audacity to tell me he's been shipping cards like that for years with never a problem.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 21:11:25 2019 No.5285619 >>5280440 Up to 800-900 sales. Never had a single person try anything.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 21:12:25 2019 No.5285620 >>5280470 lol, what a bend over bitch you are.

Anonymous Wed Jan 9 21:30:24 2019 No.5285653

>>5285194
"Untested" was how I got a Sega CD model 1 for 40 dollars. Plus a Genesis, and 2 controllers. Turned out it did work right when I got it, it just needed a recap like all Sega CD Model 1's.
I love untested shit anyway. If it doesn't work I can usually fix it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 21:41:54 2019 No.5285679 Dude, just post this guy's info with screen shots all over the internet instead of bitching about it on an anonymous jamaican clambake forum

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 9 23:45:12 2019 No.5285932 >>5285159 >>5285604 LOL I guess. I got an SB AWE 64 Pro from Greece and it came between two sheets of cardboard in a jiffy bag. Still worked fine.

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 00:42:00 2019 No.5286036
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>>5285932
Lucky. Voodoo 2 guy here. I got a SB64 Gold and the guy that sent that was awesome. He even threw in a free Intel DX2/66 with the SL commands or what ever. That was the First Sound Blaster Card that installed with out a hitch. I had picked up the Original Driver Disk from a Thrift Shop a couple months prior. It even worked in Dos out of the box with that install. Simply Amazing for Creative.

I haven't tested that Voodoo 2 yet. I've actully been a bit scared to. I didn't pay much for it. I was actully convinced he wasn't going to send it at all. I paid around $20 for it and he took more than a month to ship it. All that for me to receive it in Cling Wrap. But I didn't say anything since I was grateful i got it at all.

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 02:01:18 2019 No.5286186

>>5285932
>>5286036
I didn't get that lucky. The card's VRAM was fucked with green artifacts all over the screen.
Even if the card works when you first get it you don't know whether or not something got zapped to within an inch of failing and will die on you later on. ESD is insidious.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 15:53:40 2019 No.5287647 >>5280448 Lawyer would charge $200 to send one letter.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 17:01:39 2019 No.5287828 Ebay is full of shitty scammers like that. Doesn't help that generally they side with the buyer in most cases.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:12:45 2019 No.5287986 File: 115 KB, 1078x771, IMG_20190109_205744.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >buy parappa >disc is broken in half >ebay is like "yeah we dont trust you you broke it" >40 dollors down the drain

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:19:49 2019 No.5288002 >>5281893 EBay's policies have swung so far in the buyer protection direction that sellers have either left or overprice things as insurance to the point where it's not worth using as a buyer either though.

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:25:28 2019 No.5288010

heres my ebay story:

small online store with good feedback had a panasonic Q gamecube for sale that looked mint.

won it for whatever.

took like 3 weeks to come, and it was cracked in 2 places because of poor packaging. took pictures, sent to him and ebay. i would have sent it back but ebay told me not to. the insurance covered everything, we still gave each other good reviews because i couldnt give negative stars for packaging cause it was greyed out cause insurance.

:^)

i have never sold on ebay, its not worth it, troll craigslist/personals and rip off manchildren by b baiting their nostalgia around tax refund time and basedboys around the holidays.

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:25:40 2019 No.5288012

>>5284121
I forgot about the global shipping program, even over the exodus of small sellers it's the main reason why I don't use eBay anymore. Want to buy a $2 screwdriver? Okay, flat rate shipping will be $20 and we're going to include $30 for import fees too. Just fuck right off.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:26:20 2019 No.5288016 >>5287647 Fake it like everyone else does. Just make sure to proof read that shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:26:30 2019 No.5288017 >>5288010 oh and it still works lol, forgot the big part, we both got our money and i got a working cube but its not fraud cause it was still damaged.

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 18:29:06 2019 No.5288023

>>5288012
>I forgot about the global shipping program, even over the exodus of small sellers it's the main reason why I don't use eBay anymore. Want to buy a $2 screwdriver? Okay, flat rate shipping will be $20 and we're going to include $30 for import fees too. Just fuck right off.

ebay isnt for household goods, its for old/rare stuff where quality/condition matters.

if you want household goods go to amazon or literally anywhere else.

i hated when ebay tried to compete in that marketplace, just cluttered up ebay with still-in-production mass garbage.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 20:07:58 2019 No.5288231 offer no returns "as-is" on the listing. you'll get a lower price but you don't have to deal with BS even if you do good work. If you don't like that than start an online boutique type of shop for your work

Anonymous Thu Jan 10 20:18:38 2019 No.5288256

>>5285604
i shipped some high end video cards in bubble wrap. I packed them multi layer with antistatic. Maybe 1.5lbs tops and tight like drum. Dude left terrible review and sent me a personal 2 paragraph email about how stupid a thing it was and how much of an idiot i am then concludes that he would ask for a refund but he plugged it up and it works fine.
I don't offer refunds and I'm very clear about that in listing and take pictures of shit working because i'm not a dirty jew. i responded that my dad, wife and sister in law work for the post office and they throw those things like that in with scrapbook supplies and clothes and it was safer than packing a big box that jerome would stand on get to higher parts of his truck.

probably 80% of my sales are painless but holy shit that 20% is full of scammers and idiots that have no idea what they're buying. My favorite is around the holidays having wifes/gfs contacting me about quality and state of shit that i have clear pictures of and have detailed listings for. They then ask if I can ship overnight/2day for Christmas and don't want to the the $50 in shipping that involves.

for the record, my monthly "profit" for all these headaches is about $50-150. I really do it just to cut down on shit i overbought in the past.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 21:15:30 2019 No.5288365 Get some youtube review man to say your name if you wanna make a profit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jan 10 21:18:46 2019 No.5288369 >>5280448 This. Probably some punk kid. Threaten him with a lawsuit to scare him.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 01:04:48 2019 No.5288690 >>5288231 You get it. Other people are so pessimistic here.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 01:24:14 2019 No.5288720 File: 128 KB, 523x480, 1489385869474.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5280440 >he didn't force shipping insurance

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 01:40:24 2019 No.5288739 >>5285620 >>5283882 Under normal circumstances I would agree with you but he clearly mentioned he needed the money to rent so he doesn't have the money to spare on something like that. Normally it would be well worth it.

Anonymous Fri Jan 11 06:49:16 2019 No.5289038

>>5288012
Actually the problem with the GSP is much bigger. Anything Ebay receives at their processing centre they will take out of the seller's original, probably good packaging and throw it loose into the smallest box they can fit it in to save a few pennies. Send anything fragile and it will almost certainly arrive damaged. On the plus side I did get a $300 video game for free this way.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 10:56:29 2019 No.5289431 >>5289038 >Anything Ebay receives at their processing centre they will take out of the seller's original, probably good packaging and throw it loose into the smallest box they can fit it in to save a few pennies. uh, no?

Anonymous Fri Jan 11 11:18:02 2019 No.5289473

>>5280440
If the package was shipped with signature confirmation, you're fucked; packages shipped with signature confirmation become a federal crime, as in you have to deal with the FBI and they don't give two shits about your silly gameboy.

On the other hand, if it ONLY shipped with delivery confirmation, you should contact the state police and pursue legal action.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 11:29:10 2019 No.5289491 >>5289431 uh, yes?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 17:31:27 2019 No.5290373 >>5288256 See I'd have no problem with reasonable packaging if he'd actually used an antistatic bag for the card itself instead of ultrastatic clingwrap

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 19:09:04 2019 No.5290594 >>5280625 This. Screw the fucking lawyer, time for old school ways of dealing with this kid.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 19:16:30 2019 No.5290606 >>5284076 Let's go beat this motherfucker up. Who's with me?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 20:10:30 2019 No.5290701 >>5280440 Did you not have proper identifying pictures on the listing?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jan 11 21:01:04 2019 No.5290794 >>5280440 >be stupid >be poor because stupid >be taken advantage of because poor and stupid You're literally the first person this has ever happened to

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 00:57:23 2019 No.5291207 File: 2.86 MB, 2048x1536, image.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5284091 Huge game boy bubble right now. Just a frontlit reshelled GBC goes for $100 easy. Some of the heavier customs like this START at $200

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 07:25:34 2019 No.5291583 >>5289491 uh, no.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 09:12:45 2019 No.5291705 >>5280457 >>5290594 Or find the little cocksucker on facebook and bitcoin the school bully the refund, in exchange for beating his ass. Now that's how you turn a negative into a positive.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 11:46:51 2019 No.5292026 >>5291583 uh, yes.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 13:09:39 2019 No.5292204 >>5287647 Do you people not have lawyers on retainer through your jobs? It's like health insurance, why not just pay the tiny monthly stipend for these exact situations?

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 18:38:07 2019 No.5293056 File: 52 KB, 750x878, 1539383262542.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>5292204 I've only worked McJobs my whole life.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 18:43:20 2019 No.5293073 Make it a social justice thing and have half of the internet come down on everyone involved, including yourself.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jan 12 20:26:26 2019 No.5293327 >>5292204 Most don't. Just like you. Only difference is they don't pretend and out themselves as underage tools

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 07:31:50 2019 No.5294258 >>5292026 uh, no

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 07:58:07 2019 No.5294283 >>5292204 You act like we have disposable income

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 08:44:51 2019 No.5294363 >>5294258 uh, yes, really https://community.ebay.com/t5/Shipping-Returns/Ebay-Global-shipping-Item-arrived-damaged-Please-help/td-p/26076953

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 08:56:17 2019 No.5294386 >>5283671 Theres 10s if not hundreds or jap ebay stores that sell shit for super cheap, sometimes less than a dollar with 5 dollars or less shipping. Its magnificent, i just lost all my shit and have been very very slowly building back up on nipbay.

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 08:58:30 2019 No.5294390

>>5293327
Not who you are responding to, but I actually do have a lawyer service through my job. Unionized jobs are nice sometimes. I would never dream of using it for a $120 video game console ripoff. Shit like this is just the cost of doing business on ebay.

You wan't "ebay prices" for your stuff, you have to deal with ebay drama sometimes.

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 09:06:00 2019 No.5294403

>>5280440

My story is even better:

>Decide to sell off Xbox 360 collection
>Put the Assassin's Creed 2 Black Edition up on Ebay
>Specifiy: Shippin only within the EU
>Some fucking Arab buys it for 150€ anyway.
>Wants me to ship it to Berlin where his brother is running a parcel service
>I ship it insured so that everything is covered
>Game arrives in Berlin
>Arab's brother sends it to Saudi Arabia without checking content
>Few weeks later
>Receive message and photo of the game, everything completely rekt
>Wants a refund because I apparently shipped him a broken item
>DESPITE the photo in my auction showing the box in perfect condition
>Ends up getting his damn refund because eBay said so even though my responsibility for the game ended in Berlin before the towelhead's brother sent this shit half across the world without checking if the item is alright.

Lesson learned: Never do business with camel herders.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 10:22:24 2019 No.5294554 >>5294390 I think if you read the fine print those lawyers don't sue ebay scammers who cheat you personally because you "have then on retainer through your job"

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 11:24:44 2019 No.5294662 >>5280440 he sounds like a nigger. never make business with niggers

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 11:27:51 2019 No.5294668 >>5294662 trannyjanny will ban you for telling the truth.

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 11:50:05 2019 No.5294702

>>5285359
emulating is basically free and you can find pretty much all games online. i used to buy retro games but when i thought about how much it cost i realized i'd been throwing money away. however, i dont care for things i can hold in my hand so maybe its different for me

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 13:36:39 2019 No.5294891

I have a weird story, not /vr/ but /v/

>Buy 5 Skyrim keys at 5 dollars in 2013
>Sell them at Ebay at 10 dollars
>Someone buys it.
>I asked his steam account so I can gift it to him.
>Days passed and I still have the gift in my inventory.
>He never connected to steam.
>I sent him an email asking him if there was any problem.
>No answer.
>Fft, I still have his gift in inventory and he never asked for a refund in ebay.

I have 2 explanations. He is either dead or he was stoned/drunk when he bought the game and forgot about it.

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 13:39:10 2019 No.5294893

>>5294891
noice

Can anyone recommend an ebay listing for game boy / game gear battery door covers and a genesis model 1 expansion bay cover? Trying to replace the missing parts from childhood consoles and would prefer OEM pieces but a lot of the listings look like chinese repros

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 13:39:14 2019 No.5294894 >>5285204 Is Mercado Libre safer than ebay in Mexico?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 14:09:39 2019 No.5294958 >>5294894 Definitely Cheaper sometimes too

Anonymous Sun Jan 13 15:33:25 2019 No.5295135

>>5291207
>game boy bubble
Man its absurd. I just wanted a cheap Gameboy Color to use my flash cart in because my GBASP pisses me off and I have a gbc wormlight I can use for it.
Before the retro boom you could easily get a GBC for like £10 or even for free as people gave them away, but now the value is like £17-25 for a unit and then postage fees ontop.
Eventually after failed haggling, (not even unreasonable offers. I offered one guy like £22 for his good condition GBC), I settled on a little bit grimy grape GBC bundled in with Super Mario Land 2, Donkey Kong GB, Rugrats, Buzz lightyear, Tweetys high flying adventure and Bugs Bunny Crazy Castle 4 and a power adapter plug for £30. Mostly because Mario Land 2, Donkey Kong, and the power adapter are worth a fair few quid each to offset the GBC cost itself.
Worst part is, I actually already have two Game Boy Colors in my loft that probably work fine but I put them in a crate that I can't currently get to.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:10:17 2019 No.5296103 >>5295135 It is worth buying the broken ones from ebay sellers and repairing them really.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jan 13 22:57:28 2019 No.5296226 >>5285679 hey could you link me to your favorite clambake recipe?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 01:15:25 2019 No.5296441 >>5294893 where the hell are you? Just limit search to north america and see if they look legit. never trust non-NA listings.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 01:40:05 2019 No.5296460 >>5294386 Pretty much in the same situation here. Started with a loose JP PS disc kick at about $1.29 after ship per disc and somehow evolved into a decent JP game collection.

Anonymous Mon Jan 14 02:02:53 2019 No.5296485

>Lose my job
>Cant get another one
>food stamps rejected
>health insurance rejected
>son just shake the managers hand lmao
>sell Rule of Rose for $250, Blood Will Tell for $110, and Fire Emblem PoR for $100
>prices on these are even higher today

I'm just mad I had to sell my games always keep a healthy buffer.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 02:22:29 2019 No.5296515 >>5291207 Yikes this looks like shit.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 04:26:09 2019 No.5296653 >>5296103 Ironically I have a busted GBC, GBA and Neo Geo Pocket Color in the loft as well I could fix up, (Broken screens), but I put those in the crate too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 04:59:53 2019 No.5296683 >>5296653 GBA screen replacement is easy, especially backlight. GBC is a bit more complicated. I don’t think anyone gives a shit about neogeos yet.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 05:01:51 2019 No.5296685 >>5296515 I like the Gengar. I don’t like the furry pokémon all over the rest of it.

>>	Sage Mon Jan 14 07:18:13 2019 No.5296802 >>5296441 >never trust non-NA Kek, american sellers are some of the scummiest, most dishonest, two-timing sons of bitches on the 'bay

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 07:56:28 2019 No.5296842 >>5294363 >one isolated third-party report from three years ago Bitch, please.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jan 14 07:59:20 2019 No.5296849 >>5296842 It's all over the ebay forums and it's personally happened to me 3 times. Now show us your counter-proof.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 07:44:07 2019 No.5299336 >>5296849 never happened to me, sux2bu

>>	Anonymous Tue Jan 15 10:32:16 2019 No.5299564 >>5296849 I had Thousand Arms and some other expensive PS1 game just never show up. Went through Global Shipping Program, then just never showed up. Global Shipping Program sucks. Its more expensive, and always results in paying taxes,

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 10:42:36 2019 No.5299578

>>5299564
Makes sense. Your item goes through about 5 different companies on its journey through your front door, so the chance of it going missing increases by a factor of 5. This is intended of course, since each third-party can just blame each other for the loss and accountability goes out the window. I've even heard that the GSP is legally allowed under the T&C's to 'appropriate' your item if they feel like it (i.e. they think it's worth more than it sold for and want it themselves).

Anonymous Tue Jan 15 13:03:17 2019 No.5299754
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I hate selling on ebay because I sell computers and phones which are common scam items.

What I do when a red flag buyer (new ebay account 0 feedback, etc) buys one is message them "thanking them for buying, but unfortunately I'm away on business and won't be able to ship for another day, but I will ship it tracked and signed for through ultra fast delivery service".

This gives scammers a free backout and let's them know I'm following Paypal's seller protection and have proof of delivery.

9/10 actual scammers will opt out at this point.

Also as people have said, photos of the product, serial numbers, pictures of it with your ebay account in the background, pictures of it in the distinctive packaging (a hand written note and using blue tape for the bubble wrap can make it distinctive) have helped me 3 times now. Go nuts with photos and proof, it only takes 5 minutes.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jan 16 05:41:00 2019 No.5301653 Hm.

Anonymous Wed Jan 16 05:56:12 2019 No.5301668

>>5291207
How much is your hour worth, loser?
I bet it takes longer than an hour to make a "custom" GBA like the one in the picture. With all the other costs its a pathetic wage. "Bubble" my ass. You have to be retarded to even want to look at such a small, shitty screen in 2019.

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