• xjourneyescapex
    • 8 years 9 months ago
    • Posts: 153
    		 i bought something awhile back and i completely forgot about paying for it. tonight i received a call from Michigan. it was this creepy old guy saying basically 'where the hell is my money?' i was so freaked i hung up the phone.

    two seconds later he called back and left an eerie message saying 'well, i know your there.. you just dont want to pay for this!!.. i'll just have to leave negative feedback.

    *shutter*
    i had no idea sellers could call you, but it makes sense... ebay does ask for your phone number when you register.

    ew.
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    • regular_joe
      • 8 years 9 months ago
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      xjourneyescapex wrote:
      i bought something awhile back and i completely forgot about paying for it. tonight i received a call from Michigan. it was this creepy old guy saying basically 'where the hell is my money?' i was so freaked i hung up the phone.

      two seconds later he called back and left an eerie message saying 'well, i know your there.. you just dont want to pay for this!!.. i'll just have to leave negative feedback.

      *shutter*
      i had no idea sellers could call you, but it makes sense... ebay does ask for your phone number when you register.

      ew.


      Yes ebay asks for your phone number but, they cannot give it out to anyone. Or can they?
      " The last man nearly ruined this place/He didn't know what to do with it/If you think this countrys bad off now just what till I get through with it":D
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      • Jason43
        • 8 years 9 months ago
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        		 I believe the seller has access to your phone number.
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        • WARLORD1863
          • 8 years 9 months ago
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          		 That's very odd, because there's no way to find out someone's phone number on ebay. I even just checked to make sure, all you see when you look at someone's profile is their feedback and an email address if you want to contact someone.

          The only way to find out is perhaps you sent the seller something right after the auction ended, like an invoice or something that gave him your shipping address. Then all he needs to do is look up the address to find the phone number.

          But regardless, I suggest you email this person right away and apologize for forgetting about the auction and hanging up (even though he really shouldn't have spoken to you like that). Negatives are damaging, and this guy sounds like he'd put up one ruthless negative for you.
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          • xjourneyescapex
            • 8 years 9 months ago
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            		 my god, it was so scary guys, honestly...
            he left me negative feedback anyways... "been a month, never paid..hung up one me when i called, what a nice guy"

            WTF?!?!

            its disgusting that he would call me. i think its fXXXing creepy as all heck.
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            • System
              • 8 years 9 months ago
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              		 There is a way to get the buyers' information. You can get a full information request which is emailed to you. They may have changed it because I haven't used it in a few years. There was one or two times I did have to call a buyer and a seller. The seller I had to call was complete jerk. I had bought a Transformers Season One box set and paid through PayPal. It was two months and three reminder calls later when I finally got the box set. I had waited a month before I called him.

              As for the buyers, I gave them 3 weeks before I sent them friendly emails just asking if the payment had been sent. I never demand the money or anything. I just ask if it's been sent. If I don't get any reply after two weeks from the email, then I call and ask nicely. I only have one negative feedback and that was from a major (censored).

              Long story short, he bought a used boom microphone from me. He said he had one just like it but it didn't work. He paid for it, I shipped it nicely. A few weeks after he got it he complained that it didn't work and wanted his money back. He shipped a mic back to me and right away I could tell it wasn't the same one. So we fought back and forth through a mediator and everything went unresolved and he threatened to sue me. This was almost two years ago. He still bugs me with BS threats of a lawsuit once a year.
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              • xjourneyescapex
                • 8 years 9 months ago
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                DebrisStorm wrote:
                There is a way to get the buyers' information. You can get a full information request which is emailed to you. They may have changed it because I haven't used it in a few years. There was one or two times I did have to call a buyer and a seller. The seller I had to call was complete jerk. I had bought a Transformers Season One box set and paid through PayPal. It was two months and three reminder calls later when I finally got the box set. I had waited a month before I called him.

                As for the buyers, I gave them 3 weeks before I sent them friendly emails just asking if the payment had been sent. I never demand the money or anything. I just ask if it's been sent. If I don't get any reply after two weeks from the email, then I call and ask nicely. I only have one negative feedback and that was from a major (censored).

                Long story short, he bought a used boom microphone from me. He said he had one just like it but it didn't work. He paid for it, I shipped it nicely. A few weeks after he got it he complained that it didn't work and wanted his money back. He shipped a mic back to me and right away I could tell it wasn't the same one. So we fought back and forth through a mediator and everything went unresolved and he threatened to sue me. This was almost two years ago. He still bugs me with BS threats of a lawsuit once a year.


                what a piece of poo poo.

                i can't believe some people are like that.

                this guy who called me was real scary sounding (real old and feeble) what scared me the most was that i had no idea sellers/buyers/whatever could contact you via telephone.

                so when he was like "its been a month, still waiting on a payment" .. i was like "what the hell?"

                and that was that because andrew said so.

                heh.
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                • System
                  • 8 years 9 months ago
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                  		 Wow I had no idea eBay could give out your personal information like that. Scary stuff.

                  I've had relentless emails from a guy in Hawaii that I sold some ski equipment to. (He blamed me for shipping it the wrong way? Sorry, I wasn't aware there was a WRONG way to ship to Hawaii) But that's really the extent of my eBay troubles. I've never left or gotten any negative feedback.
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                  • xjourneyescapex
                    • 8 years 9 months ago
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                    christopher wrote:
                    Wow I had no idea eBay could give out your personal information like that. Scary stuff.

                    I've had relentless emails from a guy in Hawaii that I sold some ski equipment to. (He blamed me for shipping it the wrong way? Sorry, I wasn't aware there was a WRONG way to ship to Hawaii) But that's really the extent of my eBay troubles. I've never left or gotten any negative feedback.


                    what a jerk. why do people even bother? .. my god, some people come up with the most assinine excuses. "uhhh yeah, you shipped my items the wrong way, i want a refund!"

                    hahahaha... :roll:
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                    • Jason43
                      • 8 years 9 months ago
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                      		 Unfortunately, nutjobs are allowed to use ebay as well. I just sold some figures a while back. I mentioned in the listing that it may take a few days before I can ship it out and it would be shipped USPS first class. After a few days, the buyer starting emailing me wanting to know where his figures were at. I told him when they were sent out and politely told him to chill out a little. After several more emails, he sent me this:

                      "i really want this item and i'm really(hopefully) looking foward to having these figures so please don't betray me like this! i've been betrayed by so many people for so long and i don't think i can handle it any more; so please send these figures even if you have to deliver them yourself! i don't think anybody else have these figures! i'll give until the end of next week!"

                      Luckily the figures were sitting at his post office the whole time and I didn't take a negative from the goofy bastard. I guess some people who haven't delt with ebay much can easily freak out if things don't go as smoothly as they expect them to.
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                      • xjourneyescapex
                        • 8 years 9 months ago
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                        Jason43 wrote:
                        Unfortunately, nutjobs are allowed to use ebay as well. I just sold some figures a while back. I mentioned in the listing that it may take a few days before I can ship it out and it would be shipped USPS first class. After a few days, the buyer starting emailing me wanting to know where his figures were at. I told him when they were sent out and politely told him to chill out a little. After several more emails, he sent me this:

                        "i really want this item and i'm really(hopefully) looking foward to having these figures so please don't betray me like this! i've been betrayed by so many people for so long and i don't think i can handle it any more; so please send these figures even if you have to deliver them yourself! i don't think anybody else have these figures! i'll give until the end of next week!"

                        Luckily the figures were sitting at his post office the whole time and I didn't take a negative from the goofy bastard. I guess some people who haven't delt with ebay much can easily freak out if things don't go as smoothly as they expect them to.



                        thats creepy too.

                        i still can't believe this guy called me..

                        i understand they're allowed to call but, what if it develops into harrassment? then what? whats a person supposed to do about a person harrassing them states away about some action figure they didn't pay for?

                        just a question..
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                        • System
                          • 8 years 9 months ago
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                          Jason43 wrote:
                          "i really want this item and i'm really(hopefully) looking foward to having these figures so please don't betray me like this! i've been betrayed by so many people for so long and i don't think i can handle it any more; so please send these figures even if you have to deliver them yourself! i don't think anybody else have these figures! i'll give until the end of next week!"


                          The creepiest part is that this buyer could be 14...or 41.:shock:
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                          • Jason43
                            • 8 years 9 months ago
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                            xjourneyescapex wrote:


                            thats creepy too.

                            i still can't believe this guy called me..

                            i understand they're allowed to call but, what if it develops into harrassment? then what? whats a person supposed to do about a person harrassing them states away about some action figure they didn't pay for?

                            just a question..


                            Since he already left you a negative, you might as well leave him one mentioning what happened with the phone calls. The guys sounds nuts if he's calling people over the phone. In the end all he lost was listing fees for the item. Hopefully others will read his negative feedback and stay away.
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                            • System
                              • 8 years 9 months ago
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                              		 i had an ebay seller call me once.........he had extra items and wanted to know if i wanted them free of charge........more joes for me bwahahhaha......anyways shame on you for winning an auction and not bidding......your the tool here not the seller who called you :?
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                              • System
                                • 8 years 9 months ago
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                                		 I don't use ebay anymore. Once my dad bought a painting and I bought a cd...the guy my father bought it from said he never paid him when my dad definitely did!
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                                • xjourneyescapex
                                  • 8 years 9 months ago
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                                  yo-man wrote:
                                  i had an ebay seller call me once.........he had extra items and wanted to know if i wanted them free of charge........more joes for me bwahahhaha......anyways shame on you for winning an auction and not bidding......your the tool here not the seller who called you :?


                                  with all seriousness. don't call me a 'tool' because i'm not.

                                  my computer was broken for literally decades. after i got it fixed, buying some toy on ebay wasn't exactly the first thing on my mind.
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                                  • System
                                    • 8 years 6 months ago
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                                    Jason43 wrote:
                                    Unfortunately, nutjobs are allowed to use ebay as well. I just sold some figures a while back. I mentioned in the listing that it may take a few days before I can ship it out and it would be shipped USPS first class. After a few days, the buyer starting emailing me wanting to know where his figures were at. I told him when they were sent out and politely told him to chill out a little. After several more emails, he sent me this:

                                    "i really want this item and i'm really(hopefully) looking foward to having these figures so please don't betray me like this! i've been betrayed by so many people for so long and i don't think i can handle it any more; so please send these figures even if you have to deliver them yourself! i don't think anybody else have these figures! i'll give until the end of next week!"

                                    Luckily the figures were sitting at his post office the whole time and I didn't take a negative from the goofy bastard. I guess some people who haven't delt with ebay much can easily freak out if things don't go as smoothly as they expect them to.


                                    I've been selling on ebay for several years and I could tell you all kinds of psycho buyer from hell stories. And yes, any buyer or seller can request the other's contact information, which consists solely of name, town and phone number, no street address. If one requests it, ebay automatically notifies the other and both receive each other's info.
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                                    • System
                                      • 8 years 6 months ago
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                                      Jason43 wrote:
                                      xjourneyescapex wrote:


                                      thats creepy too.

                                      i still can't believe this guy called me..

                                      i understand they're allowed to call but, what if it develops into harrassment? then what? whats a person supposed to do about a person harrassing them states away about some action figure they didn't pay for?

                                      just a question..


                                      Since he already left you a negative, you might as well leave him one mentioning what happened with the phone calls. The guys sounds nuts if he's calling people over the phone. In the end all he lost was listing fees for the item. Hopefully others will read his negative feedback and stay away.

                                      I had a female buyer in California buy a printer from me for over $100 and never paid me. As a seller, it was quite a hassle for me. then she unregistered herself and I couldn't even leave a negative feedback. I called her "machine" a couple of times and I could care less if she felt "creepy". A seller has rights too. Is any stranger that calls you on the phone "creepy"?
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                                      • Owepar
                                        • 8 years 6 months ago
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                                        videoaddict1 wrote:
                                        Is any stranger that calls you on the phone "creepy"?


                                        Yes. :shock:
                                        Some are born to educate and raise our I.Q.
                                        While others imitate their gods and tell us all what to do.
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                                        • michiganer
                                          • 8 years 6 months ago
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                                          		 I sell on ebay I HATE people that bid and don't pay. So your computer was broken...Are you saying you couldn't get to another computer for a whole month?! Its just plain rude to leave a seller hanging. What people forget is that if you shaft a seller he/she still has to pay ebay for listing the item. So because you are irresponsible, you cost an innocent seller money. I have also called buyers to ask where the payment is. After all, its a business and you have every right to call someone that tries to break a payment agreement. Sorry, but there are no excuses for not letting a seller know it will be ahwile before you can pay...
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