Why I Love eBay (Not)

[bgold]

Have a Mets Jose Reyes gu signed item up, received a low-ball offer along with this note:

"Jose Reyes is running with his second chance in the league. This ball isn't worth much. Figured I'd make a small offer. I doubt it has a certificate validating it is real as well."

After explaining it has the mlb holo for game use and auto (something they undoubtedly knew) and explaining that their "game" or lack thereof was not very good (not putting up with garbage like that) he/she replied:

"I've been at both ends of the stick. As a collector, it is what it is. I made my offer. I have plenty of Reyes memorabilia".

I've been very lucky, have had the great honor and privilege of meeting and dealing with some of the nicest and warmest people, but this dreck can take itself out..

[ironmanfan]

Unfortunately, this kind of dialogue "comes with the territory" and as hard as it might be, just ignore it & keep the positive attitude.

[danesei@yahoo.com]

Did everyone notice that eBay tripled the final value fee cap, raising it from $250 to $750?

[yanks12025]

I messaged a guy offering a item similar to one he bought from me acouple months back. The guy Made a offer on the ball and another baseball I had for sale. I was busy at work and in less then a half hour this guy sent 13 messages telling me about his offer, one about telling me to counter, one about where was I.

I ended up not working out a deal. But the guy sent me a total of 25 messages in less then 7 hours. Even after I told him I'm gonna keep one of the baseballs(not the one I messaged him to tell him about) , he kept sending messages telling me to sell it to him today.

[ndevlin]

This is everywhere, including this site. I get tons of lowball offers all the time from ppl on here. One guy bought an item(paid for) and 5 minutes later mentioned he wanted insurance at which I told him I could get if he would like to pay for it. He demanded a refund(which I gave), saying how difficult I was to work with, etc. Basically he wanted me to pay for the insurance myself after the item was paid for. And yes, this was someone from this site. And yes he's on my DNSTL-- Do Not Sell To List.

Have a Mets Jose Reyes gu signed item up, received a low-ball offer along with this note:

"Jose Reyes is running with his second chance in the league. This ball isn't worth much. Figured I'd make a small offer. I doubt it has a certificate validating it is real as well."

After explaining it has the mlb holo for game use and auto (something they undoubtedly knew) and explaining that their "game" or lack thereof was not very good (not putting up with garbage like that) he/she replied:

"I've been at both ends of the stick. As a collector, it is what it is. I made my offer. I have plenty of Reyes memorabilia".

I've been very lucky, have had the great honor and privilege of meeting and dealing with some of the nicest and warmest people, but this dreck can take itself out..

[akrover]

I love it when people tell you what you have isn't worth much and no one will want it, and then make an offer. And then get mad when you don't accept it. I get that it is a 'strategy,' but imho it is a terrible one. I do not understand why people think insulting someone will get then what they want. Then, even if they come up to a point I originally would have sold to item at, I'll still usually say no. I'd rather not sell it then sell it to them after their shenanigans.

[recruiter]

Yeah, that happens.

There are a lot of reasons not to like Ebay, including the buyers who are poised to take advantage when the post office doesn't demand the signature you bought, etc. I've been ripped off more than once that way, and the post office and I are on a first-name basis.

My bid block list is extensive.

And the chronic lowballers are another one.

[sportsnbikes]

This is everywhere, including this site. I get tons of lowball offers all the time from ppl on here. One guy bought an item(paid for) and 5 minutes later mentioned he wanted insurance at which I told him I could get if he would like to pay for it. He demanded a refund(which I gave), saying how difficult I was to work with, etc. Basically he wanted me to pay for the insurance myself after the item was paid for. And yes, this was someone from this site. And yes he's on my DNSTL-- Do Not Sell To List.

LOL...same thing happened to me from a guy on this site. I refunded his money on principle alone!

[emann]

LOL...same thing happened to me from a guy on this site. I refunded his money on principle alone!

Same thing here . . . I've gotten frequent emails in responses to my posts on this site. I think there is a very small posting population and a very large lurker population—probably many of the same who frequent eBay.

[duggie85]

New poster here. Been collecting autographed baseball items last few years and been researching game used items. Really like this site, a lot of great info here!

With that said, I have never sold any of my memorabilia so I've never had to deal with buyers. As a buyer on eBay, I always look up the latest sold items with identical authentications/quality and make my offer based on the average. I hate when sellers respond with the usual "it's worth more than that!" then get aggravated with the reasonable response I give, "No it's not. The last 5 auctions on average sold for 1/2 of what you're asking."