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ive been selling stuff on ebay for about 10 years. i recently sold my Lancia on there...never had an issue until now.
Listed the car, and mentioned there was rust holes in the subframe and holes in the passenger floor. Guy bids on the car without asking any questions. Wins the auction, and has the car shipped across the country.
Upon receipt of the car, decides to have buyer's remorse and demands 1/3 of the sales price as a refund. I was willing to work with him (just out of good faith...even though i had NO requirement) until he started extorting me. Told me I would get bad feedback unless I gave him exactly what i wanted. That sealed the deal in my mind. He was going to get nothing. Of course, he gives me bad feedback...and as a seller, you have no recourse anymore. You can't comment on it, and you can't give him feedback.
Ruined my feedback rating (well...for the next 12 months). I reported him to ebay for extortion. they're reviewing the case right now. he emailed through their message console, so there's the paper trail of his communications with me.
FYI...ebay's shipping calculator sucks. it's always way less than the actual cost of it. Make sure you tell buyers that they'll pay actual shipping. also..don't tag exhorbitant shipping costs on. that's just annoying.
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-mike
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