Bad excuse or let it lie

soolin

OP, open a full paypal chargeback immediately for SNAD and mention that this is in a much pooer condition than stated. Escalate to a full chargeback straight away.

Crowqueen

Badger_Lady wrote: »

Of course everything you say is true (and I haven't had enough DSRs yet), but I'm not going to rearrange my life or take a month off work just to flog something on eBay. It's just what we're saying about the difference between professional sellers and the average Joe with something in his loft. As long as that seller is upfront about their restrictions, it's up to the buyer to choose whether or not to bid within those restrictions.

Anyway, sounds like the OP has got much bigger problems now!

There we disagree. When someone pays me for something, I do frequently rearrange my life to accommodate them - it's how I've been living for the past few years, particularly when I can do some work at my mother's school as a temp (I can't be paid much because of benefit issues but it's a way of getting some spare cash and some experience), so I'm used to fitting that in around my other life. It's quite a pleasant and stimulating way to live, actually - I'm not sure I could make it pay completely but having the flexibility is double-sided sometimes because when a job comes in that I could usefully do I usually have no say over the times and conditions I'm working in and just have to put up with it as it comes in. In the spring I wanted to take a week or so at our family's cottage in Dorset but had to work around the commitment I had to the school to help proof-read their reports.

Selling on eBay IMO is no different. You're being paid. You're expected to honour your commitments just as if you were being asked to do something at work. It's an incredibly dangerous attitude - and frankly pretty arrogant - to take just because it's an occasional sale. If you can't drop everything to see that commitment through to its logical and not particularly onerous conclusion, then don't list at that time, or pull your listings if something comes up.

That's all I can really say. I'd be pretty disappointed to be messed around by a seller like the OP's - I hope you are not standing up for the disgraceful way this person is behaving.

Badger_Lady

Crowqueen wrote: »

There we disagree. When someone pays me for something, I do frequently rearrange my life to accommodate them - it's how I've been living for the past few years, particularly when I can do some work at my mother's school as a temp (I can't be paid much because of benefit issues but it's a way of getting some spare cash and some experience), so I'm used to fitting that in around my other life. It's quite a pleasant and stimulating way to live, actually - I'm not sure I could make it pay completely but having the flexibility is double-sided sometimes because when a job comes in that I could usefully do I usually have no say over the times and conditions I'm working in and just have to put up with it as it comes in. In the spring I wanted to take a week or so at our family's cottage in Dorset but had to work around the commitment I had to the school to help proof-read their reports.

Selling on eBay IMO is no different. You're being paid. You're expected to honour your commitments just as if you were being asked to do something at work. It's an incredibly dangerous attitude - and frankly pretty arrogant - to take just because it's an occasional sale. If you can't drop everything to see that commitment through to its logical and not particularly onerous conclusion, then don't list at that time, or pull your listings if something comes up.

That's all I can really say. I'd be pretty disappointed to be messed around by a seller like the OP's - I hope you are not standing up for the disgraceful way this person is behaving.

Absolutely not - the seller in OP's case is a definite problem.

But in my case, as someone who lives in Wales but has a full-time job in central London (and regularly abroad), you're basically saying I should never sell anything on eBay, just because I couldn't make myself available at the buyer's bequest..? That I'm wrong to even list something for sale?

Hollie84

soolin wrote: »

OP, open a full paypal chargeback immediately for SNAD and mention that this is in a much pooer condition than stated. Escalate to a full chargeback straight away.

Ive opened one through ebay can i still do one through paypal? and if so how do i do it?

Crowqueen

Hollie84 wrote: »

Ive opened one through ebay can i still do one through paypal? and if so how do i do it?

No, stick with eBay, they don't allow you to open both disputes for the same transaction.

Hollie84

Ok thank you