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I know I am a business...but....
soolin
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1.03am message from ebay 'I need this item urgently , if I buy now and pay first thing can you send it to arrive for Monday?'
1.35am ' did you get my last message? I need the item urgently can you send it immediately?'
3.02am 'oh well, don't bother I'll buy it somewhere else'.
this item is nothing exciting at all, a run of the mill BIN which I have had up for months now and sell a few every week. Postage offered is 2nd class standard or 1st class for the uplift costs.
Buyer now blocked- just in case.
Odd thing is that things bought by a different buyer at 7am this morning have already been wrapped and are going to the post office at about 9am after breakfast.
1.35am ' did you get my last message? I need the item urgently can you send it immediately?'
3.02am 'oh well, don't bother I'll buy it somewhere else'.
this item is nothing exciting at all, a run of the mill BIN which I have had up for months now and sell a few every week. Postage offered is 2nd class standard or 1st class for the uplift costs.
Buyer now blocked- just in case.
Odd thing is that things bought by a different buyer at 7am this morning have already been wrapped and are going to the post office at about 9am after breakfast.
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It's wonderful what alcohol on a Friday night can do :beer:0
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1.03am message from ebay 'I need this item urgently , if I buy now and pay first thing can you send it to arrive for Monday?'
1.35am ' did you get my last message? I need the item urgently can you send it immediately?'
3.02am 'oh well, don't bother I'll buy it somewhere else'.
Is it an American eBayer, by chance?
I once received a succession of similar 'nocturnal' messages overnight and it turned out to be a US buyer, who apparently had absolutely no idea (and absolutely no interest) in time zones."The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing.
...If you can fake that, you've got it made."
Groucho Marx0 -
Don't get me started on US buyers who think a pound is the same as a Dollar and expect a next day tracked service for nothing!porto_bello wrote: »Is it an American eBayer, by chance?0 -
porto_bello wrote: »Is it an American eBayer, by chance?
I once received a succession of similar 'nocturnal' messages overnight and it turned out to be a US buyer, who apparently had absolutely no idea (and absolutely no interest) in time zones.
Just checked, and no he/she was a Brit. Yes I'm a business but I can't imagine even M and S responding to an email at 1am in the morning!
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Maybe they thought you could teleport it. :rotfl:
I had one like that once. A buyer from America who bought and paid for my item and an hour later sent an angry email saying "where's my item? " I posted it next day and four weeks later it was returned as 'delivery attempted and not collected'.
Most buyers are great but there are a few real muppets out there. It was a good idea to block that one Soolin bet they would have been trouble.0 -
Dammit Soo why don't you keep your phone by your bed to answer such queries? Do you not know how important it is?
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I know my cousin went nocturnal for a while - more space in the computer labs at his university - but that is taking the [proverbial]."Well, it's election year, Bill, we'd rather people didn't exercise common sense..." - Jed Bartlet, The West Wing, season 4
Am now Crowqueen, MRes (Law) - on to the PhD!0 -
pulliptears wrote: »Dammit Soo why don't you keep your phone by your bed to answer such queries? Do you not know how important it is?
lmao
I know, terrible seller..I ought to be banned
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I would've sent him a snotty message back, explaining that you have a life outside of Ebay and at the time he sent the message you are usually asleep!Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £10,153.440
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I would have replied i can get it to you by messenger, But your looking at £300 for that service. If you want it Sunday then they charge £500.
Would you like me to send you an invoice for one of these service, Please respond within 5 minutes as the price will increase if you dont book by then.Censorship Reigns Supreme in Troll City...0
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