Selling Toys - Horror Stories & "Happy" Customers

Not sure what I'm hoping to gain here, other than just feeling like telling off the guy mentioned in my last post, but I just messaged him this:

I'm not exactly sure what the angle here was, dude. You've been stringing this along since around Thanksgiving, and making all of these weird little requests that I was happy to oblige-- only for you to ghost me each time. This has been a tremendous waste of my time.

And just continuing to ignore and ghost me is so cowardly.
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A happy story for a change! After looking more closely at the photo of the broken item it wasn't broken - the arm had become detached but was not broken and could be slotted back into place, so I suggested that and the buyer said it worked and closed the case.

PFEW.
 
Schizm said:
A happy story for a change! After looking more closely at the photo of the broken item it wasn't broken - the arm had become detached but was not broken and could be slotted back into place, so I suggested that and the buyer said it worked and closed the case.
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JEEEZZZUS! So basically all they needed was the some assembly required disclaimer?
I bet they complain that the garden hose they bought is all wound up and won't reach more than about 18 inches.
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Just embracing my boundaries and being an a-hole at the end of the year.

Had two similar events today.

Both involved people booking pickups and requesting holds, while also being a little obnoxious about wanting extra information that's already in the photos and listing.

In both cases, the pickups were today, and neither of them responded to their messages to confirm.

But I did have a line of people requesting both listings.

2:00 hit. Didn't hear from the first guy who said he'd be here at 2:00. Moved it along to somebody who paid me immediately plus Christmas tip to ship it.

Original buyer is like hey can I come by Wednesday. That's Christmas Eve m***********. Also two more days out. Told him it was gone. He pitched a fit and I felt warm and happy inside.

Second listing, guy was supposed to come in the evening. Hadn't heard from him at all despite asking twice to update me on status so I could figure out when I should make dinner and what my evening plans might be.

Moved it right along to somebody who said they could come right away and gave me the cash.

Of course, as soon as I do that, original buyer says he can't make it out because of holiday stuff, can we do it Wednesday night or Thursday.

Bye Felicia.
 
altcunningham said:
That would be funny but I think the truth is people are just so entitled these days and people on Marketplace don't read as people to them but just data points to acquire product.
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I see this in the people who message eight times haggling, asking for a new pickup time, or claiming that, no, really, I'll show up this time. I've had almost universally positive experiences with the people who do follow through, though.
 
TheSameIdiot said:
I see this in the people who message eight times haggling, asking for a new pickup time, or claiming that, no, really, I'll show up this time. I've had almost universally positive experiences with the people who do follow through, though.
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It's like the modern dating app. Low effort, no accountability.

A formula for disappointment.
 
Getting tired of the folks who ask for more information, more pictures, more details only to low ball you after they've wasted your time making you jump through hoops to get an insulting offer. Guy asks me "how would you rate the packaging 1-10?" Had to tell him I don't know how persnickety he is about packaging so I have no clue what constitutes a 10 to him. Then he wants more pictures. Plenty of pictures already showing the item to go from, even zoomable for those with low vision. You can almost feel the low ball offer forming like a storm in the breeze. I can taste the looming cheapness in the air.

I've aged out of being sent on "quests" by people who contact me.
 
For real, dude.

Those have just become the flags for me that it's going to be a terrible experience, especially when you are providing every reasonable photo you would.

It reminds me of Toys R Us during the first Spider-Man movie. They had those 12-in Titan type figures. There was a dude that would call the front desk girls asking them to assess the paint on Green Goblin, and of course they passed it off to me because video games was next to that aisle and I was a known action figure nerd.

I actually did my diligence and I found the one that I would buy and I told him. Yeah I've got it. He came in. Did not pass. He wanted to know when the next truck shipment would come in.

I asked him how the f*** anyone could know what his standards were and he should just come in and browse like anyone else. He said he just didn't want to take the time because he was busy.

"But not that busy that you're not going to keep calling the front desk like clockwork huh?"

I think we lost a customer that day. But the truth is we never had one.
 
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