Selling Toys - Horror Stories & "Happy" Customers

I have stuff with 100+ views and dozens of watchers, and it just sits there for weeks. But I hold the line!
 
Schizm said:
Have anyone else's sales slowed to a crawl? Sold only two items in two weeks. I haven't had time to be on Ebay as much the last couple weeks, but it's... worrying.
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I thought it was just me. January - early March was very steady, but mid-March to now is extremely slow. I thought I'd be picking up traffic from tax returns, but nah. Gas is $5.23/gallon where I live, and I know it's over $4 in most of the US...I'm assuming people are trying to figure out how to eat, rather than buying toys.

Orange Palpatine tweeting things like "an entire civilization is going to die tonight" probably doesn't help matters.
 
Schizm said:
Have anyone else's sales slowed to a crawl? Sold only two items in two weeks. I haven't had time to be on Ebay as much the last couple weeks, but it's... worrying.
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Yep, me too. Not that I ever have all that much up to begin with, but I haven't even gotten any new watchers lately. I had 1 sale in the last 90 days, and after fees and everything, it only got me a little over 10 bucks. I'm grateful for whatever I can get, don't get me wrong, but still.
 
Hey, you know...this is likely our last day as a normal society anyway. So fuck it. I'm having whatever I want to eat tonight, I'm skipping the gym, and I'm going to play with my figures like a 7 year old in the sandbox. Then when I'm done with that, I'm pulling all of my eBay and Marketplace listing.

What the fuck is even the point?
 
Now I've always known I liked girls since like kindergarten. But that doesn't mean I wasn't awkward and didn't know how to exist around them in those early years.

So in 6th grade, there was this girl Dana, who was the only other person in our class who was equal to my already above average height. In hindsight, there was nothing wrong with her to my eye, but I just wasn't really wired for dating at that point, even though many of my classmates had started.

So one day, Dana asked me if I wanted to go on a date. Not even a movie , not to Taco Bell, just a generic date, which I think proves she was also still trying to figure out how to navigate . I said no. I didn't want to. That should be the end of it, yes?

After school, Dana and the rest of her Entourage approached me and my friends Nick and Brian. She once again asked me on a date. I said no. She demanded to know, Why Not?

I said I just didn't want to, but I'm to admit I was panicking. They outnumbered us. And they had encircled us. And they had encircled us. Brian, knowing I was such a sensitive soul, told Dana to take the no and leave me alone.

Dana lunged forward and picked Brian up by the neck, then choke slammed him against the brick wall. And she was choking him. He couldn't talk.

She then yelled, "Why won't you go out with me?!"

At that moment our English teacher Mrs. Kutz walked by, her heels clicking and echoing as she approached. She looked at this young woman holding my friend off of his feet by the neck and yelling at us, and she just said, "Haha, oh girls. Be nice now."

And kept walking. As soon as she was gone, the other girls tightened the circle, and once again I was screamed at about my agency not aligning with their goals.

Nick and I fled and left Brian behind. A shameful day.

Today I had a listing up. This person asked me what the best price I could do was. Now I've done my research and this figure is not available on any online store. It goes for like 100 to $150 according to eBay. Canadian. Someone locally is selling it for 90, sealed. I listed for 80.

It's not even been up for 5 hours so my best price is still 80. This person says someone else has it for 80, and they're closer. I said cool. They said can you do 70. I said no.

They said 70 is a good price.

I said no.

This person then said, "Why won't you negotiate with me."

Never again, Dana. Never again. Block.
 
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And she was choking him. He couldn't talk.

She then yelled, "Why won't you go out with me?!"
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I wonder if she ever thought back to that moment and saw anything undesirable about that behavior. "Truth be told, I was wavering a bit until you attacked my friend like a fucking Sith Lord."

I have a remarkably similar story, only it was 7th grade and the group of friends I was with were all female and they all pushed me behind them before saying "he said no, you big bitch!" She was also tall. Yes having a group of ladies knuckling up on my behalf was amazing, and I danced with each of them at the one and only school dance I attended.
 
We just got a random message: 'Do you have any Transformers for sale? Can you send pictures?' This is a guy that has bought a figure or two from us in the past.

We do not have any active listings up right now for anything.
We haven't had any listings up for at least a month or two.
We have literally never sold a single Transformers toy, ever. Or expressed that we owned any Transformers toys. Because we don't. I haven't bought a single Transformers toy in my entire adult life.

What the fuck is wrong with people? It's not that the question is inherently rude or anything. But just... what is broken in someone's brain to reach out to someone that they bought a toy from like a year before to randomly ask them if they're selling other toys out of thin air?

Like, we have collectors in that area that have bought lots from us in the past and I wouldn't be surprised if Pan were to message my wife and ask if we're looking to sell any MOTU stuff, because he's bought TONS of MOTU stuff from us. Or if that guy whose name I can't remember messaged asking about any plans to get rid of any more Legends, because he bought the majority of my Legends collection over the course of like 2 years and twenty different listings. Sure.. that kind of makes sense.

But random dude I might have sold a NECA Ninja Turtle to a year ago suddenly asking about Transformers? Like... What the fuck.
 
Had a guy write me a screed about how the Mythic Legions Valiant Knight I was selling on Ebay "didn't even come with extra hands."

Ok, so use the dozens of other reuse hands from the line to enact your will on it once you buy it. Price is staying the same.
 
Did the valiant even have extra hands? Even the Four Horsemen source page says no.
 
It came with a lot so I feel like it might've. Either way it was new/sealed, so it was whatever it was supposed to be. Just not a fan of this "make your case before the Ebay court" on every negotiation. Plus a little tact in anyone's phrasing obviously helps too. I've lowered prices to help folks out who were kind or because it was the holidays, but coming at someone like they already owe you something is obviously absurd.

Had a guy who was selling $150 sweatshirts that looked like Old Navy quality stuff tell me I was horrible for asking market rate for it, then offer me original MSRP 2 years after a con exclusive sold out. "Thanks, I'll let you know when I need a $150 sweatshirt."
 
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