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 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:09:59 PM new
Several weeks ago I listed a very sought after item. It was a 10 day listing and pre-approved bidders only.

I had a death in my family about 4 days into the auction. I ended the auction and put an explaination at the bottom.

When I got back into to town, I sent everyone that had requested to be put on the pre-approved list an email. The email had links to several sites that sold a similar item.

I got many emails expressing sympathy and quite a few that were surprised and appreciative that I sent them links to where to buy the item.


Yesterday, I get the following email.

i want these shoes. i need a 7. can i buy them from you?

ME: Hello, I do not sell outside of ebay. I do not have a 7. I only have the size 11, which I will be relisting eventually.

could i buy these from you in a size 7?

ME: Hello, I do not have a size 7. Thanks for looking at my auctions.

BIT*H YOU DIDN'T SAY YOU DIDN'T HAVE THEM ANYMORE. YOU SHOULDV'E SAID SO IN THE FIRST PLACE AND NOT GET AN ATTITUDE...HELLO...OKAY...ANYWAY I CAN DO WITHOUT YOU #*!@*Y BOOTS


I absolutely lost it.

You stupid snatch. What the f**k do you think it means, when someone says they do not have something? That if you email enough times the fashion faries will get you one? That this is bizarro world and NONE actually means an endless supply? It is illiterate morons, such as yourself that cuase problems on ebay. You are too stupid to comprehend anything. You are the reason I and other sellers have pre-approved lists...HELLO...OKAY...If I had a pair I would let my CAT rub his ass all over them and send them to you free of charge. That way you could smell what you have for brains.



 
 alwaysfun
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:20:15 PM new
Holy Cow, you really did come out in a rage. I can't help laughing. I know it isn't funny but I can't believe you sent that response to her. Not that we haven't wanted to respond like that more than once. The worst I have ever said, was the other day I called a guy a moron that kept emailing me harrassing emails 4 months after he left me a negative and I thought I was being harsh.
WOW!
 
 wgm
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:21:50 PM new
LMAO @ your reply!! I don't blame you at all actually...

this is why I love to read your's and fluffy's posts - you just tell it like it is


"Be kind. Remember everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle." - Harry Thompson
 
 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:23:34 PM new
I am in such a rage. I am doing karate kicks at a wall. She is VERY lucky she doesn't live near me.
 
 trai
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:23:47 PM new
Ohhhh, you joined the dark side with that one. Your right, you lost it here. as much as I can understand your frustration with a brain dead its always best to pull back when you feel it come on.

Next time maybe just write out a letter on your wordpad to cheer yourself up and then hit delete. Need to compose yourself before you answer those kind of emails.

But to be fair, your post did make me laugh.

 
 kiara
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:25:41 PM new


Did you hit "send" ? Hehehe....

 
 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:27:48 PM new
Did you hit "send" ? Hehehe....

Twice, I din't want it to get lost in cyberspace. I am sure she will be reporting me to ebay soon.
 
 kiara
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:31:20 PM new
Twice you say!! ROFL

I would never do this but the more times I read what you wrote the more it makes me laugh! Hahahahaha........

 
 neonmania
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:34:01 PM new
ROFL! I have one of those I m dying to reply to right now. Oh yeah, BTW - waiting to be nice to respond to the "Ooops it sppilled x 2" customer was a waste of time. Not only negged me for that item but for the other three that were mailed at the same time. Now it's an illiterate delusional "cop" that I am dying to tell to kiss my happy azz. Insead I have taken my frustrations out on Fed-Ex who I have been trying to get the same package from for 3 days now. 18 phone calls later the plant manager is dropping it off on his way home from workand I think they are about to block my number.

 
 toasted36
 
posted on March 12, 2003 01:52:38 PM new
ROFL !! That was one heck of a come back !! What could she turn you into e-bay for ..if your not in a sale with her...you were just answering a question and she got rude.She should have said sorry about the death in your family ...not I need a size seven...wtf .I think your response was from the stress of losing a loved one.If she wouldn't have gotta ugly with you first ...you would have been ok .Chin up ! And my deepest sympathy to you and your family .
[ edited by toasted36 on Mar 12, 2003 01:54 PM ]
 
 tomwiii
 
posted on March 12, 2003 02:07:54 PM new
For 6 months last year, I sold VINTAGE shoes from the 40s&50s&60s!

Talk about yer fruits&nuts! I don't know how you guys & gals put up with 'em??!!

QUESTION: "If I don't like them, what will you do for me?"

QUESTION: "Shoes NEVER fit me right! Will yours?"

QUESTION: "Can you send some SAMPLE shoes so I can TRY old sizes?"

Believe me, MONKEY-PORN conny-sewers are a much more stable lot compared to these pretzel-chokers!

BTW: did you ever get around to shipping her the SIZE SEVENs??


Ralphie loves Mr Blonde:
"Are you gonna bark all day little doggie, or are you gonna bite?"
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 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 02:59:06 PM new
.Chin up ! And my deepest sympathy to you and your family

Thank you. He was one of the few members of my family that I liked....or liked me.



If I don't like them, what will you do for me?

I will take them off your hands for 3% (minus shipping) of what you paid me.

Shoes NEVER fit me right! Will yours?

Probably not. They were not meant to accommodate monkey feet.

Can you send some SAMPLE shoes so I can TRY old sizes?

Can you send me some sample gold eagles, so I can spend some old money?


 
 fetish128
 
posted on March 12, 2003 03:33:29 PM new
hahahahahah,,,,,HAHAHAHAHAHA,,,,,,hahahahha,,,,,Reporting YOU to e bay,,,,,,,hahahahaha,,,,,Number 1. You the seller pays e bays bills! The dim wit is just that. E bay cares less about these kinds of e mails. They will do NOTHING to harm your selling and making them MONEY...... Yours was MILD compared to what I get into.....I throw every word in the BOOK at those kinds of idiots!!!!!! Yeah,,,,they all report me. hahaha.....I have never ONCE heard from them, e bay. AND on the other side of the coin when I was so,,,,,,hahaha, shocked!!!! and turned them in (which I now know is a joke, waste not your time) I got canned responses. Believe me,,,,E bay cares less what you say to idiots in e mails. they are a business not a baby sitting service. There are far to many baies here even for them. Sleep well and sell!!!!


Snap! snap! snap!,,,,,,Whiiiiiip it, Whiiiiip it GOOD! OUCH!
 
 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 03:45:50 PM new
Well...Well...Well...

I just got the following in my email.

u are very unprofessional. i have turned u in to ebay. u are a bad person and others need to be told what you are. the customer is always right. i had money to spen and you did not do anything to make the sell. u will be out of business soon. i have warned ALL of my friends about u. they won't buy anything from u either. i reported u to your webmaster they said they are going to shut down your site. before u try to pick a fight you should know who u are fighting with....


I am off to create my reply.

edited for italics

[ edited by shop4shoes on Mar 12, 2003 03:47 PM ]
 
 ihula
 
posted on March 12, 2003 03:47:20 PM new
I sold something recently under my buying ID. She paid with a paypal echeck - $85.00 on a Saturday. I emailed her that I'll ship it out on Monday (I decided not to wait for it to clear...don't know why) and on Monday UPS also emailed her with the tracking number. On Wednesday I receive this from her (same day the echeck clears)

"I won the bid on this item on Saturday and paid the same day thru paypal. The check already cleared my account. It is now Wed and I have not received any word from you yet. Please let me know what is going on or I will have to notify e-bay!!"

My Response:
I have emailed you 3 times and UPS has emailed you with the tracking number. I don't know if you'll receive this email, but I think you need to turn down your spam filter - none of the emails came back to me
undeliverable, so I assume they are sitting in your spam file. Here is your tracking number - xxxxxxxx. It is due to arrive tomorrow. Pleaseemail me back when you receive this email or I will turn you in to ebay for a bad email address! I don't take threats very lightly.

Her Response:
This is my e-mail address. I do not know what other address you have been
sending things to but I do not even know what a spam filter is. My e-mail
address is pretty simple it is the same as my member name. Sorry I do not
know much about e-bay I have only bought things one time before. I just
wanted to know where my merchandise was after 5 days with no communication
from you. Seems pretty resonable to me. Thanks for the order but with your
nasty attitude I will never buy anything from you again or recommend anyone
else to order anything either.


My response (mind you this was my buying ID or I may have just been sicklingly sweet to her)
Don't worry about it - I've already blocked you from bidding on any of my
items. I email you 4 times total and then you have the nerve to say you're
going to "turn me in to ebay". you need to learn how to work a computer


Granted, it wasn't as good as Shop4shoes, but wow did it feel good!

Neither of us has left feedback yet


 
 ihula
 
posted on March 12, 2003 03:49:58 PM new
Ooooh, I can't wait to hear your reply! Go at it - get her get her.....I have a mild case of sellers burn out (plus I found out today they want to do back surgery because the steroid shots didn't work, so I'm fit to be tied)

 
 Roadsmith
 
posted on March 12, 2003 03:54:34 PM new
You guys are killing me! So this is what E-Rage is like! I'm shaking my head and laughing - and smoke is coming out of my computer. Not sure if I have the stamina to read the second message you're busy composing, shop4shoes.

 
 fetish128
 
posted on March 12, 2003 04:33:47 PM new
U is in big trouble! Hahahaha! Where DO,,,,these morons come from????


Snap! snap! snap!,,,,,,Whiiiiiip it, Whiiiiip it GOOD! OUCH!
 
 Twelvepole
 
posted on March 12, 2003 05:13:44 PM new
Yeah real funny until one day a buyer stalks you down...


AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
 
 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 12, 2003 05:45:47 PM new
My own monkey took me out to dinner. He figured it would calm me down. It did until...

to whom it may concern, i am being harassed by your customer. i do not know why they emailed me to begin with. i had never heard of them until i got an email full of cursing.

The stupid snatch sent the above email to [email protected]. All of my websites emails and photos are served from my own server. The email comes to me.

She is most definately getting an answer...for both emails....I am off to ponder....
 
 nanntique
 
posted on March 12, 2003 06:22:01 PM new
Just another wonderful day in eBay paradise..
 
 trai
 
posted on March 12, 2003 06:37:28 PM new
shop4shoes
As much fun as this was its time to drop it and move on. There is no gain in this, just a waste of energy.

 
 meadowlark
 
posted on March 12, 2003 06:47:31 PM new
Shop4shoes,

Even though I would never send an email like you did, I am LOL! Usually I yell at the monitor if some release is called for. But many of us would have LIKED to send a similar one to some buyer who was nuts.

Patty
 
 ahc3
 
posted on March 12, 2003 08:28:58 PM new
I have my own domains too, so if someone tries to complain about me, it goes right to me. Very funny actually when that has happened before lol. There are just too many idiots out there. Maybe there should be a license to use the internet, like use a car (really just kidding on that, last thing I want is the government to get any more involved unless they can get rid of my stupid spam)

 
 shop4shoes
 
posted on March 13, 2003 07:02:58 AM new
This woman is really stupid. She just emailed me from what appears to be her work address and the email had a virus attached.

you won't be selling for much longer. i have my brother at ebay looking at you right now. bye bye

So much for the self restraint I was practicing...
 
 Twelvepole
 
posted on March 13, 2003 08:13:43 AM new
Shop4shoes, you really should stop.. you don't know what kind of crazy you are dealing with...

Just be professional and delete and block any further emails
AIN'T LIFE GRAND...
 
 rom8
 
posted on March 13, 2003 08:22:49 AM new
Especially since she had a virus attached to the email. Wonder if her boss would approve of it???
 
 fetish128
 
posted on March 13, 2003 08:29:43 AM new
Sending an intentional virus? Now ain't that crossing the line with ISP? I'd be chatting with someone about that like Pronto. Hey! it's her WORK place? Hmmmm.....


Snap! snap! snap!,,,,,,Whiiiiiip it, Whiiiiip it GOOD! OUCH!
 
 secondmoon
 
posted on March 13, 2003 08:32:59 AM new
Get a life!!.

The only reason that you can act so "tough" is that you know that there is a 100% chance that this person will not show up on your doorstep.
Why share this with others? There are some people on this board that actually live in the real world,you know, house cars,friends (flesh and blood) problems, solutions and real life confrontations that we deal with in a smart and sensible way. Maybe the rules are different in this "cyber life" that you have created for yourself.
The other problem is "Association". If other sellers treated their customers so poorly I woud have to get a real job (as my mother-in-law calls it). People would start to associate Ebay with fickle, retards who really need to take a look at themselves in the mirror, grow up and deal with their problems in a adult fashion.
Of course that's just my opinion and everyone is entitled to my opinion!!!


 
 BananaSpider
 
posted on March 13, 2003 08:43:18 AM new
Just wondering, why didn't you turn her in for trying to buy from you outside of eBay?

http://webhelp.ebay.com/cgi-bin/eHNC/showdoc-ebay.tcl?docid=444

 
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