posted on May 11, 2007 11:29:29 AM new
I expect some of you have items that seem to be desirable when you put them up for sale but come to seem doomed to attract the non-paying non-buyer! I could understand if mine were video games or things that appeal to immature buyers. The two items in consideration, a vintage advertising paperweight and a vintage Tiki mug, have each been bought from our online shop three times. I get a "buy", pack them, and the payment never comes. My emails are ignored or the "buyer" keep saying they will send it right away. At least I learned not to tape up the box. But this week BOTH of the items sold to REAL buyers who paid by PayPal in less than a day! I was giddy with enthusiasm but now I wonder if the curse is still attached to them and the sales will go bad along the way, lost, broken, chargebacks... I hope the cloud has lifted and they will both find a good home.
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posted on May 11, 2007 11:41:53 AM new
Hopefully your curse is over.
I've had a few items I thought must be cursed but when I looked for a common denominator I found that I had packed them before I got the payment. That must have been it because I never pack prior to payment now and I've had very few non payers - maybe 3 - in over 3 or 4 years.
posted on May 11, 2007 11:43:24 AM new
I don't know about doomed/cursed items on eBay, but we've sure noticed that phenomenon in towns we've lived in--with properties. Time after time a new business will open up on a piece of property and within a year go out of business. Meanwhile, businesses around them are thriving. We've seen it everywhere we've lived. Ghosts?
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posted on May 11, 2007 12:49:09 PM new
I think when a location changes businesses a bunch of times eventually people passing by stop looking, and subconsciously decide that whatever's there now is doomed and it isn't worth giving them any business. A family restaurant that was owned by the same people for 30 or 40 years closed down in the town we shop in, and then proceeded through about 6 different restaurant attempts in as many years. None made it. The place is a real estate office finally.
posted on May 11, 2007 12:56:36 PM new
Prof: Your theory makes a lot of sense.
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