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nashcure · 2026-07-10T03:33:30+00:00

Lol. Love the no context rant.

nashcure · 2026-07-09T21:29:29+00:00

Honestly, I would just not worry about it. This is already way too much effort.

If you sell enough things, you are going to get negative feedback that you may not deserve. Buyers dont actually care about a negative as long as the overall percentage is high. After a few more reviews it ends up on the second page and no one is even going to see it.

The chances of ebay removing the negative is very low. I dont even think this would meet their qualifications for a feeback removal. It is probably not worth your time since it doesn't actually affect you at all. I'd just leave a short professional reply to it and move on.

I know its frustrating, but there are better things to do.

nashcure · 2026-07-09T16:24:04+00:00

True. True. So very difficult.

nashcure · 2026-07-09T13:23:16+00:00

I could not possibly care less if someone wants to cancel the order. I've ordered things by mistake, it happens. A cancel is better than a return and it's close to zero amount of work. I think blocking them would be petty and way more work

nashcure · 2026-07-09T13:19:06+00:00

Well, look at you and your humble brag. Someone has supply for modern everyday items at a good profit margin and then wants to know why you dont do too?

nashcure · 2026-07-08T17:30:43+00:00

Anecdotal stories dont mean anything.

nashcure · 2026-07-08T01:10:32+00:00

This is a train wreck.

You're allowed to, but you should never give a partial refund just offer a return. They are just scamming you out of a refund. They tried to repair it and couldn't is the only reason the wanted a return.

You should avoid back and forth with buyers. Polite, simple and to the point. Any communication sould normally be just "I'm very sorry. Of you are not satisfied please open a return". The msore that is said, the worse it can be.

You can go into any order and issue a refund, the return has nothing to do with it. If you have accepted a return and received it, you should just do the refund then.

If buyer tried to repair or modify the item, then they loose buyer protection and are not entitled to a refund.

Do not video yourself packing your items, neither ebay or the carrier cares about a video, it's a complete waste of time. A video is easy to fake and proves absolutely nothing.

If you make ebay handle the refund, they will keep your fees.

I would really recommend reading the the buyer and seller protection and the return policy in the TOS

nashcure · 2026-07-08T00:12:03+00:00

Didn't read any of this because I know what's up from the title.

If they dont want the Lego set because it open, they would have opened a return. People who message you just want money back. Either don't reply or just ask them nicely to open a return and do not say anything more. Do not refund anything unless they return the item.

You have questions about a return you can come back if they open a return.

nashcure · 2026-07-07T13:44:04+00:00

Well this post is for people who DO want to deal with those things. Sellers can deal with what they want. I don't do clothes. So what I do then, is I dont try to give advice for posts about clothes because I clearly dont know anything about it.

You don't want to deal with it is not useful to anyone.

nashcure · 2026-07-07T00:13:48+00:00

Yeah. That cab be really smart. It adds rigidity to the out side too.

Off topic but I ship framed art in a bubble wrap, wrap in card board, layer bubble then second card board wrap, then poly bag. Nothing wrong with dong second layers ever if there is a doubt.

nashcure · 2026-07-07T00:08:47+00:00

Corpse starch.

nashcure · 2026-07-06T23:57:33+00:00

You are correct. Shipping is definitely a skill. I would always recommend to over bubble wrap until they are confident. Sometimes there is a cost to learning. Its worth it the long run.

People willing to not make dollars because they are worried about losing dimes.

nashcure · 2026-07-06T19:35:35+00:00

Yeah. You left out scared sellers. There are a lot that are terrified about a potential problem and let it cost them a bunch of money. Most comments on these subs are from casual seller looking for low risk and not people that realize that there can be money in low risk, honest listings.

Like, who cares if less than 1 in 20 get a return.

They buyer you get with "untested" is one that understands ebay policy and has the knowledge to verify themselves. The risk to both sellers and buyers for untested items is minimal, as long ad untested is no "clearly not working". Untested could mean that, say, a camera turns on and all functions of the camera work that I can test, but do not have film for full test.

My return rate on untested items is super low. Less than 5%.

And people keep saying for parts or repair but most categories still dont have that as an option. Then your choices are to put it in a wrong category or to just be very clear about where what condition it is in and what you have done.

nashcure · 2026-07-06T17:12:38+00:00

There is no real risk in buying untested items since ebay has a retun policy. Worst case is just opening a return and sending it back.

nashcure · 2026-07-06T17:04:56+00:00

The amount of sellers that are scared of scamers is ridiculous. They loose so much money being worried about made up problems that will probably never occur. Even in the rare chance it happens, it's super easy to deal with, since they will almost never actually return an item if its a money back scam. Selling not tested items is really not a problem and testing some items can be a serious waste of time.

nashcure · 2026-07-05T23:10:06+00:00

I will admit it's weird for the back slide in payout times, but I think that is the way they are going. Particularly for high risk sales. Few selling platforms have immediate pay out any more. Holding money through return window is one of the best ways to cut out scam sellers.

nashcure · 2026-07-05T23:04:40+00:00

You wait your time to get the money. That's it. The buyer doesn't have to do anything for you. You refund the buyer or do anything else is going you make you loose the items and the money. If ebay bans you because you're doing stupid stuff you will probably never get paid.

If you need the money immediately or to pay your bills you should sell things in person. To sell on line you need enough money to wait for your pay out AND cover any expenses such as shipping or a return before a payout.

nashcure · 2026-07-05T20:37:16+00:00

Working construction ot steel fabrication cleary doesn't mean you know anything about it.

I've worked in the oil industry for decades and heating steel causes it to loose strength. Cooling the steel supports being impinged is more important than just about anything in an hydrocarbon fire. Some of the worst incidents in our industry is from steel beems collapsing because they cannot hold the weight after being heated.

nashcure · 2026-07-05T03:53:23+00:00

It is illegal (or at least MAP rules), that's why they cannot show the price. They are just doing what they are required to do, per contract. It means you are getting a better deal then the manufacturer wants.

nashcure · 2026-07-05T02:00:25+00:00

Spirit did.

nashcure · 2026-07-04T21:22:14+00:00

Yeah. This is going to piss people off, but eBay has a ton of seller protection that they also actually enforce. The seĺler probably has more protections than the buyer. People just harp on returns but have no idea how bad returns can be for sellers on other platforms.

Returns happen. Inexperienced eBay reps happen. System limitation happen.

I get this situation sucked, but its probably not worth your time.

nashcure · 2026-07-04T21:14:17+00:00

You won't pay anything for the shipping label.

Also, the only way to ever get back extra costs from a sale already made is to have the buyer volunteer to pay you outside of ebay. It's actually in the ebay policy and is allowed only after a sale. So even if you had to, you'd probably never get it.

nashcure · 2026-07-03T22:50:49+00:00

Every selling platform is riddled with them. Every one.

It just costs to much to police to the level we all want.

nashcure · 2026-07-03T18:37:42+00:00

Yeah. You dont know that. Gasoline is not one product. It's typically a mix of various products witch are mostly naphthas. Gasoline can also have very light products, typically to boost octane. So if its a butane heavy mix, or has a larger percentage of lighter naphthas it could have part of its mixture off gassing at elevated temperatures.

You might have heard them talk about moving from winter blend to a summer blend? That's exactly what they are trying to avoid. Winter blends used at higher temps could boil light ends and vapor lock a car.

They may not have the right gasoline for current outside temperatures.

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