This seems like the quickest way to get some advice…

Does anyone do a lot of eBay selling and has some wisdom to share with me regarding selling a second time to buyers you had annoying experiences with? I just relisted a group of rare-ish thrash metal CDs at someone’s request, who said he’d offer $70 for them. Then, before I could even accept his price, someone offered like $190 :-o. The problem is, Mr. $190 is a guy in China that I sold a couple really valuable ones to in 2011, and he left negative feedback because I think he didn’t read the description thoroughly. If his offer was even $120 I’d decline, but I guess I’m a sucker for punishment and want to accept his (excessively) high offer out of greed.

Thoughts? He has tons of positive feedback, I’m guessing he just doesn’t remember me specifically. The paranoid part of me thinks this is part of some kind of long con to get back at me :p

Hmm… did you at least get your money the first time?

I’d probably be willing to give it another3 go. Or maybe e-mail him first to confirm he knows what he’s buying.

What CDs are you selling? My early thrash collection is pretty non-existent, but I’ve got a record or two that’s fun to put on from time to time.

i was a gold level top-rated power seller for a few years. i cleared over 10k in a month for the shop i was working for. i had 100% positive feedback. during that adventure i had to deal with a few annoying buyers. one thing that ebay put into place with the ratings system was an ability to block your ability to make listings. you should read into the current feedback and ratings policy before you go forward with this sale. it is entirely possible, though i do not know for certain, that poor ratings can still impact your ability to conduct business.

as a seller you can fight feedbacks, and the higher ranked you are the more you can get accomplished. one thing you should do is contact the buyer and make sure they know the fine print. make sure they reply back stating that they understand what they are buying, what the details of the auction are, what the estimated shipment time may be, and that they may have to pay import taxes on their end. having a reply where the buyer agrees to these things will protect you when dealing with ebay and paypal’s customer support.

my advice, don’t bother selling to him. greed is forcing your hand and it may be taking you in a negative direction. those few extra bucks are nice, but unless you feel you are not getting what the item is worth, i would move on.

that is my 2 cents, for what its worth.

Oh just the usual suspects- Razor, Sacrilege, Whiplash, Coven, Protector, Torchure, Hydra Vein, Wrath, etc. A lot of the 2nd and 3rd generation thrash bands from the mid-80s to mid-90s :). I used to be obsessed with this stuff, but now hardly listen to it in favor of more modern bands. So, it’s time to get rid of the discs I never play anymore…

And yeah, I got the money before (the CDs were from the bands A.R.G. and Amnesia), but he left negative marks because the things were in rough shape even though I detailed everything in the description -.-

I have maybe 10 LPs left that I’m trying to sell. Some are as rare and cool as Virtual Lab (though less valuable heh…), but I just can’t find a solid reason to keep them anymore.

Oh and @ Lester- I kind of agree with you. The guy was a dink, and he lives in China anyway. It’s always a pain in the ass to ship a big package there, plus the waiting on edge for my feedback, etc. I have 45 hours or so to mull it over I guess 🙂

I should add that I don’t like their new “buyer has all the power” feedback/returns/refunds system. Someone paid me $115 for a CD in August, but right after they paid, eBay deleted the entire listing alleging it was a bootleg copy. That made it predictably IMPOSSIBLE to try and contact the buyer or complete the transaction. It took a month of fussing and fighting with them before I was able to mail the CD, apologize to the buyer, and verify that I was getting the $$…in spite of the customer opening an ‘item not received’ case. The problem was that eBay fixated on the fact that the buyer had an issue. I about lost my mind trying to get the message through to them that THEY were the ones causing the problem in the first place, and no normal person would interpret my listing as being for an illegal copy like they did.

HP Lovethrash wrote:
This seems like the quickest way to get some advice…

Does anyone do a lot of eBay selling and has some wisdom to share with me regarding selling a second time to buyers you had annoying experiences with? I just relisted a group of rare-ish thrash metal CDs at someone’s request, who said he’d offer $70 for them. Then, before I could even accept his price, someone offered like $190 :-o. The problem is, Mr. $190 is a guy in China that I sold a couple really valuable ones to in 2011, and he left negative feedback because I think he didn’t read the description thoroughly. If his offer was even $120 I’d decline, but I guess I’m a sucker for punishment and want to accept his (excessively) high offer out of greed.

Thoughts? He has tons of positive feedback, I’m guessing he just doesn’t remember me specifically. The paranoid part of me thinks this is part of some kind of long con to get back at me :p

If the guy in China knows English well enough for you to be able to explain to him the condition of the items and for him to be able to confirm that he understands their condition, I would say that it makes good sense to sell the items to him. It sounds like he wants them a lot because of the offering price.

So far, I’ve been lucky not to receive any problems from buyers on Ebay. I don’t know when the day might come when I have my first, though.

In case anyone (besides me) has been on edge wondering how this drama would end…I ended up being greedy and taking the better offer. Taking a bigger chance, I opted not to ship with the $25 registered upgrade which means no tracking was included with the First Class mail :/. Fortunately, everything was fine and I got that beloved positive feedback the other day :D.

That sale juuuust about filled the crater left in my PayPal account by my CIB Jack Bros heh.

Good to see the transaction worked out for you. I personally block any buyers once I’ve had any issues with them. There is a “block bidders” list in your account, and I’ve got probably 100+ buyers on my list. This way you don’t have to have issues with repeat offenders who scam or cause issues. It’s a great feature, and although Ebay SUCKS in regards to protection for the seller, it’s good to have a little piece of mind.

That’s a good idea- I wish it was like the old AIM program where you could raise their warning level to 100% and THEN block them 😉

I don’t do enough selling that repeat offenders bother me, and generally I think my long-winded descriptions describe product details adequately. I’m assuming you can filter particular sellers from search results too? That would be more useful, there are two in particular that I’m displeased with but they keep popping up when I’m on the prowl for VB items…

HP Lovethrash wrote:
I’m assuming you can filter particular sellers from search results too? That would be more useful, there are two in particular that I’m displeased with but they keep popping up when I’m on the prowl for VB items…

I’m not sure about this one, as I’m the opposite of you in this regard. I hardly ever buy on Ebay and when I do, the chances of ever running across the same seller twice is slim and none, but there are a few I would add to a list like this.