eBay Sellers - I really hate them sometimes

[dbnm]

I do my best to package things a little "over the top".

Well this takes the cake. I just can't believe this idiot.
Yes, these are tires. Yes, this is the entire "package".

Grrrr.

[cadence90]

Cake? That takes the entire bakery!

Unbelievable.

Not just eBay, though. I had an active and known PL member send me a Fizik Arione once not in a box, but rather just in a folded-over, taped-up scrap piece of cardboard. Besides being very surprising and unprofessional, the entire gesture felt particularly rude and cheap to the point of ridiculousness.
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[Fishbike]

Check 'em out for nicks or gashes. Sigh. . .

[eBAUMANN]

Ha! Amazing.

Even more annoying: the 0 feedback accounts that buy something and never pay for it...

[azrider]

HA.....I had the below interaction with an Ebay Seller just the other day.........

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN ?????

[zzy]

So leave -ve feedback. Ebay even has DSR to rate shipping specifically. I do hate often often people ship bike bits in soft flat envelope tho.

[Bentley]

About this time last year I purchased a Colnago frameset from an EBay seller. It was a good deal. I paid and it arrived about 10 days later. The packaging was the frame sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardboard and a little bit of bubble wrap around the exposed areas. I tried to return it without opening but was forced to verify there was damage, which there was. Anyway the guy charger me more than highlights for the "professional packing".

Let's just say it takes all types

Ray

[COYO1]

That means buyer beware, stoned seller at the keyboard!

Originally Posted by azrider

HA.....I had the below interaction with an Ebay Seller just the other day.........

WHAT DOES THAT EVEN MEAN ?????

[a4a]

Always buy the seller not the product. And even that comes back to bite you sometimes.

[unterhausen]

I sold a vintage (chromed stamped sheet metal) Campagnolo bb cable sling to someone in Italy that wanted me to put it in a paper envelope. Nope nope nope. I was tempted to ask him if he wanted me to flatten it with a hammer first so that the post office didn't have to do it.

Guy never paid. I was a little surprised that he couldn't get one cheaper locally.

[R3awak3n]

Originally Posted by Bentley

About this time last year I purchased a Colnago frameset from an EBay seller. It was a good deal. I paid and it arrived about 10 days later. The packaging was the frame sandwiched between 2 pieces of cardboard and a little bit of bubble wrap around the exposed areas. I tried to return it without opening but was forced to verify there was damage, which there was. Anyway the guy charger me more than highlights for the "professional packing".

Let's just say it takes all types

Ray

I had thos happen with wheels. Just sandwiched 2 wheels btw 2 pievwa of cardboard. No damaged though, I dont know how it was possible.

[macaroon]

If the item arrived as described, and undamaged, then I'm not really sure what the problem is?

[stackie]

Sad thing is he probably could have paid less using the USPS padded flat rate envelope. That’s the deal in usps shipping these days. I’ve shipped several things that would have been 5-6 dollars more going parcel select.

But you’re right that is disrespectful.

I’d leave that in feedback. Or if you want to really a pain the ass, open a claim saying that the tires are dirty.

Jon

[Lewis Moon]

Originally Posted by a4a

Always buy the seller not the product. And even that comes back to bite you sometimes.

As Blacky Ranchette would say..."Sage Advice".
Way too many eBay sellers are "pickers" driving dilapidated pick 'em ups around to yard sales on early Saturday mornings, paying bottom dollar for anything they think they might be able to turn a buck on. They often know absolutely NOTHING about the items they are selling.
Another thing that bugs me is when , in a desperate attempt to save tinybucks, they source a horribly cheesy box, use the label to hold the flaps together and send it via unmonitored sloth instead of using the ABSOLUTELY FREE Priority Mail box and sending it 2-day with tracking for about a buck more.

[colker]

I read the title and thought Peter Sellers was alive on ebay.