when is negative ebay feedback a great thing?

tampaxboo

when a seller tells a whiny chancer buyer to go to hell... and in some style.

https://s7.postimg.org/hdt0izrzv/ebay_feedback_copy_-_Copy.jpg
there are so many bad news stories going around about put-upon ebay sellers having to put up with no end of crap from chancer buyers, so maybe it will be good group therapy (perhaps even an inspiration to some) to realise that there are sellers out there with the courage and class to read idiots the riot act when it clearly applies. all power to them.

do you have any memorable guitar/gear-related negative feeback stories (or screenshots) to share?

tampaxboo

buyer falls out of the irony tree and misses every branch on the way down.

https://s7.postimg.org/tykreki17/ebay_feedback_badge_-_Copy.jpg

Whitecat

Had neutral feedback left once from a buyer who was cross because “he was unable to sell the item for more than he paid for it”. Sigh. 

amarok1971

I called a guy a cunt once and it miraculously remained on his feedback 

Funkfingers

I was slightly more tactful. The words I used were reproductive opening.

DefaultM

I once sold a t-shirt and described it as very good condition, heard nothing from the buyer so assumed they were happy (I've only ever had good feedback).
Months later I noticed on my account that I had a neutral feedback that said "described as very good condition, but I would have said good condition".  No explanation of why, no asking for a partial refund etc, just that had he sold the shirt he would have given it a slightly different description.

TTony

Thread moved to OT.

tampaxboo

TTony said:

Thread moved to OT.

thanks @TTony ; i wasn't sure whether it would go guitar/gear related or general when i posted. it probably is better suited to OT.

chillidoggy

I once advertised a pair of the wife's shoes, and some bloke messaged and asked why the postage was so high. I told him that was what it cost to post them, and I wasn't making any money out of postage. He never bid on them, but sent me another message saying he would have left negative feedback if he'd bid, and won the auction.

Twat.

usedtobe

They probably weren’t his size, anyway..

DefaultM

My Dad was selling all his doctor who VHS on ebay. Some are double size boxes, which cost more to send than the maximum postage cost at the time. 
A woman won the auctions on 2 of them and asked if postage could be combined. My Dad explained that it couldn't because combining made it more expensive and not cheaper.

She argued for ages and started making threats, so my Dad sent her a message saying he would either be cancelling the transaction, or she would be receiving the tapes smashed to pieces and encased in his own shit.

Ro_S

completely unfair feedback on ebay sucks

camoflamingo

Got someone kicking off for leaving them a neutral for a "mint" cd that was scratched, and repeatedly ignoring me messaging to ask about reinmbursment for return postage. Wish it had been a negative now. On the plus side, they're still messaging and I'm the one doing the ignoring.