I listed a sealed 30th Gold C3P0 and some person kept emailing and asking how he can find one in a sealed boxed set. Needless to say, he never placed a Buy It Now offer after I asked if he was interested. Then I finally received a decent offer that I accepted. The UK buyer never paid after asking me twice if shipping will require a signature.

I won an open UCS Vader Tie Defender and the seller doesn't want to claim my payment via PayPal. Although feedback was low, his email is legit. I just sent him one.

My son wanted a Batman 1 Batmobile so I won one, Auction stated complete except for the road block. 16 minor elements ended up missing from both vehicles and seller shipped the set in the original lego box (wasn't listed in the auction) w/ supermarket brown paper around it. Never the less, the box was a pleasant surprise.

Feel free to also post any eBay feedback horror stories.

The buyer will ask you to ship to an different address stating he/she didn't update the address or whatever. Once you shipped the item to the asking address, they will claim they didn't receive the item and asking for refund. eBay will lean toward the buyer since as a seller, you didn't ship the item to the address in their system. 

 

In my case, the buyer may be innocent since nothing actually happened. I would be really careful though, if buyer is asking for a different address. 

53 minutes ago, Bold-Arrow said:

what's the scam in this? looks like a reasonable transaction unless Im overlooking something 

One of the oldest scams on ebay.  Bottom line, only mail to the address attached to the order, unchanged.  eBay should just remove the ability to edit mailing addresses and make them static like Amazon

On 8/9/2022 at 11:32 AM, BrickLegacy said:

UPS has been trashing boxes lately … I’ve had several complaints and one return. It’s becoming a problem.


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UPS has always been terrible in our region.  I feel like the majority of our packages arrive with the box barely intact and looks like someone dropped it off the cliff of the grand canyon.  All other carriers do such a better job caring/handling packages that we receive so I avoid using UPS for Lego as much as possible.  Around here USPS is by far the best in delivering well cared for packages.  

In my neighborhood UPS is gold and the FEDEX guy should probably be beat up.

Edited September 7, 20223 yr by KvHulk

16 hours ago, KvHulk said:

In my neighborhood UPS is gold and the FEDEX guy should probably be beat up.

Are they delivering in Fedex trucks ?  I heard the problematic ones were usually independent contractors driving unmarked vans / trucks

2 hours ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Are they delivering in Fedex trucks ?  I heard the problematic ones were usually independent contractors driving unmarked vans / trucks

Yup. FedEx employee in a FedEx box truck.

About a week or so, I purchased a copy of Ninjago City on eBay at a reasonable price - Not too high, not too low. Nothing in the description indicated it wasn't genuine Lego. The pictures showed a complete set but didn't have enough detail to show that the set was a knock off. But none of the pieces have 'Lego' branding and it even came with instructions from 'Zebra Blocks' (not pictured in the listing). The listing was posted in the 'LEGO (R) Complete Sets & Packs' category and tagged as set 70620 (the real set's number). Of course, the seller doesn't accept returns but I requested one under eBay's Money Back Guarantee. She's saying the item provided is as described and is not honoring the return request. I'm going to ask eBay to step in and send pictures of the knock-off instructions along with some examples of non-Lego parts included with accompanying images of real Lego. Any suggestions on how to navigate this? I had an awful time earlier this year dealing with eBay when a 'buyer' claimed the set I sold was damaged and sent back something unrelated and eBay refunded him the purchase price. I finally got eBay to to reverse the refund but it was an awful experience. I'm hoping for a better experience as the buyer in this case, but I'm not optimistic. 

1 minute ago, StLBrian said:

About a week or so, I purchased a copy of Ninjago City on eBay at a reasonable price - Not too high, not too low. Nothing in the description indicated it wasn't genuine Lego. The pictures showed a complete set but didn't have enough detail to show that the set was a knock off. But none of the pieces have 'Lego' branding and it even came with instructions from 'Zebra Blocks' (not pictured in the listing). The listing was posted in the 'LEGO (R) Complete Sets & Packs' category and tagged as set 70620 (the real set's number). Of course, the seller doesn't accept returns but I requested one under eBay's Money Back Guarantee. She's saying the item provided is as described and is not honoring the return request. I'm going to ask eBay to step in and send pictures of the knock-off instructions along with some examples of non-Lego parts included with accompanying images of real Lego. Any suggestions on how to navigate this? I had an awful time earlier this year dealing with eBay when a 'buyer' claimed the set I sold was damaged and sent back something unrelated and eBay refunded him the purchase price. I finally got eBay to to reverse the refund but it was an awful experience. I'm hoping for a better experience as the buyer in this case, but I'm not optimistic. 

eBay will force the return and automatically refund you a few days after the item shows as delivered. As long as you selected "Item not as described" or "Inauthentic" you have nothing to worry about. 

8 minutes ago, StLBrian said:

About a week or so, I purchased a copy of Ninjago City on eBay at a reasonable price - Not too high, not too low. Nothing in the description indicated it wasn't genuine Lego. The pictures showed a complete set but didn't have enough detail to show that the set was a knock off. But none of the pieces have 'Lego' branding and it even came with instructions from 'Zebra Blocks' (not pictured in the listing). The listing was posted in the 'LEGO (R) Complete Sets & Packs' category and tagged as set 70620 (the real set's number). Of course, the seller doesn't accept returns but I requested one under eBay's Money Back Guarantee. She's saying the item provided is as described and is not honoring the return request. I'm going to ask eBay to step in and send pictures of the knock-off instructions along with some examples of non-Lego parts included with accompanying images of real Lego. Any suggestions on how to navigate this? I had an awful time earlier this year dealing with eBay when a 'buyer' claimed the set I sold was damaged and sent back something unrelated and eBay refunded him the purchase price. I finally got eBay to to reverse the refund but it was an awful experience. I'm hoping for a better experience as the buyer in this case, but I'm not optimistic. 

you can return any item for any reason; but gotta be within the strict return window.

53 minutes ago, StLBrian said:

About a week or so, I purchased a copy of Ninjago City on eBay at a reasonable price - Not too high, not too low. Nothing in the description indicated it wasn't genuine Lego. The pictures showed a complete set but didn't have enough detail to show that the set was a knock off. But none of the pieces have 'Lego' branding and it even came with instructions from 'Zebra Blocks' (not pictured in the listing). The listing was posted in the 'LEGO (R) Complete Sets & Packs' category and tagged as set 70620 (the real set's number). Of course, the seller doesn't accept returns but I requested one under eBay's Money Back Guarantee. She's saying the item provided is as described and is not honoring the return request. I'm going to ask eBay to step in and send pictures of the knock-off instructions along with some examples of non-Lego parts included with accompanying images of real Lego. Any suggestions on how to navigate this? I had an awful time earlier this year dealing with eBay when a 'buyer' claimed the set I sold was damaged and sent back something unrelated and eBay refunded him the purchase price. I finally got eBay to to reverse the refund but it was an awful experience. I'm hoping for a better experience as the buyer in this case, but I'm not optimistic. 

Ebay take care their buyers much better than sellers

1 hour ago, StLBrian said:

About a week or so, I purchased a copy of Ninjago City on eBay at a reasonable price - Not too high, not too low. Nothing in the description indicated it wasn't genuine Lego. The pictures showed a complete set but didn't have enough detail to show that the set was a knock off. But none of the pieces have 'Lego' branding and it even came with instructions from 'Zebra Blocks' (not pictured in the listing). The listing was posted in the 'LEGO (R) Complete Sets & Packs' category and tagged as set 70620 (the real set's number). Of course, the seller doesn't accept returns but I requested one under eBay's Money Back Guarantee. She's saying the item provided is as described and is not honoring the return request. I'm going to ask eBay to step in and send pictures of the knock-off instructions along with some examples of non-Lego parts included with accompanying images of real Lego. Any suggestions on how to navigate this? I had an awful time earlier this year dealing with eBay when a 'buyer' claimed the set I sold was damaged and sent back something unrelated and eBay refunded him the purchase price. I finally got eBay to to reverse the refund but it was an awful experience. I'm hoping for a better experience as the buyer in this case, but I'm not optimistic. 

I would put the word counterfeit in the claim. not as described is not good for a seller but counterfeit can get them kicked off ebay in a jiffy.

Thanks, all, for the advice. Much appreciated! 

Look at this Amazon return. Anyone know what bricks are in these "sealed" bags, all bags look very similar not sure if it is even lego.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285017733247

30 minutes ago, Pseudoty said:

Look at this Amazon return. Anyone know what bricks are in these "sealed" bags, all bags look very similar not sure if it is even lego.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/285017733247

Look like random Minecraft pieces. Impressive how they sealed the bags back up.

Which one of you is this trying to unload your bags onto someone else? 🤣

24 minutes ago, brickvoyeur said:

Which one of you is this trying to unload your bags onto someone else? 🤣

o man is this a preview of doomsday lego

lol that is the preview of some unfortunate investments trying to be recuperated for the least losses as possible. I'm sure there will be another new round of something similar next year.

probly cash crunch. 

On 10/28/2022 at 1:17 PM, brickvoyeur said:

Which one of you is this trying to unload your bags onto someone else? 🤣

They added some sets for BO and multi buy discounts with free shipping I picked up a few great deals. 

Can someone explain this minifigure? https://www.ebay.com/itm/295157376392?epid=5050131904&hash=item44b8c02588:g:lCkAAOSw3ktfEzQH&amdata=enc%3AAQAHAAAA8AtXpTnUnHBq27TtO8%2BgAGTbhLWw611%2BsGUL9l7LaptzyJa%2BLWXrSEQo1xd6%2FATOsqn4NO%2BY%2FzSTutd7%2FIcC7CEtPZB7FlbXmt12eapMbhee97w7XFTkCfjIL4mBXRyg%2Bdcy27QRfppAZmM%2Bld%2Fd3mORqe3TU5KMs34SqCE04cp%2FOuD3chRHoSitwlBZ%2FFLh%2FMQoj7P4Bi%2FyUE7hTXPdxKQ8gQDnzV5ntbPvxLksayWAXhnX7pC24SbDYTP%2FEwayeSZKljF5cQ9bEQXuDxy3agnuQ1ZJyzLwoIzdCupEFXeNcb5eA%2FImaZuvcC%2BVk2zHiA%3D%3D|tkp%3ABFBMrqToioth

It's from a 2016 event in Cologne (Köln)

https://minifigpriceguide.com/wordpress/lego-fanwelt-2008-to-2018-convention-minifigures/

I have a buyer asking for eBay references and logo removed from postage label. Also removal of packing slip from item box. They've purchased and paid, then requested upgrade to shipping too. 

 

To me it appears to be a drop shipper. What would you do in this position? Would you do as requested? Am I still covered?

45 minutes ago, CrabslayerT said:

I have a buyer asking for eBay references and logo removed from postage label. Also removal of packing slip from item box. They've purchased and paid, then requested upgrade to shipping too. 

 

To me it appears to be a drop shipper. What would you do in this position? Would you do as requested? Am I still covered?

This definitely seems like a drop shipper. I would cancel. If the person wants to upgrade shipping, they can rebuy the item and pay for that. 

1 hour ago, BillyBricks said:

This definitely seems like a drop shipper. I would cancel. If the person wants to upgrade shipping, they can rebuy the item and pay for that. 

That was what I was thinking of doing. Thanks for the advice. 👍

This is not eBay but rather FB marketplace. And the fruitcakes is me

Sold a built set with a 10% discount as buyer haggled for it. I want to sell, so just agreed to it.  Handed over and buyer took a quick look. Later buyer notified that four missing parts - which was rather strange as it has been on display since built. 

Offered buyer that I can ship the (small) parts (since buyer do not want to drive over to pick up). Dropping off at buyers place is not an option. 

Buyer wanting to return. Normally I will say yes - but I am hesitant as who knows what else the buyer has taken away. Not an expensive set, $150.

What will you do?