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Are fruitcakes running rampant on eBay lately? Selling, buying, listing, feedback, etc...

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.

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all those Oregon boys are good as gold...  

I need to invoice a buyer for additional shipping costs (the listing had an option to include the original set box at an additional fee).

Can someone clue me in on the process?

 

thanks in advance

38 minutes ago, $20 on joe vs dan said:

I need to invoice a buyer for additional shipping costs (the listing had an option to include the original set box at an additional fee).

Can someone clue me in on the process?

 

thanks in advance

There should be an option to send an invoice either under the "More Actions" drop down on the righthand side of the sold listing on the classic seller page. Or on the Orders tab of the new Seller Hub if you've activated it.

7 minutes ago, mizeur said:

There should be an option to send an invoice either under the "More Actions" drop down on the righthand side of the sold listing on the classic seller page. Or on the Orders tab of the new Seller Hub if you've activated it.

No Idea about seller hub...I only do a few ebay transactions a month

There is not an option to invoice in the drop down...I think the best option would have been to refund and re-send an updated invoice, but concerns about the ebay 15% off coupon not working kills that option.  SO will likely skirt the rules a bit and try to go thru paypal

On 3/12/2019 at 11:31 AM, CosmicSpeed said:

I received an offer on my TLM2 BHz....an offer to buy both sets of 4. Seller has 98% feedback but is located in HK. The delivery looks like it would be sent to Oregon. Is this something I should be wary of?

most of Asia buyers use forwarding service warehouse located in OR, most of south america buyers use warehouse located in FL.

Sold various things to both locations and no issues so far

2 hours ago, superlegolover said:

most of Asia buyers use forwarding service warehouse located in OR, most of south america buyers use warehouse located in FL.

Sold various things to both locations and no issues so far

I can verify that also. I have had many go to a shipper in Oregon for Asia buyers. They are great to deal with. I once sent 2 sets there by mistake and the set was very expensive (original lego fort new in box) they mailed back the expensive set when I let them know what happened. I ended up giving them their set around $50  free as I was so amazed they mailed it back and within 3 days in the exact condition it was mailed in. 

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Internet sale new sealed delivered

70655 dragon pit

75889 ferrari garage

75217 imperial transport

76108 sacrum tantrum showdown

75211 imperial tie fighter

21042 statue of liberty

42081 volvo concept wheel

75221 imperial landing craft

75187 bb8

75218 x wing fighter

60161 city jungle set

Some are dogs but some are good.Deal for all this?

36 minutes ago, tasiatunes said:

Internet sale new sealed delivered

70655 dragon pit

75889 ferrari garage

75217 imperial transport

76108 sacrum tantrum showdown

75211 imperial tie fighter

21042 statue of liberty

42081 volvo concept wheel

75221 imperial landing craft

75187 bb8

75218 x wing fighter

60161 city jungle set

Some are dogs but some are good.Deal for all this?

seems like you're cross posting...take a hint.

 

On 3/15/2019 at 8:27 PM, tasiatunes said:

Internet sale new sealed delivered

70655 dragon pit

75889 ferrari garage

75217 imperial transport

76108 sacrum tantrum showdown

75211 imperial tie fighter

21042 statue of liberty

42081 volvo concept wheel

75221 imperial landing craft

75187 bb8

75218 x wing fighter

60161 city jungle set

Some are dogs but some are good.Deal for all this?

Nearly all are dogs TBH, I'd walk away. The only sets that have a chance are the 75889 and 21042, but need to be >50% off.

The sale price is $450.00 delivered.

Guess the seller will know where to pick them up from, to sell again. ?

Sold some more items and I had to create an invoice for the buyer since they bought 2 items.  The address is from Pennsylvania but when I sent the invoice, the invoice email receipt I got was in some foreign language.  Anyone familiar with this?  Is it possible I am sending the items to a forwarding service?

As long as address is validated, send it. 

52 minutes ago, stackables said:

Sold some more items and I had to create an invoice for the buyer since they bought 2 items.  The address is from Pennsylvania but when I sent the invoice, the invoice email receipt I got was in some foreign language.  Anyone familiar with this?  Is it possible I am sending the items to a forwarding service?

as @iahawks550said, as long as the address checks out, send it. You can also do an online chat with ebay and have them validate it for you.

14 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

as @iahawks550said, as long as the address checks out, send it. You can also do an online chat with ebay and have them validate it for you.

There is an online chat feature?

11 minutes ago, stackables said:

There is an online chat feature?

if you are doing ebay, yes

https://www.ebay.com/help/home, scroll to the bottom and click "Chat with us"

1 minute ago, superlegolover said:

if you are doing ebay, yes

https://www.ebay.com/help/home, scroll to the bottom and click "Chat with us"

Only options I see are "call us" and "have us call you".

 

4 minutes ago, stackables said:

Only options I see are "call us" and "have us call you".

 

are you using mobile? switch to pc then you should see it

7 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

are you using mobile? switch to pc then you should see it

On pc, using mozilla.   I will try with add ons disabled.

3 minutes ago, stackables said:

On pc, using mozilla.   I will try with add ons disabled.

I am using chrome

 

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7 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

I am using chrome

 

 

Tried chrome and I get "ask the community" rather than "chat us".  I sent another invoice and I still get a gibberish invoice back.  Sent the buyer a message hopefully they get back to me.

Oh, the invoice is in Russian.

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Just now, stackables said:

Tried chrome and I get "ask the community" rather than "chat us".  I sent another invoice and I still get a gibberish invoice back.  Sent the buyer a message hopefully they get back to me.

interesting... wondering if it's the time zone thing. I am in CO. may be you try it again tomorrow?

after you sent the invoice, you received the acknowledge email in different language?

 

29 minutes ago, superlegolover said:

interesting... wondering if it's the time zone thing. I am in CO. may be you try it again tomorrow?

after you sent the invoice, you received the acknowledge email in different language?

 

We are in different time zones, I am in MI.  Will give it a look tomorrow.

 

Yes, invoice is in Russian.

15 hours ago, superlegolover said:

interesting... wondering if it's the time zone thing. I am in CO. may be you try it again tomorrow?

 

Not gonna happen unless he is in eBay Concierge program like you are (lucky you)

5 minutes ago, Darth_Raichu said:

Not gonna happen unless he is in eBay Concierge program like you are (lucky you)

thank you for the clarification. all the sudden, I feel so good....

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