I would have blocked the dude immediately if he cancelled my purchase.
Thanks, added him to my block list.
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Normally I would’ve blocked him when he canceled but he said he’d relist it when the description was fixed and he’d let me know when he did. He never did, so I left a negative explaining exactly what happened. He’s trying to say he didn’t even know it was my book. He’s already proved himself a liar and what are the odds that it was a random purchase? Not very good. Especially since he has no history of buying modern newsstands. I’m just waiting for eBay to deal with it. If I send the book I’m 100% sure he’d smash it up and damage the book just to leave negative feedback & id be stuck with a ruined book, a full refund plus return shipping.
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eBay buyer snakeb1teuk purchased an FN comic from me, where the condition was listed clearly in both the title and description, with the specific damage also listed in the description. At no point did they request photos or enquire further about the condition.
Weeks later, they opened a return request claiming it was not as advertised, citing the exact defect detailed in the listing.
I apologised for their disappointment, explained why I couldn’t accept a return, and offered a discount on any future purchase as a gesture of goodwill.
They responded by calling me a “smartarse”, telling me to stop being “very naughty” and accusing me of being “deliberately deceitful”. Not the most pleasant reply but gave me a chuckle. They’ve also left me some inaccurate negative feedback, claiming I both cited and broke T&C, neither of which is true.
Have since spoken with eBay and they’re sorting it out, but this chap is going straight on the blocked list for their conduct.
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I’ve often overlooked major defects on eBay purchases. Sometimes I’m in a hurry and don’t look the book and description over thoroughly. I get quite a few shipments where I notice the book has some damage or flaws that would’ve possibly stopped me from purchasing. I will go back to the listing to compare and if it’s in the pics, title or description, that’s on me and I don’t take it any further. I leave positive feedback and move on.
I recently found an AF7 Newsstand priced under $10 and bought it without looking at anything but the first pic. After paying I went back to look the listing over thoroughly and the covers were detached from the book. It was actually a Frankenstein book. The covers were from another copy. All of it was clearly explained and pictured. I left positive and moved on. It’s a book I’ve seen 2 newsstand copies of so it’s pretty rare. Even when there were characters featured in the Modok series. The books saw increases in price and available copies but no newsstand copies surfaced.
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Update on the snakeb1teuk case:
eBay told me to sit tight, that if the refund was to be accepted that they would cover it, and that they would remove the negative feedback once the case was closed. They accepted the buyer’s claim, and told me to wait for the return to arrive.
It arrived, at which point they told me I would be the one covering the refund, not them. Annoying, but whatever. They then told me they would credit me for the cost of return postage. This was also a lie.
They’ve since told me they can’t remove the feedback as the buyer is entitled to their opinion - despite it being totally untruthful. They advised I contact the buyer and ask them to remove/edit the feedback themselves.
I sent a polite message thanking them for returning the item, letting them know the full refund had been processed, and asking them to update their feedback.
They doubled down on the unpleasantness. Further name-calling and false accusations. Refusal to amend.
eBay have now told me all I can do is reply to the feedback - except the website won’t allow me to reply. “We’re sorry, but we’re having trouble sending your reply. Please try again.” Wonderful. Stuck with the false feedback and no way to respond. Incredibly disappointed with eBay.
I’ve reported the buyer for their conduct, and of course blocked them. I advise you all do the same to avoid the same rude and obnoxious customer (particularly UK-based sellers): snakeb1teuk
Blocked! TY
This scenario is exactly why I’ve only sold one thing on eBay since they took away sellers’ ability to leave feedback all those years ago.
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I would give him positive feedback, but state it as a negative in all caps.
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blocked
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In my descriptions I often post this…
" I often send offers to people who watch. I tend to PREFER to accept offers from buyers who leave sellers feedback on their purchases. So if you leave feedback to other sellers, I will give you preference if you make me an offer as to those who don’t.
some seller (I won’t mention their username) took like some 10 minutes to write me a SUPER LONG message on how I was being Bias, yadda yadda yadda…
yeah…
I BLOCKED THEM!
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greatwhitetiger made a $10 offer on a comic I have listed for under $50. Cheapest issue for sale is at $39 and has lots more damage than mine. Was I to Harsh in my response or not? I wrote back with my decline:
" Ha Ha you’re so funny!! Seriously don’t waste our time. I block non payers and low ballers and add them to an eBay seller/buyer avoid list on a comic forum site so other members may add them to their eBay blocked list. Welcome to the list!! "
What do you think CHU ?
I block low ball offerers all the time. i usually shoot them a message saying that it is below what I paid and I do not sell comics for a loss. Most respond back and say something like “I figured I would try” others have said “thats your problem” or something similar, those instant go on the blocked list
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I would just decline. I would block and report if they responded with a smart-ass answer, or have bad feedback history. I do look at feedback history for buying habits. I am OK with folks trying their luck for a deal (no matter how low), or may be they havent taken the time to research prices (newbie maybe ? or not). Depending on whether I want to get rid of the book, I may be OK with a low-ball offer.
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I have no problem blocking ridiculously low offers. Saves from potentially having my time wasted by the same buyer in the future. Low offers, fine, those can be worked with but something like that, forget it!
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Funny story - I had an Verified CBCS signed Lee Falk Phantom comic I had put up for around $275 or B/O.
I got an offer of $20 for the book and I actually chuckled that morning. Instead of just blocking I said to myself I’m going to play this game with this individual. I offered $274; he countered at $25. Then I counter offered with $273 (at this point I was intrigued by how long this could go on and who would finally stop countering)
And what happened after that shocked me - he bought it for $273 
Then I was worried he’d be a problem once he got the book - nope. He thanked me profusely and said he’d been looking for a Lee Falk signed comic.
Crazy world
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It is mandatory and a duty to humanity that we block all lowballers.
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I would understand if you had multiple interactions with the person, but blocking them immediately…that seems harsh. Who determines what is lowball?
I followed an auction for about three weeks in eBay; never sold, never sold, never sold, and the price never changed; always had an offer button, but just never sold. It was for an Uncanny 101, 5-6 range raw. The person was asking about $250, which at the time was for a much higher grade. I finally offered $165 and they took it.
Was that a lowball offer? Would you block me if I made an offer like that? I get offers, but decline or counter. Maybe I am just a small fish compared to all of you and my perspective is probably more focused on service than inconvenience?
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I try to be fair and research the fair market price for a book before listing it. Searched sold books and conditions of what has sold and add 10% - 15% to what I’m willing to part with it so I can do best offers. 90% of my sales are B/O. I also try not to lowball other sellers. In my 3 years of selling this is only the 2nd person I have blocked. The book has been in my Personal collection for almost 40 years (1985) and only reason I was selling was I saw several sold for $50 - $90 and I happened to have bought 2 of them. Just irritated me. Thanks for letting me vent.
No I wouldn’t block it for 50% of asking price but 80% is just asking to be blocked in my opinion.
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I’ll share the best advice my mentor has given me during my career as a contract attorney: “Always ask yourself if you can say nothing at all instead of what you want to say.”
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