This. Exactly.
Never Been Insulted By An Ebay Seller Before Until This Week
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I understand that the seller didn't want to move on his price but I believe that He could have said that in nicer way and not have been so insulting .
Glad you found what you wanted.
Glad you found what you wanted.
It's Ebay. What did you expect? You negotiated. That's the fun of the 'bay.
Since we are a forum we’re we discuss things the OP is entitled to “cry about it here” if he so chooses.
Then in that regard, I’m OK to question why OP is a little over sensitive about someone being mean to him it seems by playing devils advocate.Not sure, but someone being mean is an every day occurrence of my life in Boston. I don’t make a post about it
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
I suspect for some. I hate negotiating price. Tell me what you want. If I think it's a good price, I will buy, if not, I walk on.
Hell, I hate shopping at Kohls for that very reason. Everything is on sale, double secret sale, and so on. I have no idea if the $70 dollar item might actually be $70 or if it will really ring up $28.99 after all the discounts are applied. I don't enjoy "the hunt" I guess.
Slash McCoy
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No insult. Just a touchy seller feeling oh so wronged, having a good spew on a sensitive buyer. Hopefully both parties are happy with how things turned out. I would have just said "sorry no, I can't go that low, and I think it will sell at my price if I am patient, but thanks for the offer."
One of my bosses gave me great advice over the years. One piece of advice was this: Don't take anything personally. It's just business.
So, that said, you could have bought one for $40 but because you felt insulted, you paid more for one (less than $80 but probably more than $40?) from another seller? Do I have that correct?
He posted that he ended up paying less than $40.
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I would say that was a little feisty and spirited but not downright rude.
These guys get a lot of messages asking for discounts so maybe you
got him at the wrong time.
I've been subjected to far worse commentary on this forum...especially
in the "honing" section. Some guys seem to think sharing a little knowledge
gives them a license to go out of their way to be rude, impatient and condescending.
They go absolutely ballistic if you ask a question that they deem out of line.
What can you do except laugh it off?
I am with the person that says post your price and be done with it. I negotiate nothing. The closest I will come is car buying. I ask what the bottom dollar they will take....if they come back with make them an offer I will. ONCE. It works more often than not. That being said, the OP made his offer and the seller became a smart ***. A simple no would have sufficed. For some reason, it seems society has forgotten its manners.
The seller probably thought he was going out of his way to explain his price. Given the OP's overly sensitive reaction, I think a simple "FU" might be sufficient next time. I hope nobody thinks I'm being insulting by saying that. If they do...
Chandu
I Waxed The Badger.
LOL
Gotta be tough. When someone calls me a-hol... I make sure i stand up for myself. I come right back with "That's Mr. Hole to you!"
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Yup that's what I should have done, your right.
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I love it.
One can't write such things in an ebay message without suffering deleterious repercussions.
We are done here.
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