# Thanks for buying on ebay! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 27, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975 "2007-11-27T23:32:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/1 "2007-11-27T23:32:59Z")
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**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/2 "2007-11-27T23:46:03Z")
Hello ForumBot, Thudlow Boink has just replied to a thread you have subscribed to entitled - Thanks for buying on ebay! - in the The BBQ Pit forum of Straight Dope Message Board. ---
**Author:** ![wring](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/838e76/32.png) [@wring](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wring)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/3 "2007-11-27T23:47:43Z")
Geez- that’s your beef? How’s bout the time when I ‘won’ an item, immediately paid via paypal, paid extra for insurance on the package. Got all of those emails, ‘your payment was received’, ‘your package was sent out’ etc. waited for a month, no package, emailed seller: “what is your address?” replied, giving address (again - since I’d given it twice in the paypal message, once again in the email confirming payment etc.). They replied “we sent it, you should get it soon”. waited another couple of weeks (international, ya know). tried again. “what is the problem” **I haven’t gotten the package**. “what is your address?” Tried to file complaint w/paypal, can’t 'cause it was international or something like that. Filed complaint w/ebay. “you must wait 10 days for them to respond” on the 10th day, they responded with “what is the problem”. **I haven’t gotten the package** / “what is your address?” :rolleyes: went through the entire process w/ebay, nada. Ebay did jack shit. paypal did jack shit. Remember I’d paid extra for insurance? jack shit again. Gave negative feedback. They gave negative feedback right back “we could have worked this out! bad communication”. So, you got no sympathy from me on that. ---
**Author:** ![ForumBot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ee59a6/32.png) [@ForumBot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ForumBot)\ **Post date:** [November 27, 2007, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/4 "2007-11-27T23:52:14Z")
Dear wring: Your rebuttal has been registered and will be responded to shortly. thanks for posting on the SDMB! Dear wring: Yeah, but there’s got to be some sort of way to reduce the amount of redundancy here. Getting six e-mails at the exact same time is just, well, silly. Dear wring: **ForumBot** has responded to your post in thread #445705. Keep reading the SDMB! ---
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/5 "2007-11-28T00:02:59Z")
Hee. I finally busted my eBay cherry–Ok, it was a “Buy It Now”, but still, I “WON”!! It took some real exploring to find the place to set all that notification stuff to “uh-uh”. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/6 "2007-11-28T03:53:57Z")
I just won an auction without reading all the details regarding shipping. I sent an email to the seller asking when I might expect it. They reminded me: we will ship within 20 **days**. Lucky it’s not something that I need to have by Christmas! ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/7 "2007-11-28T13:22:27Z")
[QUOTE=gigi] Hee. I finally busted my eBay cherry–Ok, it was a “Buy It Now”, but still, I “WON”!! It took some real exploring to find the place to set all that notification stuff to “uh-uh”. [/QUOTE] Not to stray too far off topic, but have you noticed how all of eBay’s commercials now tout the notion of the item somehow being worth more to the eventual buyer because it was “won” as opposed to “bought?” WTF is that? I’m in advertising and I don’t get it. Do they expect people to be happy that they bid something up for emotional reasons rather than rational ones? ---
**Author:** ![One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/838e76/32.png) [@One\_And\_Only\_Wanderers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/One_And_Only_Wanderers)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/8 "2007-11-28T13:26:49Z")
[QUOTE=THespos] Not to stray too far off topic, but have you noticed how all of eBay’s commercials now tout the notion of the item somehow being worth more to the eventual buyer because it was “won” as opposed to “bought?” WTF is that? I’m in advertising and I don’t get it. Do they expect people to be happy that they bid something up for emotional reasons rather than rational ones? [/QUOTE] given that people readily buy stuff on ebay for MORE than it can be bought new from vendors such as [play.com](http://play.com) or [dvd.co.uk](http://dvd.co.uk), then yeah, i think some people get caught up in the auction, and lose sight of the value. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/9 "2007-11-28T14:16:11Z")
[QUOTE=THespos] Not to stray too far off topic, but have you noticed how all of eBay’s commercials now tout the notion of the item somehow being worth more to the eventual buyer because it was “won” as opposed to “bought?” WTF is that? I’m in advertising and I don’t get it. Do they expect people to be happy that they bid something up for emotional reasons rather than rational ones? [/QUOTE] Whatsa matter? Don’t you want to be a **winner**? Don’t you want to be able to jump up and down and say “I won! I won!” Saying “I bought!” doesn’t have nearly the same excitement level. ---
**Author:** ![Slacker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@Slacker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slacker)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/10 "2007-11-28T14:36:46Z")
[QUOTE=blondebear] I just won an auction without reading all the details regarding shipping. I sent an email to the seller asking when I might expect it. They reminded me: we will ship within 20 **days**. Lucky it’s not something that I need to have by Christmas! [/QUOTE] Yikes. You always gotta read the shipping info. Otherwise you’ll end up buying a little stone giraffe for $0.50 with $39.99 shipping. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/11 "2007-11-28T16:07:48Z")
And yet, when your account gets “suspended for suspicious activity” you receive exactly ONE email, that somehow bypasses your email filters and ends up in junk. Same sort of thing with my bank. They have never sent me an email that was meaningful in any way whatsoever. The best way to inform me that their accounts has possibly been compromised was by sending me a generic envelope with a new atm card in it. BUT, I have 47,000 emails telling me about the car sales going on. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/12 "2007-11-28T16:09:45Z")
Ha ha! That’s funny! … so, what’s an “ebay”? 😕 j/k ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/13 "2007-11-29T01:18:03Z")
Just received: > [@](#): > > Dear [**Thudlow Boink** ’s email address], > > Please make up your mind, or i will report you as a non paying bidder! > John > -estate-agency > > Item Title: 50 Acre island in South Pacific And, of course, all links go to signin.ebay.com.phishy/mcphishster. ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [November 29, 2007, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thanks-for-buying-on-ebay/427975/14 "2007-11-29T02:19:55Z")
Dear ForumBot, Your eBay posting privileges will be immediately suspended unless you go to [myphish.ebay.com](http://myphish.ebay.com) and provide me your eBay username, real name, password, credit card, mother’s maiden name, birthdate, date of expiration, security code, PIN number, eye color and naked picture of your girlfriend.