Selling Toys - Horror Stories & "Happy" Customers

A couple partial refunds I've given out over the years we're on me. I sold a 3P Megatron called Hegemon and the buyer said a piece was missing from the actual figure. It was a non-critical panel that I can't say was definitely there because I never transformed it and it wouldn't have been visible in my photos. I took a few bucks off. I sold a lot of Hasbro Mighty Muggs to a guy, but he was expecting the smaller Mini Mugg sized figures. The nice guy that I am offered a partial refund because I thought it could've been an honest mistake...also didn't want to take those back 😬
 
Sold my Danhausen figures last week, got delivered over the weekend.

Got a message this morning from someone asking "Did you sell these???". Never spoke to this dickhead before, never discussed his potential interest, nothing. With that being the case, I opted to just...not respond. The guy who bought them got them, and that's that. Nothing further that this rando and I needed to discuss. Don't know if you are asking because you were interested, or if you are looking for how much I got because you're selling yours. Whatever the case may be, it's none of your business. Put two and two together. You don't see it, I either sold it or I took it down. Period, the end.

I get a follow-up email from him about half an hour ago that just says "????".

Alright, fucker.

"Oh, sh*t...I'm sorry, I was unaware I owed you a response. Yes, they sold" is all he got in response.

The fucking gall to act like you are owed an explanation. For something you didn't even buy. You're not my customer, you didn't give me money, we didn't have any sort of agreement.

The actual fuck?
 
TheRealSmallville said:
The batarang is out for delivery today, so I'm hoping to hear something entertaining by tonight!
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Why do I feel like you're goign to get a message telling you the batarang was scratched or imperfect in some way next.

"SCRAAAAATCH!"

"You scratched my batarang you know..." messages coming once a month for the next year.

 
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
Why do I feel like you're goign to get a message telling you the batarang was scratched or imperfect in some way next.

"SCRAAAAATCH!"

"You scratched my batarang you know..." messages coming once a month for the next year.

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In broad daylight, no less! :ROFLMAO:

Tracking says it was delivered, but I've heard nothing as of yet...in all fairness, this dude has my return address, he could be on his way to beat the shit out of me as we speak. Make me look at his butt through a straw or something.
 
TheRealSmallville said:
In broad daylight, no less! :ROFLMAO:

Tracking says it was delivered, but I've heard nothing as of yet...in all fairness, this dude has my return address, he could be on his way to beat the shit out of me as we speak. Make me look at his butt through a straw or something.
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Making you play "Up Periscope" (Perineum-scope?) or else it's bad Ebay feedback on your head junior!
 
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
Making you play "Up Periscope" (Perineum-scope?) or else it's bad Ebay feedback on your head junior!
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Plot twist: the tracking info yesterday said "delivered", but today it says it is at a processing facility about 2 hours from him, and it says it's been there since 6:30am yesterday. So I don't know why it said "delivered", and this is the only guy in this town I've ever shipped something to.

It's gone from funny to still-kinda-funny-but-borderline-concerning, because it shouldn't still be sitting at a UPS facility 36 hours later. With my luck, it will get lost and he'll still try to return the figure :ROFLMAO: He has been provided the tracking number, he might have to call them and see what's up.

Edit: I had forgotten I sent it UPS Ground Saver :ROFLMAO: So it was "delivered" in the sense that it was handed off to USPS for last-mile delivery. That's why it shows as still processing. So it gets handed to USPS and he also has to have someone home to sign for it. I forgot I had went as petty as possible.

I don't have a USPS number for it, so I guess it's in the hands of the Batarang gods now. May they be cruel and smiteful, forever and ever, amen.
 
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Selling two figures, nothing special.

Guy wants them. Will come Sunday.

Can't. Will come Monday.

I'm not holding, but I also have no other buyer.

Doesn't come Monday. Says Wednesday.

Again, not holding. But no one else biting.

Says Wednesday evening. Messages at 10pm. Says he has to eat dinner and then he'll come.

Asks me if I have change. Doesn't electronically bank and doesn't have anything smaller than 100.

Now at this point I'm just mentally checked out and I'm about to block anyway. But then he's like what can we reschedule for Thursday or the weekend.

And that's when I just said sorry. I'm moving on. I have other buyers. I don't. But I am moving on.

Naturally he copped attitude. It doesn't really bother me, it's just one for the report here.
 
Alt said:
Says Wednesday evening. Messages at 10pm. Says he has to eat dinner and then he'll come.
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He eats dinner at 10pm+? Is he from Spain?

Sounds like he was just trolling you. This is another reason why I never meet anyone for sales, especially not "strangers after dark" where you've got maybe a 5% chance of the transaction going as planned.

"Lemme just eat up your whole week with indecisiveness, and by the way, I don't make change. Whatchu mean you aint got change for William McKinley?!? I'mma hafta pay you in Jeffersons then, which is $2 bills and nickels. You bring your Chuck E Cheese coin-dispensin' belt? Whatchu mean you aint got quarters? How'm I sposed to go to the alnight arcade at 2am fam?"
 
I just got a "Sell me just the one item from this lot you're selling. What do you mean you won't sell me just the one item?? I don't have that one! That's the only one I don't have!"

Ohhhhhhhh, see, I didn't know that. Well, in that case, I still invite you to eat the fattest part of my ass.
 
RicksNerdLife said:
I still invite you to eat the fattest part of my ass.
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I would, but I'm trying to cut back on sweets.


Had a guy interested in a lot I was selling. Hadn't gotten any interest in ages, so I was open to whatever deal he was willing to do. Came to a decent agreement, and he said he had to wait until Friday to get paid, which, at the time was only a day and a half away, so I figured why not. Friday rolls around, no contact, even after I shoot him a message.. I shoot him another message Saturday. Sunday comes and someone else puts an offer in. I shouldn't have, but I'm weak and wanted to be fair and give the guy a chance, so I messaged him and gave him one last warning I was gonna go with this other dude. Nothing, so I gave it to the other dude.

Cut to today- 2 whole weeks later, and I get a message from the original guy: "I saw the listing is no longer available? I guess you gave it to someone else, huh? That's pretty shitty, when I had first dibs and we worked out a deal."

Like....my guy. Does time move differently where you are? Are you blind in a very specific way that only effects messages I send to you? You had no issues reading and responding when things were going your way. He can't even blame it on "I didn't say which Friday I get paid on", because he clearly said "this Friday" two weeks ago. I am not the one, sir. I am not the one or two.
 
RichardSimmonsRobot said:
He eats dinner at 10pm+? Is he from Spain?

Sounds like he was just trolling you. This is another reason why I never meet anyone for sales, especially not "strangers after dark" where you've got maybe a 5% chance of the transaction going as planned.

"Lemme just eat up your whole week with indecisiveness, and by the way, I don't make change. Whatchu mean you aint got change for William McKinley?!? I'mma hafta pay you in Jeffersons then, which is $2 bills and nickels. You bring your Chuck E Cheese coin-dispensin' belt? Whatchu mean you aint got quarters? How'm I sposed to go to the alnight arcade at 2am fam?"
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I don't mind meeting after dark at the places I do. However, the best one I ever said Nah to was a guy wanted to meet at 2AM at an industrial lot.

Thing with this guy is he's bought things in the past. I think he just thinks that makes us besties.
 
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