My dad told me: do not trust people who do not trust people. I sold over 11000 items and I was scammed once and I gave the scammer a clear idea I understand what she was doing (I told her I will videotape how I open the return). I had a few customers that sounded like potential scammers but they were just confused or overreactive. PEOPLE ARE GOOD!
Remember the potential scam, the lot of like 13 baseball hats you sold, the guy had a story that you sent too many and wanted a refund for 1/2 of them. I can't remember what the hat is, but you still have a few left. You told him to keep the extra hats!
If you get into reselling, three things are certain: Eventually, someone will try to scam you (though it’s rare). Occasionally, someone will return an item (it’s not very common). These situations can be frustrating, but here’s the good news: Most of the time, you’ll sell items to happy customers who are genuinely grateful for your service! (This happens often!)
Regarding the boots: M or W could also refer to Medium or Wide width. The last time that I had a potential buyer asking questions are were all addressed in the title & description, I merely responded, "All of those questions are addressed in the item description. Have a nice day." I never heard back & they didn't buy the item.
Last month I had someone message me about a shirt. They asked if it was button down, pit to pit measurement and if there was a stain at the bottom of the blouse. My thinking is you are asking about a stain but can’t tell if it button down or the measurement. They were super aggressive with their messages so much I was really thinking of blocking them and not selling to them but did. I didn’t feel really good about it but she had over two thousand reviews so I sent the shirt anyway. I even told my parents I feel like this one is going to bite me in the butt. She received her item and left a great review! I was shocked I 100% thought I was going to regret the order. Thankfully everything worked out!
I had a similar message. But the lady after asking the size told me she was between sizes and asked if these were stretched enough to fit her😂 I told her I had no idea. She got so offended and mad that I didn’t know. BLOCKED
I've had scammers but only a few when selling things i no longer want. Once someone said the shop/collection point gave it to charity because they were too late to collect. I did my job and the made sure it was signed for and the shop recorded that they recieved it. So i was protected. The other was my phone where the person said it didn't work, that they sent it back, then that they will send it and then they would send it within a few days. Returns time elapsed and the case was closed. Again protected
I’m an Etsy seller and it drives me mad when customers are unhappy especially with things that arrive damaged or don’t arrive at all and other Etsy sellers assume they are being scammed. Just send your items with tracking and pack well and just offer great customer support
My issue is that I am decluttering 50 plus years of collecting so the grandkids don’t have to. The items I personally bought to keep so I get a little emotional when something seems off.
I wouldn't call buyers scammers, but definitely picky. Sometimes tons of questions before they even purchase it - this is when I have lots of photos, the specifics very clear, the description has additional information they do not read. We go back and forth with questions and answers, they purchase and then want to return it saying They Changed Their Mind. Now if I get that type of thing happen - thankfully a few times a year, I block them. And I don't block just to block.... this is when they constantly pepper and pepper with questions. It's not normal.
I sell a lot of Cds and when I started out I didn't think that perfect jewel cases on a $7 CD would be a thing. But audiofiles are really offended if they get a less than perfect case. Even if in picture. If someone has two questionable questions they get blocked, bad questions up front means trouble on the back end of sale.
I have sold for 4 years on ebay been scammed 2 to 3 times. The latest lady bought item wanted a refund more than half of price of item. I said return item I will refund. She gave song an dance. I didn't respond. She went to ebay claimed she made police report so ebay refunded with in 15 mind of opening return. I have contacted her police station to make my report. Ebay is reviewing my request
Commonwelth Flipper had multiple returns on one item. The return was from a college location where they returned rotten food (not what was ordered) then printed the label again on the heaviest item they could think of ( a spare tire).
The number one issue why CD players. DVD players and VCRs whether they're combo or not. Will have an issue if you just put it in a box and make sure that the item isn't moving. Is that the head is still moving inside? If people remember when they bought a DVD/CD/VCR player you will usually find a piece of styrofoam pushed in somewhere, keeping the heads from moving that you have to remove. That's strofoam is actually locking the head with pressure so that it doesn't move. So until you learn to MacGyver those types of Styrofoam pieces so that you can make sure the VCR, DVD or CD player heads are not able to move 1 mm and that you can put it in so that customer can easily remove it you shouldn't have a problem, especially if you tested it and it worked perfectly before shipping. As I has sold a Bose CD playing radio had to go to the other side of the country. And I knew about that technique that the CD player head could not move out of position and so I put a piece of Styrofoam in the slot, making sure the head was pressed and unable to move the Styrofoam was firmly in it, it didn't jostle and move? And package it up and wrote a note to the customer taped to radio that they had to carefully remove the Styrofoam before playing and got a positive review. It worked perfectly and they were very, very happy.
I haven’t had more than one or two scams In 5 years of selling. I did have a Mercari sale of A prom dress that they wore and tried to return. Mercari sided with me and I kept The money.
I’ve been selling on eBay for 4 years I’ve only been scammed twice and the second time eBay actually sided with me and got my money back. Scamming is pretty rare, phishing for partial refunds is way more common.
It does seem like the actual scammers tend to target new sellers. I had a couple instances during my first year reselling, but very few since I've built up my feedback.
I recently had a buyer contact me and ask if I would take down an expensive item and sell it to him off eBay. That made me feel like it might have been a scam so Ii explained to him that it was against eBay policy to do that and Moved on. It could have been an attempt at scamming me because I would no longer be covered under eBay policies, or any other protection except the insurance from the USPS.
I feel like sellers should be able to leave buyers negative and neutral feedback too though....ive had 2 negative feedbacks because the buyers didnt look at the title, photos and description, didnt message, or return and just left a negative- it would've been nice to have been able to reciprocate and let other sellers know the experience, and be able to stop sending items to those few troublesome people.
as i'm shipping i inspect the item and make sure the listing shows the flaws and if it doesn't i'll reach out to buyer to see if they still want it or cancel it. rather lose the sale upfront than after and deal with a return.
Great video. I guess I've been lucky... I've had 1 scam in my many years of selling. The buyer rec'd his item (a ring), severely destroyed, yet NO signs of damage to the outer packaging or the ring box it came in. Literally, the ring was in the shape of a V. He wanted a refund and suggested it wasn't worth shipping it back, since I couldn't fix what was done to it. I refunded the $9 (no big deal) and then discovered he's a seller on eBay, selling rings (like the one he purchased) and his store name described exactly what he did to the ring, to get a refund. BTW, I could tell from the crappy photos he sent, that was NOT the ring I sent him. A few months later (while stalking his store), I noticed he rec'd negative feedback from one of his buyers. It was his response to the FB that caught my attention. He accused his buyer of trying to keep the item yet wanting a full refund. Ha! Karma is alive and well!!
I agree buyers can be a pain sometimes and I block my share. I wonder if this person was asking M or W as width? Medium or Wide instead of mens or womans?
I totally agree with you about questions. If it is one question that is clearly in the listing I ignore. I also ignore the lists of questions. Those lists are bad omens foretelling future problems. 😂😂
I've sold many DVD/VCR combos with no problem. Along with a good number of VCR's. I have not had any problems. Maybe I'm just lucky but I do tend to pack well. And yes I do find after buying and during testing many don't fully work. I sell them as parts only and no returns of the parts only units.
Drama gets clicks! I did have one dude buy something from me and then pull the guts out to switch them with his, told him I had his fingerprints on the internals and asked if he would cooperate with the police and he accused me of planting his prints inside, lol.
If electronics are the most problematic category, books have to be the best. Almost no scammers, few complaints, few questions, and almost no returns. My theory is if they are buying a book, they probably know how to read and actually read the description. 😂
so right about electronics, we never knew how long they would last, because even the good Japanese ones, this is pretty much the 1st generation of these products across the board. they all came in custom styrofoam new from the factory, for a reason.
Every sale on eBay has the potential to be a total loss, so Sellers have to be prepared for it on those occasions it happens. This is especially true with the way USPS is sending out letters about Seller's, who open claims, telling them they have to bring the damaged items in for inspection or are loosing packages for weeks. The result in all cases is a partial or total loss of income on that sale. Same is true for most INAD claims. The minute the claim is opened most, if not all your profit, has evaporated. Sometimes it's a loss of profit, plus sipping, plus cost of goods and invested time. It is the nature of retail sales. 😉
I have to add I do deal with a lot of partial refund fishing. I do not consider this as a scam. My policy is clear: NO partial refunds. As a top rated I offer a free return. Period.
I only temember three times in past being scammed on Ebay out of 10,000 plus items sold. One was me buying something and it was a juvenile using bogus picture to sell something. Other two were items we sold and we took buyers comments to us (never arrived) and later saw selling the unique items (small dollars) ..we made a few more mistakes than buyer issues...:-)
I never look at their feedback. If someone wants to buy-without all the questions or sob story- I’ll sell to them. Otherwise, I block. I already don’t have enough time in each day, I don’t need to add detective skills to my plate.
Lonnie ! I need help ! I want to do the "Lonnie's losers" deal, but I can't find how to see the listings from oldest to newest. (Only been selling since 2003 lol) I just can't find where to go to do it.
Great point. And well i am a seller and its the name of the game learning the ropes. From listing and finding good items. And scams for me... less than a handfull times overall.
Being Scammed vs Being Taken Advantage of, because of eBay’s Policies are very different things. I agree that outright scam attempts, especially on experienced buyers, are rare but Buyers who use eBay’s policies to get discounts, force INAD returns or try to get free items by opening cases, when USPS is late on deliveries are much more common. Some sellers see no difference between the 2 situations because they often have to take the hit. 😉
Thanks for these videos there helping me Im getting ready to start selling stuff on eBay if you could do a Video on how to list stuff and kinda go through the scoop.
It’s ok. Let them be scared! More sales for us. I hear more about how people hate fees. Which also keeps people away from selling….As if eBay was a not for profit. 😂😂 It’s cool. eBay has always had my back. So anything that happens, just be smart, photograph everything, ask all the questions……sellers are well taken care of in my opinion.
Scams happen, but rarely. Can only think of 2 obvious scams over my 10k+ sold items on eBay. I'm sure there have been more.. But oh well. Just make sure you have good pictures that can be used to "prove" you've been scammed....
Lately I take a pic or video packaging the item. I probably am stupid for doing that but I don't sell as a business reseller. I am selling jewelry pieces that I own.
I'd say less than 1% of buyers I have an issue with. Rarely do I get a scammer. Though I do get the odd fishing for partial refund. Main thing is to put yourself in a position where you won't have an issue. Show serial numbers. Do a video if it has moving parts. If you've done sell similar make sure all the item specifics are correct etc.
Knock on wood, thankfully the only true "scam" I've encountered in my 25 years of selling was a sale outside of ebay on my own website about 20 years ago. Plain and simple credit card fraud. Something ebay has always protected me against in recent years now that I do all my sales there. Stopped using my own website in 2010 as the fees were eating me alive. As others have pointed out, drama gets clicks. Ebay's not nearly as dangerous as a lot of people would have you believe, and your business is bigger than one bad apple.
Every person who I tell about my business the first thing they ask is "isn't there a bunch of scammers on eBay?" I fear that might be the public perception of eBay as a whole.
Try selling smaller items if you're truly worried. If someone were to "scam" me out of a $10 item I would barely blink. 1-2% of your sales will always have issues whether you think it's a "scam" or something else. If you're selling $1000 items then perhaps you'll need to worry about scams a bit more.
Great topic to start the video off 👍😊 I have been very lucky when it it comes to scammers on eBay never had but buyers not reading titles and descriptions is another matter 😅
My dad told me: do not trust people who do not trust people. I sold over 11000 items and I was scammed once and I gave the scammer a clear idea I understand what she was doing (I told her I will videotape how I open the return). I had a few customers that sounded like potential scammers but they were just confused or overreactive. PEOPLE ARE GOOD!
I bought this "Italiano" cookbook from you and so far it hasn't cooked any dinners for me.
on the boots, could they be referring to the Width with the question W or M. that was my first thought. wide or medium.
Remember the potential scam, the lot of like 13 baseball hats you sold, the guy had a story that you sent too many and wanted a refund for 1/2 of them. I can't remember what the hat is, but you still have a few left. You told him to keep the extra hats!
If you get into reselling, three things are certain:
Eventually, someone will try to scam you (though it’s rare).
Occasionally, someone will return an item (it’s not very common).
These situations can be frustrating, but here’s the good news:
Most of the time, you’ll sell items to happy customers who are genuinely grateful for your service! (This happens often!)
He should have looked at photos! I think he maybe wanted to know if the shoe width was a men's Medium or Wide
Regarding the boots: M or W could also refer to Medium or Wide width. The last time that I had a potential buyer asking questions are were all addressed in the title & description, I merely responded, "All of those questions are addressed in the item description. Have a nice day." I never heard back & they didn't buy the item.
Came here to say the same about the medium or wide width,
I've dealt with two scammers in 26 years. If you stand your ground they usually know they've met their match.
Last month I had someone message me about a shirt. They asked if it was button down, pit to pit measurement and if there was a stain at the bottom of the blouse. My thinking is you are asking about a stain but can’t tell if it button down or the measurement. They were super aggressive with their messages so much I was really thinking of blocking them and not selling to them but did. I didn’t feel really good about it but she had over two thousand reviews so I sent the shirt anyway. I even told my parents I feel like this one is going to bite me in the butt. She received her item and left a great review! I was shocked I 100% thought I was going to regret the order. Thankfully everything worked out!
I had a similar message. But the lady after asking the size told me she was between sizes and asked if these were stretched enough to fit her😂 I told her I had no idea. She got so offended and mad that I didn’t know. BLOCKED
How dare you not be a mind reader 😂 Unfortunately you get a few out there.
I think the M or W question was regarding the width of the boots not men or women.
I've had scammers but only a few when selling things i no longer want. Once someone said the shop/collection point gave it to charity because they were too late to collect. I did my job and the made sure it was signed for and the shop recorded that they recieved it. So i was protected.
The other was my phone where the person said it didn't work, that they sent it back, then that they will send it and then they would send it within a few days. Returns time elapsed and the case was closed. Again protected
I’m an Etsy seller and it drives me mad when customers are unhappy especially with things that arrive damaged or don’t arrive at all and other Etsy sellers assume they are being scammed. Just send your items with tracking and pack well and just offer great customer support
My issue is that I am decluttering 50 plus years of collecting so the grandkids don’t have to. The items I personally bought to keep so I get a little emotional when something seems off.
I wouldn't call buyers scammers, but definitely picky. Sometimes tons of questions before they even purchase it - this is when I have lots of photos, the specifics very clear, the description has additional information they do not read. We go back and forth with questions and answers, they purchase and then want to return it saying They Changed Their Mind. Now if I get that type of thing happen - thankfully a few times a year, I block them. And I don't block just to block.... this is when they constantly pepper and pepper with questions. It's not normal.
I think he meant "w" is Wide & "m" is Medium . 🤷♀️
I sell a lot of Cds and when I started out I didn't think that perfect jewel cases on a $7 CD would be a thing. But audiofiles are really offended if they get a less than perfect case. Even if in picture. If someone has two questionable questions they get blocked, bad questions up front means trouble on the back end of sale.
I have sold for 4 years on ebay been scammed 2 to 3 times. The latest lady bought item wanted a refund more than half of price of item. I said return item I will refund. She gave song an dance. I didn't respond. She went to ebay claimed she made police report so ebay refunded with in 15 mind of opening return. I have contacted her police station to make my report. Ebay is reviewing my request
Boot guy might have meant Medium or Wide (not mens or womens)?
Commonwelth Flipper had multiple returns on one item. The return was from a college location where they returned rotten food (not what was ordered) then printed the label again on the heaviest item they could think of ( a spare tire).
Great video, thank you! I believe the M and W question is specific to width.
The number one issue why CD players. DVD players and VCRs whether they're combo or not. Will have an issue if you just put it in a box and make sure that the item isn't moving. Is that the head is still moving inside? If people remember when they bought a DVD/CD/VCR player you will usually find a piece of styrofoam pushed in somewhere, keeping the heads from moving that you have to remove. That's strofoam is actually locking the head with pressure so that it doesn't move. So until you learn to MacGyver those types of Styrofoam pieces so that you can make sure the VCR, DVD or CD player heads are not able to move 1 mm and that you can put it in so that customer can easily remove it you shouldn't have a problem, especially if you tested it and it worked perfectly before shipping. As I has sold a Bose CD playing radio had to go to the other side of the country. And I knew about that technique that the CD player head could not move out of position and so I put a piece of Styrofoam in the slot, making sure the head was pressed and unable to move the Styrofoam was firmly in it, it didn't jostle and move? And package it up and wrote a note to the customer taped to radio that they had to carefully remove the Styrofoam before playing and got a positive review. It worked perfectly and they were very, very happy.
I haven’t had more than one or two scams In 5 years of selling. I did have a Mercari sale of
A prom dress that they wore and tried to return. Mercari sided with me and I kept The money.
I’ve been selling on eBay for 4 years I’ve only been scammed twice and the second time eBay actually sided with me and got my money back. Scamming is pretty rare, phishing for partial refunds is way more common.
It does seem like the actual scammers tend to target new sellers. I had a couple instances during my first year reselling, but very few since I've built up my feedback.
I recently had a buyer contact me and ask if I would take down an expensive item and sell it to him off eBay. That made me feel like it might have been a scam so Ii explained to him that it was against eBay policy to do that and Moved on. It could have been an attempt at scamming me because I would no longer be covered under eBay policies, or any other protection except the insurance from the USPS.
I sell higher end items and have never had an issue. I have observed that friends that sell lower value items have a lot of issues with buyers.
I feel like sellers should be able to leave buyers negative and neutral feedback too though....ive had 2 negative feedbacks because the buyers didnt look at the title, photos and description, didnt message, or return and just left a negative- it would've been nice to have been able to reciprocate and let other sellers know the experience, and be able to stop sending items to those few troublesome people.
as i'm shipping i inspect the item and make sure the listing shows the flaws and if it doesn't i'll reach out to buyer to see if they still want it or cancel it. rather lose the sale upfront than after and deal with a return.
Over 10 years had 2 scammers, both women from New Jersey🤣
Great video. I guess I've been lucky... I've had 1 scam in my many years of selling. The buyer rec'd his item (a ring), severely destroyed, yet NO signs of damage to the outer packaging or the ring box it came in. Literally, the ring was in the shape of a V. He wanted a refund and suggested it wasn't worth shipping it back, since I couldn't fix what was done to it. I refunded the $9 (no big deal) and then discovered he's a seller on eBay, selling rings (like the one he purchased) and his store name described exactly what he did to the ring, to get a refund. BTW, I could tell from the crappy photos he sent, that was NOT the ring I sent him. A few months later (while stalking his store), I noticed he rec'd negative feedback from one of his buyers. It was his response to the FB that caught my attention. He accused his buyer of trying to keep the item yet wanting a full refund. Ha! Karma is alive and well!!
I agree buyers can be a pain sometimes and I block my share. I wonder if this person was asking M or W as width? Medium or Wide instead of mens or womans?
I totally agree with you about questions. If it is one question that is clearly in the listing I ignore. I also ignore the lists of questions. Those lists are bad omens foretelling future problems. 😂😂
I've sold many DVD/VCR combos with no problem. Along with a good number of VCR's. I have not had any problems. Maybe I'm just lucky but I do tend to pack well. And yes I do find after buying and during testing many don't fully work. I sell them as parts only and no returns of the parts only units.
Drama gets clicks! I did have one dude buy something from me and then pull the guts out to switch them with his, told him I had his fingerprints on the internals and asked if he would cooperate with the police and he accused me of planting his prints inside, lol.
Accused you of planting his prints? WTF? Does this guy happen to own an estate in Florida called "Mar-A-Lago"?
@@kibble-net yeah, I think even the eBay rep got a kick out of him telling me that.
If electronics are the most problematic category, books have to be the best. Almost no scammers, few complaints, few questions, and almost no returns. My theory is if they are buying a book, they probably know how to read and actually read the description. 😂
M or W could have meant "medium" or "wide."
so right about electronics, we never knew how long they would last, because even the good Japanese ones, this is pretty much the 1st generation of these products across the board. they all came in custom styrofoam new from the factory, for a reason.
Every sale on eBay has the potential to be a total loss, so Sellers have to be prepared for it on those occasions it happens. This is especially true with the way USPS is sending out letters about Seller's, who open claims, telling them they have to bring the damaged items in for inspection or are loosing packages for weeks. The result in all cases is a partial or total loss of income on that sale. Same is true for most INAD claims. The minute the claim is opened most, if not all your profit, has evaporated. Sometimes it's a loss of profit, plus sipping, plus cost of goods and invested time. It is the nature of retail sales. 😉
I have to add I do deal with a lot of partial refund fishing. I do not consider this as a scam. My policy is clear: NO partial refunds. As a top rated I offer a free return. Period.
I only temember three times in past being scammed on Ebay out of 10,000 plus items sold. One was me buying something and it was a juvenile using bogus picture to sell something. Other two were items we sold and we took buyers comments to us (never arrived) and later saw selling the unique items (small dollars) ..we made a few more mistakes than buyer issues...:-)
I never look at their feedback. If someone wants to buy-without all the questions or sob story- I’ll sell to them. Otherwise, I block. I already don’t have enough time in each day, I don’t need to add detective skills to my plate.
Remember there's no mail tomorrow Jan 9th.
Lonnie ! I need help ! I want to do the "Lonnie's losers" deal, but I can't find how to see the listings from oldest to newest. (Only been selling since 2003 lol) I just can't find where to go to do it.
Great point. And well i am a seller and its the name of the game learning the ropes. From listing and finding good items. And scams for me... less than a handfull times overall.
Being Scammed vs Being Taken Advantage of, because of eBay’s Policies are very different things. I agree that outright scam attempts, especially on experienced buyers, are rare but Buyers who use eBay’s policies to get discounts, force INAD returns or try to get free items by opening cases, when USPS is late on deliveries are much more common. Some sellers see no difference between the 2 situations because they often have to take the hit. 😉
happened to me today-answer was in the Title and item description
I've been thinking of Starting an eBay store. I appreciate your input and thank you.
Remember post office is closed tomorrow January 9th
Thanks for these videos there helping me Im getting ready to start selling stuff on eBay if you could do a Video on how to list stuff and kinda go through the scoop.
Scams occur in some categories more than others 🤔 yep 😊 and trading cards 😩
I've sold about 400 items so far. Not one scammer yet.
M or W could mean 9 medium or 9 wide.
Did you inventory storage????
It’s ok. Let them be scared! More sales for us.
I hear more about how people hate fees. Which also keeps people away from selling….As if eBay was a not for profit. 😂😂
It’s cool. eBay has always had my back. So anything that happens, just be smart, photograph everything, ask all the questions……sellers are well taken care of in my opinion.
Scams happen, but rarely. Can only think of 2 obvious scams over my 10k+ sold items on eBay. I'm sure there have been more.. But oh well. Just make sure you have good pictures that can be used to "prove" you've been scammed....
Lately I take a pic or video packaging the item. I probably am stupid for doing that but I don't sell as a business reseller. I am selling jewelry pieces that I own.
I'd say less than 1% of buyers I have an issue with. Rarely do I get a scammer. Though I do get the odd fishing for partial refund. Main thing is to put yourself in a position where you won't have an issue. Show serial numbers. Do a video if it has moving parts. If you've done sell similar make sure all the item specifics are correct etc.
Knock on wood, thankfully the only true "scam" I've encountered in my 25 years of selling was a sale outside of ebay on my own website about 20 years ago. Plain and simple credit card fraud. Something ebay has always protected me against in recent years now that I do all my sales there. Stopped using my own website in 2010 as the fees were eating me alive. As others have pointed out, drama gets clicks. Ebay's not nearly as dangerous as a lot of people would have you believe, and your business is bigger than one bad apple.
Every person who I tell about my business the first thing they ask is "isn't there a bunch of scammers on eBay?" I fear that might be the public perception of eBay as a whole.
We are told not to talk to strangers, but then told to make friends with strangers. Life is very nuanced.
The people into Euclid trucks will get offended you put Volvo as the first word.
I'm not scared of scams. I am scared of eBay screwing me over, which they do on a regular basis.
The paranoia is fueled by TH-camrs. All panic and accusations and no real solutions like how to report the mail fraud crimes.
Good evening from Germany 🙂
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They didn't want to know how long it was, but how tall......lol
Old telephone pole installation joke
Patch that hole in the jacket with some thermal paper
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sorry but their definitely it doesnt take that many scams to ruin you
Try selling smaller items if you're truly worried. If someone were to "scam" me out of a $10 item I would barely blink. 1-2% of your sales will always have issues whether you think it's a "scam" or something else. If you're selling $1000 items then perhaps you'll need to worry about scams a bit more.
Great topic to start the video off 👍😊 I have been very lucky when it it comes to scammers on eBay never had but buyers not reading titles and descriptions is another matter 😅
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Ok now don’t ruin the channel by making it every day a complaining channel lets be positive in new year this is getting boring