Oddly, I've met very few until this week
...when I decided to have a clear out and flog a load of crap on ebay.

I listed three suits that were brand new and I had never worn, and some very old, yet decent condition ZX81 tapes - in case a collector was after them or something.

I sold all of the items. The first nutter was the buyer of the ZX81 tapes - he firstly wanted me to send them second class to save on postage (fair enough, although the amount saved was around 17p). I weighed them on the franking machine at work and told him the price. "Too much" he says and then quotes me 20p to send two tapes to him. No, I replied, the postage is most certainly what I said it was. This goes back and forth until he simply just pays for the tapes with no postage and then tells me that as I've tried to "rip him off" with the postage, he will, instead pay none.

Then, the chap with one of the suits emails, quite simply "Where's my suit? I paid immediately, if I hadn't, I expect I would have 10 emails from you by now demanding money. I don't suppose you care about that and only look in your paypal account etc..."
I replied telling him that it was dispatched the next day (he won the auction on Sunday, so could only send them Monday). I got this email from him yesterday! He then emails me this:

"obviously you see the payment in your email account. I guess your interest is to check your payment account and damn any other stuff. Does this makes sense, if that you never received any payment from me, i am sure that i would have received more than ten messages. When i did check the dispatch status, i see todays date, so that means that the item was dispatch today. Sometimes it is good to be honest,cos telling lies ,reflect immediately."

He's got a thing about me sending him 10 emails, despite not actually sending any.

I marked the item as dispatched yesterday when I got home from work, the suit having been sent on Monday. I think he thinks it updates via suit-telepathy or something and therefore I am wrong when I say I sent it Monday.

So....it seems ebay is quite flush with nutters; one that wants the postage costs of 1979, and another who wants the postage performance of a time machine.

Bah - I've fucking had enough of nutters for one day.
(dchurch bah, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:27, 18 replies)

TL:DR - man sells things, haggles over costs.

( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:34, closed)

Maybe so....
...but I still consider impossibly unrealistic expectations to be a bit mental....and of course, it's on the Internet.
(dchurch bah, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:38, closed)

You only have to pick a seller at random and look at their negative feedback to find a fair few mentals.

( drimble he'd been white, he'd been black, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:35, closed)

Having enough of nutters then comming to hangout at QOTW
is like going to Download to get away from heavy metal fans
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:40, closed)

True enough! At least the nutters here KNOW that they're nutters! (at least deep down)
(dchurch bah, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:42, closed)

You've only got to look at ME.
My wife is fat.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:43, closed)

and mine
but unlike you you anorexic fuck I'm catching her up ;)
(sittingduck Attention seeking, bullshitting fuck-knuckle, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:50, closed)

II'll have you know I've gained a lot of weight over the years.
Why, only 37 and a bit years ago I was only 6lbs.
( Amorous Badger NAKED BEA ARTHUR PHOTOS 4U, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:49, closed)

*infers that your wife is a cradle snatcher*

( monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:56, closed)

I'm personally not married
...but my girlfriend is skinny.
(dchurch bah, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:53, closed)

where's my fucking tapes you prick?

( The Doveston haunted by the memory of his own amnesia, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:53, closed)

In the glove box
of my Delorean. You should be receiving them last week.
(dchurch bah, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 16:56, closed)

I hope my suit is in there too
I've sent back your 10 emails already
( flirting with badgers What? It sounded good at the time., Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:27, closed)

I want I want...?
I sold an item on eBay to a chap in Portugal. The item sold for £25; postage was £28. He didn't seem bothered, and paid up promptly, so off it went.

A month or two later, it appeared back on my doorstep. Apparently the local posties couldn't deliver it. I wondered whether the dude had died or something, so I emailed him. He replied, apologised, but offered no explanation. He asked me to send it again; I said he'd have to re-send postage. He said fine, he would.

I never heard from him again.

Strange and expensive behaviour!
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:00, closed)

I posted something to Germany,
He didn't seem to understand that items might take longer to arrive if you live on a completely different landmass. I even sent him a scan of the receipt with his postcode on it to prove it was posted on time, but he kept on sending me barely legible messages telling me that I am what's wrong with eBay. Then the bellend gave me neutral feedback.
( Major Turd for tonight only, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:10, closed)

Hahaha I love doing stuff like this.

( Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Wed 28 Nov 2012, 17:22, closed)

They do sound quite sane
compared to your ramblings though.
(BlondeBombshell Small but perfectly formed., Thu 29 Nov 2012, 8:04, closed)

It's always fun
When you sell a 4 foot long, 20kg mixing desk on eBay, put very specifically 'pickup only' and then some lunatic wants you to POST it to THAILAND.
(beanojam isn't really Ricardo Flange, Thu 29 Nov 2012, 12:42, closed)