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Stupidity and ignorance, that's what is on my mind!
This is the story: last week I sold a set of DVDs to a buyer in Brooklyn, New York, USA. I have been that specific for a very good reason: I am based in England, UK - Europe, if you like. In terms of DVDs, Europe is a completely different region from the Americas, which anybody who lives in either region would - or should - know.
Now, this buyer is an experienced eBayer, with over 2000 feedback comments, yet because HE was too stupid, lazy and/or ignorant to actually CHECK the details of the item before he bought it he is accusing ME of deception!
His complaint is that, because I did not specify in my listing details that the DVDs would NOT play outside of Europe, I gave misleading information! No matter that by the same token I did not specify that the set WOULD play in the USA or that they were region free, either. Nor, for that matter, did the guy contact me to clarify whether they would play in his machine. No, I'M the one in the wrong!
And you know what's really bloody stupid? eBay will side with him. They always do, no matter how wrong the buyer is; no matter how goddamn stupid, thick, ignorant, rude, insulting and/or threatening the buyer is eBay will side with them because that is what they do. So, I will lose another sale, be made to look stupid, effectively be branded a liar and a fraud all because some moron could not be bothered to ask one simple damn question!!!
This is the story: last week I sold a set of DVDs to a buyer in Brooklyn, New York, USA. I have been that specific for a very good reason: I am based in England, UK - Europe, if you like. In terms of DVDs, Europe is a completely different region from the Americas, which anybody who lives in either region would - or should - know.
Now, this buyer is an experienced eBayer, with over 2000 feedback comments, yet because HE was too stupid, lazy and/or ignorant to actually CHECK the details of the item before he bought it he is accusing ME of deception!
His complaint is that, because I did not specify in my listing details that the DVDs would NOT play outside of Europe, I gave misleading information! No matter that by the same token I did not specify that the set WOULD play in the USA or that they were region free, either. Nor, for that matter, did the guy contact me to clarify whether they would play in his machine. No, I'M the one in the wrong!
And you know what's really bloody stupid? eBay will side with him. They always do, no matter how wrong the buyer is; no matter how goddamn stupid, thick, ignorant, rude, insulting and/or threatening the buyer is eBay will side with them because that is what they do. So, I will lose another sale, be made to look stupid, effectively be branded a liar and a fraud all because some moron could not be bothered to ask one simple damn question!!!