I 100% agree with you, it's very disheartening and frustrating.
I messaged a seller asking if they would post a guitar ( lives in same country as me) and I offered
£30 on top of any sale price for the trouble ( can be done for £10 but wanted to incentivise them)
The thing is its guitar model that now only comes up on Ebay every 12 months or so and I
desperately want it to replace my model which has issues.
The seller's feedback says he has great comms yet he clearly does not, people should not
take offence when they put "Collection only" because they can't be arsed to post it and pack
it properly.
If you list a rare item people are going to ask questions if they know what it is and try by any
means to negotiate to own it.
I've sold guitars and from my experience you increase your sales by 90% if you offer postage.
I get they dont want to break it ( I say that but keep reading) but if a buyer is offering any price on
top of an items final value then they are clearly
someone that would look after it and appreciate it so give them at least a response.
Even of it's an ignorant "Nah fanks tho!"
People dont care anymore, it's only easy money they care for.
Even if they sell an item to someone that would trash it.
I just purchased 2 necks for my model ( the last 2 by all accounts in the world I could find) and the
seller sent them in a paper thin box so they were both smashed into bits ( You know when you are
so frustrated and gutted you feel like crying with disbelief at other people's ignorance)
Time before that I found a whole guitar and a different seller did the same and the rare guitar
turned up smashed into 2 pieces?
His response was "Dunno what your problem is!? I'm refunding you aren't I!?"
It wasn't about the money and it took me 10 years to find that guitar again ( same model for this
whole post).
Honestly standards have just disappeared, people dont care as long as they get money.
I do get other items, vinyls that most sellers do take great care in packaging so I dont mean
everyone but for those sellers out there that dont reply, can't be bothered to be reasonable or
apologise for their errors and can't pack a box to save their life.
Do us a favour change your usernames to ignorantdouche2023 or something to give us a heads
up lol
