I am DONE with eBay!! Egg sellers BEWARE!!

[bakerjw]

And say the heck with EBay. It used to have value but lost that years ago.

 

[cluckitall]

Sadly, I think silverfox is right -- if ebay doesn't reverse its decision. You might not be able to collect from USPS, but it's worth a try. For what it's worth, if you do continue with ebay (or for that matter with selling eggs by mail thru any venue), it might be a good idea to get $50 worth of insurance (whatever you'd be out if this situation ever happened again -- I think $50 is their minimum) every time you mail out eggs and add the cost to the buyer's shipping cost. That way you're covered in a similar situation and (inside scoop from a USPS employee buddy) -- surprise, surprise, the packages with insurance tend to get handled with kid gloves.

I can easily understand your fury at this situation. Are you as a seller allowed not to accept bids from certain buyers? Because I can tell you were uneasy about her from the word go -- and your gut was right. It'd be nice if you as a seller were allowed to act on that.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Hatching eggs are on Amazon now, too.

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

And say the heck with EBay. It used to have value but lost that years ago.

Yes!

 

[herfrds]

I have had the post office damage eggs I have gotten from buyers. I have contacted them and either gotten credit for another purchase or I have paid extra shipping for more.
Got the post office back for the last batch of eggs they destroyed. I left the broken eggs in the box in the sun for a couple days and then returned the box to them!

Was told they had to put the box outside because of the smell.

As for this wack job she sounds like a troublemaker who got the eggs and now wants her money back along with whatever chicks she can hatch out. Has she sent you pics of the damages?

Hope ebay finds for you!

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

No, she didn't send any pics.

 

[Whittni]

Gosh, I hope you can veto Ebay..

 

[Rare Feathers Farm]

Yeah, me too!

 

[Stacykins]

Absolutely infuriating. Especially because when they automatically refund, they also take the shipping money. That is money now out of YOUR pocket because it was shipped. Too bad you can't reach through the computer and slap her.

I wonder if she had a bit of 'buyers remorse' and decided she didn't want the eggs...after she was committed to the purchase? And if the USPS admitted to the damage, what is eBay's issue? Anything could be damaged by shipping, as soon as it leaves the seller's hands and enters the postal system, there is no telling what can happen.

 

[SierraView]

I miss the old auctions here. Ebay is expensive to sell. You pay a final value fee 9% on top of a listing fee. They add the cost of the shipping into what the item sells for so you pay 9% fee of the shipping amount too. Then you have the Paypal fee which Ebay owns Paypal. I didn't know about Amazon this might be a great option.

Ebay does have a lot of flaky people. This story worries me about selling on Ebay. I'm surprised she did this to you being a seller also. I think you were very generous with your offer when it's not your fault the PO destroyed it.