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I buy and sell on Ebay. I mostly buy. Recently I sold two items. One was a group of three items, two in perfect working condition, one was for parts only (which I listed on the auction). The group sold for what I was expecting it to sell for--the opening bid. No big deal. It was only $30.

So I was surprised when about two weeks after the buyer had received the items that I had a case opened against me--and negative feedback. My favorite part of the case was that the buyer said that I hadn't contacted them regarding the "issues" with the group of items after sending me multiple emails.

I checked my email. There was one email, claiming the items didn't work. BS. One of course didn't work; it was listed in the auction.

Needless to say, we worked out an agreement, without me needing to refund, and the person removing the negative feedback. People will nickel and dime you to death.

In the second instance, I sold a doll. It was in need of some TLC. I stupidly assumed that the new owner would want to be the one to clean her up. How silly of me. I guess I should have written in BIG BOLD LETTERS: DOLL NEEDS TLC.

Ah well. C'est la vie. Like I said, people will nickel and dime you to death.

Ebay is fun, and it can be addicting. I never expect brand new unless the auction/ad says brand new. I guess people are suspicious of everything, considering the (unfortunately untrustworthy) reputation of sellers on Ebay.

Today's gratitudes:

• sunny weather YAY SPRING!!!!!!!!!!!!!
• air-conditioning in the car
• Ben & Jerry's Berried Treasure
• dogwoods in bloom
• Aleve for the carpal tunnel in both hands
• doing RAKs (random acts of kindness) for people on Ravelry