Dear Mr. Ebay Seller
Rockadelic
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Dear Mr. Ebay Seller, I am writing with the hopes that you have no clue that the record you're selling on ebay right now is VERY valuable. My intent is to make you a lowball offer and hope you're stupid enough to take it. Since I don't want to come right out and say that, I've made up a story about my sister getting married in 3 days and how I am DJ'ing the reception and I want to play a song off this tepid terd as a Wedding Gift. If you decide to sell it to me, and you receive emails from other buyers after the fact, just ignore them. They are all ex-boyfriends of my sister who are just pissed she is getting married. Regards, DJ Imsmarterthanyou
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If you have time to post 20 times a day on Soul Strut, The-Breaks, Waxedermy and Stones Throw then you have time to get my record in the mail.
Your Friend,
IgetrecordsfromSweedenfasterthanfrominsidetheUS
I don't know why you decided to sell a huge lot of soul 45s and only list a few of the artists and no song titles, but thanks for the score. I'm sure many of the 45s are rinked, but hopefully the Mickey and the Soul Generation 45 is in good shape. Either way, I'm only out a few bucks, and I'm sure there's some other good stuff among the 270-odd records.
Please continue to list soul 45 lots among your used clothes and random crap.
Sincerely,
Justin
P.S. Ha ha.
This sounds exactly like someone I had to deal with a few weeks ago. Is his name *K R**ot?
It's been 10 days since I paid for my $7 record with a Paypal e-check, I even subtracted $4 for media mail. What gives? and I still have not gotten my record. It should NOT take this long. Do you have any tracking information?
Signed....
Lil Dude.
No, different name. THERE'S TWO OF THEM!
Wow, I thought for sure it had to be the same person. This guy took two weeks to pay as well and had the same exact fixation on the inadequacy of a standard record mailer. Note the similarities:
Hi - I just wanted to ask you about packaging real
quick before sending payment, since the actual
shipping cost may be affected. I'm generally very
interested in receiving lps with covers in the same
condition they are in prior to shipping. Problem is,
I have found that those 13" square lp mailers that
sellers usually use do not adequately protect the
corners of the lp cover, and when such mailers are
used, the lp covers often get dented/creased corners
as a result of the package being dropped or handled
roughly while in the mail. Would it be possible to
place the lp in such a mailer (assuming that's what
you normally use) and then place the mailer inside a
slightly larger (and preferably rectangular) box? I'll
be happy to pay extra for this of course - just let me
know how much extra to include. Please let me know if
you can package this way, and shipping cost, and I'll
proceed to send payment asap.
Thanks,
--M***
PS - The easiest way, I have found, is to put the lp
mailer inside a large Priority Mail box. The
potential snag is getting the box- I think some post
offices make you ask for it at the counter...
My response:
I'm sorry M***, I plan to ship this LP the same way I ship everyone else's LPs. I would respectfully submit that it would have been better if you had broached this topic before bidding on the item, rather than bringing it up two weeks after the conclusion of the auction. If your concern about the possibility of bent corners overrides your desire to complete this transaction I understand and will not hold against you. If you do wish to complete the transaction that is fine too, with the understanding that the LP will be shipped in the standard manner that, to my knowledge, all respected dealers on ebay use, myself included.
Best,
Jesse
What type of box do you use for the outer one?
Oh shit, you know what that is him. Duh. I thought you were referring to his actual name. How did your dealings with him turn out?
Sent the record out to him, packed normally, and that was the end of it (hopefully). He didn't write me to say the cover was dinged up or anything.
One mailer for inner, one for outer...
Gee, Jonny Paycheck always shipped stuff to me right away ...
Nice try - but I don't post on The Breaks or Stones Throw.
Dear Mr. Ebay Seller-
I received the Karen Dalton album you sent me, and appreciate the speed with which it was shipped. Unfortunately, however, I'm not very happy with the condition. The record is as you described other than a small visible (under a 100 watt bulb) and audible imperfection IN BETWEEN[/b] tracks one and two on the second side. As such it cannot be graded NM. How can we resolve this situation?
kindly,
Some jerk
Fuck and you and fuck ebay.
Yours sincerely
Me
PS Yes,
You need to step up your punctuation game:
OG or RE?
Near Mint = NEAR Mint
OG
What was so infuriating is that 2 other people had asked me to check the grading during the auction, so previous to shipping it out I had already re-examined the condition,and play graded it all the way through. It was one of those records that you take one look at and can tell instantly that it hadn't been played more than once or twice. It was as NEAR mint as a record could possibly be.
Anyway, the dude had really excellent feedback, so I agreed to refund the money as soon as he returned the record, which he did quite promptly (from Germany!). After it arrived, I spent about 10 minutes looking for the mark he had complained about. I didn't find it. I might have only been using a 60W bulb though.
Sealed or better, dudes. Sealed or better.
Dear Mr. Ebay seller,
I asked to purchase this bad reggae 12" for $6 after it did not sell on auction. I paid $13 shipping to Japan. After three weeks it has not shown up so I am opening a paypal dispute. I actually DID receive it, but since it sucks, I figured I'd get my money back.
Thanks,
Quick Trigger Finger
Dear Quick Trigger Finger,
You're right. The record does suck. That's why nobody bought it when it was on my list. I wish you would've told me you didn't like it, and I would've refunded your money. But now I will do everything I can to make sure you live in PAIN for the rest of your puny, miserable life.
Thanks,
Bad Bad Leroy Brown
thank you for hilarious item specifications/descriptions/categorizations