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Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:27 pm

I've got some extra textbooks extra since our school is using new editions, thus the stores won't buy them back. So I decided to put a few up on Ebay. Well this guy is bidding on the one that ended soonest, and he has 1 feedback. Well he wins it at $41. I stated in my auction paypal only. Well the fucker still hasn't paid. I wanted these gone a week ago, and I want the fucking $41. Somehow I knew something in this would go wrong, ever since I saw his 1 feedback.

I guess it's only been 12 hours or so, and some people need 2 hours to do a 2 minute task, but I don't want to deal with this shit. My first experience selling on Ebay, and it's turning out to be a bad one.

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:33 pm

could be worse... I just sold a scanner on ebay, guy paid by paypal. He gets it, now it shows some error message, put in a complaint, and now he has the scanner and paypal has my money. I won't get my $700 back until probably 20 days from now (been about 10 since the freeze was issued). That's ASSUMING they side with me, which the facts are on my side.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:36 pm

Dang that does suck. You did say sold as-is right? That right there will void you of any fault.

As soon as I get payment via Paypal, it gets transferred to my bank account. And if something like this was going on, I'd freeze the account or transfer the funds to another account.

stimpy · Post by **stimpy** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:55 pm

Aaron wrote: I guess it's only been 12 hours or so, and some people need 2 hours to do a 2 minute task, but I don't want to deal with this shit. My first experience selling on Ebay, and it's turning out to be a bad one.

Wait a second, you're pitching a fit because the guy hasn't paid you after a full TWELVE HOURS on a weekend? Holy shit, what a little bitch. Some people go places and do shit on weekends. Not everyone sits on a computer 24/7 making sure that you have your fucking $41. Is $41 going to make your life that much better, anyhow? That's crackhead.

The Dark Side of Will · Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:56 pm

12 hours? Chill the fuck out, dude. Sometimes I don't pay for three days just because I have other things to do.

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:56 pm

yeah, I had as-is in the listing.

It WAS working when it left here, and I showed that in the description.

But in any case I put in a claim to fedex, so who knows, maybe I'll get double my money back.. :la: j/k

but this does have something in common with your story - guy had 1 feedback. must be a scam.

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Sun Sep 10, 2006 11:57 pm

ahahaha I thought that said 12 days

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 12:07 am

stimpy wrote: Wait a second, you're pitching a fit because the guy hasn't paid you after a full TWELVE HOURS on a weekend? Holy shit, what a little bitch. Some people go places and do shit on weekends. Not everyone sits on a computer 24/7 making sure that you have your fucking $41. Is $41 going to make your life that much better, anyhow? That's crackhead.

I guess I just see things from my point of view. The things I bid on i want, and I watch them until they end. Then I pay for them instantly.

Some people don't I guess. And it isn't like the $41 is a big deal, I don't need it, but I want these books out of here.

88GTneverfinsihed · Post by **88GTneverfinsihed** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:43 am

If your school is using new editions highly likely others are doing the same.

The university textbook business is the biggest ripoff in human history.

I fought that battle for 5 years. You can't win. You won't even come close to breaking even. You will lose your ass on textbooks in every situation.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 1:56 am

88GTneverfinsihed wrote:If your school is using new editions highly likely others are doing the same.

The university textbook business is the biggest ripoff in human history.

I fought that battle for 5 years. You can't win. You won't even come close to breaking even. You will lose your ass on textbooks in every situation.

I know and you're right, but if I can recoupe some of my cost it's worth it.

But it sold, so I'm happy. I started bidding at $35, so $41 isn't too bad...lol

Weponhead · Post by **Weponhead** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 11:47 am

some people cant get the $ into their paypal for 3 days if they dont have a card linked to the account.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 7:41 pm

That's true.

Still no payment, havn't even heard from him.

zonyl · Post by **zonyl** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 8:30 pm

I sold a domain to an ebay user with no feedback

MNFatz · Post by **MNFatz** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:14 pm

Publishers release new versions LITERALLY with the table of contents rearranged to call it a new edition. It's all a big scam to keep the new books flying off the shelves courtesy of the student loan system.

Keep all your textbooks. You're not going to get what they're worth. You'll have an interesting little library to look through later on.

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:17 pm

MNFatz wrote:Publishers release new versions LITERALLY with the table of contents rearranged to call it a new edition. It's all a big scam to keep the new books flying off the shelves courtesy of the student loan system.

Keep all your textbooks. You're not going to get what they're worth. You'll have an interesting little library to look through later on.

You're probably right, but the bookstores won't buy them back if they aren't the newest edition.

I have no use for a textbook on basic Statics and Dynamics. Besides, the class/concepts were easy anyways. I'm not the library type, that's what the internet is for. Old Europe taught me everything I need to know about everything. Carb > EFI, TPI > V6, torque > HP.

txf · Post by **txf** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 9:38 pm

have you done your part and sent the INVOICE?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:06 pm

Yup, sent it 5 seconds after auction closed.

Series8217 · Post by **Series8217** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:38 pm

MNFatz wrote: Keep all your textbooks. You're not going to get what they're worth. You'll have an interesting little library to look through later on.

That's what I do... every once in awhile I'll need one for some reason or another.
I'm also too lazy to sell them

whipped · Post by **whipped** » Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:44 pm

my 5" thick english textbook will make a nice fire log if I dip it in wax

The Dark Side of Will · Mon Sep 11, 2006 10:56 pm

I agree, keep textbooks. Especially basic ones. The basic concepts are the ones worth mastering. Do you think I got to the point of solving a triple integral, figuring my own crankshaft counterweights or calculating true piston acceleration without understanding F=ma?

I still have all my college texts. I burned my high school ones, though.

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