April 2014 pickups

[noemann]

I've had few cases as buyer where when I have tried to contact seller Ebay has forced to open case before I can send the message.

I mean I select contact seller and choose the reason for contacting, last time it was broken item, and Ebay dsirected me to open case before my message was forwarded.

being relatively new to ebay, I went through the contact seller process regarding no communication. Remember when I bought Paws of Fury cart? the guy never marked it shipped and did not write to me. I waited one week and two days. I decided to contact seller and instead, I opened a case. I thought, "what?" I just wanted to contact the guy first. I decided this time to just use the old auction page to "ask a question" LOL. incidentally, he sent the item but never marked it as being shipped. I suppose he could be busy and just forgot to do so.

I'd hate to damage someone's credibility over a simple error. I am learning as I go. all is well. I wrote to the guy and he responded.
I got a free scan out of it  

i'm watching NHL playoffs now. I'll scan box/manual tomorrow.

[wiggy]

Ok, I'll tackle it this weekend for ya

I've had few cases as buyer where when I have tried to contact seller Ebay has forced to open case before I can send the message.

I mean I select contact seller and choose the reason for contacting, last time it was broken item, and Ebay dsirected me to open case before my message was forwarded.

How are you trying to contract the seller?  Through the resolution center?  If so, that's why.

[TDIRunner]

ebay error #1
I just got SFC Mask CIB today but I actually won an auction for Pinocchio.
On one hand, I am happy because I may be able to get a free scan of Mask.
on the other hand, I have to try to rectify the matter and I could end up getting stuck with Mask.



has this happened to anyone on TCP?
do I contact ebay about the matter first?

You should open a case with eBay.  However by doing this you will be contacting the seller first.  Give him a chance to resolve the issue at his cost.  If this doesn't happen, get eBay involved by escalating the case.  Just make sure you do everything within eBay's time limit (which is pretty long).  

With a feedback rating of approximately 150, I've only had three bad transactions on eBay.  All three times, the seller resolved the issue at no cost to me.  All three sellers ended up with positive feedback from me.  No one is perfect.  Everyone makes mistakes.  What's important is how someone handles their mistakes.  

As a seller, I can't stand when people default to simply opening a case. It actually slows down the whole return/refund/replace process when I am more than willing to help someone should they just send a message. Same with PayPal.

Interesting, becaues the last two times I tried to do this very thing, eBay would NOT let me send the seller a message without opening a case.  I assumed that it was somthing new and that opening a case was a requirment.  I wonder what I was missing because I can assure you that I tried very hard to avoid opening a case. 

Since I assumed that opening a case was a new requirement, that is why it was my suggestion to noemann.  However, I was trying to make a point to NOT escalate the case unless the seller didn't respond because I felt that would slow down the process as you suggested.

I'm a seller too, so I understand.

[TDIRunner]

I've had few cases as buyer where when I have tried to contact seller Ebay has forced to open case before I can send the message.

I mean I select contact seller and choose the reason for contacting, last time it was broken item, and Ebay dsirected me to open case before my message was forwarded.

This.

This is what happend to me the last two times that I tried to contact ther seller without opening a case.

[TDIRunner]

I've had few cases as buyer where when I have tried to contact seller Ebay has forced to open case before I can send the message.

I mean I select contact seller and choose the reason for contacting, last time it was broken item, and Ebay dsirected me to open case before my message was forwarded.

being relatively new to ebay, I went through the contact seller process regarding no communication. Remember when I bought Paws of Fury cart? the guy never marked it shipped and did not write to me. I waited one week and two days. I decided to contact seller and instead, I opened a case. I thought, "what?" I just wanted to contact the guy first. I decided this time to just use the old auction page to "ask a question" LOL. incidentally, he sent the item but never marked it as being shipped. I suppose he could be busy and just forgot to do so.

I'd hate to damage someone's credibility over a simple error. I am learning as I go. all is well. I wrote to the guy and he responded.
I got a free scan out of it  

i'm watching NHL playoffs now. I'll scan box/manual tomorrow.

That makes sense and I will try that if I ever have to do that again.  Although, for the record, I don't feel that you hurt anyone's credibility by opening a case.  If the case is resolved and closed, no one gets hurt.  Leaving negative feedback is what will hurt someone's credibility.  Fortunately, I've never had to do that.

[TDIRunner]

OK, so I didn’t buy this, but since I acquired it, I thought I would include it.  My wife and I sold some old stuff in a yard sale last weekend, and I found my wife trying to sell this for $0.50.  Luckily I saw it before it sold.  It’s nothing great, but it’s still a video game.  It looks like a typical Tiger single game unit.  However I noticed that I looks like it has a cartridge slot on the back, so I’m going to have to do some research to see what’s that’s about. 

[KMSoulja]

OK, so I didn’t buy this, but since I acquired it, I thought I would include it.  My wife and I sold some old stuff in a yard sale last weekend, and I found my wife trying to sell this for $0.50.  Luckily I saw it before it sold.  It’s nothing great, but it’s still a video game.  It looks like a typical Tiger single game unit.  However I noticed that I looks like it has a cartridge slot on the back, so I’m going to have to do some research to see what’s that’s about. 

I remember that thing. the cartridges just give you more categories.

[Thorn84]

I had a Jeopardy! one that was the same.  There were extra carts which just give you more content.

[Mick Dundee]

I remember that thing. the cartridges just give you more categories.

 Yep. I threw out my wife's a few years ago

[TDIRunner]

OK, so I didn’t buy this, but since I acquired it, I thought I would include it.  My wife and I sold some old stuff in a yard sale last weekend, and I found my wife trying to sell this for $0.50.  Luckily I saw it before it sold.  It’s nothing great, but it’s still a video game.  It looks like a typical Tiger single game unit.  However I noticed that I looks like it has a cartridge slot on the back, so I’m going to have to do some research to see what’s that’s about. 

I remember that thing. the cartridges just give you more categories.

Than I MUST have them.

[wiggy]

I've had few cases as buyer where when I have tried to contact seller Ebay has forced to open case before I can send the message.

I mean I select contact seller and choose the reason for contacting, last time it was broken item, and Ebay dsirected me to open case before my message was forwarded.

being relatively new to ebay, I went through the contact seller process regarding no communication. Remember when I bought Paws of Fury cart? the guy never marked it shipped and did not write to me. I waited one week and two days. I decided to contact seller and instead, I opened a case. I thought, "what?" I just wanted to contact the guy first. I decided this time to just use the old auction page to "ask a question" LOL. incidentally, he sent the item but never marked it as being shipped. I suppose he could be busy and just forgot to do so.

I'd hate to damage someone's credibility over a simple error. I am learning as I go. all is well. I wrote to the guy and he responded.
I got a free scan out of it  

i'm watching NHL playoffs now. I'll scan box/manual tomorrow.

That makes sense and I will try that if I ever have to do that again.  Although, for the record, I don't feel that you hurt anyone's credibility by opening a case.  If the case is resolved and closed, no one gets hurt.  Leaving negative feedback is what will hurt someone's credibility.  Fortunately, I've never had to do that.

eBay counts even a case being opened against you as a tick on your seller record. Enough cases get opened (no matter how they get resolved), and they suspend your seller account. Happened to a friend, then he called because he thought it was the most idiotic thin ever, and they perma-banned him.

[noemann]

just secured a copy of GBC Fix and Foxi  boing boing!
also made a deal for SNES Super Dany and Magical Quest.

wheels are rollin' 

[TDIRunner]

eBay counts even a case being opened against you as a tick on your seller record. Enough cases get opened (no matter how they get resolved), and they suspend your seller account. Happened to a friend, then he called because he thought it was the most idiotic thin ever, and they perma-banned him.

Fair enough.  I didn't know about that. 

But that says more about the problems with eBay than it does about the buyer who opened the case.  eBay has been going downhill for a long time.  I've been a member for almost 15 years, so I can remember the good ol' days.

[noemann]

just rescanned/updated Mask in my scan thread.
Front/back, cart, manual and pink slip goodies.

 

[Grog]

Wiggy please definitely scan Utopia, I managed to find a PAL cover for it but definitely would like a retail NTSC! Also if you do sell Ys let me know what you're price is, I wouldn't mind having that CIB