What annoys you the most in this hobby?

[Lom]

Happened to me the other week; won a 30 back Palitoy Fett cardback for £35 - absolute bargain and I was made up. Paid straight away but funds were returned 2 days later. Apparently a couple of people approached the seller after the auction closed saying they weren't able to bid for some reason. In the name of 'fairness' to these people the seller thought she out to run the auction again. She then resisted as a buy it now and it was snapped up for £150. Obviously I left the money grabbing whore negative feedback from which I got some satisfaction but it wasn't enough, so I spoke to eBay, laid out what happened and they've now banned the bitch faced ****.

And the therapy's going ok and I should be out in a couple of months.

:twisted:

 

[subzero]

Happened to me the other week; won a 30 back Palitoy Fett cardback for £35 - absolute bargain and I was made up. Paid straight away but funds were returned 2 days later. Apparently a couple of people approached the seller after the auction closed saying they weren't able to bid for some reason. In the name of 'fairness' to these people the seller thought she out to run the auction again. She then resisted as a buy it now and it was snapped up for £150. Obviously I left the money grabbing whore negative feedback from which I got some satisfaction but it wasn't enough, so I spoke to eBay, laid out what happened and they've now banned the bitch faced ****.

And the therapy's going ok and I should be out in a couple of months.

:twisted:

Winner

Shame about losing out on such an amazing bargain, but at least she got a bit of good ol' karma in return which is a rare thing on ebay these days, ebay seem to usually let people get away with murder on there.

 

[Mini99]

Happened to me the other week; won a 30 back Palitoy Fett cardback for £35 - absolute bargain and I was made up. Paid straight away but funds were returned 2 days later. Apparently a couple of people approached the seller after the auction closed saying they weren't able to bid for some reason. In the name of 'fairness' to these people the seller thought she out to run the auction again. She then resisted as a buy it now and it was snapped up for £150. Obviously I left the money grabbing whore negative feedback from which I got some satisfaction but it wasn't enough, so I spoke to eBay, laid out what happened and they've now banned the bitch faced ****.

And the therapy's going ok and I should be out in a couple of months.

:twisted:

I think for the sake of your therapy you should learn to say it how it is, as I am not sure how you feel about her! :lol:

 

[fuzzybuzzytoys]

"Professionally and painstaking restored....blah blah blah"

Grinds my gears!

 

[Andy968]

eBay, the price hikes are mental. I remember a while back seeing a pair of AT-AT chin guns online for £20, now they're £50. Then they're is repro, this stuff looks pants, why do I want to do up my collection with stuff that is not real and looks fake?
Prices for me is what will slow me down.

 

[subzero]

When you spot what you think is a MOC at a bargain price on ebay, then you go into the description and it says "recarded"

Wouldn't hurt to mention that in the main ******* title lol.

 

[Twin30mm]

Wildly exaggerated Ebay auction titles, e.g. "WOW.....HUGE vintage SW collection.....MUST SEE"

Click on the photo and it turns out to be a broken Mini-Rig, six beater figures and a pubic hair.

:evil: :evil:

 

[subzero]

a broken Mini-Rig, six beater figures and a pubic hair.

Lmao!! :lol:

 

[Darth Bobby]

All of the above... I go into every purchase with trepidation, expecting there to be a problem with every transaction. That way you are often surprised at how nice people can be. If you're careful after a while you can often tell when something is untoward. I'm no expert but if it looks too good to be true it usually it. The prices are horrendous but I don't set my sights on anything that I consider to be out of my grasp. The low ranking MOC's etc, sometimes pop up for an alright price. I try not to get annoyed as it's meant to be fun. It's like everything in life, there's always someone out there with an angle, I try not to rise to it.

 

[Dr_Ball_MD]

When you spot what you think is a MOC at a bargain price on ebay, then you go into the description and it says "recarded"

Wouldn't hurt to mention that in the main ******* title lol.

But it has been painstakingly recarded tho

 

[pizzathehutt]

I dipped into the carded jedi figures a few years back, bought 4 from 4 different sellers and everyone turned up damaged so I stopped right there

 

[subzero]

I dipped into the carded jedi figures a few years back, bought 4 from 4 different sellers and everyone turned up damaged so I stopped right there

Gotta love them sellers who put it in a damn jiffy bag with a single wrap of bubble wrap around it ( to stop it from getting crushed ) :lol:

Some of them still send it like that even when you politely request it be sent in a box and explain to them why, they're like "no **** you a jiffy bag will work"... and then it turns up like it's been through a garbage compactor on the detention level, grinds my gears that does!

 

[pizzathehutt]

I dipped into the carded jedi figures a few years back, bought 4 from 4 different sellers and everyone turned up damaged so I stopped right there

Gotta love them sellers who put it in a damn jiffy bag with a single wrap of bubble wrap around it ( to stop it from getting crushed ) :lol:

Some of them still send it like that even when you politely request it be sent in a box and explain to them why, they're like "no **** you a jiffy bag will work"... and then it turns up like it's been through a garbage compactor on the detention level, grinds my gears that does!

the first one I received was a bib fortuna turned up with a cracked bubble, it was wrapped in a few sheets of kitchen roll and put inside a nike shoebox with nothing to stop it from moving around. idiots!

 

[maxf]

Click on the photo and it turns out to be a broken Mini-Rig, six beater figures and a pubic hair.

Link? I need a ginger to complete my run!

 

[Mini99]

Click on the photo and it turns out to be a broken Mini-Rig, six beater figures and a pubic hair.

Link? I need a ginger to complete my run!

:lol: :lol: :roll:

 

[subzero]

Click on the photo and it turns out to be a broken Mini-Rig, six beater figures and a pubic hair.

Link? I need a ginger to complete my run!

But it won't have a soul lmao! :lol:

 

[Awl Skulkerkey]

When you spot what you think is a MOC at a bargain price on ebay, then you go into the description and it says "recarded"

Wouldn't hurt to mention that in the main ******* title lol.

I couldn't agree more. Ebay should be held accountable for bell ends misleading main titles for items. If you went to Morrisons and bought a beef lasagne which later turned out to be horsemeat? - aargh bad example, that happened right? :lol:
Ok but if it is recarded then f*cking SAY SO.. don't try and hide that recarded word in the third paragraph down near the description ending just before postage details. Lying Ebay ******s! Put them in a seperate section hidden away called 'Conman Corner Collectables' :lol:

 

[subzero]

When you spot what you think is a MOC at a bargain price on ebay, then you go into the description and it says "recarded"

Wouldn't hurt to mention that in the main ******* title lol.

I couldn't agree more. Ebay should be held accountable for bell ends misleading main titles for items. If you went to Morrisons and bought a beef lasagne which later turned out to be horsemeat? - aargh bad example, that happened right? :lol:
Ok but if it is recarded then f*cking SAY SO.. don't try and hide that recarded word in the third paragraph down near the description ending just before postage details. Lying Ebay ******s! Put them in a seperate section hidden away called 'Conman Corner Collectables' :lol:

Haha true, it's just dishonest and quite pathetic tbh, they're purposely not putting 'recard' in the title to force viewers to click on it and have a look just in case it changes our mind and it leads to a sale. Which actually does the complete opposite because all it does is causes massive disappointment when you finally read it's a recard, and the only ones who are ever gonna buy these pieces of **** are people actually looking for recarded figures, the genuine vintage collectors are never gonna bother buying them so there's no point in forcing us to click on it.

Yes they should be held accountable ( or the seller ) to some degree doing this, if this practice was done on amazon they wouldn't last 5 mins, can't get away with **** on amazon it's very strict there.

 

[Dorsetmark]

This sort of iss take really annoys me

 

[subzero]

Lol, now THAT'S taking the piss :evil:

Sad part is if some div actually buy's that then that could quickly become the new market price

 

[AllThings80s]

AFA Ready = I can't be arsed to grade it myself, but I'll happily charge you the price as if it was graded.
Rare = It's common.
Very Rare = It's even more common.
I'm No Expert = I know exactly what is wrong with it, but I'm not going to tell you.
Study The Pictures = Because I intentionally didn't describe the flaws in the description.
Slight Yellow Tint = The bubble is more yellow than the piss from a Scotsman after drinking 4 litres of Irn-Bru.
No Returns = When you receive this, you'll want a refund.
Sold as Seen = The reason I added only one picture from 10ft away is so that you can't see the damage done to it.
£12 P&P Charge = I'm going to send this via Yodel and keep the rest as profit.
Payment Within 24 Hours = I want your money now, but it'll take me 2 weeks to post it to you.

 

[ScruffyLookingNH]

AFA Ready = I can't be arsed to grade it myself, but I'll happily charge you the price as if it was graded.
Rare = It's common.
Very Rare = It's even more common.
I'm No Expert = I know exactly what is wrong with it, but I'm not going to tell you.
Study The Pictures = Because I intentionally didn't describe the flaws in the description.
Slight Yellow Tint = The bubble is more yellow than the piss from a Scotsman after drinking 4 litres of Irn-Bru.
No Returns = When you receive this, you'll want a refund.
Sold as Seen = The reason I added only one picture from 10ft away is so that you can't see the damage done to it.
£12 P&P Charge = I'm going to send this via Yodel and keep the rest as profit.
Payment Within 24 Hours = I want your money now, but it'll take me 2 weeks to post it to you.

:lol:

You forgot:
"Buy now before someone else does!" = "Quick, make an impulse purchase because if you think about it you'll know it's a rip off"
"Listed elsewhere" = "Make me an offer that is more than I was expecting and at the same time means I don't pay fees and you take the risk"
"It's been in the loft for year" = "It been in the loft for cat years, so around 7 months"
Unique = Apart from the other 14 that are currently listed for a quarter of the price
Collector's item = If people collected **** (literally) they'd buy this as a stop gap until they found something better

 

[Pomse2001]

This sort of iss take really annoys me

I agree and it have got a lot worse the last couple of years.

 

[subzero]

AFA Ready = I can't be arsed to grade it myself, but I'll happily charge you the price as if it was graded.
Rare = It's common.
Very Rare = It's even more common.
I'm No Expert = I know exactly what is wrong with it, but I'm not going to tell you.
Study The Pictures = Because I intentionally didn't describe the flaws in the description.
Slight Yellow Tint = The bubble is more yellow than the piss from a Scotsman after drinking 4 litres of Irn-Bru.
No Returns = When you receive this, you'll want a refund.
Sold as Seen = The reason I added only one picture from 10ft away is so that you can't see the damage done to it.
£12 P&P Charge = I'm going to send this via Yodel and keep the rest as profit.
Payment Within 24 Hours = I want your money now, but it'll take me 2 weeks to post it to you.

Also sellers stating in the auction description.. "this figure is worth £X" or "this figure usually sells for £X" = I'm telling you how much to bid because I don't want this to sell cheap.

 

[lejackal]

AFA Ready = I can't be arsed to grade it myself, but I'll happily charge you the price as if it was graded.
Rare = It's common.
Very Rare = It's even more common.
I'm No Expert = I know exactly what is wrong with it, but I'm not going to tell you.
Study The Pictures = Because I intentionally didn't describe the flaws in the description.
Slight Yellow Tint = The bubble is more yellow than the piss from a Scotsman after drinking 4 litres of Irn-Bru.
No Returns = When you receive this, you'll want a refund.
Sold as Seen = The reason I added only one picture from 10ft away is so that you can't see the damage done to it.
£12 P&P Charge = I'm going to send this via Yodel and keep the rest as profit.
Payment Within 24 Hours = I want your money now, but it'll take me 2 weeks to post it to you.

:lol:

You forgot:
"Buy now before someone else does!" = "Quick, make an impulse purchase because if you think about it you'll know it's a rip off"
"Listed elsewhere" = "Make me an offer that is more than I was expecting and at the same time means I don't pay fees and you take the risk"
"It's been in the loft for year" = "It been in the loft for cat years, so around 7 months"
Unique = Apart from the other 14 that are currently listed for a quarter of the price
Collector's item = If people collected **** (literally) they'd buy this as a stop gap until they found something better

You both forgot;

Just Graded/Just back from the graders/I'm a money grabbing **** but there are a queue of people prepared to suck my cock as I take thousands of dollars off of them for items I paid pennies for a month ago.

 

[subzero]

AFA Ready = I can't be arsed to grade it myself, but I'll happily charge you the price as if it was graded.
Rare = It's common.
Very Rare = It's even more common.
I'm No Expert = I know exactly what is wrong with it, but I'm not going to tell you.
Study The Pictures = Because I intentionally didn't describe the flaws in the description.
Slight Yellow Tint = The bubble is more yellow than the piss from a Scotsman after drinking 4 litres of Irn-Bru.
No Returns = When you receive this, you'll want a refund.
Sold as Seen = The reason I added only one picture from 10ft away is so that you can't see the damage done to it.
£12 P&P Charge = I'm going to send this via Yodel and keep the rest as profit.
Payment Within 24 Hours = I want your money now, but it'll take me 2 weeks to post it to you.

:lol:

You forgot:
"Buy now before someone else does!" = "Quick, make an impulse purchase because if you think about it you'll know it's a rip off"
"Listed elsewhere" = "Make me an offer that is more than I was expecting and at the same time means I don't pay fees and you take the risk"
"It's been in the loft for year" = "It been in the loft for cat years, so around 7 months"
Unique = Apart from the other 14 that are currently listed for a quarter of the price
Collector's item = If people collected **** (literally) they'd buy this as a stop gap until they found something better

You both forgot;

Just Graded/Just back from the graders/I'm a money grabbing **** but there are a queue of people prepared to suck my cock as I take thousands of dollars off of them for items I paid pennies for a month ago.

:lol:

 

[khayman]

Facebook groups - I'm a member of some of them but when I started out I just used swfuk. I picked up most of my loose collection on here.
The groups came on and they multiplied, they branded themselves and gave themselves market power. Prices increased and increased - not just down to groups but the mass saturation didn't help.

 

[pizzathehutt]

Leia Blasters are mental at the moment

 

[subzero]

Leia Blasters are mental at the moment

There's one on ebay now for about £100 I think, but of course it's the early bird issue blaster so that's okay :lol:

 

[AndyPreston]

It's bloody happened again!

I posted on this thread about winning an auction only for the seller to claim it's been lost or damaged, and issue a refund. I've had another example today with a 1979 Chad Valley catalogue that I won for a tenner. It hadnt arrived after over a fortnight so I contacted the seller and got this response...

"Hi Andy, I'm sorry that you haven't received the item. Bizzarely, I have just got home from work and found that it has been redelivered to me completely damaged with a note from the post office. It looks like it's been caught in a machine or something. Anyway, it is that bad it isn't worth keeping, sadly. I will refund your payment straight away. Again, I'm sorry that you didn't receive it. Regards, Paul."

A bloody likely story! Unfortunately with the refund having been given eBay has closed the case and won't let me contact him again, so time to name and shame.

His name is Paul Quinn, eBay user name tobykenobi. One to avoid I would suggest.

Rant over!