Why are people idiots?

[paki]

Answer the question.. either before or after reading this..

Ok so as most of you know i sell on Amazon.com (just the small stuff, the other stuff goes to ebay). Anyway, this lady buys something from me yesterday or maybe the day before (cant remember exact date) and emails me.

First, after buying it, she asks if it will be here on Friday. This friday.. not next. I'm guessing she assumed that I ship within 30 seconds of receiving the order.

Second, I kindly explain to her that it will be there next friday because I ship via USPS First Class (3-6 business days). I also inform her of what she purchased (a game MANUAL). Maybe a couple hours later she leaves negative feedback on me and then threatens to get a refund back. Why? Because she made the mistake of buying a manual and not a game.

I don't get people. I wrote that it was a manual in the comments section (see: http://s1.amazon.com/exec/varzea/ts/exchange-glance/Y03Y3972444Y5641201 ). Why are people idiots? Can they not read? There's a comments section for a reason.

Anyway, I basically told her I'm not going to give her a refund until she removes that negative feedback. I have not earned that negative feedback in any way. I told her it will go out tomorrow if the feedback is not removed (all kindly, but how kindly can you really say something like that?)

People are idiots, and now i'm ending this paper. Hope you're convinced!

[Rdizziedog]

Yeah, the lady is pretty much an idiot. I wouldn't worry too much about it though since it was only $2. What you could do is ship it out today with tracking info, and provide paypal with the tracking info now so if she trys to get a refund she can't. Make sure you send it to her confirmed shipping address.

Also, on eBay there are a ton of idiots out there. That's why people get tricked into buying empy boxes with no Xbox's in them and such. Everytime a new system comes out, some asshole puts up an empty box and makes it look 99.9% like they are selling the whole system, but then there is a 1/2 point font at the very bottom that you can't even read that says "box only, system not included". Someone ends up buying an empty box for $100. Yeah, it sucks.

[BigMix]

yeah she is stupid but you could put up a picture of the manual and not the game :)

[Cypher]

85% of the population of the world are stupid people... but thats just my opinion

[exsailor]

Perhaps it was the way Amazon listed it.

List Price: $49.99
Used Price $2.00
You Save: $47.99 (96%)

$49.99 seems a lot for a book. :(

[jfreak921]

I agree that it isn't listed quite properly, but I agree even more with the fact that the buyer is a complete IDIOT.

[paki]

as far as payment goes.. amazon is crap. they dont use paypal.. they use "amazon payments" -- basically amazon's version of paypal. But its all built in onto one site.. so i really cant do much except hope she doesnt file a claim of some sort (which from her more recent email, i can tell she wont)

and yeah the listing is screwed up on amazon.. they only have listings for the games itself.. not the parts. but i figure people would tend to read the comments section.. i mean think about it. the game retails for $50 and you're getting it for $2? Theres gotta be something up with that. Along that note, the next lowest priced used one was like $9ish.. so it makes sense that either a) im not selling the game itself or b) the game is FUBAR

oh well.. we'll see what happens. im not too worried about the $2.. just about the feedback. i know how i shop so i try to keep my feedback along with my guidelines.. if you've got less than 4.8 stars and less than 30 ratings.. ill read your feedback and if i dont like why you were given neg. feedback ill go to the next guy. thats the main reason i responded to her feedback (dunno if you guys had looked that far into the page.. just click my username -- sj_bros) just so i can keep shoppers like me still buying from buyers like me.. if that makes sense lol

ok time to head back to bed.. 3.5 hrs of sleep = not good for me