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[phosfate]

Man, a tiny minority of ebay buyers really like to message and ask for price breaks on already discounted items/try to convince you that the price you are asking is morally wrong because there are DOZENS of identical items on the site for much less that you somehow cannot see/ask you to pull an item that has been bid on and sell it to you directly because their kid REALLY NEEDS IT. The child may also be dying.

God damn, I am so polite to them that it would make you barf.

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[wolfy_writing]

If there are dozens of identical items that are cheaper than what you're selling, they can go buy those?

And I'm now picturing the most over-the-top doe-eyed child lying in a hospital bed coughing dramatically going "I think I could live, if Mommy wins her eBay bid!"

[phosfate]

Dozens of Identical guy then wrote back to tell me how much he loved having the whole series of books (the one I have up is vol 4) because apparently we're pals? Kid mom decided she'd just have to bid and hope for the best. Thanks?

[wolfy_writing]

"Bid and hope for the best" literally how ebay works?

[phosfate]

Yeah, it was hard not to point that out. I'd be less annoyed but it's a rare book at a stupidly low price, so chuck another five bucks at it and see what happens.

[crantz]

Legally you can hunt them for sport.

[phosfate]

I don't want to touch them, I just want them to give me a lot of money.