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Title: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 24, 2012, 12:04:01 PM
Hi there! I sold my baiaty G1 seashell on July 21st on ebay. I have in my auctions in capital letters that if you have less then 5 positive feedbacks that the buyer must make contact with me prior to the auction ending. The auction sold for .99 cents to a brand new buyer with 0 feedback. I have not had any contact with the buyer. I sent this person 2 emails requesting payment to be made, and some kind of email or contact from them.

I allow 5 days for payment to be made so they have until July 26th to pay me. I am getting frustrated with bidders not reading my auctions "rules". All I want is a simple note, saying hi, i am a real person and intend to pay if I win.

I am hoping perhaps the buyer may be a member here. Perhaps they forgot to pay me, or dont know how? I am more then willing to help them along, I just want to hear from them.

So is your out there hikariamaya please contact me, I would really apreciate it!! Thank you

Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 24, 2012, 12:14:17 PM
I am sorry you are having issues.  :(

There is a member here by that name but I am almost positive that is not the ebay user ID I know her to use.  But she could have opened another account.  :tellme:

Here is member hikaria's profile page:
http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php?action=profile;u=13632

Maybe you could PM her and ask if it's the same person?  It wouldn't hurt.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 24, 2012, 12:19:44 PM
Thank you pony lady!!! I just looked into a bit and both of these people are from the same town and state. I will send her a pm shortly, thanks so much!

Sarah
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 24, 2012, 12:32:30 PM
Your Welcome!

I hope you can sort this out.  It is actually out of character for her, so I hope everything is alright.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Unicorn_pops on July 24, 2012, 04:27:34 PM
I know from the Children's Day Swap that hikaria is having family problems at the moment.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 24, 2012, 04:30:12 PM
Thanks Steph for posting.  I am sorry to hear that she is going through some family problems.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 24, 2012, 04:41:43 PM
HI guys, thank you for your help with this. I too am sorry she is going through some family issues. However that may be, but she still had the ability to open an ebay account on the 18th, and to bid and win my auction. Of corse this is assuming it is the smae person. But with the facts I have it seems that it is.
I am certainly not trying to be a bitch about this, but this is my money and time involved. I left for a 2 week trip to Texas and brought her pony with me to ship once she paid. I am going above and beyond with this buyer just trying to pull some kind of contact out of them. I ahte to open a case against a brand new ebayer, but I will if it comes to it. Thanks again!!

Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 24, 2012, 04:56:37 PM
I don't think your being unreasonable what so ever.  It's business and ebay puts the strain on us anymore.  So it is completely understandable.

I do hope she comes and explains what happend or Pm's you back quickly.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 24, 2012, 06:18:27 PM
It looks like the last time she was on the arena was the 15th. She made her ebay account on the 18th, again assuming it is her.  I just dont understand all this over a dollar. Ebay is getting to be ridiculous. I had to put in mt listing that if you have less then 5 positive feedback you must make contact with me. I am about at the point of not allowing people to bid. It just shouldnt be this hard. I really appreciate all the feedback and help you guys have given me!

Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Ringlets on July 25, 2012, 04:07:21 AM
I'm so sorry to hear this sarah :(  it does seem out of character for her, so I'm hoping that everything is ok and that she will respond to you soon and sort this out. If  she doesnt pay/contact you then of course opening a case is the right thing to do, even if it is the same person who is a member here. It could be that if she is having RL issues then she may have forgot she bid on your pony  or thought she wouldnt have won at that price, and hasnt been online since..  that doesnt excuse her though.  Hopefully she will contact you soon :hug:
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 25, 2012, 10:44:44 AM
HI- I certainly hope shes ok!! I wouldnt wish anything bad on anyone! I have never dealt with her before so I dont knwo what is normal or abnormal with her. Ringlets- I am going to send you a pm right now!  Thanks again everyone!!

Sarah
Streaks1

EDIT- I just logged into ebay and received a email from her. She says she intends to pay me by tomorrow (yes!!). However she said "I reread your auction after you emailed me the first time. and honestly have never heard of that rule of auctions with telling them their intentions".

I replied back to her saying how much I appreciate her contact, and my "rule" in my auction about making contact is not a ebay "rule"  but a guideline I established after having so many non-paying bidders in the past.

As a matter of curiousity, here is the auction for Seashell.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160846053755&ssPageName=ADME:X:AAQ:US:1123


Is it wrong of me to put that "rule" into my auctions? Is there a way I can just block bidders with less than 5 or 10 positive feedbacks? This isnt the first time I have had this exact same problem. I just dont understand how you bid on somthing but dont read everything in the listing? I am justn glad this will be over with shortly and move on to somthing else!

Thanks again everyone for all your help and guidance with this matter!!!

Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 25, 2012, 11:24:48 AM
Hey Sarah!

I sent a message to her through the ebay ID that I have. 

Hopefully she will get back to you or me to let someone know what's going on.  :(
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 25, 2012, 11:29:11 AM
Thank you ponylady, I did finally hear from her. I edited my post above yours.

Sarah
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 25, 2012, 11:43:07 AM
I honestly see nothing wrong with your "rule" alot of sellers have that exact same one in place.

I double checked on my account to see if you can block bidders with less than 5 or 10 feedback.  And you can't. I didn't think you could but I wanted to double check for sure.

But you can set a few requirements.  Just go into your My Ebay and hover over the account tab, it should bring up a list, click Seller Account.  Then on that page on the left click Site Preferences.   It will be the 9th one down under Buyer Requirements, click Show, then click Edit.  It's basically to block people with unpaid item strikes or policy violations.  But it might help.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 25, 2012, 12:04:48 PM
Thank you ponylady for all your help with this. I will look into the buyer requiremnets on ebay. That might prove to be helpfull. I really appreciate it!!!

Sarah
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 25, 2012, 12:28:38 PM
Just wanted to pop in and say I know hikari_amaya and she is really, really reliable.  I know she is having some family problems right now.  Is there any way I can send you payment for the item she owes on and then you can just ship it to her.  It is domestic post and the end price was only a dollar so I don't mind at all. 
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 25, 2012, 01:16:34 PM
HI Sarahlacewing - I appluad you for wanting to help your friend. However I dont feel comfortable having you pay for the auction she won on ebay. If it were a sale here I might condsider it.  She chose to bid on an auction and won. I did not force her to do so. It is her responibility to read the auctions terms and requirments.

She has contacted me on ebay today and has told me she will make payment tomorrow. Tomorrow is her last day to do so. It was her auction she won, if you pay I dont know what that does for my protection as a seller on ebay. Bidding on ebay is a legal contract. If you pay for her auction what should I say for feedback for her?  If this is a problem for her to pay all she had to do was tell me. I will cancel the sale and leave appropriate feedback.

Again, I cannot stress that I do feel bad for her problems. I understand things happen. I take my reputation, feedback and all sales very seriously. It isnt about the dollar amount that I am concerned with, I was concened because she didnt follow the auctions directions. That is up to the bidder or buyer to follow. As a seller I shouldnt have to chase and hound someone. This is a new account for her (as she told me) she lost the password to her previous account on ebay, so she does have ebay experience.

If she pays me tomorrow, great! If she cannot and does not, thats fine too. At this point I want to move on from this auction.

Thank you
Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 25, 2012, 01:20:40 PM
Me again.  I'd be happy to pay as a gift so you know for sure you will get your money.  When funds are sent as a gift there is no method to take them back because nothing is owed to the person sending the funds.  However, if you aren't comfortable with that I completely understand.  You as a seller must protect yourself from potential problems, and I understand this has been an issue of great frustration for you.  If it is easier for you just to cancel or relist or something I think you should do that.  I'm sure that hikari_amaya would understand if she is unable to make the payment.

As to feedback, it is also your decision.  I hope that you two can come to an arrangement that leaves you both feeling satisfied.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 25, 2012, 01:28:54 PM
HI there - Thank you for understanding my point of view on this.  She has until tomorrow to pay me. I will not just cancel the sale just becasue it is easier for me. Like I said before, I do understand that things come up. I really am not trying to be diffucult at all with her.

Hopefully by tomorrow everything will have worked its way out for the better.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Ringlets on July 25, 2012, 06:39:46 PM
Lets hope so ^^ :)
 I PMd you back now Sarah . Sorry for the delay , I was late getting online tonight
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 26, 2012, 11:14:40 AM
What the heck? I just received a bid from hikariamaya on an eBay item at 6:03 AM today. I will be cancelling it, I just wanted to let everyone know. It was for $43.

Edit: Actually it was for $60, I can see it now that I've cancelled it. I linked to this thread in the cancellation listing. And my item is now $10 cheaper  :huh:

Since she apparently has 2 eBay ID's(?), isn't paying for the item this thread is about, and is actively bidding in high amounts, I've decided to add her to my blocked list.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 26, 2012, 11:42:12 AM
This is quite troubling if someone else is having problems with this user.  Maybe it is not our hikari_amaya after all.  It's so unlike her. :(
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 26, 2012, 01:05:07 PM
HI there! She did pay me this morning, and also paid for another auction she won from someone else!! I may be not reading properly or understanding either, but to me it looks like she has changed her name on ebay to somthing that starts with a "r". If this is the case and it is her , she has been bidding on things all week.

Saralacewing - Both of these people live in the same town, and state. So to me it seems very unlikly it is two different people, and both collect mlp. The other auction she won and paid for today was a mlp item.
Without outing someone else, I also know there is someone else who is haveing problems with her too, that has not posted here.

Babystarz- I am sorry you had potential issues with her. I too will be blocking her after this. Hopefully someone else will bid on your items! I hope so.

I feel bad about all this, but if this is going to become a problem ebayer/memeber it should come to light now.. instead of more people loosing out on time and there efforts.

Sarah
Streaks1
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on July 26, 2012, 01:13:10 PM
What the heck? I just received a bid from hikariamaya on an eBay item at 6:03 AM today. I will be cancelling it, I just wanted to let everyone know. It was for $43.

Edit: Actually it was for $60, I can see it now that I've cancelled it. I linked to this thread in the cancellation listing. And my item is now $10 cheaper  :huh:

Since she apparently has 2 eBay ID's(?), isn't paying for the item this thread is about, and is actively bidding in high amounts, I've decided to add her to my blocked list.

Can you PM me?  :)  Avoiding people when you have open, pending transactions is not okay! 
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 26, 2012, 01:21:02 PM
I think you have been as fair and understanding as possible prettypony55.  If there are problems they should be documented in the community, and with appropriate feedback.  That is the point of the system.  While I have had nothing but good experiences with hikari_amaya, I do believe that you should always protect yourself as a seller if you feel that something is amiss.

The nice thing about trader support is that a person can always come and give their side of a situation.  So don't feel bad.  You did what you had to do. And in the end it all worked out.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 26, 2012, 01:38:57 PM
I so am glad to hear that payment was finally made prettypony.

I am also going to say that coming here was the right thing to do.  It is why this forum exists. And why we are here to help.

If there are personal issues going on that are keeping her from fufilling her from obligations here, then I urge her to contact a Mod.  I have also dealt with her numerous times with no issues, so I do not want to see her tarnish her reputation. 

This is a pretty forgiving community with a little bit of communication.

Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 26, 2012, 01:49:35 PM
HI - Thats just it, it was never about  a huge amount of money for me. i just wnated some kind of contact from her. It could have been a 2 second email or pm here. I take the time to list my "rule" on my auctions just for this reason. I just wnta to know that tehy intend to pay. Even if she came to from the beging and told me she needed a few extra days I would have been fine with it. Im not a mean person. Buyt you got to give me a wiggle room here.

I am by no means saying she is a terrible person or a scammer. Its not that at all. I do think she should definatly read the entire listing information on ebay auctions she wants to bid on. If she had did that in the first place with me, and then had emailed me we wouldnt be here. I have to be honest nI am not overly happy to see all this other bidding by here going on while I was awaiting payment and a email or pm from here. To me that says she has no respect or just doesnt care to contact me or finish up our bussiness.

I am very glad the arena is here for us to be able to talk to each other and discuss our trading, buying, and selling issues and problems.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 26, 2012, 03:05:02 PM
In my case there was no harm done, I acted out of an abundance of caution to avoid any problem from happening because things just aren't making sense here. I really hope hikari_amaya posts soon to clear things up.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 26, 2012, 03:11:36 PM
It shows she was on today at 2:21pm. I would have thought she would have popped in to say somthing. Wheather it is good, bad, or otherwise.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 26, 2012, 03:27:01 PM
Ok, now I'm really, really confused. I just received a bid from hopes_lionheads on the same item. Her user profile on ebay says:

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MLP Sites
I am a memeber on MLP Arena known as hikari_amaya. If anything is purchased from here I'll gladly leave feedback on the Arena for the sellers as well :)
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 26, 2012, 03:37:07 PM
Holy cow guys!!! This is what she emailed me on ebay, there was more to the email I just chose to post what I thought is important to this post. " I was on ebay years ago, under the name roselessfaith but lost the pass to it and have decided to restart and get into ponies".

When she bought from me her ebay name is hikariamaya. What the heck is going on here folks?? How many names does she have? I would love to know how she has time to bud on all these auction, find the money to pay for them. It took her 5 days to send me a 3 sentence email, and 6 days to pay 3$. She is involved with a swap here as well. She keeps saying and typing shes having family problems? I just dont knwo what to think about this whole thing.

She has been on the arena today. Why hasnt she come here to talk to us? It appears that she is a active member here?

EDIT - Babystarz, I guess she really wants whatever it is your selling on ebay!
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 26, 2012, 03:58:51 PM
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EDIT - Babystarz, I guess she really wants whatever it is your selling on ebay!

Yeah, I don't know what to do. I've already cancelled one high bid, I worry about how it looks to other potential bidders doing it twice :/ There are less than 24 hours left on my auction and I don't want people to be put off from bidding. I also realized when she placed the bid that I have had positive experiences on eBay with her in the past. I'm just really at a loss.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: ponylady on July 26, 2012, 04:30:10 PM
In my case there was no harm done, I acted out of an abundance of caution to avoid any problem from happening because things just aren't making sense here. I really hope hikari_amaya posts soon to clear things up.
I think you did the right thing to protect yourself.  As for using her other ID to make another bid does not look good.  :huh:

I honestly hope she will come on and respond to this thread to let other's know what exaactly is going on.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on July 26, 2012, 04:54:23 PM
has anyone sent her a pm or tried to contact her on the Arena to let her know this thread exists?

I've had nothing but positive experiences with her in the past, and she's a super nice person, this does seem extremely out of character for her.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 26, 2012, 05:51:12 PM
Bidding with multiple ids after being declined does look bad.  I secretly hope it's an impersonator or something freaky like that. 
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 26, 2012, 10:46:35 PM
Sorry for taking so long to reply.  I went to dinner with my husband and his co-workers.

I sent her a pm here on July 24th.

Babystarz- If it were me, I would cancel this bid too. I am being totally blunt with you, and not trying to be mean. I would look at her trying with at leats 2 different ebay name and as many bids trying to win your item as fishy to me. I just dont like it. She should respect that you blocked her from bidding, not going and trying to be sneeky and win it anyways.  It just seems like she wnats what she wnats and she doesnt care how she does it. She could have emailed you and asked you why you cancelled her bid.

I dont know her persoanlly and have never done any other bussiness with her. But the way she is acting and behaving is not very becoming. You cancelled her first bid, and she should have left it as that. Did she think by bidding again with a different ebay name you wouldnt be smart enough to figure it out? I mean come on she has in her ebay bio who she really is?? Obviously you can read what she wrote about herself.

I am the type of person that if I have a problem with someone I come right out and say it. I am honest with my feelings and some people think I am being mean or hard ass.

I wish she would come here too and try to talk to us. I am sure shes not a bad person or a bad buyer, but the way things are going shes only digging the hole deeper for her.

Honestly I find it very hard to believe she has another person trying to be her. Maybe she thinks shes in too far and is afraid to come out and be straight with us. I dont know. I have no ill feelings toward her, I just wont do bussiness with her again.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Ringlets on July 27, 2012, 04:01:09 AM
Bidding with her other ID after having one cancelled does not look good  :huh:  I think she really does need to come and explain things in this thread, especially since she has been online here. She didnt have a bad reputation before and quite a few people here have had good experiences with her, so I am a little confused by the current situation.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 27, 2012, 10:05:26 AM
Thanks for the advice prettypony55, after reading your post I decided to just go ahead and retract the new bid and block that ID too. I've received new bids so I won't lose out on the price again too much anyway.

When I went to block the new ID, I noticed that she's already changed the hikariamaya ID to sweetdecadence

At this point, given all the ID switching, things are not looking good at all and I'm worried she was trying to scam me or something. I will be leaving negative feedback for her here if it turns out this was indeed all her - I do not appreciate people screwing around with my auctions. I will also be reporting this multiple ID business to eBay.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Maniah on July 27, 2012, 11:40:25 AM
Hey guys. She may not have had time to post here, or she may not want to.. I did send her a PM pointing out this thread in the hopes that she could help shed some light on this. I got a reply pretty quickly, which may or may not mean something to y'all who know the IDs being used.

I'm not sure if anyone else has sent you a PM abut this, but I thought I would point you over to the trader support forum. There is a thread there you may want to reply to. A lot of really fishy things are being reported about Ebay ID's that appear to be yours. http://mlparena.com/mlp/index.php/topic,303511.0.html
No, I wasn't aware of it. After I got your message I told my family and my sister went oops. Then went I paid her though -_- Great :( but she did show me the original messages from streak1, I so didn't need this,  its not my account. I told her what my username meant, it means Light Night Rain, and she said it was pretty. I've told her to delete or change the accounts name. Now I'm frusterated.

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I couldn't make much sense of that.. But it seemed to me like she was telling her sister to change the accounts name to something other than Hikari_Amaya, so that may be why it was recently changed?

If my posting of this correspondence is uncalled for somehow, Mods, please feel free to delete it. I'm just trying to help by sharing what little I know, to try and diffuse the confusion.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on July 27, 2012, 11:43:46 AM
It looks like Hikari said that was her sister's account and she asked her sister to change the name so it wouldn't be associated with her.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 27, 2012, 11:57:13 AM
Ok, so why did her main account bid on my auction after her "sister"?

Thank you for posting Maniah, I am glad to see she is communicating with someone about this.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Maniah on July 27, 2012, 12:09:09 PM
Maybe her sister's bid was th one canceled and her sister begged her to do it instead? *shrug* Have you tried sending her a new PM recently? She answered mine really fast. Maybe the others got lost if there were any. That does happen sometimes.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: hikari_amaya on July 27, 2012, 01:33:15 PM
Hi everyone. You wanted me and here I am. After much frusteration.

This is what happened. Within the last 7 months, my greatgrandmother was dignosed with COPD, a blood clot above her stomache mixed with her being 87. My family have basically written her off and clearly want nothing to do with her anymore. We placed her in a home where she literally tried to kill herself. I am forced to care for her since there is literally no money. I also WORK 4 days a week, when I'm not with my grandmother I am basically being treated like slave labor at work to the point last week I nearly quit, but if I do that my family starves. So I'm sorry ponies takes a backseat to everything. I've become SO stressed out over this s#** theyre trying to put me back on anti depressants again.

My sister on a whim asked me what my username meant, and I told her, it meant Light night rain. I DID Not know what she was going to do. I DID NOT Know she created an ebay account, nor did I know she was BIDDING on ponies. This actually common for my sister to copy me, because she LOVES ME! I showed her some ponies that were ending now and mentioned a pony that Sarah had auctioned, which my sister won. But told her i couldnt get them until yesterday, but I DIDNT bid on them since it would be awhile. I DID NOT know she had, it wasnt until this gets slammed into my face I found out. Lilly Showed me the messages, and Sarah personally said there was a 5 day grace period for payment, in her first message. Then she creates this thread?!

Now people are ASSUMING I am my sister. that I'm a NPB or screwing with people's auctions. I am not. That is why I chose NOT to use my username (hikari_amaya) for my ebay, for this exact reason. I have won and paid to many of you, on time and very promptly. Ponylady messaged through my personal account to figure out whats going on. Because I've dealt with me many times, as recently as last month.

When I was informed of everything, I demanded she change her username, out of respect for me she did. Maniah is the only one to actually message me to tell me there was a thread like this. NOBODY has even taken into consideration whats going on in my life or why I've been absent. Thank you Sarah, After my swaps are done, if i havent been kicked out that is. I will be leaving Arena AND Ponies. Because this has ruined EVERYTHING for me. Because NONE of you know whats going on and this honestly makes me sick.

And also note, My sister has PAID everyone. And I've been in contact with Ponylady over this. This is borderline stalking and slander. I would like this thread to be locked or shut down.

Thank you.

Post Merge: July 27, 2012, 01:40:40 PM

@Maniah - Sarah has not contacted me since asking if I was hikariamaya. I messaged her informing her what was going on. Nor has she contacted my sister since she told her she would be paid on Thursday. Instead I see I'm being bashed. Because my phone DOES not like the forums here or telling me when I have important messages from here. Maniah your email snuck past whatever my phone has against this place thats how i know anything was going on.

Post Merge: July 27, 2012, 01:44:15 PM

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EDIT - Babystarz, I guess she really wants whatever it is your selling on ebay!

Yeah, I don't know what to do. I've already cancelled one high bid, I worry about how it looks to other potential bidders doing it twice :/ There are less than 24 hours left on my auction and I don't want people to be put off from bidding. I also realized when she placed the bid that I have had positive experiences on eBay with her in the past. I'm just really at a loss.
Yes I really wanted that pony, because theyre mainly BIN. She saw it first and then when you canceled her bid she fessed up. Then you canceled mine even though we have had a good business relationship before. If I honestly want to "scam" anyone would I be that stupid to use my username for a new ebay account when I had an established account already?
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: babystarz on July 27, 2012, 01:53:08 PM
I am posting my reply to hikari_amaya on eBay, which I stand by, and then I'm finished with all of this:

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Dear hopes_lionheads,

Hello,
Had you PMed me and explained before bidding, I would have been willing to give you the benefit of the doubt as we have had good dealings in the past. However you must look at it from my perspective - it appeared that multiple ID's were being used, there was no explanation to be had and when your sister placed the bid, she had NOT paid prettypony, so I wasn't about to deal with someone who potentially wouldn't honor a bid. I am relying on my income from eBay to make ends meet right now, and I would prefer to avoid a hassle if possible. Then without any communication I had a bid from you on behalf of a user with your username on the Arena who I had already blocked because we couldn't find any answers to who it was. It's totally reasonable for a seller in this position to find that kind of thing shady, and I felt the need to protect myself because I had *no* idea what was going on.

- hearts.ponies

Edit: posting the updated conversation because it explains why I didn't contact hikari_amaya directly:

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Dear hopes_lionheads,

Why should I have to message you asking what was up? You didn't think I'd be wary when your sister had already admitted to you her bid was retracted under a name that is usually associated with you? And the reason that I didn't message you was because*removed*I figured that since she had already attempted to contact you, either you weren't responding or you were backlogged trying to answer PM's and I certainly wasn't going to add to it. I also really don't appreciate your accusations of stalking and slander, when I was simply trying to figure out who was whom and trying to make sure someone wasn't impersonating you or taking over your account to scam me or what have you.

- hearts.ponies
Please refrain from posting private communications between a Moderator and yourself. Thanks PonyLady
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 27, 2012, 03:58:06 PM
hikari_amaya I'm so glad you finally made it over here! I think that pretty well explains everything that happened.  I know you are feeling overwhelmed and frustrated with everything going on and then these problems with your sister and some eBay transactions are not helping at all. I hope you know that you are still welcome here.

I was wondering if it was a copycat or if you had been hacked or something because it just didn't seem like you at all. I didn't want to send you a whole bunch of messages because I figured all these other people were already writing you and I am not directly involved, but several of us vouched for you. So don't think your positive reputation was for nothing.

You are a well established member.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 27, 2012, 04:30:30 PM
Hello there! Thank you for coming here and talking to us about what happened. I will try to address your questions and comments in order.
Yes, I do have a 5 day grace period to pay. But it also states very clearly in capital letters in all my auctions
"IF YOU HAVE LESS THAN 5 POSITIVE FEEDBACKS YOU MUST MAKE CONTACT WITH ME PRIOR TO THE AUCTION ENDING OR I WILL CANCEL YOUR BIDS!!!!!

The auction is question ended on July 21st, and I didnt receieve an email from you/your sister until I made a post here. I finally got a reply form you/your sister on July 25th. I guess now looking back after all of this I should have just canceled the bid and blocked the bidder. I tried to be nice and let the bidder buy the pony. I will not make the same mistake here again.

I am sorry? that your sister created an ebay account with your user name. However that isnt my problem. I didint know that, or had any idea what is going on. All i had to go with was that I had a brand new bidder with 0 feedback bid and win an auction and DID NOT FOLLOW MY GUIDLINES AND EMAIL ME.

As far as sending you a pm or message to you about this, I sent you a pm her right after I started this thread. I did not say that I started a thread here. You have been online before today. Today was when you replied back to me.

This is what you you said in this thread earlier
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"Thank you Sarah, After my swaps are done, if i havent been kicked out that is. I will be leaving Arena AND Ponies. Because this has ruined EVERYTHING for me. Because NONE of you know whats going on and this honestly makes me sick.

Should I say your welcome?? If this has ruined everything for youI dont know what to say. Do not pin you and your sisters mistakes on me. If you feel like you will be kicked out, thats on you. Not on me. If you feel you need to leave thats up to you. Not once have I said or implied you are a terrible person, or a scammer. I have actually givin you nothing but time, and chance after chance to deal with this. Im am going to be very straight with you, it is not my responsibilty to know what every memeber has going on in there lives. It is not possible nor do I care to. I am sorry you are going through such a hard time at home. But my guess if you asked all of the arenas memebers we are all haveing diffucult times, either in the past or now. I too am struggleing with personal things too. But I do not or would not blame my lack of attention, or irresponsibility on my problems. Again, if I make you sick I appologize. But unfortuantly when money, reputations and time come into play I dont mess around. This is how it is. Straight up and homnest. You act like I attcked you and hung you out to dry.

You siad I have not rplied to you. Here I am replying.

If you feel as though I am slandering you stalking you, maybe then you should step away from buying and selling for awhile. Where did I call you terrible names? Have I showed up at your house? Did I call you or send yo a snail mail letter? Come on, I thought I was dealing with an adult. You may call my local police station and tell them your greievences. I just wnat to point out for at least the third time that all I was looking for was communication from you/your sister. It was clearly written im auction that you HAD to do so. I sent you an invoice, a pm here, and email through ebay and them made this thread.

Now heres a little question for you just becasue I am curious.. You called your sister "Lilly", and you siad the account she made was hers, but the name on her new ebay account is not Lilly. So are you saying she opened an account with your arena name, and had your mailing address and your name for information? I mailed your pony out today and I really hope it gets to where ever it needs to.

Again, let me state that I never thought you were a bad person, seller or buyer. I have never had any bussiness dealings with you. I dont think you are a scammer. I really hope things work out for the best with your family as well. I wish you no hard feelings.

Sarah
Streaks1

Ps. Not once have you been humble enough to say you were sorry about all this.
EDIT - Here is another question for you. When did you find out when Lilly did what she did?

You said this earlier Quote-
"I DID NOT know she had, it wasnt until this gets slammed into my face I found out. Lilly Showed me the messages, and Sarah personally said there was a 5 day grace period for payment, in her first message. Then she creates this thread?!
 
And then all the way at the end of your post you say this. Quote-
"Yes I really wanted that pony, because theyre mainly BIN. She saw it first and then when you canceled her bid she fessed up".

Did she come clean when you told your family about this or when her/your bids on Babystarz auction were cancelled?
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Alatariel-Silimaure on July 28, 2012, 10:43:11 AM
I knew this was a misunderstanding *hugs for Hikari* I'm so sorry that you're going through so much, I"m having a bit of a rough patch myself. I hope things get better for you, I'd hate to see you leave because of a misunderstanding like this.

Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Sarahlacewing on July 28, 2012, 10:49:44 AM
I think emotions are very high right now.  I think that you reacted as a seller appropriately and in the only way you could concerning the person you were having a problem with. Also, in the end it wasn't hikari so i can understand why she is feeling upset about people being suspicious of her and reacting against her when it was never confirmed that the person in question was her. So I agree a misunderstanding. And in a misunderstanding feelings get hurt but neither of the people involved are out of line. Now that it's all sorted I hope that you both can press on with a no hard feelings attitude.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: lovesbabysquirmy on July 28, 2012, 03:37:12 PM
Glad to hear that it was a miscommunication.  Although the sister may want to create her own accounts that are very separate-sounding, if she's interested in ponies.  ;)
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: Ringlets on July 28, 2012, 06:14:37 PM
Thanks for posting here Hikari :hug:  I'm sorry you are feeling hurt. People here were just confused as to what was going on since you have a good reputation, they dont think you are a scammer.   I'm glad to hear that it was a misunderstanding, and thank you for clearing up a few questions. Neither  you nor Prettypony  knew what was going on with your sister to start with, and both of you got upset over the situation, but I hope that you  can both put this behind you now that its all solved.
Title: Re: Trying to get in contact with ebayer hikariamaya
Post by: prettypony55 on July 28, 2012, 10:03:55 PM
This will be my last post in this thread unless somthing else requires my attention.

There was a mis-understanding as who was who. I had no idea your sister impersonated you. I agree with that. However, I did not and still do not feel you or your sister acted professionally towards me. You seem to be blaming myself and your family problems as the reason things went south. I also do not appreciate you accusing me of illegal activites such as stalking you and slandering you.

You have been a popular, and well know member on the arena where I am not. However I have been here about 10 years, and have experience when it comes to these type of matters, where as you appear not to.

I would still like an explanation as far as the information your sister has on ebay. I see your sister changed her name, which I think is a good idea. However, when she buys somthing off of ebay, where is it shipped too? You have called you sister by name as "Lilly" and I know that that is not who she has on ebay as her name. So again I ask... who did I ship Bubbles too? You or your sister? To your address and name from her ebay account? Or somthing else? I need to protect myself on ebay. I am concerned who I shipped this pony too.

Again, I agree this perhaps was a misunderstanding, but you have tried to blame all of you and your sisers problems on everyone but you two. I am not to blame here. Had you sister read, and followed my auctions information and not impersonated you, we would not be here.

I hope you are doing well with your families problems.

Sarah
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