I have been going through a bit lately, and had a rough few months, and been very sick with random colds and the like.

As most of you know I am studying towoards a career in childcare, which I love doing, currently about 5/8's of the way through my Diploma, and finishing up mid next year, planning on working for 12 months & then continuing study part time towoards a Bachelor Degree & then a Masters, as well as a few short courses in special needs children.

Anyhow, one of my teachers pulled me aside when I arrived at class wednesday morning, she is an older lady who I have always really liked, she is a funny lady and has a very out there personality, can come across a little scary to most people lol. She asked me to come with her to her office and wait outside, she went in & came back out with a rather sad looking rigadoon puppet, this guy I had as a child, but no longer have. He needed a bit of work, but she told me she thought that I was the only person she knew that could possibly restore him to his former glory. So she gave me "chucky" to keep, and some material to make a set of the three bears in pillow form. I just thought it was such a lovely gesture, as Chucky had been hers for a very long time, and by looking at him, you could see he had been well loved and used over the years. I am glad to say he has had a few skin grafts & is on the way to a full recovery, and will have plenty of years left in him to bring smiles to lots of childrens and adults faces again

I had to make a puppet by hand for the course I am doing at the moment, and had some lovely light pink fuzzy material laying around, I decided it needed to be a monster, and Bob is what I came up with He has no pattern, was made with fake fur, felt and styrofoam balls cut in half & painted for his eyes. All hand stitched. I am pretty happy with the result, he is like a regular puppet, hand goes up from underneath, and you can control his mouth, his arms & legs cannot be controlled as I am uncoordinated enough without having to worry about one hand trying to multi task

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I am starting up a new account, cause seriously as my rating is getting higher, I seem to be getting more & more problem buyers.

I will for sure let you all know my account

Anyhow, anna.mlynczyk purchased a couple of items off me, the singing & moving animals that you see from time to time. A gorilla and a lion.

Here is the auction to the lion one - http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/180908533150?ssPageName=STRK:MESOX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1559.l2649

I picked both of them up brand new, but this guy came with a fault, which I listed in the auction, you can all have a read of the orange part of my auction which is the description.

She recieved both the items the other day and it has been a heartache ever since - here is our correspondence since then (read from the bottom message up):

Dear fingerpaints08,

Hi Amy,
if i wouldnt pay $45 for it i wouldnt make a big deal out of it but i think you should know your product and when you say its brand new its brand new isnt?

well i think we should agree to part refund and then we can just closed the auction with positives?
as i only paid $5 for a monkey i think that $15 would make a deal? what do you think?

let me know
Anna


- anna.mlynczyk Click "respond" to reply through Messages, or go to your email to reply

 




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From: fingerpaints08
To: anna.mlynczyk
Subject: Re: fingerpaints08 sent a message about Singing Gorilla "Can't get enough of your love" gorgeous plush toy NEW #170856995902
Sent Date: 04-Jul-12 17:08:48 AEST


Dear anna.mlynczyk,

Unfortunately my source where I picked him up from don't have any more of him

Would a partial refund surfice? Or would you like to return him for a full refund? I do want to make this transaction right with you

I only picked up one of each, and unfortunately the lion I did feel had a fault, as I said I had no clue as to what he actually did until I got home & popped batteries in him to get him working.

I hope we can sort something out, but unfortunately I can't get my hands on any more.


- fingerpaints08 




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From: anna.mlynczyk
To: fingerpaints08
Subject: Re: fingerpaints08 sent a message about Singing Gorilla "Can't get enough of your love" gorgeous plush toy NEW #170856995902
Sent Date: 04-Jul-12 16:10:09 AEST


Dear fingerpaints08,

Hi amy,

is there any chance you could get one more of these? we could make a deal then? Of course the one that moves his head while signing ?


- anna.mlynczyk 




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From: fingerpaints08
To: anna.mlynczyk
Subject: Re: fingerpaints08 sent a message about Singing Gorilla "Can't get enough of your love" gorgeous plush toy NEW #170856995902
Sent Date: 02-Jul-12 19:25:35 AEST


Dear anna.mlynczyk,

Hi there,

Thanks for your message before leaving feedback as I do prefer to work with you than risk a nasty feedback over something I didn't even have a chance to rectify.

As stated in his auction, I did think he was faulted, as I didn't have another to try I could not be sure. I did list him as his mouth moved, but didn't say anything about him moving at all which as far as I knew he actually didn't do. I am sorry you are dissapointed however, as it was not my intention to decieve you, and why I tried to describe him the best I could in the auction description.

What would you like to do about this guy? I am happy to work something out with you even though I do believe my description wasn't deceptive, just Isimply have never seen another of these working so was unsure what to expect from him.

Look forward to your reply and thanks again for giving me the chance to rectify before leaving feedback

Amy


- fingerpaints08 




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From: anna.mlynczyk
To: fingerpaints08
Subject: Re: fingerpaints08 sent a message about Singing Gorilla "Can't get enough of your love" gorgeous plush toy NEW #170856995902
Sent Date: 02-Jul-12 17:26:46 AEST


Dear fingerpaints08,

hi there,

i received my package thank you so much. The monkey is just so adorable. Makes me laugh all the time. In regards to the lion i think that there is some defaults with him as he doesnt do any movements and the orginal one was moving his head while he was signing. I am a little bit disappointed as i love the way he was doing it. There is a bit of movement but not too much compering to monkey. I saw lion like that in the shop and it was beautiful. on your site you wrote that after a while when the batteries are there it starts but it never did for me?


- anna.mlynczyk


I just don't take too well to someone incinuating I lied in my auction, I may not list everything, but I do my best to list any issues I can see or find with any of my items. And without actually saying it, the last message I feel was a threat to leave a neg if she didn't get her way, which, if she would just let me know what she wanted instead of beating around the bush and calling me a liar, I would happily do.

My parents recieved a negative off the idiot with no chance to even rectify the problem, and after going through his feedback he has literally recieved refund after refund, and likes to leave negatives if he feels he is havign a bad day.

I would not like this one purchasing off me as he would likely want a refund or leave a negative over something that wasn't even there.

Just a warning, again, this wasn't a pony item but I know we all sell all sorts of things it was for an old oil lamp that apparently had a crack in the metal or something, I looked the item over however and didn't see any damage when they were listing it, not saying it wasn't damaged, but I don't think a neg was deserved even if it was as I know my parents would have been happy to sort something out either way to keep their good feedback.

I have in ALL my auctions that I will not cancel auctions, you win it, you own it. Not to upset people, becuase I am not forcing your arm to place a bid, I am not the one that didn't ask for a postage quote, and I am not the one that left ebay opened while my daughter / son / niece / nephew / brother / sister or other child decided to buy something on my account.

I also did not ask you to bid on my item, I had no message / too late a message from you about postage.

Why the hell do people bid on something, especially from overseas without knowing what the actual postage is?

I have an item at the moment that is going to cost around $26AU to send overseas. I am not making a cent on postage, I never do. The person bid the item up, and now feels she wants to back out. I have had this happen so many times, I am really over it. Why click the "confirm bid" button? Just, dont bid!

This woman is impossible to please, steer clear of her.
 
I am on to ebay customer support at the moment and they are not helping at all, and have a "suck it up" attitude. She purchased a plush toy from me, and was in contact about making a late payment, which was fine by me. Anyhow, she paid eventually then left me a positive with a nice comment and ALL 2's for my star rating
 
I am really, really pissed about it.
 
I am trying to get ebay to see it from a sellers point of view, but am about ready to tell them to stick their stupid site where the sun don't shine. It is becoming so hard for honest sellers to sell anything.

I purchased an item through a BIN on ebay from the seller melissa2743, only to have her almost immediately send a cancel transaction case and tell me "sorry the item is no longer available" I messaged her to ask why she had it up, and why was she backing out immediately after my purchase, and waiting on a reply. It's a bit of a bummer, as I had been after the particular item for some time
 
I would just be aware as a buyer that this seller could possibly pull something similar. I could understand if she gave me a proper reason, but once you have put it up, and it actually sells, you are held accountable to send that item to the buyer once they make payment. I understand sometimes things happen, like a seller could accidentally break or damage an item, but to give no excuse is pretty lame.
 
Just a bit down right now about it. I don't want to shut the case as I really want the item, but I don't want them to get all pissy about it either.

Post Merge: April 19, 2012, 02:07:30 AM

Just got a message back, looks like she got her wires crossed or something, and thought I was someone else trying to buy the item after it had already sold? I am not too sure. I am going to be picking the item up, so hopefully it all goes well from here on in, odd situation none the less :/ not really too sure what to think of it all.