How to report a problem buyer?

I have a buyer that is unbelievable, I have never had to deal with someone who is this childish and uncooperative before , I have nearly 4000 online sales under my belt and have been through the mill with liars and rip-offs but never someone who is simply so childish and uncooperative when I’m trying to help them with an issue. The first response I got back after I was notified that the buyer was complaining about an item they bought was just swear words and not a single bit of information explaining anything that was wrong.

These sentences are all caps and the way the sentences are structured and words used make no sense. I started to think that they may be mentally challenged so I asked again and asked them to hold off on the name calling and profanity since it’s not going to help matters plus it’s all just very childish. I once again asked for some details and got more insults and profanity.

I then replied very politely and let them know that I now believe that there may be a communication barrier, since I was starting to sense that maybe english was not their first language and explained that I will try to work with them and I’ll be as patient as need be so we can get things rolling in the right direction.

I got a response saying they were an engineer and how I’m stupid and if just went on and on with the childish statements all caps and misspelled. I tied once more explaining that I’m trying to assist them ad I just need to know a few answers to some questions so I can determine if the item was damaged during delivery.

I do a final test on all my electronics equipment and I record that test, I then burn a copy to a DVD along with a copy of the manual in PDF form. I mark that disc for COMPUTER PLAYBACK ONLY with a TITLE using the items Model number and I write “DO NOT TRY TO PLAY THIS DISC IN THIS UNIT IT WILL HARM THE LASER!” The disc is a computer DATA DVD it has 2 files 1 is a PDF and the other is a .MOV or a MP4 video file.

This buyer then sends me a final message again with name calling starts out “YOU ARE STUPID WHY DON”T YOU CALL ME provides his number and then misspells his own first name

I call and I have to say that he was exactly as I expected, the same as in the messages, english was a second language, stated he was an engineer but yet ha has no computer to play back the disc I sent him but he did say he tried to play it on the item I specifically instructed him to not attempt to play it on. I too went to school for Electronics Technology, it’s basically the step under an engineer, I can say right now that there’s no way an engineer would ever act in this manner, nor would they be an engineer and not have a computer at their home. I have 6 computers and I live alone plus I have never made the salary that an engineer makes and I would not be buying the item he bought if I was making engineer wages. He purchased my cheapest DVD recorder I have ever sold, front cover is broken but it still worked fine. But still why would an engineer by that item in the first place when I have 5 others that are pristine and look like they are brand new.

Well out talk or should I say his yelling and ignorance plus inability to listen or respond like a civilized human broke down after about 3 minutes of me repeating the same questions over and over without any intelligible response. Nothing comes out the DVD Recorder, that’s all I got, I asked if it lights up , turns on, disc tray opens? Nothing , then I ask which outputs are you connecting to your TV , all of them, nothing comes out. He demands I send another one to him, CRAZY? I would say so, who in their right mind is going to deal with this guy anymore than they have to, I explained that he needs to send it back to me and I will provide a refund. if the item is working with no problems “as I suspect” he will not be getting any shipping costs refunded. I will waive the restocking fee. That’s when I hung up i could still hear him swearing and yelling as I pushed the off button on my phone.

I left him a message all in caps explaining that I will not be assisting him any further and that he needs to return the item for a refund, I have pictures of the insides of all my merchandise and if the numbers don’t match I will not be providing any refunds at all.

I tried explaining that everything I ship is insured and if he would only cooperate with me and provide the simple answers that will allow me to determine if the item in fact not working properly, I would be able to open an insurance claim for him, I have a time stamped video showing it working just minutes before it was packaged, a shipping label was purchased within an hour after the recording was burned onto a disc and the package was dropped off at the FED-EX store showing it was accepted with a time stamp..

So how do I report this type of idiot? Very disappointed that in just 4 sales here I have landed a complete nut job who has been the most difficult insulting jerk I have ever dealt with in 8 years of sales. Thanks for reading I hope no others have to go through this with this buyer.

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MarciaCNey says: July 09, 2017

Maybe he meant train engineer?

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Aside from blocking the buyer, I would send Bonanza copies of the profane messages he is sending you. They do not allow users to treat each other this way.

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The only thing I could think of is to contact customer service with the issue, I dont think there is anything that could be done however other than you blocking the person. Below is what I found from Bonanza on how to block someone.

How to block a [URL removed]

Most shoppers on Bonanza are friendly, smart, attractive, absolutely wonderful people. But every once in a blue moon, we’ve had a seller ask us how they can block specific users from making offers for products, due to bad behavior or other reasons that are hard to imagine.

As a seller on Bonanza, you’ll probably never need to use the “ignore purchases from user” feature. But in case you do, here’s where to find it.

…..Under the Selling menu, choose Booth Settings
…..Navigate to the Payments & Purchases tab
…..Scroll down to find the Buyer Restrictions section
…..Use the Ignore purchases from these users widget to specify one or more users that you’d like to block
…..You must start typing in a buyer’s name and then select it from the drop down to successfully block the buyer. Be sure to save your changes once you are done.

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Hi [URL removed] Sorry you had to endure this atrocious treatment. If you ever have an experience like this again, I advise that you NOT call the person, or in any other way escalate your contact with him/her. When he first abused you in writing, that was a serious red flag. I’d be concerned that in directing me to call him/her, that the person was luring me into some sort of activity that could further damage me in some say. I feel that the whole incident instigated by this person is deceitful in some, and probably many ways. In calling you opened yourself up to more abuse.

As someone else suggested, I’d for sure alert Bonanza to it, while pursuing the regular channels to resolve it.

Take care and good luck to you!
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I really did not want to call them but i had to get some answers to what it was that was even wrong in the first place. I had to listen to them to find out if I was correct that they were from another country and had communication problems or if they were mentally challenged, I felt that I could get the information I needed only by actually hearing them talk, this would answer many of my preconceived thoughts and also help me to better understand what I was dealing with. plus I couldn’t get them to even explain what was wrong in the first place. Without having this information i really couldn’t help them in any way. i also wanted to get this resolved quickly so i could cut contact as soon as possible. I wasn’t worried about anything as far as them gaining anything in any way on me by the call my phone number does not reflect my location and i have no service since i call using a WIFI app.

So I did get what i wanted to know, even if it was mostly out of curiosity and also to be able to better understand what I was up against. For me I really didn’t want to make the call and waited till later in the evening before I did, i made sure i had the manual up on one of my computer screens so i could have information ready and provide help. i also had the ad up on another monitor and the messages posted on a 3rd monitor so i could go back and forth with all information instantly. but as I said the communication was going nowhere, even when i asked directly for a few simple answers, needing just yes or no answers, all i heard was the same stuff repeated over and over saying “nothing comes out” I tried to get them to define what they were expecting to come out of what? Or what was supposed to be coming out of what?. I just need to get a starting point to be able to figure out what they had tried to do or how it was connected in hopes that I could find the error but with such a vague references and such an unreasonable person, who had already made up their mind on how to handle the issue IO finally had enough and simply interrupted them and told them that if they didn’t shut up and listen to what I’m asking i was done trying to help/ Of course they just yelled louder and I hung up.

I di get what I need and I sent them a message explaining that I was done with them and gave them till Tuesday to post return tracking and if they didn’t do it by then I was not going to except the package and I was be done with this sale. I just sent them a reminder since they sent me another message making a point to act as if I was up to something since I had made a mistake on the model number by unknowingly swapped the last 2 numbers. the model number posted on the item was DRC8052 and I posted it as DRC8025 which really has no bearing on anything since they do not make a model DRC8025 in the first place so i had nothing to gain but once I saw that I realized why that item did not sell months ago on eBay. I never even noticed it and I know that this buyer didn’t see it either until they probably were doing some research on it and saw the number had no results showing when a search was done. Then they act as if this is their new issue with it? I just can’t figure out what they are thinking, as if everyone isd as dumb as they are and they think they are so cleaver. I can say that i’m still not sure if they are mentally challenged or not, since the accent may be hiding that fact. It just seems like the type of things that could be be working within an impaired mind,

I had a few ebay buyers that I had to call in and ask if the buyer was in fact challenged in some way so i knew how to handle the situation. I was very concerned since I started getting messages out of the blue in regards to some items i was selling and some comments were made about my overall score being low at that time from cancelling a bunch of orders without knowing i was getting defects for doing so. I was contacted by a few buyers who wanted to cancel and i did unknowingly that i was going to be punished for doing as they asked. It was something that i never had to do before and didn’t know I collected 3 defects in a month for doing so until a few months later.

So I have this person sending me messages saying how I was a bad seller who has a poor score but every word was misspelled and there was no punctuation, and mostly made no sene. It continued for a few weeks before i calle. I had them blocked but they could still send me messages, that’s when i called to find out how this is possible. then I asked about their health so i knew to be careful not to say anything that might be unfair to them. I was told that ebay had no indication that they were impaired and I felt at that time I neded to say something back to them to try to end the problem. I felt if I simply used what they were doing and copied their messages and sent them back stating I cannot continue arguing with a mentally challenged person, read what you have sent me and tell me you don’t live in your parents basement and will never have a girlfriend in your entire life. I would appreciate it if you left me alone and maybe you should start considering doing something constructive with your life, you probably should have stayed in school judging by what i have seen i would suggest you consider you possibilities and do your parents a favor and move out so they don’t have to put up with you any longer, consider yourself lucky that they allow you to exist, I’m sure they feel sorry for you and know you will never amount to anything. But you still find time to constantly send me messages for no reason? They sent 2 more after that and i did not reply.

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