I was in desperate need of cash. So I listed several items on one day as buy it now auctions. I came back to my computer several hours later and checked my hotmail. This is the message I got for the Bitty Baby I listed on my paypal only auction:
" Thank you for the baby, I have a 5 year old who has lost hers. So this works out great. This is my first time ordering on ebay. Can I mail you a money order, or do I have to go through paypal with my credit card info?"
Then my Cabbage Patch Kid Toys R Us 2001 1st Edition sold.
First there was an email at 10 am that asked: "Is there anyway you would consider a money order for this item?"
Apparently by 11 am Cabbie fever took over and she could not wait for my answer. So not only did she bid, she did a buy it now.
A buy it now, with a money order. That's like running into 7-11 for an Aquafina, going to the register, getting rung up then calling your Cousin Vera back east to put $1.10 in a saddlebag- pointing the horse in the general direction of the Midwest and giving it a good slap on the ass.
How well would that go over with the clerk? You would be kicked to the curb.
And the problem is you can't bitch these people out because then they have the audacity to give you a neg.
The Bitty Baby chick is approaching it the other way which is to plead ignorance then throw your pathetic child lost doll story in to boot.
Ugh. Look people I need cash- got hungry babies.
If you don't trust your credit card number over the internet, if you prefer to live like it's 1983 then jump in your Country Squire Wagon and drive cross country to an American Girl store where you can conduct your transaction face to face like the good old days. Otherwise, get with the program!
Some people still don't trust Paypal. That's fine . . . just don't bid on my crap.
