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Chat => General => Topic started by: smurfboy on March 17, 2006, 08:06:32 pm

Title: Stupidity
Post by: smurfboy on March 17, 2006, 08:06:32 pm

I can't believe there are people this thick in the world. I am selling an item on eBay starting at £99 (call it £100) and set the reserve at £250. It didn't sell, but someone did bid £99. When he asked if we could reach a compromise I suggest we meet halfway: £175. Read his reply:


I am trying to work out how at a reserve of 250 halfway is 175?.
ALLOWING for me offering 99.99[say 100] and 250 is the reserve, then half way is 125 is it not.


Should I even risk dealing with someone so blatantly stupid? I wouldn't mind so much if he was acting like I was the thick one!!!

Title: Stupidity
Post by: on March 17, 2006, 08:49:19 pm
The halfway is indeed £175 you are right to be annoyed Smurfboy.  It's like the other day, a woman in a shop had to work out on paper what 3 x £1.99 was.  Is it not obviously £6 - 3p?
Title: Stupidity
Post by: smurfboy on March 17, 2006, 08:53:18 pm

Mental arithmetic appears to be a thing of the past, sadly. In a similar example to Bounty's, I once paid for an item costing £1 with four 20p pieces and two tens. The woman behind the counter had to stare at it and count each coin individually before she realised something other than a £1 coin could add up to £1!

Title: Stupidity
Post by: loulou on March 17, 2006, 09:06:07 pm
The girl in my local pet shop had to use a calculator to ad up 3 x 50p.
Title: Stupidity
Post by: loulou on March 17, 2006, 09:07:27 pm
Smurfy this week must be moron on ebay. Too many people are emailing me and saying they have won and what should they do next. Duh...pay me.
Title: Stupidity
Post by: smurfboy on March 17, 2006, 09:36:12 pm

I think you're right. One of the things I'm selling is a 3 pack of Glow in the Dark cocktail stirrers. The item title says '3 Pack Glow in the Dark Cocktail Stirrers'. In the text it says 'pack contains three stirrers'. Today I've had my first question on the item, and you've guessed it...


'How many stirrers does the pack contain, because your notes don't make it clear'. Silly me! I should've mentioned it! Obviously 3 pack was too subtle a hint...

Title: Stupidity
Post by: wjp666 on March 17, 2006, 10:14:48 pm
Quote from: smurfboy

I can't believe there are people this thick in the world. I am selling an item on eBay starting at £99 (call it £100) and set the reserve at £250. It didn't sell, but someone did bid £99. When he asked if we could reach a compromise I suggest we meet halfway: £175. Read his reply:


I am trying to work out how at a reserve of 250 halfway is 175?.
ALLOWING for me offering 99.99[say 100] and 250 is the reserve, then half way is 125 is it not.


Should I even risk dealing with someone so blatantly stupid? I wouldn't mind so much if he was acting like I was the thick one!!!



DONT DEAL! ive dealt with these mornons countless times before - youll only end up with a negative feedback.

Title: Stupidity
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 07:05:05 am

It really is shocking how stupid some people are.  I have to work with people who are inumerate, semi literate and have appalling general knowledge.  I don't mean they don't know capital cities (which they don't) but they don't know how many centimetres there are in a metre and stuff like that).


Title: Stupidity
Post by: oldspice on March 18, 2006, 08:31:19 am

One of my students wrote: Charles Babbage was born in Devon, London in 1791. When I asked him to clarify whether it was Devon or London he said it was both!


"Where is Devon?" I asked him "In or near London?" he replied. I then asked the class "Where is Devon?". Nobody knew. "Where is Cornwall?" Nobody knew. "Where is Dorset???????"  You guessed!

Title: Stupidity
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 09:16:45 am
I don't know whether to  or
Title: Stupidity
Post by: lemoneye on March 18, 2006, 02:26:10 pm

Sadly it seems to be the way things are going. Education, despite "record" GCSE passes is clearly inferior to how it used to be. Basics seem to be passed over - spelling and mental arithmetic seem to have suffered the most.

Title: Stupidity
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 02:39:51 pm
Quote from: smurfboy

I can't believe there are people this thick in the world. I am selling an item on eBay starting at £99 (call it £100) and set the reserve at £250. It didn't sell, but someone did bid £99. When he asked if we could reach a compromise I suggest we meet halfway: £175. Read his reply:


I am trying to work out how at a reserve of 250 halfway is 175?.
ALLOWING for me offering 99.99[say 100] and 250 is the reserve, then half way is 125 is it not.


Should I even risk dealing with someone so blatantly stupid? I wouldn't mind so much if he was acting like I was the thick one!!!



Maybe just a chancer?

Title: Stupidity
Post by: lemoneye on March 18, 2006, 02:40:57 pm
Could be - loads of con artists and fraudsters use ebay
Title: Stupidity
Post by: on March 18, 2006, 02:53:38 pm
I tried to sell my 1975 Man City Subbuteo team and didn't get a single bid.
Title: Stupidity
Post by: loulou on March 18, 2006, 07:46:24 pm
Awwwwwwwwww
Title: Stupidity
Post by: smurfboy on March 18, 2006, 09:33:34 pm
He continued to be thick today. He offered me £125, so I came back with £150 - with postage included. He said he'd only pay £125 and 'the £4 for recorded delivery postage'. Slight problem - the postage rate was £7.50! I told him thanks but no thanks...
Title: Stupidity
Post by: goldencup on March 19, 2006, 10:42:54 am
You did the right thing Smurfy - people like that aren't worth the hassle.
Title: Stupidity
Post by: loulou on March 19, 2006, 12:29:53 pm
Smurfy once you set your prices out don't let them haggle with you. If they sound like trouble at the beginning of a sale it can only end in disaster like complaining about how long it took to get there, postage costs, claiming it's not been received or damaged..........the list goes on.
Title: Stupidity
Post by: Cherry_Ripe on March 20, 2006, 10:43:07 am

Quote from: smurfboy
Should I even risk dealing with someone so blatantly stupid? I wouldn't mind so much if he was acting like I was the thick one!!!


No deal!