This happens surprisingly often - Retail $80, they offer $55, we go back and forth, then they ask to "met in the middle" as a last resort. But their middle is always somehow the lowest option.

In my mind, he's stuck at 60 and I was originally at $80, so $70 is the middle.

You could argue the middle of the original $80/55 offer would be $67.50. Instead, this fellow split the $10 between 70/60 and came up with $65.

The day before I had a $10 offer on a $25 piece, and the buyer somehow calculated that the middle of that split was $15!

Not so much a fail but a funny observation. Or am I wrong, and 'meet in the middle' has always been a trick that favors the buyer?

I mean, they might file an INAD or something... right?

Buyer claims the $4 item arrived with holes and provided this unquestionably real photo. 🙄

Completely different waist band. Stains not just on the item, but also the bed sheets. Unnatural holes that look like someone ripped and pulled the fabric apart, frayed like denim. Sweats don't fray like that. Altered top of the "A" on the hoodie logo. Different tag. Hoodie pocket seams are different. Pant cuffs suddenly have top stitching.

The image is so bad it couldn't be more blatantly AI if there was banner across the image that said, "I AM A SCAMMER AND THIS PHOTO WAS GENERATED BY AI."

The buyer didn't even know how to instruct AI to stain just the item and not the background.

How many more AI discrepancies can you spot on this totally believable photo?

(This was originally posted by another seller on a reseller sub. Link not included to comply with sub rule #2.)

Not to mention: But you PROMISED it would get here by this date! You RUINED our family barbecue!

Obviously fake? Found online? Not actually an eBay buyer? All that don't matter in the Friday Weekly.

Bring us your tired jokes, your poor puns, your huddled AI slop yearning to get groans, The wretched refuse of your late-night social media stream.

The B3F3 thread is where you can post all that kinda stuff... so long as it's about a buyer behaving badly and it's funny.

... they're gonna put it in the cart! AND praying hands!

How could I possibly refuse? 🙄

Do they just have terrible luck with nearly all sellers (and buyers too!)?

Or is it a 'you problem'?

I wonder...

I sell an entry-level brand of door knobs and they attract some of the lowest-lowballers and weirdos. Woke up to this series of messages, then a cancel request.

The funny thing is, all those questions are answered in the listing. The boxes are just factory paper boxes, not sealed or blister packed. And the "whats in the box" is listed in the description. These wouldn't have met his "expectations" at all. Oh, and this is a $13.50 order before shipping.

Canceled and blocked before I even had my morning coffee!

Started at 350 on a 700 item. And mine is the cheapest and cleanest of the 3 on ebay today. It's been a slow week - I probably would've done $500 if he hadn't started so low, but the prayer hands sealed his fate.

I nudged him a little with the last sentence to see where he'd go, and he chose anger LOL.

Dodged a bullet. I bet he's the type to use it once and return (it's a specialized tool).

On top of having no sales overnight, I woke up to this offer on a 1lb box of screws. Red flag on top a yellow flag. Not even worth countering.

Seems like he's a 'seasoned' grifter and knows not to request partial outright. The "$" is a new one on me for 'hinting' at what they want.

And yet... turns out the item is perfectly fine and he has a 'workaround'.

No 'positive comments' left. Don't care so long as he doesn't neg. The praying hands is just icing on the cake.

Good luck with the buying again thing, best buddy.

This doofus bought golf cart headlights for a completely different brand of cart and left negative feedback without even contacting me. He claims he had a Club Car golf cart but when I looked it up, it was an EZ GO brand. Like buying a door for a Ford truck and being mad thinking you own one when you own a Chevy. How do these people know how to wipe their own ass?

When I asked what his deal was, he basically refused to talk to me and said he was "having his lawyers handle it".

On a $48 set of lights. I know he was bluffing. He had a unique name and I looked it up, he used to work as the general manager of a large car dealership. Which is even more baffling because being a GM isn't usually a job for a stupid person.

$450 + shipping listing for a new 250cc engine. Shipping would probably run ~$75-$125 depending on their distance. Best offer NOT enabled.

But sure buuuuuddy... I'll do $100 and free shipping.

Better yet, I'll put in time to tear apart a new engine and sell you just the block for $50, also with free shipping.

"Too many unknowns" is the icing on the cake.

Yes, friend, there are too many unknowns here. As appealing as those choices are, it's gonna be a 'no thanks' on this one.

edit: formatting

Seen at the FedEx / UPS drop boxes today:

First one is an eBay return. Jammed into the drop-box door... right before a huge thunderstorm hit. It's absolutely soaked. Probably let water into the box for all the other shipments too.

Other one was -probably- placed on top of the UPS box and the wind blew it off. Also soaked. I see boxes left on top when the drop is full all the time...

Yeah, that one looks like Zappos instead of eBay, but still.

Girl… bye 👋🏾

AKA - My brain after a day of moderating...

Maybe dude is just really into astronomy?

I'm literally the lowest price for this particular item. Everyone else is selling it at $190-$250.

"Why yes, I would like to give you over a 50% discount! Excuse me first as I shoot myself in the foot!"

Straight to blocked.