We're not talking about Grandma's old kitchen recipe book, Dad's favorite tie or the latest DVD movie release. For these items you're going to have to use your imagination a bit.
How about a real human kidney, it sold for over $5.7 million or an Air Guitar that went for an astonishing $47,000. A grilled cheese sandwich with the image of the Virgin Mary sold for just under $30,000. Even Britney Spears' chewed gum sold on eBay for $263.
The interest for these bizarre items has risen a great deal over the years to the point where Jay Leno and David Letterman both have segments on their late night talk shows covering the weird items being sold daily on eBay. The attention these auctions began to receive led Indiana University of Pennsylvania graduate Dave Pierce to create the website GoofyAuctions.com in November of 2005. Each day GoofyAuctions.com is updated with four new auctions found on eBay that contain those bizarre and goofy items being sold.
GoofyAuctions.com is a hub for those seeking bizarre, weird and goofy eBay auctions on a daily basis. While visiting the site you may enjoy a few chuckles, a couple outbursts of laughter and likely a few murmurs of ?Why on earth would you want to bid on THAT goofy auction?? Once you visit GoofyAuctions.com, you will never want to experience eBay any other way.
?It's amazing the items that are being sold each day on eBay? said Pierce who last year sold a Cheeto with the image of Denver Post sports writer and TV personality Woody Paige on eBay for $1,025. ?Selling the Cheeto was a lot of fun, not only did it receive publicity for GoofyAuctions.com but we also raised over a grand for diabetes research.?
You don't need a late night comic or a goofy website though to point out that unique items have been sold on eBay for a very long time. In fact, the very first item sold on eBay was a broken laser pointer that went for $14.83. You can now find dozens of broken laser pointers being sold on eBay each day. So if you're free take a peak at what's on eBay, and who knows maybe your next snack could turn into a GoofyAuctions.com special!
There is a resolution center where a buyer can log his complain and concerns in an online form. The dispute is communicated to both the parties. In case the seller does not respond, the buyer may escalate the issue to a Paypal claim.
The Paypal officials review the case, gather all the information, work with both the parties and then give a decision. If the dispute is not escalated to a claim within 20 days, it is closed automatically.
Sometimes, there is a chargeback. The chargeback is a reversal of payment that has already been approved.
Buyers often request their credit card companies to reverse their transaction. Many reasons can be associated to this, but the main reason is that the merchandise is not received.
Chargeback can also be claimed when the merchandise received is totally different from the one ordered. At times, the credit or debit card numbers get stolen. To avoid any fraud, the buyers request for a chargeback.
Paypal disputes work very fine within the Paypal network. What happens if the network fails? This happened last October, when thousands of merchants were caught in a mess when the Paypal site did not function for over a week.
Not only did the customers get locked out of their accounts, many transactions were halted. The officials claimed that the fault occurred while the system was getting a routine up gradation.
You can take certain measures to avoid Paypal disputes. If you are selling online then you must clearly indicate your item's return policy. You must cover issues such as limits of your return or the exchange policy. The time limits, shipping responsibilities and restocking fees should be explained precisely.
It is always good to leave feedbacks about the buyers or sellers on your site. A negative or a positive feedback will help in making opinions about the buyer.
It is important that a horrible buyer is blocked or stay away from the site, so that there are no further Paypal disputes. eBay (the parent company of Paypal) helps its members by providing them with tools that can block or cancel bids of the suspicious or problematic buyers.
Always keep the documental proof of your shipping information. Such proofs are your best defense against Paypal disputes. So, if you have not started documenting, initiate now.
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