#so i cancelled and ordered it on ebay

[thetimelordbatgirl]

Why do I feel like ordering the book of bill online for me is fucking cursed at this point.

[emi1y]

bid on a regular switch on ebay. got outbid, saw another listing for an animal crossing edition switch for the same price as the normal one, so i bid on that one instead of trying to up my bid on the normal one, assuming that the price would just keep going up anyway. then just as the original auction for the regular switch was about to end, i saw the price was still only $2 more than i originally bid for it, so i impulsively went for that one, thinking that surely I'll be outbid on the animal crossing switch anyway so it won't be a big deal. $150 and like new condition with all the accessories that it originally came with? what a steal! surely someone will try for it. the past two days have been a torturous waiting game of hoping to be outbid on one of the listings so i don't have buy both them.

long story short by the end of the week i will be someone who owns two switch consoles

[iridescentis]

my ii dvd arrived like 2 weeks ago and i still haven't gotten around to watching it it's just been sadly neglected on my bookshelf :'(

i need to sort out some form of dvd player which requires effort because i do have one but that means unplugging one of my monitors from my pc and putting it into the dvd player which frightens me

[fadingstarryskies]

I really need to stop using my phone though in the short term been wasting away on a tumblr that isnt even very active and online shopping when im broke haha

[the-kneesbees]

why is sweet tooth out of stock everywhere

[rpgbabe]

this is the 2nd time ebay's retarded primary address default thing has burned me... idk if i'm just doopid but it's rly hard to see the address when ur checking out??.. they rly dont make it apparent, ig they just assume ur always using the same address. what if i dont want it to be the primary address yeesh they should rly make it more obvious/ask to confirm with you. i never have this issue with other sites....

[britishchick09]

when i order an lps on ebay:

when i order an lps on mercari:

[timemachineyeah]

my favorite budget wireless headphones died and they don’t make them anymore and I was distraught and ordered some other brand knowing I wouldn’t like them as much and then I remembered ebay exists and now I’m (supposedly) getting an unopened pair of the SAME headphones for basically the same price I paid years ago which is less than the new ones and I canceled the new order and I’m feeling temporarily pleased with myself while I wait for my backup headphones (which are worse in every way but I literally cannot function without headphones, so they will have to do in the meantime) to recharge

[swiftracer13]

Signed TTPD editions: Ideas on how to stop scalpers

I'm extremely frustrated (again), about the signed photo editions of TTPD. Because it must've been sold out so fast in the whole world. I saw it not too long after it was posted here on Tumblr, but it was sold out everywhere. Then I looked at Ebay, and despite the fact that it was only possible to buy one copy, Ebay is flooded with those signed TTPD versions. All of them for at least 230€ or $, up to over 1000€ or $.

Please @taylorswift / @taylornation / Universal Music do something to prevent scalpers from milking your fans and getting rich because people are buying from them. Because it should be your fans who'll get those items, because they really want to have them, and not some people or businesses who live from milking real fans and only buy the stocks empty, to get even richer than they already are and prevent fans from getting those signed or limited items. For me it feels almost like fraud by those scalpers.

My ideas:

To prevent bots from buying it: Introduce a system in all your stores (worldwide) that will send you a code to your email, or as an sms onto your phone, that the buyer has to type in, in order to finalize their order of limited or signed items. Maybe also introduce a captcha if someone wants to order limited or signed items. (Even though I hate captchas)

Check addresses! If someone has multiple accounts and orders with the same address, cancel all but one order from them. In my country (Germany), many stores did that when the Playstation 5 was available for pre-order and it worked to at least reduce that behaviour.

I don't know how it is with the laws, but if possible, forbid people from selling those signed items somewhere else for one or two years after it was originally sold, or only allow to sell it for a maximum of 10% more than the original price.

[tauforged]

having an anxiety disorder is so fucking ridiculous. i bought an item from someone on ebay. they kindly messaged me informing me that they had a minimum order amount and gave the the option to either add items to my order or cancel it. they asked me to send screenshots of the listed items i wanted and they’d set me up a private listing. i respond with screenshots of the items i want, letting them know that if the individual items themselves aren’t available, something similar will do nicely. they respond back. i am suddenly paralyzed with fear and cannot open the message notification for several hours even though there’s literally no reasonable chance of the message being anything worse than ‘sorry, we don’t have any more of xyz. did you want to pick something else?’

[monsieuroverlord]

Hellverine #1 2nd printing 1:25 Cassara Virgin Variant

My goodness, do I have a mini rant about this (I'll keep it under the cut if anyone wants to skip it):

It was such a pain in the ass trying to get ahold of a copy of this!

I saw it when it was first announced a little over a month ago, right?

So, I'm like okay, it'll probably be posted on my usual ordering site (no physical shops near me, but if you follow me, you know I got a pulse on the solicits. My pull list is immaculate, things are planned and preordered MONTHS in advance).

I check every day for a week. No dice. Not posted for pre-order.

After the first couple of days during this week, I'm also casually checking other comic book sites -- either already sold out or going for a minimum of $65 to $100. Ebay pre-sales are pretty similar.

So I'm like, screw that, it isn't even out yet! The official catalog price is like $9.99, I can wait.

A month goes by, I'm checking diligently every day. There are no changes.

Then I'm like, "Okay, I just have to wait until it actually comes out" and I'm sure the shops will be selling their extra incentive copies at a more reasonable price.

Tuesday night, I'm pulling out all the stops, I'm deep-diving. I'm utilizing all the secret advanced search commands I learned in college. AND I thought I found one!

It was a listing on Google shopping for $4.99, so I'm like "Jackpot" and click "buy now" so I do, and it redirects me to checkout on the website, and I think to myself "sweet!" so I buy it.

I get my order confirmation, and IN BIG BOLD LETTERS at the top, it reads:

"PLEASE NOTE YOU MUST BUY ALL INCENTIVE QUALIFIERS TO GET A INCENTIVE COPY"

(I'm paraphasing a bit, and there was a bit more after that, but you get the idea)

So, I'm thinking "what?" and I go and actually browse the site I ordered from, and I somehow stumbled upon a wholesaler store, like the kind a comic book store would use to order bulk copies for the store.

Essentially, if I was a store, I would've placed an order for 25 main 2nd printing copies, and then I would've qualified for this incentive variant.

I was quick, and sent and email request to cancel, and got my money back, no problems. (I don't have the budget to but 25 copies of one book just to get the one I want. That's the whole reason I'm not paying $100 for a copy)

So its the day of release in my timezone. Everywhere is still sold out. Slowly but surely, the Ebay resellers begin to trickle in. Its averaging about $70 to $80.

Then I see it! By sheer luck or diligence or a wild combination of both -- there's a $20 copy. But the listing says "DEFECT" in big bold letters.

Undeterred, I think "How bad can it be?" as I don't really need a flawless copy, I just like collecting my pretties, you know?

There were pictures provided, along with the description: some of the color is faded off around the lower left staple

(circled below)

That's not shininess, its actually faded white.

So I bought it. And it arrived today. Its my wonderfully imperfect copy and I'm so happy.

As of today, the lowest is like $49.99 + shipping o Ebay. All the online shops don't have it, even though it came out less than a week ago. And its still not on my usual pre-order site.

Like, I dunno if the 2nd printing didn't sell as well, or maybe there was a manufacturing delay, but good lord, I did not expect this particular variant to be such a pain to obtain.

Like, it's only a 1:25!! I dunno how many 25s were actually printed, but my goodness. I know this is such a first world problem and I recognize at least half of the drama is self-inflicted by my own hubris and dedication to also getting a good deal.

But I'm just trying to buy a little treat for myself. damn.

[alphagodith]

EEEEE I FINALLY HAVE MATCHING WIZGATO OTEDAMAS EEEEEE

(fun acquisition tale and bonus pic below)

okay so i started my wizardmon collection a year or two ago, and at the time there were no open listings for this rare stackable tsum-tsum loaf plushie/digi-digi otedama beanbag thing ANYWHERE. so i thought i was out of luck. i got the regular plushie of him but i was really bummed i missed out on this one cuz it's sooo cute.

then, just the other day, my friend @peach-artblog asked me if i had a certain golden gacha mini-figurine in my collection (i didn't but now i do), and that prompted me to go back to ebay again. and guess who finally had a listing! so i SLAMMED that buy button as hard and fast and recklessly as i possibly could.

but then i thought, surely there is a matching gatomon one of these, and it would be cruel to separate the two of them, so i went looking for her and ordered her too. but then i kept looking for other wizard things that might have popped up since the last time i searched, and i found a cheaper gatomon on another site, but i had to wait for the one i'd already ordered to let me cancel it, since it apparently had to be approved by the seller since it had been a few hours. (this is important because it resulted in wiz and gato being ordered several days apart)

then a few days after THAT, i discovered that a certain phone charm i had seen plenty of times before and thought was fan-made was actually official! so i HAD to have it for my collection too, of course, and when i went to order it (from a third website), it reminded me of a funky thing with my address that sometimes causes it to get input wrong. so i went back to the other things i had ordered to make sure that hadn't happened, and guess what? it HAD. specifically with the gatomon otedama. so i emailed that seller right away, and they got back to me within MINUTES. apparently they were JUST about to ship it out (a bit later than i had expected too), so it sure was a good thing i got that fixed when i did! and i ONLY caught it because i had been looking at this OTHER purchase. (so very narrowly avoided further delays on gatomon)

so i'm carefully watching the tracking for the wizardmon otedama because i've been wanting it for years, this is the only listing ANYWHERE within that timespan, and our local shipping center has been fumbling things lately so i'm VERY worried about it arriving safely. and then the worst happens. i get a notification that the package has been 'forwarded' due to incorrect handling/labeling. basically the post office screwed up and sent it to the wrong place and it's being sent back. i feel sick. i have my husband call the post office and the first lady he gets is very rude and unhelpful, then he tries again (bless his heart) a few hours later and THIS lady explains that the vague ass forwarding message just means that it's been slightly delayed but it IS still on its way to us, and not to some random wrong address or back to the seller. so we cross our fingers and wait. (so long story short, wizardmon otedama got delayed)

and today, on the expected delivery date for gatomon and and the last day for wizardmon to arrive without me freaking out super hard, the two of them miraculously arrived safely, and together, despite being ordered on different days from different sellers!

and if that ain't magic i dunno what is.

[autodiscipline]

where do you get all your visual kei merch? :)c i want to start collecting!

Hi^^ congrats on beginning your journey lolol

I'll make this post easy & provide you with a short list of sites I've used

mercari - I shop here the most by far, it's very straightforward like any other online secondhand market. If you buy from here I'd be vigilant in reading the item desc./sellers bio, as some sellers want you to comment before purchasing an item or they'll likely cancel your order, & in more specific instances some women will only sell to women buyers (things like clothing, cloth items for obvious reasons--)

yahoo auctions - it's comparable to ebay

rakuma - more so for collectables,etc. (think flea market) so it's rare you'll find something like a cd

discogs - I've bought some things here that I never expected to find, only once have I ever not received something, though I'm sure it was a problem with the postage as I'd bought from that seller before with no problems..

straight from an artists webstore - self explanatory lol

If you choose to buy from japan based sites & you live outside of japan, you'll need to use a proxy. Buyee is really convenient & easy though I've heard their fees are steep compared to others

umm yeah, my last bit of advice is just to explore & find whatever works for you, I know there are an abundance of other websites like cdjapan, suruga-ya, puresound.. but, I can only speak on the ones I've personally used.

+Sometimes people in the community will list things for sale if you keep an eye out, so there's that too.

[marianas-trench-is-not-that-deep]

Sorry for the out of the blue question but. Who

Who is Lindsey the tiny horse

LMAOO so this one of my favorite stories of Josh.

So! During a concert, Josh disclosed with the crowd that during the making of Astoria (or before I think), when he was going through his breakup, he was drunk af and went on a little spiral. He was going through ebay (i think) and saw an ad for horses. he saw a tiny horse and bought it! He was thinking of naming it Lindsey and got attached to it. but as soon as he got sober, he realized his dumb mistake becasue someone pointed out how he was going to get the horse up the stairs to his studio. So he cancelled the order and (jokingly) dedicated the song One Love to Lindsey the tiny horse at the concert. there's a clip of the story on youtube!

[jirai-in-heavy-syrup]

I'm so fuckin stupid. What if that ebay order I canceled won't actually give me back my money probably since I just used venmo. Just shoot me now. I should have gotten the shirt since it will make me so happy. What a stupid fuckin idiot I am. Just shoot me now man.

[galadhir]

Well, I didn't expect getting a sword for sword dancing to be so hard.

I really wanted a sword like this A sword that looked like a sword - like you could sharpen it and then it would be a weapon.

Unfortunately the only sword that was in my price range and was available in the UK is aluminium with a paint coating. But I thought I could live with it, and the lightness of aluminium was a bonus considering my fibromyalgia. See the grey sword here.

So I ordered it and waited what felt like months for it to arrive. The receipt said that within 3-4 days I would get an email with a tracking code, but I did not get such an email. I waited for ten days, then I went on the website to see if there was a contact number and found their chat.

Someone on the chat told me that he would find my tracking number and that the sword would undoubtedly be with me soon. I waited a couple of days to see if it would arrive.

Then I checked the tracking code and found that the tracking number was linked to a Mr Ahmed Hussain in an entirely different county from me.

I tried to get back on the chat only to find that the chat box had disappeared.

This was beginning to feel suspicious.

Then I went on holiday with my family, and my son - on hearing the saga so far - dug around in the trustpilot ratings for this website (the only one that still had swords available out of every other sword retailer I had found.) He said that their ratings were abysmal and most people reported either getting broken swords or not receiving anything at all.

He then found a new sword on a site I had not discovered. It was 40" long and made of iron, which would have been very long and heavy, but what was I to do?

Their website said it would arrive in 3-4 days, and by now I was desperate. I figured I could stop the payment on the first sword, so I bought the new sword.

I got home from the holiday and the first sword was there on the doorstep.

Two swords! I thought. I suppose I can sell one of them on Ebay. Other belly dancers must also be desperate in the face of this sword shortage.

Then - while I waited for the real sword to arrive - I practiced with my horrible grey sword and developed something of an emotional bond to it.

It is in fact exactly the right size for me, and easy to balance, and relatively light on the head. I liked it, apart from the paint job.

So, more than four days passed. Eventually I began to wonder where the other sword was, and I went to look on the receipt for that too. With a more careful reading, I realized that it said that it would arrive 3-4 days after posting - with no promises about how long it would take them to post it. The receipt also said that they would send me an email to confirm when they sent it.

They had not sent me an email. Therefore they had not even put it in the post yet.

I leapt to my computer and sent them an email asking if I could cancel the order, and they replied the same day, re-listed the sword on their website and refunded me the price.

Good! I finally had a sword, and only one sword.

But the more I practiced with it, the more I came to hate the fact that it was silver like a silver car. There were even metallic sparkles in the paint just like metallic-finish auto paint. And the hilt was the same colour as the blade, as though the blade was part of the hilt fittings.

I wondered if I could paint over the blade with chrome effect paint, but further research suggested that there just isn't a paint that looks like metal. It's all going to be disappointingly matte.

Time to break out the gold leaf

I bought a gilding kit, a book of gold leaf and a book of silver leaf and did a hack job of covering both blade and hilt with thin layers of metal.

Result - behold the shiny sword!

This will certainly catch the light and flash as I dance. It isn't the sword that I wanted, but it is now a sword that I think I can love. And I bet no one else will have one like this :)