Ebay warning! BMWRecyclers gets combative, threatens to try and get me fired

[jalopi]

that sounds like some "the customer is always right" BS that i don't believe in. period. i return the same level of courtesy and professionalism that i receive from my customers; i.e. if you're cool on the phone, you'll get top notch service and if you're a dick, you might get a few "uh huh"s followed by me hanging up the phone. anyone who says otherwise is either emotionally dead inside, in a position where their bosses force them to put up with such BS or a robot.

sent the seller an email since he didn't respond on ebay, took him only an hour to get back to me



seems convincing enough to me, original suspicions about OP confirmed

[Ether-D]

Idk Jalopi, you really are obviously taking sides here. What makes the words from BMWrecyclers instantly completely believable and OP's words not? Is there some kind of parts seller illuminati?

Douchebag OP or not, that seller has lost my future business.

[rturbo 930]

Idk Jalopi, you really are obviously taking sides here. What makes the words from BMWrecyclers instantly completely believable and OP's words not? Is there some kind of parts seller illuminati?

Douchebag OP or not, that seller has lost my future business.

Lol, really, it's almost like he has a grudge against the OP. I find it hard to believe OP would completely fabricate this story just for shits and giggles. And no shit the seller isn't going to admit to any wrong doing, he's not going to willingly ruin his own reputation.

BTW, Jalopi, if that's how you handle customer service, you should probably be doing something else. Stooping down to the customer's level when they get mouthy isn't gonna get you anywhere.

[jalopi]

i have a keen eye for dickery, that's all. i'm not saying that the seller was a saint or anything, but OP had it coming when he expected 1950's-esque levels of how-may-i-suck-your-dick-today-sir levels of service while acting like a brat. that kind of attitude's like, #1 on my list of most egregious pet peeves, hence my damn near personal reaction to all this

BTW, Jalopi, if that's how you handle customer service, you should probably be doing something else. Stooping down to the customer's level when they get mouthy isn't gonna get you anywhere.

fortunately my office exclusively lists foreclosed homes for banks - the customer is never #1 with these guys, especially now that it's been a sellers' market for some time now. if you've never had to work in customer service before, you might not understand this, but being able to tell difficult people that it's your [in this case the banks', just you by proxy] way or the highway is one of the most gratifying things ever

[rturbo 930]

if you've never had to work in customer service before

I haven't, but this:

being able to tell difficult people that it's your way or the highway is one of the most gratifying things ever

is pretty much why. I am not a patient person, and I know that I would find myself telling customers to go fuck themselves way too often. And then I'd get fired.

[Das Delfin]

I'm gonna side with Jalopi on this one. Too many people think they're entitled to "the rules." Anyone who's ever done business knows that your word is your bond. Ie. if you're too afraid to speak on the phone you probably need help wiping your ass after you take a shit. Business is about keeping it moving. Why would a company waste time trying to fuck people over? It gets you nowhere. Being from customer service myself, I've lost patience with people who try to fuck you over. I'll hang up on them too. I'll say it: FUCK YOU. If you don't know what I'm talking about, then clearly you haven't worked a customer service job. In any case, the OP is acting like a little kid and must have done something of monumental asshole proportions to make a businessman take time out of his day to finish what should have been a five minute deal.

Mistakes happen. That's the nature of the business. It's how you handle it that makes you a man. The OP has shown his colors here.

[Massimo]

All this for a $16 part.

Fuck, go do some lines and fuck some bitch's...

[DrJosh]

How did the OP act like a brat? The order was shipped incomplete, the OP opened a claim and alerted the seller of the issue in a timely manner, OP waited to close the claim until he had a chance to verify the transaction had been completed.

Looks like there was miscommunication when it came to the address and the OP didn't make a big stink about it, but it did delay him closing the case so it couldn't be as soon as the package was delivered.

I am not picking sides, just going off of the information provided. It would be great if we had more screen shots or the other side of the story. But I don't see how some of you are coming to the conclusions that you have reached. It is also clear some here are nut swinging. Regardless, I won't buy from that eBay vendor until there is some sort of resulolution here either one way or the other. The EBay vendor is aware of this thread and chooses to not stand up for his reputation. I'll buy from one of the other hundreds of vendors when and if the time comes.

[validius]

being able to tell difficult people that it's your......way or the highway is one of the most gratifying things ever

That's ironic given that this is exactly what i did.

[BobombETA]

That's ironic given that this is exactly what i did.

[jhaurimn]

Why is this still going. OP, you fucked up for getting angry that a seller shipped an item to the address YOU provided in your paypal. If you don't want stuff shipped there, change your damn address in paypal for christ sakes.

Seller didnt handle it well, but I understand his frustration.

And then this jalopi guy.....stop. What does any of this have to do with you?

Just let it go.

[jalopi]

being able to tell difficult people that it's your way or the highway is one of the most gratifying things ever

!=

[IronFreak]

Jalopi for POTUS!

[jalopi]

they made a video game predicting what me managing the world would be like. it did not end well

[IronFreak]

Current world isn't doing much better....