Back in October 2013, I had ordered a collector’s item Ariel doll from the Disney store online. I was very excited, until I received the doll. I suppose I didn’t read the description of this doll very well, because to my surprise it was a 17 inch doll (not the normal “Barbie” size that I was expecting), which I ended up calling the monster doll. Almost immediately, I wanted to return it right away, I just wasn’t sure if I could go to a local Disney Store to do it or if it had to be done by mailing it in since I had purchased it online. However, with our hectic moving plans happening at the end of the month, Ryan talked me into keeping the doll and said we would try to sell it after we got to Ohio. I was a little worried about this, since I felt like I was out of $100 for what I spent on the doll, plus I wasn’t sure if anyone would even be interested in this doll since it was so large, and also that neither of us had secured a job yet and our move was just around the corner.
Now I don’t have my own ebay account, but Ryan does, and he practically did almost all of the work. A while back, he took quite a few pictures of the doll, so when we post it online, potential buyers would be able to see the quality of the doll. He also designed the page and set up the wording all before we decided to post it. Then back on May 24th we posted the doll up auction style with a buy it now option as well, and then decided to put it up for 7 days. We researched pricing a little bit to see how much the doll was going for, and I wasn’t trying to be greedy, but I wanted to make sure I made back at least how much I paid for it and then maybe a little more lol. We put it up starting at $299.99 and then the buy it now was set at $425. It was a little exciting, cause we had a few people view it within a few minutes of us posting it, so we kinda just sat and stared at the site for a little while to see how many views we would get or if anyone would even bid on it. After almost an hour, we took the dogs outside, and then when we came back in Ryan went to check the auction, and we were pretty shocked to see that someone had done the option to buy it now!! It was ridiculous! I can’t believe we sold it so fast, when I was thinking we would be waiting a week to see what the bids looked like.
We were pretty ecstatic after we sold it, until five days passed by, and we still haven’t heard anything from ebay that the buyer paid, nor did we hear anything from the buyer. Ryan decided to report it to ebay since the time limit had passed for what we requested for the payment, as well as the ebay rules for payment. We were a bit aggravated by this point, I just didn’t understand why someone would click the buy it now, and not pay for it. Shortly after we reported it to ebay, we get an email from the buyer. They said they had intentions on paying for it but they were waiting for a credit card payment to go through. I’m kind of feeling bad at that point because I don’t think we should be selling someone something for over $4oo when her credit card is maxed out, but who knows what her situation really is. We decided to give her till the end of the ebay reporting period to pay before we relist the item, but finally she ends up paying for it on June 2nd. 10 days it took for this person to pay it! Ridiculous. Anyhow, the next day, I dropped it off at the post office, with tracking and insurance, and it was delivered on June 5th, which was nice and quick, unlike our buyer. Paypal must have been notified that the package was delivered because they then released the funds into Ryan’s Paypal account the same day. He then transferred it to our bank account which showed up today! I’m just happy this whole thing is finally over, and now we have to decide on what we want to sell next! Also crossing my fingers that we don’t have another deadbeat buyers for any future items we put up.