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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

There's a couple of red flags with him, but, as someone who sells on eBay from time to time, I don't get what the big deal is with some of his description points. Not to be defending the guy, but in all fairness...

"Box and clamp are NOT included with the purchase. Figure will be shipped inside a zip lock bag and..." (Item Condition? NEW)
-Contrary to what people think, it can be hard to make a decent profit off of ebay unless you resort to unsavory means. It's even more difficult if you offer free shipping. Postal rates keep going up (an average of 7 to 15 dollars) and then ebay takes their cut in fees. Sending something first class in a zip lock bag is usually the cheapest method without knocking 20 bucks off of his final price.

Still...his own damn fault for offering free shipping if that's the case.

"If the price I'm suggesting is not acceptable to you please do not waste my time..." ("Make Offer" option included)
-Make an offer is a tricky one. I cannot tell you how many times I've been sent messages on ebay with lowball offers for stuff I'm trying to sell by people who are pushy, rude, and unwilling to negotiate. If I'm selling a lot with a "make an offer" option starting at 50 dollars, and someone offers me seven bucks for the lot, get the hell out of here. It gets tiresome.

Of course, he can curb that by learning how to set an amount for ebay to filter serious offers, but it still won't stop people from messaging you unfortunately.

Nothing wrong with those points...

On the other hand....

"...give me ample time. I have other responsibilities outside of eBay that require my attention."
-Huge red flag here. This is basically a CYA excuse for being lousy seller and not tending to your customer's needs. Even more so since most of the negative feedback seems to stem from poor communication, untimely shipping, and cancelled sales.

As for the price, if it's an authentic figure like he says it is, it's not too off...IF it were new and came with all of the packaging. Not having it, as well as his stubborn refusal to send any of it gives the whole thing a sketchy feel to it, especially when there is a plethora of bootleg Figuarts figures flooding ebay with varying degrees of quality. Having the original packaging might be one of the only ways to verify authenticity.

All very good points...the thing with the first one, it's just so weird that he mentions a clamp that doesn't exist with the figure. So it leads a buyer to do extra research to find out what this means and whether they care about the missing clamp or not. All could be avoided by not mentioning the "clamp", or quickly researching the actual figure and phrasing everything correctly. It's a $55 listing. Another person pointed out, he uses the "clamp" term all throughout his auctions. What if the item doesn't come with a piece it's supposed to and he just says, "that's what I meant by clamp, sorry, F OFF"
The second thing, like you said, he can filter the offers, or turn off the "make offer" option, pick a price and relax. Otherwise, who is to say an offer is "bad" or not. If I offer 35 for the 50. Is that worth being called stupid? It's a fine line. He so offensive and scary I wouldn't bother offering, lost business.
The third I think we all agree on, lol. Ample time? Who knows what that means.
And the price, too much conflicting information to judge at all. It's new...but it doesn't have a box and comes in a ziplock. What is the actual condition? Why are there not pictures of the figure free standing? Why is it still in the clamshell in the picture? Where did that go? Etc.
He could be a good guy...I'm not trying to harass his actual ebay profile or something. That wouldn't be right. He's a character and I thought it might give us toy peeps a chuckle or quandary. And I really wanted to know about this "clamp" thing. He loves it so much!