Concern for a buyer

[technthread]

I have got a buyer who has placed around 45 orders in the past week. Including free items I must have sent him 60-70 lots, I am losing count but am replying to messages in the morning and late at night.

Just from an empathy level I’m concerned the buyer is buying very impulsively, things he wasn’t interested in one day, he wants to clear my shop out of them the next. 

Has anyone else had this and what have you done? He is buying coins. With all the free stuff I’ve sent and the way I group them, he has saved money vs buying them 1 by 1 from other sellers but I’m starting to get a bit overwhelmed by the buying patterns. 

He has nearly 3,000 feedback so not inexperienced on eBay, I’m not concerned about a scam or bad feedback if it goes sour (although he could absolutely tank my feedback if he wanted to now haha) but part of me wants to now say do you really want this coin, maybe take a break from these until I list some of my better ones in future?

Has anyone else had a similar situation?

[nigel_paul_wright7557]

Perhaps your buyer has a buyer willing to give them more than they paid ?

In which case its a win-win situation.

[bazinga-games]

I can understand why you're worried - perhaps he has some sort of mental illness or compulsion?

Anyhow, if I were you, I'd stop sending any free stuff and perhaps stop replying to him so freely/quickly.  I definitely would not be answering in the early hours - personally, I've been asleep for at least 4 hours by then, anyway 😆

Good luck 😊

[bazinga-games]

They're certainly not a few coins short of a collection!  😆 🤣

[fatbobfan]

Ouch, thats the type of customer you want

Unlucky there

[fatbobfan]

My partner collects coins and there is so many avenues to run with it

I was at a coin fair this year going through some old 5p shillings in a box for about an hour looking for the missing ones for a partial collection bought in an auction job lot, the seller had a few types of containers seeling just, 5p's, pennys etc etc. Dont get it my self, date order 5p's? Why? But hey ho, what ever ticks your boxes

It started as a just buying buncs hobby, to so much more, its a massive collecting world for the little I see. Some of really interesting

Any tokens or tallies, send me a DM  

[technthread]

Thanks for your message. I think some people like to have them presented in date order so for eg in the states I think they have things called Whitman folders for cents. I do see a lot of carefully compiled lots pass by on auction, it can be expensive to do and then the return may be disappointing for the collector when they eventually come to sell.

Will DM if I get any more sure. I sold them all last year and sent the rest to vintage cash cow with other items. If anyone’s considering that company to get rid of some things, I’d be a bit careful, I got a fairly lowball offer.