eBay buyers can't read

Originally Posted by parrothead

Yeah, you have to dumb it down like crazy.

Yup, sadly I agree. I try to write my listings almost as if I'm addressing a 3rd grader because if you don't spell everything out someone will either try to take advantage or not pay attention at all. I had a guy leave me negative feedback because I sold an old MP3 player without connector wires (described as such) and he left negative feedback because there was nothing to connect it to a computer. He also threatened me though, so I was able to get it removed.

Also many people are using the ebay mobile app to buy things and it is horrible.... it only shows a small snippit of the description. There have been a huge rash of buyers who do not go out of their way to get the whole description and just bid based on the picture not reading that important details of the item, then are pissed off when it shows up with a flaw that was clearly described but they never read about.