I can hardly believe how RUDE the following Ebay seller was to me...I just need to vent about this.
Anyone who has tried to buy shoes (especially the European sizes) on Ebay knows just how confusing the conversion from American shoe sizes to European sizes can be. The size varies from brand to brand, and even by individual style within the brand.
I was looking at a pair of Louis Vuitton sandals.
In the seller's auction, he stated that an LV size 37.5 is equal to an American size 7.5. I POLITELY emailed him with the request that he please measure the shoe from heel to toe to give me a bit more info to go on to be sure the shoes will fit me. There are NO returns, so it's only common courtesy for a seller to provide not just the shoe size, but the shoe measurements. Then if the shoes don't fit me, it's my problem. I understand that.
But this seller REFUSED to measure the shoe! He's going to lose business with that attitude. To make matters worse, I had put in an offer for the (used) shoes for $275+$30 shipping. His "Buy it Now" price is $400, so I don't feel that my offer was unduly "low" as he told me! He always could have done a counteroffer. Instead, he IGNORED my offer. He didn't even give me the common courtesy of letting me know that he had DECLINED my offer!
Here is the seller's response: "I find that if I measure the shoe and post CM or inches everyone has a different idea of where or how to measure it from. So I do not get involved in that. My wife is a perfect size 7.5 US, 37.5 EURO. If you are uncomfortable or unsure then do not buy the shoes. Your offer was declined. Being recently listed I am not interested in low offers. The listing will never run out until sold so I will wait until the right buyer comes along."
That's a pretty rude and snippy reply, no? Refusing to measure the shoes AND calling my offer "low"???
If he had just sent me a counteroffer I probably would have bought the shoes for $350 or so. I deliberately bid a bit low, expecting that he would send me a counteroffer. I DID NOT expect him to IGNORE my offer altogether and not even give me the common courtesy of letting me know that my offer was declined. And $30 seems like an awful lot for US postage.
I really like the shoes, but I don't think I want to deal with this seller who treated me so rudely. What would you do? He has 100% feedback, but he also seems to have a really bad attitude.
And is LV size 37.5 really always equal to US size 7.5? I'm a perfect size 7.5, but as I understand it, LV shoes can vary a bit.
Thanks for any advice!
Eva
Anyone who has tried to buy shoes (especially the European sizes) on Ebay knows just how confusing the conversion from American shoe sizes to European sizes can be. The size varies from brand to brand, and even by individual style within the brand.
I was looking at a pair of Louis Vuitton sandals.
In the seller's auction, he stated that an LV size 37.5 is equal to an American size 7.5. I POLITELY emailed him with the request that he please measure the shoe from heel to toe to give me a bit more info to go on to be sure the shoes will fit me. There are NO returns, so it's only common courtesy for a seller to provide not just the shoe size, but the shoe measurements. Then if the shoes don't fit me, it's my problem. I understand that.
But this seller REFUSED to measure the shoe! He's going to lose business with that attitude. To make matters worse, I had put in an offer for the (used) shoes for $275+$30 shipping. His "Buy it Now" price is $400, so I don't feel that my offer was unduly "low" as he told me! He always could have done a counteroffer. Instead, he IGNORED my offer. He didn't even give me the common courtesy of letting me know that he had DECLINED my offer!
Here is the seller's response: "I find that if I measure the shoe and post CM or inches everyone has a different idea of where or how to measure it from. So I do not get involved in that. My wife is a perfect size 7.5 US, 37.5 EURO. If you are uncomfortable or unsure then do not buy the shoes. Your offer was declined. Being recently listed I am not interested in low offers. The listing will never run out until sold so I will wait until the right buyer comes along."
That's a pretty rude and snippy reply, no? Refusing to measure the shoes AND calling my offer "low"???
If he had just sent me a counteroffer I probably would have bought the shoes for $350 or so. I deliberately bid a bit low, expecting that he would send me a counteroffer. I DID NOT expect him to IGNORE my offer altogether and not even give me the common courtesy of letting me know that my offer was declined. And $30 seems like an awful lot for US postage.
I really like the shoes, but I don't think I want to deal with this seller who treated me so rudely. What would you do? He has 100% feedback, but he also seems to have a really bad attitude.
And is LV size 37.5 really always equal to US size 7.5? I'm a perfect size 7.5, but as I understand it, LV shoes can vary a bit.
Thanks for any advice!
Eva