SHADY INTERNATIONAL SELLERS, GET IT TOGETHER.

(This post is not to say that national sellers never do shady things, these are just my own personal experiences with international sellers.)

I've been on eBay for a while now (as both a buyer and a seller), although I previously used a different account. The frustrating thing is that a lot of international sellers too often take advantage of the people that buy from them (and I'm not saying that all of the international sellers on this website do this), but it's happened enough for it to be frustrating. I'll list a few different occasions of this happening in this post.

1: I bought an electronic device on eBay a few years ago, but I only received a package with the electronic device's case inside of it. The electronic device was not included. To my knowledge, that was not what was advertised, but - unfortunately (for me, at the least) - I had made the payment as a guest, so there wasn't very much that I could have done about it.

2: I bought a pair of shorts on eBay, but when it arrived, it didn't really look anything like the picture. Maybe it looked a little similar, but those shorts that I received were obviously a cheap imitation of the shorts that I had "kind of" thought that I was buying. I made a complaint to the seller, and I was issued a refund. (Yes, I am aware that this frequently happens to people that buy from China. But I have received things before that actually did look like their pictures. I do understand, though, that it would be kind of wise to avoid buying certain things from China.)

3: I bought some kind of a hair band on eBay, but - apparently - it never arrived (or, at the least, it didn't arrive at the address that it was supposed to be sent to ... unless something else happened.) I tried to mention this to the seller (a few months later, I believe) after I realized this, but they didn't really do anything (besides seeming to feign ignorance).

4: I just bought three lipsticks on eBay the other day, but - after kind of regretting the purchase (for personal reasons ... but I'm not exactly sure about whether or not I would have cancelled the order if not for the next reason) and realizing that they were most likely dupes (and therefore most likely not cruelty-free), I decided to cancel the whole transaction and request a refund. The person responded back to me once, and they haven't responded back to me ever since. I've already experienced the "communication drop-out" - or, rather, the "communication drop-off" - (so to say) with international eBay sellers before. (About two months ago, I was asking some eBay sellers about expedited shipping and / or express shipping, and most of them would just stop replying to me after ONE MESSAGE ... *some* people may remember this as being the "dress situation" that I've previously mentioned before online [not on eBay, though]), and I just have a feeling that they are neither going to respond, nor are they going to issue me a refund (most likely ... they still could do so, I guess, but I'm really doubting that they will even bother now ... unless I take the issue to eBay).

This isn't to say that I haven't actually received items from international sellers before, because I have (albeit somewhat late sometimes, but some of them were actually nice enough to refund my payments due to the lateness ... but - after considering this, I guess - an item being a little bit late doesn't necessarily mean that it warrants a refund [depending on the situation, of course], because the item was still received, right? Just as the "If we don't get there in under thirty minutes, then the pizza is free!" thing *seems* to have kind of faded out. But I guess that it was still nice of them to do that). I've even had someone offer to issue me a half-refund due to a negative reaction that I had to some supplements that I purchased from them (but maybe that was more out of worry about their own reputation?).

This also isn't to say that I "always" get refunds for what I buy, by the way ... it's just that I'm mentioning those particular situations. I've made a lot of purchases on eBay. I've been refunded for *some* of them. MY aim isn't to rip people off ... unlike some people [apparently]. Especially since I know how that feels. These are examples of other people actually being able to do right by a customer ... instead of taking no responsibility and just ignoring the customer. Customers and / or sellers may not *always* be "right", but we should - all of us - at least have some common decency and not rip each other off.

These are some more positive experiences, I guess. But the negative experiences can just be frustrating.

Of course, I do realize (maybe now more than ever, and it's not that I was unaware of the potential dangers) that I'll have to be even more careful when making international purchase. The risks don't really seem worth the price anymore.

If anyone that has read and / or is reading this post is a moderator, an administrator, and / or a representative of eBay, please feel free to step in and help me out with this frustrating situation.

*This post is being and / or has been cross-posted online.*

Brahms Heelshire ("The Boy") | My YouTube Comments.

Well, like other people have already mentioned, there's the whole thing with the plot, and then there's also the possible "questionability" of some of the rules (other people have mentioned the "How would you feed a doll?" argument ("Even if a doll is haunted, how would they eat?" That sort of thing. A spirit wouldn't necessarily need to eat, let alone a haunted doll ... unless the spirit was inside of a mortal being.) I basically get what you're trying to say about doing what you've been hired to do, but - in some situations - one might consider the "how" aspect. She didn't think that there was a spirit inside of the doll, so maybe she didn't think that it would be very necessary to do those things if he was not really living. She did eventually start to follow the rules. As for the twist, there have been so many movies about "haunted objects", and I believe that the writer wanted to go down a different path from the common cliches of those kind(s) of movies. Well, anyway(s) ... to each their own, I guess.

Nope. There would be (and, technicaly, are) certain conflicting characteristics that would (and, technically, do) prevent such a thing. (Anyone that has seen "The Boy" would probably understand what I mean. Anyone that has not seen "The Boy" probably would not understand what I mean.)

 I usually describe certain things as "okay" (and I don't really mean "bad" when I say that), but I guess that this is one of those rare and / or few exceptions where I'll describe something as "good". This movie had minimal jump scares, a mysterious aspect, and a twist to the story.

☺ Yeah, it's not really what people might be expecting before they watch it. There are minimal jump scares, a mysterious aspect, and a twist to the story (and, hopefully, that's not really spoiling anything). I wouldn't really say that it would have people screaming, though. I usually describe certain things as "okay", but I guess that this is one of those few and / or rare exceptions where I call something "good". I wasn't expecting to feel the way that I feel about this movie, but I do ... so ... that's that. ☺

Nope, but there might be something slightly correct in the idea of that theory, but it doesn't have to do with Malcolm or Emily Cribbs. Other people have mentioned other things about Brahms Heelshire and Greta Evans [in this "comment thread", but there is a twist that some people might not know about. I'm not really one for giving out spoilers, though (so ... hopefully, what I said isn't really much of a spoiler). You'll just have to watch the movie to find out ... or read about it online, I guess (if you haven't already done one of those things). Edit: Ashley Faminial kind of has a good point. Some people will have a grave / tomb site for a person (and / or people) even if there is no body (and / or are no bodies) to bury. To address someone else's (Kray Lake's) comment, Brahms Heelshire would actually be about 28 years old, not 30 years old (yet ... at the time of and / or in this movie). As for the fire (since it isn't really addressed in the movie ... but there do seem to be some things that might hint to a certain kind of conclusion), I guess that I kind of have my own suspicions (which could be correct or incorrect). Since it isn't really addressed in the movie, I guess that it wouldn't really be considered a "spoiler" to discuss it. I guess that I kind of suspect that his parents might have tried to burn him alive (after they found out about the incident with the little girl), and then maybe they felt really bad for what happened and possibly started to "over-compensate" in a strange sort of way to "make up" for it (leading to the events in the movie). (?) (Johao Gomez kind of has the right idea ... maybe without even realizing. Gino Robles also mentioned a key point, too ... maybe without even realizing it, too. Lavender Cupcake is just a little bit off. Mariah Diaz is also just a little bit off when it comes to the motive of what was being discussed and the conclusion of the story. Brendan Man has the right idea when it comes to giving away spoilers. Don't do it. Hahaha. Seb92ify makes a good point about everyone being who they are, but I'd say that Greta Evans is / was a "little bit" more than just "a gift" when it comes to Brahms Heelshire. According to the writer, she's supposed to be some kind of twist of two somethings for him.)