Seller Beware

[rockjunquie]

May 9, 2019 6:29:52 GMT -5 fernwood said:

Thanks for the input.

Their policy is that any items that are abandoned, ie not picked up by the required time, are considered donations.
They had a 30% mark up price, plus are required to charge sales tax.
So, an item I had priced at $50.00, was offered for $69.00. This covered their commission and local/state sales tax.

There is not really a contract, just guidelines on their policies. I do have a copy of the listing sheet (their terms), which lists all items I left there. This includes descriptions, item numbers and my seller number.

I just do not have it in me to take on a County not for profit, who has a great reputation.

The junk term is what the manager uses, especially for items that are not yarn or sewing items which do not sell. She is a disabled, long time crafter.

I did not hear back from her on Tuesday, so am guessing my items are in a box in their basement for their next "garage sale". Will be calling her when I recover from the flu and can talk on phone.

Total value of my items that did not sell, was about $200.00. This number was what I would have received.

In the past, I have purchased some items from their garage sales. The items were marked down about 50-75% from what they were offered for at the store.

This has been a valuable learning experience for me. I trusted the organization and was burned by them.

It's an awful feeling to trust someone that ends up burning you. That's why you have an obligation to report this- so it doesn't have to happen to anyone else. You don't need to go to court or extreme measures on social media. Just call someone at the county and let them know what's going on. It's not right and has now soured your opinion of the nonprofit. How many others will be soured? They will have no supporters left if they keep letting her do this. You have a witness- your cop friend. He can attest to the fact that she has done this to others. If he doesn't, then use the freedom of information act to get the records of 911 calls from there. I did that once- very helpful. 

[fernwood]

May 9, 2019 6:54:11 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

May 9, 2019 6:29:52 GMT -5 fernwood said:

Thanks for the input.

Their policy is that any items that are abandoned, ie not picked up by the required time, are considered donations.
They had a 30% mark up price, plus are required to charge sales tax.
So, an item I had priced at $50.00, was offered for $69.00. This covered their commission and local/state sales tax.

There is not really a contract, just guidelines on their policies. I do have a copy of the listing sheet (their terms), which lists all items I left there. This includes descriptions, item numbers and my seller number.

I just do not have it in me to take on a County not for profit, who has a great reputation.

The junk term is what the manager uses, especially for items that are not yarn or sewing items which do not sell. She is a disabled, long time crafter.

I did not hear back from her on Tuesday, so am guessing my items are in a box in their basement for their next "garage sale". Will be calling her when I recover from the flu and can talk on phone.

Total value of my items that did not sell, was about $200.00. This number was what I would have received.

In the past, I have purchased some items from their garage sales. The items were marked down about 50-75% from what they were offered for at the store.

This has been a valuable learning experience for me. I trusted the organization and was burned by them.

It's an awful feeling to trust someone that ends up burning you. That's why you have an obligation to report this- so it doesn't have to happen to anyone else. You don't need to go to court or extreme measures on social media. Just call someone at the county and let them know what's going on. It's not right and has now soured your opinion of the nonprofit. How many others will be soured? They will have no supporters left if they keep letting her do this. You have a witness- your cop friend. He can attest to the fact that she has done this to others. If he doesn't, then use the freedom of information act to get the records of 911 calls from there. I did that once- very helpful. 

Thanks Tela.  Do not really want to get my relative involved in this, since he will be a new father in a couple weeks and is working lots of OT now, so he can spend some time with their new child.  
I doubt there have been any 911 calls to this organization.

[rockjunquie]

May 9, 2019 7:01:56 GMT -5 fernwood said:

May 9, 2019 6:54:11 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

It's an awful feeling to trust someone that ends up burning you. That's why you have an obligation to report this- so it doesn't have to happen to anyone else. You don't need to go to court or extreme measures on social media. Just call someone at the county and let them know what's going on. It's not right and has now soured your opinion of the nonprofit. How many others will be soured? They will have no supporters left if they keep letting her do this. You have a witness- your cop friend. He can attest to the fact that she has done this to others. If he doesn't, then use the freedom of information act to get the records of 911 calls from there. I did that once- very helpful. 

Thanks Tela.  Do not really want to get my relative involved in this, since he will be a new father in a couple weeks and is working lots of OT now, so he can spend some time with their new child.  
I doubt there have been any 911 calls to this organization.

Not TO there, FROM there. It could demonstrate a history of harassment.

[HankRocks]

It sounds like you are dealing with a Bully. Being disabled does not excuse a person for that type of behavior. If it's somehow related to the onset of some mental ailment then I would be wiling to give her a pass and just write this off as a lesson learned and move on. 

My guess is that this is not a first time occurrence as evidenced by the the quick call to the police, she has been down this road before. The really unfortunate thing is that this lady is already in the process of "poisoning the well" for that organization and it will suffer. More importantly, the folks whom this group benefits will suffer.

Henry

[rockjunquie]

I got  personal PM from Beth. She has very personal and valid reasons for not rocking the boat. So, while it does look like something should be done- it won't be Beth doing it and I understand why.

[fernwood]

May 9, 2019 7:40:38 GMT -5 rockjunquie said:

I got  personal PM from Beth. She has very personal and valid reasons for not rocking the boat. So, while it does look like something should be done- it won't be Beth doing it and I understand why.

Thank you for understanding and sharing with others.