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Guess what time it is, kids? YES, it’s time for another installment of our famous “Battle of Buyer Sob Stories”; a fun blog post where we scour the internet to find outrageous sob stories that sellers have received, then we compare them to decide which Sob Story is the best. Here’s how it works:  THE POINT SYSTEMWe judge each Sob Story based on only two criteria: Creativity and Believability.Creativity: The buyer will earn a score of 1 through 5 points, based on how creative and uniq …

Welcome to our third edition of Battle of Buyer Sob Stories, where we rank Sob Stories sent to online Sellers in hopes of getting a discount.If you're not familiar with "Sob Stories" it's when a buyer reaches out to a seller to try to get a discount beyond what the listing is priced at and provides the seller with a story about how difficult their life is... because, apparently (they believe), the more difficult their life is, the lesser of a price they should pay for someone else's hard-earned …

Welcome to our second edition of Battle of Buyer Sob Stories, where we rank Sob Stories sent to online Sellers in hopes of getting a discount. If you're not familiar with "Sob Stories" its when a buyer reaches out to a seller to try to get a discount beyond what the listing is priced at.  THE POINT SYSTEMWe judge each Sob Story based on only two criteria: Creativity and Believability. The buyer will earn a score of 1 through 5 points, based on how creative and unique their S …

I thought it would be fun to critique “Buyer Sob Stories” today instead of just sharing them. The majority of these sob stories were received by Mercari sellers and posted on Reddit.JUDGING SOB STORIES CRITERIA  We will judge each Sob Story based on Creativity and Believability. The buyer will earn a score of 1 through 5 points, based on how creative and unique their Sob Story is. 5 points equals the most creative sob story. 1 point is equivalent to a run-of-the-mill, common Sob St …

I assume you are reading this because you either love reading this blog or because you are face-to-face with a buyer “sob story” email that you have no idea how to respond to. Yesterday we shared with you 14 absolutely hilarious and absurd Buyer Sob Stories from eBay and Poshmark sellers, hopefully you got a good laugh out of it!  So today we are going to address how to deal with these crazy stories.  Let's get started:Regardless of what you sell or where you sell it, you’re going …