Venting - irrationally hostile sellers on ebay
Ok, I'm venting. Why are so many eBay sellers needlessly hostile? Edit: I am also a reseller.
So I want to buy a rug, they have it at $250 make offer, I message them and offer $200.
I have a gift card in my account from capital one shopping and I'd like to apply it with my credit card as a payment, whereas the eBay make offer feature would automatically charge my credit card on file for the full amount if they accept.
So I ask the seller if they find my offer acceptable, can they lower the price and I will check out with my preferred payment.
Seller accuses me of wanting to "make a side deal" with a gift card and states I need to use the eBay make offer feature only. Then they ghost me when I try to explain that I am trying to check out manually. I mean this rug sells new for $300, it's not really a steal or anything. But it would be nice to use my gift card.
Oh, another time I was interested in buying sunscreen from a different seller. I ask a question about the expiration date, and they contact me accusing me of getting their listing taken down because apparently someone reported it for reasons unknown. They start sending me random lines of text that I assume are insults but framed so only they understand the meaning. I mean what the hell...it's sunscreen.
Is this a boomer thing or something? Is this a consequence of being from the lead paint generation? I am also a reseller and I am not hostile like this to random people interested in my stuff.
...Stepping down from my elder millennial soapbox now.