I don't know what's going on lately but the last week has been especially awful and stressful. Other women have really been coming at me, in my small business, my neighbor argued with me, and even in stores other women are being especially rude. My close friend and my mom have noticed it to - they're also having a lot of similar, negative experiences in their careers and even just running errands.
It's been a rough week for my ebay business. I had a 3 bogus return claims opened - all from women - because they had buyers remorse. One had messaged me proir to purchasing, and I copied and pasted the item's description where it talked about the items condition, and I even warned her that I do not accept returns, the item is cheap because it has some wear, and do not purchase if you think that'll be an issue. Still, here we are. I've also gotten a flood of buyers lately asking me questions which are clearly answered in the items description. People don't read. Other women just have been commenting and asking questions via ebay as well as my business page on social media - simply poking at me, offering unwarranted "advice", and complaining about shipping cost (which sellers can't control) and asking me to fraudulent things. Not to toot my own horn, but I'm a top seller and make daily sales, with great feedback. The bottom line is, I know what I'm doing and in ebays eyes I'm very good at it. It feels shallow to chalk it up to other women being jealous, but I haven't had any male customers complain or try to return stuff in a long time. I have been blocking the customers that open buyers remorse returns, or ask me questions that are indictive of them not reading /looking for a return, and still the trouble makers seep through. I've changed my username and have a generic photo so People cannot even see me or have any idea of who I am. I've spent less and less time on social media, but I get paid to make content and do ads, so that's pretty much what I still use it for. Today a woman on social media attacked one of my ads, trying to troll and argue with me and blew up my dms sending paragraph after paragraph on some unhinged rant, not even on the same topic. Another one blocked.
The other day when I was getting in my car, my neighbor who's around my mom's age, was outside so I waved and said hello. She started asking me about my kids and baby, and I don't have any, so I told her in a polite manner. She started ARGUING with me about how she saw me "holding a baby" and how she knew i had kids. For the record, I don't have any kids and never had any kids over to my house. I told her that I often carry stuff in and out of the garage and car, so maybe I was holding something that looked like that, trying to be polite, and she still argued with me about how I had a baby. It was so bizarre especially the tone she was having, and she really acted like I was trying to gaslight her or something. Maybe she had bad eyesight or is getting dementia, but still, the interaction reminded me so much of my toxic and gaslighting ex. Her tone and raising her voice was just like him.
And then, I had 2 incidents one at a retail store and another at the grocery store. In the retail store, think like a Walmart, I was shopping with my cart right in front of me and I always keep myself and cart to the side so others can get past more easily. As I was looking at some stuff, a grown woman came by and grabbed my cart rolling it away. She took my shopping cart! Immediately I was like "hey, that's my cart' to which, she turned around, looked at me, and started walking at a faster pace! I had to literally run after her get a hand on the cart and shout "ma'am that's my cart!" It was so bizarre. And then in the grocery store I was walking down the aisle to the section with the pasta sauce I was looking for. An older woman, close to my grandmas age, had herself and her cart in the middle of the aisle, chit chatting a family down the aisle. She was blocking the aisle completely, saw me approaching, and as I knew I wouldn't be able to get by, I said "excuse me". She looked at me, didn't move an inch, and turned her head back to the family continuing to chit chat and block the aisle. I stepped much closer, with my cart, and more loudly said "excuse me, I'm afraid I can't fit. Can you please move your cart?" I thought maybe she was hard of hearing, but she looked at me and gave me a dirty look and still continued to chit chat. Frustrated, now, I gently grabbed her cart and started pushing it to the side so I could get through. She actually stepped to try to block me. And I looked at her and said "ma'am I'm trying to get to the pasta sauce which is right here" she gave me the dirtiest look and even the people she was talking to started trying to say their goodbyes. Funny enough a guy then came up behind me, pushed her cart completely to the opposite side and side and muttered "she's causing a freaking road block". I grabbed what I wanted and left.
Seriously I'm so frustrated this week! It's not that everything has been bad, I've had great interactions and great customers - but there's been so many bizarre and obnoxious women lately even going so far as to making new profiles to try to harass and spam me - it's insane. I'm ignoring, blocking, and deleting, and even email ebay when I suspect that it's a duplicate account. My friends who are on ebay have had a lot of bogus returns too lately. I'm just trying to relax today, workout, and recenter myself from whatever it is that's happening. The past month I really got into praying again, counting my blessings, I'm cooking and eating homemade stuff a lot, going on nature walks, and really was feeling good I thought I had a "good vibe" going, but it's like I'm a magnet for the bad lately.
Any advice would be appreciated. This is getting to me and I feel like I'm about to snap
It could honestly be jealousy. And studies say women typically underestimate the their looks and how others perceive them.
I would hold firm on not giving returns, if it's a business. If you're not lying about whatever you sell, and the disclaimer isn't fine print, then theyre giving you false hope by buying.
It seems "mean," but you aren't a retailer. This is your income.
Starting now, I'd be gentle, but firm with return requests. "I stated clearly in the description that I generally don't take returns. Is there a reason you no longer want what you purchased?"
Don't stop working hard or being authentic, because maybe they can smell on you that you're successful, and sometimes people attack people who they feel they can't really hurt.
Captain Ladyballs? Are you a t-Ranny. ? Or one of these scrotes from the incel forum?