Comments on: Bad eBay Experiences http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/ No hard sell. Just practical tips, ideas, inspiration, and other resources to help you to make money online. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 06:52:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: marcik15 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-198917 marcik15 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 03:30:06 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-198917 I tried to buy my son an android tablet for his birthday. I ordered it 6 weeks before the day but didn't receive the package until after his birthday (44 days from order), even though the seller gaurantees a refund if product takes more than 33 days to arrive. Not onlywas the tablet late, it was cracked. I took pictures and they told me to return the tablet to them and they would send me a new one. I paid the $42.05 to send it back. I also sent them the tracking number immediately and I know it has arrived. That was 2 months ago now and they are refusing to refund my money because I had the tablet too long (I received it on a monday and sent it back that friday so I only had it for 4 days). They say they want to send me a new tablet but they are developing really bad attitudes about it. I don't know what to do because ebay won't let me leave any comments now and paypal won't allow me to open a dispute either. Does anyone have any ideas?? Thanks I tried to buy my son an android tablet for his birthday. I ordered it 6 weeks before the day but didn’t receive the package until after his birthday (44 days from order), even though the seller gaurantees a refund if product takes more than 33 days to arrive. Not onlywas the tablet late, it was cracked. I took pictures and they told me to return the tablet to them and they would send me a new one. I paid the $42.05 to send it back. I also sent them the tracking number immediately and I know it has arrived. That was 2 months ago now and they are refusing to refund my money because I had the tablet too long (I received it on a monday and sent it back that friday so I only had it for 4 days). They say they want to send me a new tablet but they are developing really bad attitudes about it. I don’t know what to do because ebay won’t let me leave any comments now and paypal won’t allow me to open a dispute either. Does anyone have any ideas?? Thanks

]]> By: Anthony http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-194706 Anthony Sat, 07 May 2011 11:26:22 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-194706 In reality, lately we have had bad experiences on about 30% of our purchases. To top it all off now after ordering a part for my car's engine a (4 cylinder)as described on an EBAY auction and receiving something completely different (a part for a 6 cylinder engine), and returning it back to the seller, them signing as proof of receiving it back, Ebay is deciding IF I GET MY MONEY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES IF I GET MY MONEY BACK. I am furious. Ebay in years past, was a good place to make a purchase but over the past couple of years they have gone down hill. They have gotten worse and not better. I have made hundreds of purchases and am in a good position to make a solid evaluation. They have now a "Buyer Protection Plan" It works like this: Buy an advertised item, receive something different, send it back and EBAY decides IF YOU GET A REFUND. You have to fight to get your money back. It is NOT WORTH THE STRESS. You think you are getting a good value on your purchase. You think that you are buying from a reputable company, but in reality you might not be at all. Some sellers on Ebay are good and some are NOT. But if you get shafted and have to fight to get your money back, why buy from Ebay? They fight for the seller because if the seller refunds the money, Ebay and PayPal have to refund the money to the seller that they made off of the item which you purchased(PayPal is now owned by Ebay). These days, they charge the seller a high price to sell an item on Ebay. And Paypal charges the seller also to process the sale of the item. Buyer Protection Plan? No it should be called BUYER BEWARE PLAN. I have been buying for about 10 years now, I used to love shopping on Ebay but after many purchases recently, I feel its a RISK to buy on EBAY. Ebay has a vested interest in the money they make off each item sold. Their policies now lean in the favor of the seller not the buyer because they both (Ebay and PayPal)charge the seller much more than they used to and love the extra money it makes them. It seems there has been a change in management or ownership of Ebay, certainly a change in their ethics. In reality, lately we have had bad experiences on about 30% of our purchases. To top it all off now after ordering a part for my car’s engine a (4 cylinder)as described on an EBAY auction and receiving something completely different (a part for a 6 cylinder engine), and returning it back to the seller, them signing as proof of receiving it back, Ebay is deciding
IF I GET MY MONEY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YES IF I GET MY MONEY BACK. I am furious. Ebay in years past, was a good place to make a purchase but over the past couple of years they have gone down hill. They have gotten worse and not better. I have made hundreds of purchases and am in a good position to make a solid evaluation. They have now a “Buyer Protection Plan” It works like this: Buy an advertised item, receive something different, send it back and EBAY decides IF YOU GET A REFUND. You have to fight to get your money back. It is NOT WORTH THE STRESS. You think you are getting a good value on your purchase. You think that you are buying from a reputable company, but in reality you might not be at all. Some sellers on Ebay are good and some are NOT. But if you get shafted and have to fight to get your money back, why buy from Ebay? They fight for the seller because if the seller refunds the money, Ebay and PayPal have to refund the money to the seller that they made off of the item which you purchased(PayPal is now owned by Ebay). These days, they charge the seller a high price to sell an item on Ebay. And Paypal charges the seller also to process the sale of the item. Buyer Protection Plan? No it should be called BUYER BEWARE PLAN. I have been buying for about 10 years now, I used to love shopping on Ebay but after many purchases recently, I feel its a RISK to buy on EBAY. Ebay has a vested interest in the money they make off each item sold. Their policies now lean in the favor of the seller not the buyer because they both (Ebay and PayPal)charge the seller much more than they used to and love the extra money it makes them. It seems there has been a change in management or ownership of Ebay, certainly a change in their ethics.

]]> By: anon http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-184870 anon Mon, 08 Nov 2010 03:08:29 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-184870 another ebay nightmare: I have to report a seller by the name of dinball and they also own http://www.rcmart.com/ Seller shipped it to the wrong address but right zip code so when I reported them it said a notice was left in the right city and zip code. I never received a notice, and when I called the post office they said they couldn't do anything because the package was not addressed to my house. I've been fighting them for two months on ebay and they've really been dragging their feet. Worse part is the seller has 119,000+ feedback so my 1 feedback won't do anything. Never again will I buy from a seller with 100,000+ feedback because they do not care when they get negative feedback. another ebay nightmare: I have to report a seller by the name of dinball and they also own http://www.rcmart.com/

Seller shipped it to the wrong address but right zip code so when I reported them it said a notice was left in the right city and zip code. I never received a notice, and when I called the post office they said they couldn’t do anything because the package was not addressed to my house. I’ve been fighting them for two months on ebay and they’ve really been dragging their feet. Worse part is the seller has 119,000+ feedback so my 1 feedback won’t do anything. Never again will I buy from a seller with 100,000+ feedback because they do not care when they get negative feedback.

]]> By: krakatoa http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-178314 krakatoa Wed, 15 Sep 2010 18:34:05 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-178314 I became a victim of many deceitful sellers from China. I saw beautiful items of jewelry in photos and bid on many, many of them. Paid for it, waited at times for a month before getting something from that region. Several items I liked leaving positive feedbacks, but most items I did not like because either they were defective or not like in those photos. And many, many never arrived. I left MANY negative feedbacks. As a result I got messages from 2 buyers from USA who had the same experiences with one seller. I spent over 3000 US$ mainly on nothing and junk. It seemed that many sellers from China lured unsespected buyers from USA, CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA with beautiful and expensive looking but affordable jewelry and instead sent unwanted junk or NOTHING. Not only I was victimized by such crooks, ebay suspended me as a BAD BIDDER. Prior to that I had a perfect (100%) record. I planned to sell what I bought from China on ebay, hoping to make some money, not to mention to cover my losses (I am unemployed). It has been more than 3 weeks and I am still suspended, even those I replied to the message, tried to contact CUSTOMER SUPPORT without success spending many, many hours. Tried to contact them on the phone - I bet they do not want to be bothered. It turned into NIGHTMARE. I hate ebay! I became a victim of many deceitful sellers from China. I saw beautiful items of jewelry in photos and bid on many, many of them. Paid for it, waited at times for a month before getting something from that region. Several items I liked leaving positive feedbacks, but most items I did not like because either they were defective or not like in those photos. And many, many never arrived. I left MANY negative feedbacks. As a result I got messages from 2 buyers from USA who had the same experiences with one seller. I spent over 3000 US$ mainly on nothing and junk. It seemed that many sellers from China lured unsespected buyers from USA, CANADA, UK, AUSTRALIA with beautiful and expensive looking but affordable jewelry and instead sent unwanted junk or NOTHING. Not only I was victimized by such crooks, ebay suspended me as a BAD BIDDER. Prior to that I had a perfect (100%) record. I planned to sell what I bought from China on ebay, hoping to make some money, not to mention to cover my losses (I am unemployed). It has been more than 3 weeks and I am still suspended, even those I replied to the message, tried to contact CUSTOMER SUPPORT without success spending many, many hours. Tried to contact them on the phone – I bet they do not want to be bothered. It turned into NIGHTMARE. I hate ebay!

]]> By: cat_massager13 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-170069 cat_massager13 Sun, 01 Aug 2010 09:20:03 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-170069 I won a bid on a car May 9, 2010. The seller, electrikspecialist, tried to get me to cancel the sale from the start. I learned through DMV that he was selling the car for someone else, which is not an issue in itself, but the alleged current owner never registered the car in his name. I waited while this problem was allegedly being fixed. I didn't get fixed. Seller tells me he is getting a lien sale against the owner, which is supposed to take a month. I wait for this to happen. Six weeks later DMV has no record of any lien sale on the vehicle. Almost three months have passed since the auction, seller has stopped answering my emails and phone calls. I never get the car I won at auction. I won a bid on a car May 9, 2010. The seller, electrikspecialist, tried to get me to cancel the sale from the start. I learned through DMV that he was selling the car for someone else, which is not an issue in itself, but the alleged current owner never registered the car in his name. I waited while this problem was allegedly being fixed. I didn’t get fixed. Seller tells me he is getting a lien sale against the owner, which is supposed to take a month. I wait for this to happen. Six weeks later DMV has no record of any lien sale on the vehicle. Almost three months have passed since the auction, seller has stopped answering my emails and phone calls. I never get the car I won at auction.

]]> By: marianne http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-159385 marianne Thu, 27 May 2010 09:44:54 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-159385 I agree with ebaysucks November 12, 2009 | 3:34 am ebay sucks. they suspended me for no reason. and customer support is very bad. no personally response to my mails no nothing. iam so mad. what can i do, Our account was supsended in february 2010 without warning. We lost buyers and goods becuase we were mid transactions when account suspended. EBay have still billed us for commission on these sales, even though we have received no payment from buyers, who cancelled their payment once our account was suspended, but after goods sent. Four times we have sent all aksed for documentation-really sensitive ID stuff like copies of passport and driving licence. Four times they have refused to act on same. Faxed the items first-twice-and they stated not clear from fax. Then posted-recorded to Dublin. Have proof of receipt-signature their end. They state first time docs sent not received. Posted again last week-signed for-Royal Mail say delivered but again EBay saying haven't received them yet. What has happened internally to this personal information? We have complied with their every request but still account suspended. We are a small charitable organisation that use the proceeds from sales for elderly, vulnerable tenats. It seems EBay just does not care about smaller sellers and seem to have no intention of putting things right. I have no idea how we can possibly get our account back online if EBay will not assist and do their part. I would welcome any thoughts/comments/ideas/ similar experiences as to how to get them to do something! I could write a formal complaint to Luxembourg as advised by EBay but how long will that take and will they ever admit to receiving it???? Can anybody out there help? I agree with ebaysucks
November 12, 2009 | 3:34 am

ebay sucks. they suspended me for no reason. and customer support is very bad. no personally response to my mails no nothing. iam so mad. what can i do,

Our account was supsended in february 2010 without warning. We lost buyers and goods becuase we were mid transactions when account suspended. EBay have still billed us for commission on these sales, even though we have received no payment from buyers, who cancelled their payment once our account was suspended, but after goods sent.

Four times we have sent all aksed for documentation-really sensitive ID stuff like copies of passport and driving licence. Four times they have refused to act on same. Faxed the items first-twice-and they stated not clear from fax. Then posted-recorded to Dublin. Have proof of receipt-signature their end. They state first time docs sent not received. Posted again last week-signed for-Royal Mail say delivered but again EBay saying haven’t received them yet. What has happened internally to this personal information? We have complied with their every request but still account suspended. We are a small charitable organisation that use the proceeds from sales for elderly, vulnerable tenats.

It seems EBay just does not care about smaller sellers and seem to have no intention of putting things right. I have no idea how we can possibly get our account back online if EBay will not assist and do their part.

I would welcome any thoughts/comments/ideas/ similar experiences as to how to get them to do something! I could write a formal complaint to Luxembourg as advised by EBay but how long will that take and will they ever admit to receiving it???? Can anybody out there help?

]]> By: Michael http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-145421 Michael Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:28:37 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-145421 Just as a follow up to my post regarding the ebay seller Goezshopping they have never followed up or refunded money for the adapter I sent back. Buyers beware. They have a lot of positive feedback but if they treat even a small percentage of buyers this way then they are scammers. Just as a follow up to my post regarding the ebay seller Goezshopping they have never followed up or refunded money for the adapter I sent back.

Buyers beware. They have a lot of positive feedback but if they treat even a small percentage of buyers this way then they are scammers.

]]> By: A Okam http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-145404 A Okam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:19:34 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-145404 I also always read the negative comments. If I see a lot of "horrible condition" or "not as described!" then I avoid it. If they are more unreasonable like "I don't like this movie" or whatever, then I know it's probably okay. I also always read the negative comments. If I see a lot of “horrible condition” or “not as described!” then I avoid it. If they are more unreasonable like “I don’t like this movie” or whatever, then I know it’s probably okay.

]]> By: A Okam http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-145402 A Okam Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:14:13 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-145402 Yea I'm done with eBay. Dreading that my product may be in horrible condition or Pirated, etc. is too much. I would rather spend more money from a larger company or site or use Amazon to get the best quality so I know I'm not getting ripped off and don't have to deal with angry hermits bitching at me for leaving neutral feedback (when it should have been negative) I hate when they send you @*#% in horrible condition and claim it was in Mint condition. I only really trust sellers with 99.9 - 100% positive feedback and 500+ sells. I've had some sellers with 90-95% positive feedback who have still been horrible. Yea I’m done with eBay. Dreading that my product may be in horrible condition or Pirated, etc. is too much. I would rather spend more money from a larger company or site or use Amazon to get the best quality so I know I’m not getting ripped off and don’t have to deal with angry hermits bitching at me for leaving neutral feedback (when it should have been negative) I hate when they send you @*#% in horrible condition and claim it was in Mint condition. I only really trust sellers with 99.9 – 100% positive feedback and 500+ sells. I’ve had some sellers with 90-95% positive feedback who have still been horrible.

]]> By: ebaysucks http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/comment-page-1/#comment-132890 ebaysucks Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:04:14 +0000 http://www.justmakemoneyonline.com/2008/02/23/bad-ebay-experiences/#comment-132890 ebay sucks. they suspended me for no reason. and customer support is very bad. no personally response to my mails no nothing. iam so mad. what can i do, because unfortunatly ebay is the best place to buy and sell. ebay sucks. they suspended me for no reason. and customer support is very bad. no personally response to my mails no nothing. iam so mad. what can i do, because unfortunatly ebay is the best place to buy and sell.

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