Please sign this petition against time-wasters on eBay!

[Roxbylad]

Petition against time-wasters on eBay!

Having had yet another eBay auction go wrong due to malicious time-wasters, I have decided to try and do something about it by starting a Change.Org petition.

EBay don't seem to listen to individual complaints and so, if they are ever going to be pressed into doing something about this annoying practice, we have to band together!

Have a look at my petition below. Please sign it if you agree and please, please pass it on to as many of your friends as possible. Many thanks.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

If you do sign, please post 'Signed' to keep this thread visible! Thanks

Edited by Roxbylad on Saturday 30th April 16:22

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If you do sign, please post 'Signed' to keep this thread visible! Thanks

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longshot said:

Sad that it is, you could get every person on the planet to sign your petition and ebay will do precisely fk all about it.

Someone has to try

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Osinjak said:

10 signatures in 2 days. Awesome.

'A journey of 1000 miles starts with a single step'

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andy43 said:

I sorry, my goat press bid button. I no want item.

Precisely! EBay's system should provide for errant goats!

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charltjr said:

You'd be better off voting with your feet and not using it. If enough people do that then they'll pay attention. While the money keeps rolling in they'll do nothing.

Yeah. But that aint gonna happen, is it.

Thought you lads might be a bit more positive. Maybe I've posted in the wrong forum.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

Edited by Roxbylad on Saturday 30th April 16:41

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k-ink said:

How to list something:

A.
1. Select BuyNow only (no auction).
2. Set correct BuyNow price.
3. Select "buyer must pay immediately" option.
4. Select "no returns" option.
5. Take high resolution photos.
6. Add honest descriptive text.
7. Never ship abroad (due to various scams and postal costs, plus import tax even on returned goods!)


B.
Alternatively ignore above and state "cash on collection only". Set postage costs at £1000 and click "buyer must pay immediately" option. This ensures no one ever pays up front (thus saving you ebay sale fees). The buyer has no choice but to phone you and arrange a cash on collection deal. This gets around the Ebay rules of not being allowed to say "don't bid before calling me" in your advert.

I have had considerable success on eBay and will continue to use it. I know what works for me. But you only have to do a search on cars to see how many auctions go wrong due to 'time-wasters'. It needn't be so. If I were eBay's CEO, I'd fix it in a jiffy!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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marshalla said:

Can we have a petition to stop people posting cr*p like this in General Gassing ?

Thanks for your contribution! Have another beer mate - it's Saturday after all!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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STO said:

Don`t know what ebay can do though but signed anyway.

Thanks mate!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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TooMany2cvs said:

One seller's time-wasting buyer is one buyer's idiot seller with a completely and utterly-misdescribed "immaculate" shed.

If some miscreant bids and never gets in touch, that's actually a breach of contract. Nothing to do with mis-description which is entirely a different matter. But thanks for your thoughts.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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Osinjak said:

Very profound, you've changed my whole perspective on life.

Pleased to have been of help!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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Monkeylegend said:

OP can we have a link please.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-get-ebay-to-penalise-mischievous-non-paying-bidders

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stuartmmcfc said:

I've signed because a) you seem a nice bloke and b) someone has to worry about the trivial things in life, so thanks for saving me the effort

Forgot to add
https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

Every one counts! Thank you

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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wildcat45 said:

I signed. Not that I care about the subject, but you want to do something good and I like people like that.

Thanks Mate! Not sure where this is going. I had hoped for a faster response on P/H but we'll see. If everybody just sat back and did nothing, the world would be a terrible place. Cheers.

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PoleDriver said:

Dunnit!

Thanks!

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tr7v8 said:

Dooded

Now we're movin' with V8 burble too! Great!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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Monkeylegend said:

And the one OP gave me didn't work

I leave link at almost every reply!

Try this and tell me if it doesn't work please.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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grumpy52 said:

Done!
EBay used to be a great place to buy and sell ,I only buy off the site now and if it's not a business seller I only collect and pay after full inspection, I got fed up with rip off merchants posing as buyers .

Thanks Grumpy! I still use eBay almost daily - but the ethics have changed with change of ownership. So many of my friends and colleagues in the classic car business have suffered from time-wasters (that's people bidding and never responding when they win) that this way of selling is becoming a joke. My grouse is that eBay seem to take no notice of individual complaints. I just want to have some proven support and justification behind me when I tackle them again. Hence the petition.

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...

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Sorry - I'm out all day, picking up car I bought on eBay! Plenty of links in earlier posts should still be visible. Thanks for your support. I shall wash it and return it in the morning.

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jkh112 said:

As you are out, can you provide a link to the mobile site?

Back home now!

https://www.change.org/p/ebay-europe-s-%C3%A0-r-l-...