I am listing a faulty item on eBay - can of worms ?

[DSLiverpool]

Having a clear out I found a faulty Nespresso machine, its a nice Porsche design one it cost me a packet but its faulty and worth whatever so listing for no reserve however I think I have covered the ebay requirements to make it as obviously faulty as possible plus I have made the text below my opening line - anything else I could cover?

Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty

Please note the winning bidder must send a ebay message confirming the understand this unit is faulty, It shows F9 an electrical fault, lots of parts for this are still available on the partsmaster website but I dont have the time of inclination to get it fixed - its been a great machine for 5+ years.

Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty

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[gregs656]

Sell it as 'for parts or not working' and not as 'used' if you want to be completely covered.

[limpsfield]

Sounds like you are more than covered. Lots of listed as faulty items on Ebay all the time e.g. cars, watches etc. You seem to be making this as clear as possible!

[AndrewEH1]

Maybe worth using Gumtree instead?

Cash on collection and no come back from buyers?

[limpsfield]

Here's a quick search on "faulty nespresso" on Ebay that have ended recently.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sa...

Plenty seem to sell, but not for a lot.

[Funkycoldribena]

Bit cruel isn't it?

[DSLiverpool]

limpsfield said:

Here's a quick search on "faulty nespresso" on Ebay that have ended recently.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_sa...

Plenty seem to sell, but not for a lot.

Not many of the Porsche design ones ever come up but if I get anything towards a new machine I will be pleased - Gumtree was a good call.

[LordHaveMurci]

I'm selling mine on eBay, for spares or repair as previously mentioned.

[Buff Mchugelarge]

Does it work?

[98elise]

I've sold a faulty laptop, and a car will a gearbox problem on ebay.

As long as its absolutely clear that the item is faulty then you should have no problem.

[Monkeylegend]

I wouldn't risk selling a faulty can of worms on ebay.

[Dogwatch]

Monkeylegend said:

I wouldn't risk selling a faulty can of worms on ebay.

What could possibly go wrong?

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

DSLiverpool said:

Having a clear out I found a faulty Nespresso machine, its a nice Porsche design one it cost me a packet but its faulty and worth whatever so listing for no reserve however I think I have covered the ebay requirements to make it as obviously faulty as possible plus I have made the text below my opening line - anything else I could cover?

Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty

Please note the winning bidder must send a ebay message confirming the understand this unit is faulty, It shows F9 an electrical fault, lots of parts for this are still available on the partsmaster website but I dont have the time of inclination to get it fixed - its been a great machine for 5+ years.

Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty Its faulty

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I sold a Rolex brochure. Described as such with 12 x photos, page numbers, in depth description.


Bloke in Spain was convinced he'd bought a genuine Rolex watch for £12

So, there's no telling

[funkyrobot]

Dogwatch said:

Monkeylegend said:

I wouldn't risk selling a faulty can of worms on ebay.

What could possibly go wrong?

It probably won't have any worms in.

[stuartmmcfc]

funkyrobot said:

Dogwatch said:

Monkeylegend said:

I wouldn't risk selling a faulty can of worms on ebay.

What could possibly go wrong?

It probably won't have any worms in.

No can just loose worms.

[bloomen]

Sold plenty of broken stuff. It was always clearly stated along with details of the problem. Everybody won every time.

[jdw100]

Sounds interesting, I might take it off your hands. How much do you want for it?

It still makes good coffee yes?

[PAUL500]

What ever you write on your advert, if you get a muppet buyer who decides after buying it they don't want it anymore then ebay will give them their money back regardless.

Its an automated process, ebay dont even look into the matter and simply hand the money back to the buyer. Sellers have no rights on ebay, you cannot even leave a negative anymore.

Its just happened to me, I have over 500 positives gained over 15 years and 100% feedback.

Sold an item, fully described, nothing wrong with it, posted it off, day later the buyer emails asking for a refund as they don't want the item anymore.

I told them it's already on its way, they say they still want a refund or will leave a negative, so I report them. My listing also clearly says no returns.

Sure enough couple of days later they make a claim, stating "not as described", ebay go through a waste of time "try to resolve a problem" process and the day after that expires they simply return the money without even reading the replies to the dispute, putting my account £250 in the negative!

Ebay even charged me the cost of the buyer returning the item via their return process and refunded the buyer the initial postage as well.

Thats it for me selling on that place, fine for buying, but a rip off for sellers, 15% of the sale goes to ebay/Paypal now, they even claw that off the postage cost.

Edited by PAUL500 on Thursday 31st March 23:04

[Spare tyre]

PAUL500 said:

What ever you write on your advert, if you get a muppet buyer who decides after buying it they don't want it anymore then ebay will give them their money back regardless.

Its an automated process, ebay dont even look into the matter and simply hand the money back to the buyer. Sellers have no rights on ebay, you cannot even leave a negative anymore.

Its just happened to me, I have over 500 positives gained over 15 years and 100% feedback.

Sold an item, fully described, nothing wrong with it, posted it off, day later the buyer emails asking for a refund as they don't want the item anymore.

I told them it's already on its way, they say they still want a refund or will leave a negative, so I report them. My listing also clearly says no returns.

Sure enough couple of days later they make a claim, stating "not as described", ebay go through a waste of time "try to resolve a problem" process and the day after that expires they simply return the money without even reading the replies to the dispute, putting my account £250 in the negative!

Ebay even charged me the cost of the buyer returning the item via their return process and refunded the buyer the initial postage as well.

Thats it for me selling on that place, fine for buying, but a rip off for sellers, 15% of the sale goes to ebay/Paypal now, they even claw that off the postage cost.

Edited by PAUL500 on Thursday 31st March 23:04

Very similar happened to me, I now list things on gumtree, then create a listing on eBay pointing to it to generate more traffic

I then pull the eBay ad when it gets near to the end

I now deal with local people in person, time wasters are usually too scared to do stuff in person


Sadly gumtree are owned by eBay, so this won't last forever