Has anyone every won a case on eBay as a seller?
Discussion
Just asking out of interest.
An idiot bought one of my items, said it was mis-advertised and is demanding money back through paypal.
All my options are is to return the full amount, a partial amount or 'other' which means talk further / let paypal decide.
It's such a waste of time and pointlessly f
king stressful. I sold a book and the dhead buyer complained it was a reprint and he was a book expert and I should know the difference before selling such items, he won it for a tenner. He was expecting some rare first edition or something and buys/sells books on eBay (a photo was included so you could see what version it was/book cover). I wouldn't mind if he asked before and wanted to know what version it was or how to check (I get this with a lot of other items and am happy to confirm details and answer questions).
I suspect (from experience with eBay) that he will end up with the item and the money. And I will be out a book, a tenner, eBay fee, paypal fee, and £4 postage and more importantly about 4 hours of time attempting to resolve such a trivial matter. This is in my opinion 100% the buyers fault, and I don't see why I'm paying for it.
I wish there was a fking 'idiot button' that labels peoples as idiots, and then you can choose as a seller to not allow idiots to bid (reducing the chance of getting idiots buying, but also reducing the amount of bids you get/money). And once you've been labelled an idiot, you're always an idiot (as that is how life tends to work with these people).
I hate how I can't leave negative feedback either. Had another one last week who never paid or communicated all it ended with was 'eBay has marked an unpaid payment against this person' - WTF does that mean? How do other sellers know this guy doesn't pay up? I wish someone like Google will just make an auction site to compete with eBay and wipe them out, or at least offer competition on a significant level.
An idiot bought one of my items, said it was mis-advertised and is demanding money back through paypal.
All my options are is to return the full amount, a partial amount or 'other' which means talk further / let paypal decide.
It's such a waste of time and pointlessly f
king stressful. I sold a book and the dhead buyer complained it was a reprint and he was a book expert and I should know the difference before selling such items, he won it for a tenner. He was expecting some rare first edition or something and buys/sells books on eBay (a photo was included so you could see what version it was/book cover). I wouldn't mind if he asked before and wanted to know what version it was or how to check (I get this with a lot of other items and am happy to confirm details and answer questions).I suspect (from experience with eBay) that he will end up with the item and the money. And I will be out a book, a tenner, eBay fee, paypal fee, and £4 postage and more importantly about 4 hours of time attempting to resolve such a trivial matter. This is in my opinion 100% the buyers fault, and I don't see why I'm paying for it.
I wish there was a f
king 'idiot button' that labels peoples as idiots, and then you can choose as a seller to not allow idiots to bid (reducing the chance of getting idiots buying, but also reducing the amount of bids you get/money). And once you've been labelled an idiot, you're always an idiot (as that is how life tends to work with these people).I hate how I can't leave negative feedback either. Had another one last week who never paid or communicated all it ended with was 'eBay has marked an unpaid payment against this person' - WTF does that mean? How do other sellers know this guy doesn't pay up? I wish someone like Google will just make an auction site to compete with eBay and wipe them out, or at least offer competition on a significant level.
I know what it's like mate.
An utter tt bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already.
He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cut sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.
All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
An utter t
t bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already. He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cu
t sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
kamilb1998 said:
I know what it's like mate.
An utter tt bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already.
He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cut sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.
All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
Don't suppose his name started with an I, ended with a K, and used an @o2.pl email address?An utter t
t bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already. He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cu
t sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
Long shot I know.
i just sold a printer on ebay - on it because its so low in value i wrote in the description - collection only - cash on collection
i even answered a question from another user that if they arranged their own courier i'd happily pass it on but will not be posting it myself.
some idiot has bid on it and said oh i just read the description bit now...
ffs its not that i mind giving his money back its cause he's a frikking idiot.
i even answered a question from another user that if they arranged their own courier i'd happily pass it on but will not be posting it myself.
some idiot has bid on it and said oh i just read the description bit now...
ffs its not that i mind giving his money back its cause he's a frikking idiot.
I had a load of trouble selling an old Carisma on eBay. The short version is...
Sold it four -- yes, FOUR times. Three non-payers, and one complete tosshead on a one man crusade to torpedo everyone else's rating.
eBay was almost 100% useless, I wasted hours on the matter and came out with peanuts for an honest car.
I will NEVER sell a car via eBay again!
Sold it four -- yes, FOUR times. Three non-payers, and one complete tosshead on a one man crusade to torpedo everyone else's rating.
eBay was almost 100% useless, I wasted hours on the matter and came out with peanuts for an honest car.
I will NEVER sell a car via eBay again!
I had a load of trouble selling an old Carisma on eBay. The short version is...
Sold it four -- yes, FOUR times. Three non-payers, and one complete tosshead on a one man crusade to torpedo everyone else's rating.
eBay was almost 100% useless, I wasted hours on the matter and came out with peanuts for an honest car.
I will NEVER sell a car via eBay again!
Sold it four -- yes, FOUR times. Three non-payers, and one complete tosshead on a one man crusade to torpedo everyone else's rating.
eBay was almost 100% useless, I wasted hours on the matter and came out with peanuts for an honest car.
I will NEVER sell a car via eBay again!
Just sold some shoes on behalf of my wife for about £4!! Took the lovely Pole 2 weeks to pay with the excuse of not having the money at the moment so could I give her some time, I was In a good mood so agreed. I figured she took her time so I wouldn't rush with posting, the day I posted she started with the aggressive emails, unfortunately I'd already left feedback!! She said she'll leave me negative even though I gave her positive and the goods were sent!! Can you block any bidder with 'ski' at the end of their name?
Selling cars or motorbikes is a waste of time on ebay now.
Quality of bidders has gone through the floor and ebay won't let you block low rated bidders.
Result: a flood of zero rated bidders fking up your auction cos they've got nothing better to do with their free to doleys computers. tts.
Quality of bidders has gone through the floor and ebay won't let you block low rated bidders.
Result: a flood of zero rated bidders f
king up your auction cos they've got nothing better to do with their free to doleys computers. tts.The trouble is as a seller you have to lick the buyers $rse. If you get more than 1 or 2% low deatiled star ratings on item not as described.... ebay will increase your fees as a seller and restrict you to selling a certain no of items per month (sometimes as low as 1 pr 2) and can stop you selling full stop. 1% would be 1 item in 100 sold.... so one sh&t buyer can stop you selling on ebay!
Some buyers seem to have cottoned onto this now and are simply buying things then saying they are signifcantly not as described ... a case ebay will always find in favour of the buyer and then either pushing for a partial refund and keeping the item or a FULL REFUND and sending it back or if under £10 most figure they will be allowed to keep the item as well.
I doubt ebay has yet found a policy of stopping these buyers after say 5 SNAD items ....as far as i know you can do it on very transaction... free stuff
Some buyers seem to have cottoned onto this now and are simply buying things then saying they are signifcantly not as described ... a case ebay will always find in favour of the buyer and then either pushing for a partial refund and keeping the item or a FULL REFUND and sending it back or if under £10 most figure they will be allowed to keep the item as well.
I doubt ebay has yet found a policy of stopping these buyers after say 5 SNAD items ....as far as i know you can do it on very transaction... free stuff
I sort of won a case against me as a seller. I sold some used lowering springs, sent them off then had an email from the bloke saying they were rusty. The pictures showed the condition very well! Anyway he wanted a part refund of £30, he bought them for £70. I said no and he opened a case against me so I offered a full refund on return of the springs to me, knowing full well it would cost him £15 to send them back. In the end eBay paid him the £30 part refund and I got to keep my full payment. I have never heard of eBay doing this before.
Ah ... good old eBay!!
I've sold about 6 things on there, out of the 6 I've had hassle with 5 of them!!
NEVER again!!
Threats of negative feedback if I didn't send extra items that weren't listed .... Against the rules, what did eBay do .... Nowt
Somebody email offer 50% of BIN ... bought at full price after I rejected .. then a day after they were delivered state the item was faulty and demand 50% back .... I won that one after some hassle with paypal and ebay
Tried to sell a mobile phone ... sold it 6 times, 3 times failure to pay and twice sent me a single mail through ebay stating they weren't willing to use ebay to communicate and would only use direct email and then cancelled there account ... I'm sorry how fking stupid are people to fall for this??
I've sold about 6 things on there, out of the 6 I've had hassle with 5 of them!!
NEVER again!!
Threats of negative feedback if I didn't send extra items that weren't listed .... Against the rules, what did eBay do .... Nowt
Somebody email offer 50% of BIN ... bought at full price after I rejected .. then a day after they were delivered state the item was faulty and demand 50% back .... I won that one after some hassle with paypal and ebay
Tried to sell a mobile phone ... sold it 6 times, 3 times failure to pay and twice sent me a single mail through ebay stating they weren't willing to use ebay to communicate and would only use direct email and then cancelled there account ... I'm sorry how f
king stupid are people to fall for this??Nyphur said:
Don't suppose his name started with an I, ended with a K, and used an @o2.pl email address?
Long shot I know.
He did use an @02.pl email address. But his name started with an A and ended with a M but I'll probably never know whether or not that was his real name though. I can PM you with his email address if you wish?Long shot I know.
Edited by kamilb1998 on Sunday 12th September 09:46
Wait a sec. People still sell on ebay? 
I warned you all a year ago when I posted a thread on how to get free stuff on ebay. Are the buyers who get free stuff really the idiots?
Sorry, it doesn't really help the OPer but it might help others.
If you are a bit confused as to my message: don't - use - ebay/paypal.
Try PH classifieds or gumtree or Ted's classifieds thing or freecycle/freegle (but that attracts a different type of).
Edit: Ok, it was 2 years ago but still:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
I warned you all a year ago when I posted a thread on how to get free stuff on ebay. Are the buyers who get free stuff really the idiots?Sorry, it doesn't really help the OPer but it might help others.
If you are a bit confused as to my message: don't - use - ebay/paypal.
Try PH classifieds or gumtree or Ted's classifieds thing or freecycle/freegle (but that attracts a different type of
).Edit: Ok, it was 2 years ago but still:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by ShadownINja on Sunday 12th September 10:08
ShadownINja said:
Wait a sec. People still sell on ebay? I warned you all a year ago when I posted a thread on how to get free stuff on ebay. Are the buyers who get free stuff really the idiots?
Sorry, it doesn't really help the OPer but it might help others.
If you are a bit confused as to my message: don't - use - ebay/paypal.
Try PH classifieds or gumtree or Ted's classifieds thing or freecycle/freegle (but that attracts a different type of).
Edit: Ok, it was 2 years ago but still:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
If I wasn't in need of every last penny I can get, I would happily give it all to charity. In fact the things that didn't sell (I listed 48 things in one night!) I put in a charity bag anyway. To be honest it doesn't seem worth the stress for the few quid earned on there. 1 in 10 is enough to spoil the venture. I warned you all a year ago when I posted a thread on how to get free stuff on ebay. Are the buyers who get free stuff really the idiots?Sorry, it doesn't really help the OPer but it might help others.
If you are a bit confused as to my message: don't - use - ebay/paypal.
Try PH classifieds or gumtree or Ted's classifieds thing or freecycle/freegle (but that attracts a different type of
).Edit: Ok, it was 2 years ago but still:
http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...
Edited by ShadownINja on Sunday 12th September 10:08
Edit to add: I actually posted on that thread about losing a game 2 years ago, I guess I never learn
Edited by Xaero on Sunday 12th September 13:22
kamilb1998 said:
I know what it's like mate.
An utter tt bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already.
He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cut sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.
All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
Brilliantly colourful language for a 12 yr old An utter t
t bought a PS2 off me for 17 quid with a Steering Wheel, Games etc.I think he was going to sell it on if he hasn't already. He not only got the amount of money back that he paid me but he won't return the PS2 because the postage is 4 pound more than what he paid me. I sent him an e-mail after speaking to PayPal and eBay that we'll report it as stolen if he doesn't return it.
After a couple of days (we haven't reported it yet) the cu
t sent me an e-mail in Polish telling me to smear my arse in vaseline and go and report it as stolen.All the fuss because he claims that he received the console is cracked when it was all safely packed when sent.
But then he said that its not cracked but the Expansion Bay flap wasn't there
I really don't understand people like that and why they do it.
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