No more Ebay for me :(

[Jamin_00]

Have not used it for a while but then recently brought a couple of items.

I sent a question to the seller before I brought asking about buying 2 as there was about 5 listed. So the reply come back all good so I brought 2.

Well yesterday only 1 arrived and the packing notes only said 1 parcel and it was clear it had not been tampered with.
So I sent an email asking where the one is and was told it wont be here till next month.

So I thought thats taking the **** since he could have told me this before I brought the item, but they chose not to.

Then I asked for a refund of half the money as I'm not prepaired to wait then as I need them now and he says he has no money available at the moment.

Right, straight onto paypal this morning and opened a claim as I'm not being stiched up :(

Half the value is only £65 but its not the point and if I was told this before hand and then chose to accept this, there would be no problem but he did not so I will not.

I have used ebay for years but not no more I dont think.

Stick Ebay up your arse :cheers2:


:rant:

[Planehazza]

Shame, some real scammers out there. If you [B]bought[/B] (not brought :D) the item, you should receive it.

[trillian]

I hope your luck with Paypal is better than mine.

My experience with those idiots was worse than just being ripped off by a seller.

[simoncalver]

Yeah i got stung too a few years ago with a pressie for the wife, paid instantly with paypall then the seller emails me and tells me it will be upto one month as the product was on route from hong kong, i found this unacceptable and wanted a refund which was refused and i was told i was being impatient lol. any way put a paypall dispute in and managed to get 1/3 of my money back as the seller did not have enough funds to cover it. it scarred my ebaying for a while i can tell ya. and the seller just got struck off ebay and probably just opened up a new account :(

[Dedcalm]

Its the seller not ebay, you are not allowed to list items for sale unless you have stock.
Selling out of stock is a breach of ebay terms and they should take this very seriously.

Paypal have always proved helpful to me with problems in the past - even as a seller once.

[stumpe]

That sucks, shit service is one thing I hate, but to take your money and deliver the goods is just crap

I have not used fleebay since I got stung for £50 last year when the company took my money and then folded, never got money back from pp as no money left in the company acc:(

lee

[nightstalker]

Paypal dont release the funds to seller till you have left feedback or 21 days have past, so dont panic they have ur money and could refund it back to easy as he dont have it yet

[J-S-Q]

[quote=nightstalker;494142]Paypal dont release the funds to seller till you have left feedback or 21 days have past, so dont panic they have ur money and could refund it back to easy as he dont have it yet[/quote]

Are you sure about that? I know when I've sold stuff on eBay the funds have at least appeared in my account immediately -I can't remember whether I've actually tried to spend it within 21 days though.

[trillian]

[quote=J-S-Q;494169]Are you sure about that? I know when I've sold stuff on eBay the funds have at least appeared in my account immediately -I can't remember whether I've actually tried to spend it within 21 days though.[/quote]


Yeah if that's the case then it's news to me. Paypal funds have always been available pretty much imediately unless they have started a new policy for Ebay. Also, I have bought things and forgot to leave feedback and never had the seller chasing me for feedback so they could get paid.

The other thing is that if the item is supposed to be covered under the Paypal 'buyer protection' then you're supposed to get refunded regardless of what the seller has in their paypal account. ...But don't count on anything with Paypal, you wouldn't believe the stupidity I have been saddled with from those idiots.

[Jamin_00]

No more Ebay for me :(

Got my money back eventually.

:)

[nightstalker]

[quote=J-S-Q;494169]Are you sure about that? I know when I've sold stuff on eBay the funds have at least appeared in my account immediately -I can't remember whether I've actually tried to spend it within 21 days though.[/quote]

Everytime iv sold something iv had to wait for feedback before i got cleared funds or 21 days

[url=http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080609111610AA6CPU0]Does paypal hold funds until feedback is left on ebay? - Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers[/url]

[heliboy]

The waiting for monies is either the seller or the buyer has not got 100% feedback.....

Will explain more in the mornign has maybe had a few too may pints tonight to explain it...

over and out...

[adieuk]

i will never buy again from ebay the stuff most of the time is crap, crashed, or something else
and for pay pal i got skanked for over £700-00 last year:(

[CookieMan]

[quote=Jamin_00;496855]Got my money back eventually. :)[/quote]

Good on ya Ben. :)


[quote=nightstalker;494142]Paypal dont release the funds to seller till you have left feedback or 21 days have past, so dont panic they have ur money and could refund it back to easy as he dont have it yet[/quote]

As far as I understand (and most of us know), Ebay merely acts as a platform to facilitate 2 individuals [C2C] or a company [B2C] to trade. When the buyer makes the payment - the cash is transferred from the customers PayPal account to the sellers' almost immediately (99% of the times). In no way does PayPal have the authority to hold either of the parties funds - HOWEVER - (there's always a catch!) - However - both the parties have to have registered accounts with PayPal - and this is their trump card.

In a (very) likely event that an unfortunate mis-transaction/fraud happens, PayPal will try and contact the relevant parties concerned (if a claim is raised - "during their 45 days window"- terms) and if this is unsuccessful they would go ahead and make a judgement call (based on what crap - I do not know/understand) and reward whom they see fit (read: refund) by simply accessing the buyers or sellers PayPal account that the party has signed up with them. - yeah, they can do that sh!t :ack2: - what stinks even more is the fact that they may sometimes even "forget" to inform you that they debited the cash from your account.

P.S: I'm not a die hard fan or am in no way related to or soliciting for the company but if you ask me - DO some home work before you buy anything from any seller:

The points I look at:

[B]a)[/B] How many of that particular products have been sold by that seller (history).

[B]-[/B] If he has sold any - Scroll through his feedback log and look for the comments left by the customers who purchased that PARTICULAR product.

[B]-[/B] If there is no history of selling that product - jump to point b)

[B]b)[/B] Is the seller a rated trader; Eg: Top Rated Seller or a Power Seller

[B]c)[/B] What is his/her general feedback score - look into the details - how many transactions were done in the last month and the last 6 months. Were the customers happy? If they weren't, WHY weren't they? (forgive me, some buyers can really be [I]d*ckheads[/I] - and they're feedbacks will tell it all! :svengo:)

[B]d)[/B] Based on the above four observations - go with your gutt instinct.

Anyway, all in all, personally I'm really thankful for such a trading platform. Its really a good thing. Shame that there are a few odd slimy fcuks that try and think they are "[I]above[/I]" the system by using it as a "[I]tool[/I]" to rip people off - but yeah I think if we do our part, the causality numbers should be down to a minimum.

[Jamin_00]

This seller has over 11000 feedback score and 99.1% positive with most of the - feedback being about long delivery times.


I dare say I will use Ebay again just at the time I was ****ed as you say its only a few idiots that cause grief.

Alls well that end well.