Beware: Another E-Bay Scam Artist

[O'Neille]

Your note seemed to say that while you agree to pay the shipping of 14.99 you still feel like you're getting screwed. He asked for an apology or said you can take your business elsewhere.

Adam, You should be a mediator. Exactly his point. My point was that the "EBay wording" was in error and should be changed. I didn't feel screwed or I would not have paid. I did feel held hostage to negative feedback and witheld goods. We've worked it out. O'Neille

[Sciuropterus]

...the "bad" customer thing has really grown in the last year, to the point that I have all but stopped selling on E-bay.

I don't blame you a bit. Between the frivolous bidders who never pay, and the always-increasing seller fees, eBay gets less attractive for sellers every year.

I nearly soiled myself when I saw how much I paid eBay in seller fees over the last year.

[davezero]

Wow...... I completely agree with everyone. The wording should have been more concise. I would have most likely done the same thing.

[MacTavishOfJapan]

The whole feedback thing seems dodgy to me. So much power over someone. Can you report someone for what you think is unfair negative feedback?

Also I have bought several things from one seller but it doesn't affect my rating - while I understand this is to avoid people boosting their rating fraudulently it still grates a little - perhaps they should have a double ratings system (total users and unique users).

I have really enjoyed using ebay to build up my first outfit and am glad to say (so far although I am only waiting on brogues now) have come through unscathed, perhaps I've been lucky.

O'Neille you are a bigger man than I, I would never have appologised unless I realised I was in the wrong. Then again I am a stubborn sod!

[O'Neille]

O'Neille you are a bigger man than I, I would never have appologised unless I realised I was in the wrong. Then again I am a stubborn sod!

I'm stubborn too. But in the face of the spirited verbal joust we were having I had to concede the debate to him. He spent a ton of time trying to convince me that he had been wronged and all I had to do was say that I understood his viewpoint. One of us had to give and being the smart Ram that I am will walk away unscathed while he can go on to fight the rest of the herd and there aren't even any Ewes on this mountain. O'Neille

[Oatmeal Savage]

Good on ya O'Neille, you are the bigger man. It does remind me of my latest Ebay purchase, a new Balmoral which I won for $7.50, far less that the going rate. The seller didn't contact me, I contacted him, he said it had been mailed. Ten days later I get an email that it has been returned to him as undeliverable. I live in a small town, so I checked with the post office and they said to ask the fellow to send me a photo of the front of the package with the postage and address visible. So I requested a picy and his response was his post office felt that it may have sent to a higher numbered address on my street. He then emailed me to say it had been shipped again, so I wait. I never did get that picture.

Kevin

[McClef]

The whole feedback thing seems dodgy to me. So much power over someone. Can you report someone for what you think is unfair negative feedback?

Also I have bought several things from one seller but it doesn't affect my rating - while I understand this is to avoid people boosting their rating fraudulently it still grates a little - perhaps they should have a double ratings system (total users and unique users).

Well this thread isn't really the place to debate the perceived problems with ebay as a whole but it is possible to have bad feedback cancelled if you contact them and explain the situation.

And you only get a star the first time you buy from an individual seller - they show the total feedback separately if you look at feedback but I don't think its fair if you buy one item from several different suppliers when you get a star for each and no extra stars if you buy several items from the same supplier.