eBay starting to really suck

[Drmad7]

Yes I would like to tell y’all if it’s allowed what the account was

It’s allowed. What’s the userID?

 

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[cheech]

It’s allowed. What’s the userID?

Orange_2585

 

[RustyGold]

Glad to hear it was resolved in your favor. I used to sell on eBay for years. Spent a lot of time for that 100% positive feedback.
Way too stressful to make it worth it.

 

[gunsil]

Ebay has sucked big time since they made it impossible for members to communicate with each other and began demanding paypal payments. We used to be able to warn other buyers the item they were bidding on was fake, now we can't communicate at all. Back when they first started the paypal crap I bought a lapidary saw for $900 and I paid with a postal money order as I was accustomed to. I never got the saw, went to ebay for a refund only to be told the ebay "buyer's protection" policy did not apply because I did not pay via paypal. Lost a quick $900 with no recourse.

 

[cyberdan]

Orange_2585

Did a lookup and no results. I want to see his feedback.

When I tried to block him I got an "Invalid User Id" maybe he is gone.

Any time someone posts bad sellers/buyers I block them.

 

[Force_of_Iron]

I Know off Subject, But since You got it Resolved Good for you

as a Buyer This Upsets Me

Ordered a Book on the 12th.

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Because it was a Friday, I Understand the 15th

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But it Takes 3-4 days in the same Shipping Facility ?

For all I know it's Still sitting there till closer to the 23 rd ?

Needless to say I'm Considering Giving the Seller a Poor Rating on Shipping For choosing UPS Mail inovations

That's not too bad. I had a package a few weeks ago sit over two weeks in a facility farther away from me than the original shipping point by a large margin. It happens! My package did arrive eventually but it took awhile

 

[jeff of pa]

That's not too bad. I had a package a few weeks ago sit over two weeks in a facility farther away from me than the original shipping point by a large margin. It happens! My package did arrive eventually but it took awhile

Last location was Philly.

Now this:
Hello Bloodyboook,
Your package is moving within the USPS network and is on track to be delivered the expected delivery date. It is currently in transit to the next facility.
Expected delivery date now is Tuesday 23. it was Saturday 20th.

I'm used to a 3 to 4 Day wait. not 11
especially when it's a neighboring state.
imo it sat entirely too long in new jersey,

then UPS Gave it to USPS in Philly. and it's sittin' there

 

[gunsil]

Have any of you seen this? Six ebay employees busted by the feds for cyber terrorizing a couple in Natick, MA who wrote disparaging things about ebay in their online blog. Totally over the top and very troubling.

 

[cheech]

Did a lookup and no results. I want to see his feedback.

When I tried to block him I got an "Invalid User Id" maybe he is gone.

Any time someone posts bad sellers/buyers I block them.

Nope just looked him up again he still there

 

[Milspec6]

A couple of things:

First, ebay shot themselves in the foot several years ago when they made it a corporate policy to always side with the buyer instead of the seller. They felt that change would give buyers confidence that all sells would be without risk, but it only created a class of buyers that learned to abuse the system. I have been burned many times as the seller, but it remains a good place to be the buyer.

Second, a little heads up on shipping companies. All carriers have a bad track record of damaging things, FedEx and UPS have both managed to drive forklifts through a couple of guitar amplifiers for me and one (a 1947 Epiphone Century) even had a size 12 boot print on the side of the box, so ALWAYS pack things accordingly. Also, if you live in the rural areas, even if you ship UPS or FedEX, they often turn it over to USPS to deliver the last leg of the trip to save money so your package will still be handled by USPS as well.

Last, due to both the covid-19 restrictions and the protests in some areas, shipping is being delayed with all carriers. I am a letter carrier for USPS and have seen long delays in NJ, Michigan, and Washington areas for the past 3 weeks. Seeing something seat for days at any of those areas is not a surprise...especially NJ for some reason.

 

[cyberdan]

I just shipped a priority padded bag. The label says 2-day. At 10AM I handed it to the counter guy in the PO and he scanned it. I check progress and it is scheduled to arrive on the fourth day.

Why even lie on the label? Just say we will get it to you as fast as we feel like.

I always let them track and send messages to my cell.

 

[cyberdan]

Nope just looked him up again he still there

Still can't find Orange_2585
I use advanced search and ONLY SHOW ITEM FROM. Is there a different method?

 

[cheech]

Still can't find Orange_2585
I use advanced search and ONLY SHOW ITEM FROM. Is there a different method?

I do it off my phone and just type in his name and it pops up where it says search for a user

 

[Diver_Down]

I'm just going to drop this rant here instead of starting a separate thread. Just recently, I was subjected to theft by eBay siding with a buyer. The theft is in additional value over the intrinsic precious metal content. I had a .999 fine Olympic medallion set (Sapporo Winter games XI). Really nice set that has been in my family for 40+ years. For whatever reason, one of the medallions naturally toned while the others didn't. This one was a deep cobalt blue tone. A really nice specimen. Now, toning is technically oxidation of the silver surface, but there are collectors that pay a premium for it. The set received aggressive bidding over and above the current melt value. Sent it out and the buyer wants a refund saying the coin was oxidized. Alright, I didn't misrepresent the medal and specifically photographed it separate from the rest of the set to bring attention to it's unique toning. But whatever, told him to send me photos. This newb sent me photos of not how the set was sent to him, but rather after his efforts to remove the toning. The medal is ruined by his novice effort to polish away the toning. I contested his reasoning pointing out the photograph and description along with the photos that he provided that didn't match the medal in question. Told eBay that I would accept a refund on the terms of only the current melt value of the set being issued and any additional value over the melt value the buyer would forfeit as they damaged the set by their cleaning. eBay never followed up with me. A few days later, eBay issued a shipping label to the buyer from my account. Once the tracking showed that the parcel was returned, eBay issued the full refund to the buyer. Nevermind that the buyer could have sent back a bag of rocks with the shipping label. No approval on my part confirming the set was sent back in the parcel. Pissed off. As a seller, my eBay invoice each month ranges from $200-$300. eBay even with evidence that the buyer was at fault sides with a buyer potentially damaging the eBay/seller relationship.

 

[fistfulladirt]

Remember the days of old when Ebay favored sellers? I lost $165 on an item I purchased but never received. This was before PayPal and like a dummy I paid with a money order. Ebay had an online moderator and would cover a small fraction of the loss. Was a joke.

This was way back in the dial-up days.

 

[beforesunset]

Ebay is sucking for some time now. I didn't use it since 2015 I think. https://community.ebay.com/t5/Selling/EBay-sucks-and-is-terrible-for-sellers/td-p/26310950

 

[Treasure Hunting NM]

Glad to hear it was resolved in your favor. I used to sell on eBay for years. Spent a lot of time for that 100% positive feedback.
Way too stressful to make it worth it.

I could care less what my feedback is as it doesn't affect my sales or isn't used to calculate anything on the website. When I first started selling on there I had a buyer called CVS_sportscards and they bought a item from me and begged me to upgrade to priority mail which I did for free. Person got the card fast and posted negative feedback on my account and said the card was damaged which it wasn't and they never filed a complaint to send it back to get a refund. I didn't know anything was up until I saw the negative feedback saying to avoid me. I asked why he didn't contact me about returning the item. Then they turned around and bid on another auction of mine and I realized the shipping address to them was the same so I cancelled the auction and refused to send the item to them so then they hit me with another negative claiming I cancelled the transaction because I wanted more money then what it sold for. I filed a complaint with Ebay about being slammed twice by the same person with 2 different Ebay accounts and Ebay said they would do absolutely nothing about it. That pretty much told me how legitimate the feedback system was and I have never looked at my feedback again and could care less what it says. It hasn't affected my selling in any way and I am still selling lots of items on there and making money.

 

[CreakyDigger]

We sell something or other every day on eBay...usually a few things. They are not as seller-friendly like years ago, but they are much better than Amazon, where they allow returns for any reason at almost any time, and they authorize the return, not the seller.

 

[traveller777]

So I sent out a poster the other day and a day later after they received it he sent me a message stating that it was damaged during shipping that the poster tube was bent in half and the poster was bent in half so I asked him if he could send me a photo of the damaged item and I got no reply for a week next thing I know he open a case to return it that the item was damaged and he would like to turn it to the seller so I called eBay to explain to them that I requested photos and he did not reply and they were siding on his side saying that I had no choice so I asked to talk to a supervisor and they told me there was not one available that they would call me back in 24 to 48 hours as of today I’ve asked him three other times to send photos because the package was insured and I could send the photos to the post office still no reply

Ebay isn't what it used to be. My better half had over 4000 sells there but it got to where not worth effort for her.