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Defective item replacement

I recently purchased a replacement LCD monitor. The item arrived, looked fine but I never opened the package due to a city election I was in the middle of. After about 6 weeks I was finally able to get to install this monitor, when I did the monitor ...

Feedback can not be trusted

eBay deleted my feedback without even telling me!The seller sent me bogus tracking information from Aquiline How can anyone be confident that the sellers feedback is accurate I’ve been on eBay for over 24 years sorry to say I will be closing my accou...

Unable to pay for Make and Offer Item w/ PayPal Credit

I recently purchased an item on Ebay. This was done through make an offer. It was new to me that ebay now requires a method of payment be chose when making an offer so there could be instant payment. I have Paypal Credit set as my default payment met...

Ebay incorrectly / fraudulently (?) charging sales tax on Gold & Silver bullion to Ohio residence

Ebay has been incorrectly charging Ohio sales tax to Ohio purchasers of gold and silver coins and bullion for years. Ohio removed the sales tax on such items several years ago, but Ebay never changed / removed their tax rate. The tax is automatically...

Item stolen after Ebay Authentication-Ebay won't file a claim with the shipper

I bought an expensive piece of jewelry. The seller sent it to Ebay Authentication - they sent it with GLS shipping with signature on delivery. I received an empty damaged box and a notification I had signed for the item. When I contacted the shipper ...

Dollar-xhop

Seller sent me someone else's tracking number so it showed up that my package was delivered when it was not. Seller used FedEx to ship to my p.o box but FedEx does not ship to p.o boxes. I got a picture sent from FedEx with a 19lb box dropped off at ...

Something Went Wrong - Please Reload

I want to contract a sekler! But I cant! The seller said, contact before buying! And i cant, please help!

Feedback question

I purchased an item and left negative feedback for a seller which has been removed. (I didn't receive any communication from the seller or eBay, it was just gone.) As far as I can tell the feedback didn't violate any of eBay's policies (I can't say t...

Resolved! A returned item, gone horribly wrong...

So this started on the 25th of July when I bought gaming mouse. I got it on the 13th of August, but when I got it I saw that the seller sent the wrong item so I started a return that same day and shipped it the next. on the 11th of September I get an...

How can buyers effectively deal with fraudulent sellers?

I have been frustrated by policies that seem to make it very difficult to flag offending sellers and fake products. I understand the need to protect sellers from competitive retribution.My story- I bought some transistors. They blew up immediately. I...

Resolved! Clever Return Scam

I recently purchased what was supposed to be an "Open Box, Never Used" Everse 8 speaker. It was listed a little under market value, but it wasn't a massive discount so I didn't think much of it. I went ahead and bought it. I started to think maybe so...

Survey interferes with bidding process

Last night I missed out on an item because during the last few minutes of bidding an eBay survey kept popping up and stopped me from following others bids or making my own bid. After the auction finished, the survey stopped popping up. What’s going o...