Very little in this world remains the same. This, of course, included
eBay. We used to purchase many decorative items from sellers in China.
Most were highly ethical, honest, communicative, great to deal with.
These sellers used to offer REAL auction...
We used to bid on many items from Chinese sellers...not any longer. I
contend that they are bidding their retail prices at the time their
items become actively listed. It just seems a bit strange that every
single item opens with a bid and that you c...
Every few seconds a tab slips out of the side of the page telling me I
have been outbid on an item. I cannot get rid of this new, annoying
addition to all the other **bleep** found on item listing pages these
days. I am about to end my relationship w...
We have been buying items for both resale and collecting from Chinese
sellers for over 15 years. Today many of them manipulate bidding on
their items. Every item begins with one bid and will be bid up by the
seller until it reaches the sellers desire...
Ebay used to be a place where you could trust most of the people you
deal with. Today it's a **bleep** shoot. The latest scam I come across
are the sellers who place a bid on their own items, perhaps through
shill bidders. You place a bid that usuall...
You can close your account any time you want. Some sellers, especially
based in China. Sell a lot of items with timely close closings. Collect
the money. Close the account. Reopen under a new name and necessary info
to set up new account. Not surpris...
I don't think eBay has much in the way of policies to protect us from
such blatant, rampant behavior on their site. Ebay no longer cares about
a sellers history or how they do business. If they can make money from
such transactions, that seems all th...
Corporate eBay is so far from its original concept that they cannot even
be compared. Customer service is spotty at best and extremely difficult
to contact. There are countless criminals selling counterfiets,
substitutes, or not shipping at all now, ...
Sorry, but sounds like you will lose in the end. That is a lot of money
to lose to criminals, so common now on eBay. I would report the item to
customs and maybe they can trace its origin and seller. Good luck.
