eBay allows seller to sell over $5,000.00 USD worth of lies.
Idk why but eBay refuses to get rid of very bad actors. I can't wait for the federal government to open up again and the FTC then will have the time to review my reports about how on eBay if a seller sells thousands of dollars in several dozens of different sale doing fake tracking number scam, swap tracking scam, and some how on dozens of orders over $600 each order the buyers ended up hating items that retail for less than $35. eBay is incredibly risky. When I submitt reports that I have all summer to eBay about these bad actors eBay doesn't care at all in fact they act like I'm being completely unreasonable and the seller keeps getting bad feedback over blatant fraud. I've already submitted one report to the FTC and this problem of big scale organization of fraudulent activity on eBay. When chatting with agents they are always 100% confused when I report this issue that is making eBay an not a safe market for the American consumers, they always say I condone you reporting your seller to the FTC and lied and said eBay doesn't allow this, but the criminal keeps getting more and more negative feedback. Except for the eBay automated feedback.
eburtonlab
·11 months ago@galaxy-4613
If the buyer actually receives something, the buyer can file a "not as described" return within thirty days for a full refund. In fact, any buyer on eBay can file a "not as described" return, provided the buyer is willing and able to return exactly what was received.
If tracking shows delivery but nothing arrives and the buyer can obtain some hard copy documentation (email is not good enough) that says that the package was not delivered to the buyer's address or documentation that shows the weight or size of the package cannot possibly correspond to the ordered item, or the shipping date precedes the order, then the buyer may be able to contact eBay via social media direct message, provide that documentation to eBay and get help with "false tracking".
https://x.com/askebay
https://www.facebook.com/ebay
https://www.instagram.com/ebayforsellers/
With "false tracking" if you go through a standard automated "item not received" case, on the other hand, you will lose the case because the seller can provide tracking that appears to show delivery. If you then appeal, you may have some additional options at that point. It appears that eBay has added a new appeal option regarding "delivery to another address", but I do not know how effective that is compared to contacting eBay via social media with documentation and explicitly mentioning "false tracking", which seems to work provided you can obtain the necessary documentation.
If you are unable to get help through eBay, you may have recourse through your payment method, though you should probably exhaust all your eBay options first since once you go through your payment method, eBay will no longer help with that transaction.
In general, you can avoid a lot of headaches by choosing to purchase only from established sellers that have recent and past positive feedback as a seller for selling items in the same category that you intend to buy. If someone is selling a dozen apple watches, but has no feedback, or only has feedback as a buyer, or only has feedback for selling dress patterns or fishing lures (actual examples I have seen), perhaps wait until they have a track record of positive feedback for selling electronics before you buy from them.
tinsoldierunderground
·11 months agoYou're in a VERY long line of people who've come here and started similar threads... when it comes to the leviathan that is ebay, reporting to the FTC has just about the same effect as Don Quixote tilting at windmills.
Best of luck, but that's the reality.