I am new to eBay. How do I know if a seller is trustworthy? I am interested in punching an item from
I am new to eBay. How do I know if a seller is trustworthy? I am interested in punching an item from a seller that has a reliability rating of 100%, however, there are only 30 reviews... A really small sample size.
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kh-andreww
·2 months agoHi everyone,
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rushinto_14
OP1 year agoThanks so much for taking the time to provide such an informative and helpful response. All the best.
mudshark61369
·1 year agohttps://community.ebay.com/t5/Buying/Buying-limits-to-a-new-account/td-p/34761127
rushinto_14
OP11 months agoThanks for taking the time to break it down for me. Much appreciated!
rushinto_14
OP11 months agoThank you for taking the time to help me understand some of intracacies of how the whole thing works with eBay. Much appreciated.
comics-scifi-collectibles
·2 months ago@mudshark61369 Just wanted to thank you for this excellent post! I only discovered it recently and have shared it a few times now.
eburtonlab
·1 year ago@rushinto_14
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.
You might miss out on a good deal from a new seller once in a while, and nothing can guarantee that you won't still run into an issue anyway, but you can avoid a lot of potential problems by choosing to do business with established sellers. Anyone can put together a listing that looks nice -- it is not hard at all to simply copy an existing listing -- but it is much harder to create a history of consistent sales and positive feedback.
For more experienced sellers, you can learn a lot about the sort of seller you are dealing with by checking the seller's feedback page to see where the seller is registered and to notice if the seller has any negative feedback. If you see negatives indicated in the table of recent feedback, you can choose to exclusively see each type of comment by clicking on the numbers shown in the table. Reading negative or neutral comments can often tell you if a seller has a pattern of problems with items not matching the descriptions, canceled orders, late deliveries or item location misrepresentation.
If a seller has a pattern of too many serious negatives -- or just not enough positive history -- it is often better to find another seller with a better track record to do business with.
rushinto_14
OP11 months agoThanks for your help with this. Much appreciated!