eBay

highwheeling · ‎12-16-2013

Ebay makes billions of dollars off of Sellers. However, when Buyers fail to pay for a purchase, ebay protects the Buyers and it takes a week for the Seller to cancel the sale. This policy is inexcusable. If a Buyer fails to pay with paypal, or make other arrangements with the Seller, within 24 hours, ebay should automatically cancel the sale. It's a simple solution that harms no one.

whoodathunk2 · ‎12-16-2013

Have you considered selling with the Buy it Now feature w/ Immediate payment required enabled? It takes a lot of this frustration away from your transactions.

@highwheeling wrote:
Ebay makes billions of dollars off of Sellers. However, when Buyers fail to pay for a purchase, ebay protects the Buyers and it takes a week for the Seller to cancel the sale. This policy is inexcusable. If a Buyer fails to pay with paypal, or make other arrangements with the Seller, within 24 hours, ebay should automatically cancel the sale. It's a simple solution that harms no one.

If you judge a fish by it's ability to climb a tree, it will spend it's whole life believing it's stupid.

billy_biggle_fan · ‎12-16-2013

List as Fixed Price with Immediate Payment Required. Problem solved.

I cannot remember the last time I had a non-paying bidder. I switched to IPR a few years ago, and never looked back. eBay can be successful for sellers, if they use all of the tools provided.

hondamedic · ‎12-16-2013

Uuuummm, they are using BIN or BO, http://www.ebay.com/sch/highwheeling/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=n... , dunno about IPR.

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

jquinnn70 · ‎12-16-2013

I am finished with eBay. I have a 100% positive rating both as a seller and as a buyer, and I have always had any funds I received promptly placed in my PayPal Account. Now, suddenly, my payment is being held up. When I called to complain, I got a rigamarole from customer service explaining the policy to me. I didn't want the unjust policy explained to me. Explaing an unjust policy does not make the policy just.

Well, I am finished selling on eBay. The sad part is, eBay seems not to care how many of its highly rated sellers it drives away. I feel sorry for the sellers who attempt to make a living selling on eBay and are mistreated in return. In my case, I am not tied to eBay, and if the company does not want to treat me decently and does not care if it has my business or not, I am content to sell items elsewhere.

hondamedic · ‎12-16-2013

Welcome to The Part Timers Forum. Sorry this happened to you.

While I sympathize, cell phones are probably the #1 fraud item on eBay. If you sold this in May:

Mavic Cosmic SL Carbone Clincher Wheelset - Shimano/SRAM (#230975076578)

US $840.00

And the money wasn't held. So a 60 buck item, http://www.ebay.com/sch/jquinnn70/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=25&LH_Complete=1&LH_Sold=1&rt=nc , you're leaving? O-TAY!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

jquinnn70 · ‎12-16-2013

Yep, exactly. In May I was trusted to sell an $840 item, and suddenly I'm not trusted to sell something for $57. Did I change into a criminal or did eBay change the way it treats me?

hondamedic · ‎12-16-2013

Last post... Do you know what a BOT is? A BOT found you never sold a known high risk item and flagged it for PayPal to hold the funds until your buyer leaves POS FB or 21 days pass.

If this is unacceptable then you need this link.> http://pages.ebay.com/help/account/closing-account.html

Hope this helps!

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.

bronx-dog · ‎12-16-2013

... or did one of your 10 Buyers boot your DSR Rating in the puffy parts?

jquinnn70 · ‎12-16-2013

Thanks, but I talked to customer service and still had the impression that I was talking to a bot on the phone, as well. Why are you being so disrespectful? I have never personally attacked you, and I wish you could raise your standards a bit, also.

jquinnn70 · ‎12-16-2013

I would imagine that with their sarcastic attitudes, hondamedic and bronx-dog both have a stellular future in eBay customer service. They would fit right in, and I suspect they may already work there.

bronx-dog · ‎12-16-2013

Hang on jquinnn, there was nothing sarcastic in my reply to you.

You stated, that you have 100% FB, but only 10 of those are from

Buyers. Those 10 are all that counts. I simply suggested, that one

of those may have left you low DSR Ratings. If one did, it may have

triggered the hold. Nothing rude intended in my reply at all...

just suggesting a possibility.

You have to remember, in eBay's eyes, you are new to selling. As for

honda and I having a stellar future in eBay CS, you should be happy...

at least, we speak English and do not read from scripted answer cards.

hondamedic · ‎12-16-2013

@bronx-dog wrote:

Hang on jquinnn, there was nothing sarcastic in my reply to you.

BD, you're barking up the wrong tree. OP's nose is out of joint cause eBay/PayPal flagged 'em for a 60 buck used cell phone... Nothing U or I gonna post take that bad taste out of their mouth...

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.