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How would you deal with this issue?

Greetings. There is an item listed on auction on ebay UK, and I want to place a bid with the intentions of winning. However, the item as been listed once before. The seller has stated in the description that ebay previously removed the listing on the...

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Particular item are too cheap

I was trying to purchase Amazon Fire TV usb stick and found a few listings from UK sellers with 100% feedback. So I've made a purchase 2 times and after few hours received an e-mail from ebay that those accounts were compromised so the transaction is...

Chick tract included in item?

I won't name names, and I'm not here to bash at religion in any way (as I am also a Catholic), but was it just me or is anyone else a bit irked at some eBay sellers sneaking in items such as this in the package? I bought some doll parts recently only...

combined shipping purchases

Ran into a problem, can anyone help. I want to buy 7 items, all buy-it-now, from an international seller. Therefor each individual item has an outrageous shipping amount attached to it( = to, or higher than the item price). Items are in my "cart" but...

Resolved! Feedback removal

I ordered a Christmas gift from a seller who described it as brand new. When the recipient opened it, it was obviously not new at all. After being thoroughly embarassed, I contacted the seller with pictures and they agreed to a refund. I ended up mis...

Missing items, accounts deleted, no way to contact eBay?

Hello I have been using eBay for a very long time now. For the past half a year I have been making lots of purchases (40+ a month) and I have noticed that not only have I not recieved some items but they have been since deleted and accounts removed b...

Anyone else concerned about unbranded tablets

I purchased two "Phablets" from two different vendors that ended up with the same IMEI number and came up as lost or stolen when they were checked. These are unbranded unlocked 10.1" dual Sim tablets that are supposed to have cell phone capabilities....

Resolved! Getting ripped off scam eBay sellers

Why doesn't eBay make it easier to report fraudulent or scamming eBay sellers? Recently I bought an item I noticed fairly quickly something was wrong as the seller kept adjusting the stock to hold at 5 as the sales climbed he never responded to quest...

Resolved! Am I Out Of My Money?

I bought a pair of jeans. They were advertised as been in NJ, US seller etc... They were shipped on the 18th. Last night I noticed they were being processed in California. They were delivered this morning to an address in Stockton, California. I live...

What can a buyer do when an item is described as brand new but it is clearly very used?

I ordered a paint sprayer, which was not cheap, from a seller describing it as new. Not new other, not open box, but brand new and unopened! When I received the paint sprayer today, it was all beat up and there was paint all inside the containers and...

Global Shipping Program; why are GSP being allowed to extort and rip off customers???

To ship items to Australia these days requires an additional 10% GST to be added to all orders, if these items are NOT being sent via the dreaded GSP from sellers (yes you can opt out)!So if I purchase an item listed for $100 plus $25 for shipping, t...

Multiple option auctions make it harder to find stuff

When I first signed up on ebay, there weren't any "multiple options" auctions out there, and it was usually very trivial to find the right thing at the right price point. Buying something took 2-3 minutes at most. But ever since they added this "feat...

Seller sent me a fake item that was listed as real. Seller refuses return because I

When I got the ring it felt like plastic, so I immediately Googled how to test turquoise. Based on tests done by turquoise experts, I tested the back of the "stone" with a glowing hot pin head, which promptly left a tiny mark when the "stone" melted....

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