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Counterfeit JBL Speakers why is EBAY is allowing ?

Beware, most JBL speakers listed on ebay are FAKES. They are counting on the buyers to not be educated about the product, the listings say no returns and people are falling for it. Report the sellers to ebay and start a return claim for item not as d...

Gaslit by eBay.

I'm at my wits end, mates. I'm having anxiety nightmares and PTSD flashbacks because of a lousy purchase gone wrong and a Buyer's Protection that apparently doesn't work. This is what happened. A month ago, I purchased a rare $200+ book bundled with ...

New tactic to perpetrate OBVIOUS bad seller trade practices.

I purchased an item recently. The order had been in the processing mode, then I get an email notice that the seller cancelled my order because of "problem with buyers address". Which of course there was no problem, I have received multiple items from...

Stinky action figures

I just got my package of httyd mini action figures and I was putting them on the set I made for them and Idk why but I took a sniff at the Skrill dragon and he smelled horrible like a Guy that has not showerd or used deodorant the rest also have the ...

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Seller Making Excuses for Not Shipping/Printed Shipping Lable Which May be a Delay Tactic

I made a purchase from a seller who printed a shipping label to make me think the package was shipped, after two days I checked the tracking number with USPS and they show a label was created but the package not shipped, I contacted the seller and lo...

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Item not received

I purchased an item from new seller and it started off with bad communication from seller. Seller finally provided a tracking number through eBay and the status stayed saying usps still awaiting item. After finally reporting to eBay seller states ite...

Resolved! buying &custom fees from Sri Lanka

hello everyone found a 39" 100cm pet cat plush pillow i want to buy for 69.99 took me 2 years to find it but located in Gonagolia Sri Lanka yeah Sri Lanka the seller has free shipping than it says additonal custom & processing fees may apply ?? would...

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Tired of overly optimistic delivery estimates

If, as has been reported, USPS deliveries are borked and have been since around Christmas, ebay needs to update its delivery estimates. If I pay for Priority Mail but it won't get to me for 2 weeks or longer, don't tell me it will get to me within a ...

Chase cards

This chase card thing has been bothering me for a awhile, I think this is the biggest scam out there. since the card that is displayed is usually a graded card as the card displayed for sale with fine print somewhere that reads that this is a chance ...

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