eBay

l**--l · ‎01-18-2023

I'm looking for a trusted seller on ebay or other forums to help me.

maxine*j · ‎01-18-2023

Once upon a time, eBay had the Trading Partners program, and that didn't work out, so they tried eBay Valet and that also failed. The fact is, that selling things for others has so many problems and pitfalls that very, very few people will do it.

The first problem is that people nearly always have an unrealistic idea of the value of their stuff, so a lot of emotional drama develops. Then there are questions such as: "How will you and the seller handle the refund when a buyer waits 179 days and then files a claim with PayPal or does a credit card chargeback?" Are you willing to wait 180 for your money? If not, will you guarantee to cover the loss if this happens? How will you guarantee that? Or, who eats the loss if a buyer gets a refund but the returned item is damaged or a sorry substitute is sent? And those are just a couple of issues, out of several equally serious ones.

So, the chances of your finding anyone who will sell for you are slim to none. Sorry to be discouraging.

If you do find someone, be sure you have a clear, clean, detailed, written contract.

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sonomabarn67 · ‎01-18-2023

Agree, how are they still open for business?

soh.maryl · ‎01-19-2023

How is whom still open for business?

sonomabarn67 · ‎01-19-2023

ebay.

Best advice: "(be sure you have a clear, clean, detailed, written contract.)"

maxine*j · ‎01-19-2023

@sonomabarn67 wrote:
ebay.
Best advice: "(be sure you have a clear, clean, detailed, written contract.)"

It's all there in the eBay User Agreement, which one "signs" when one decides to sell here. Unhappily, the majority of sellers never read it.

Nor do they read any other information provided, about fees, restrictions, holds on funds, prohibited items, returns and refunds, et cetera, all laid out in detail.

When something goes wrong, as it inevitably will as a result of sellers not knowing the platform and of taking no responsibility to do so, they complain, threaten legal action (of a sort they cannot take, by the way, under the User Agreement), talk tiresome nonsense about eBay's collusion in criminal activity and conspiracies, and so on.

Thus endeth the sermon. 🙂

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