We need some Ebay return policy reform

[nerdarsenal]

How can ebay allow someone to return an item that was listed FOR PARTS Or NOT WORKING??  Buyer claims item is defective, of course it is! Its listed for parts, why is there no decline button when a buyer pulls these stunts??  Has to be a bug right??? An oversight maybe??

[eburtonlab]

An item that is listed as "for parts" can nonetheless be "not as described".

[kensgiftshop]

is it the Atari game that you said it probably works?

[whatmorefabric]

Ebay takes Credit Cards so therefore it has to take returns for any reason.       

[nerdarsenal]

Absolutely not, sony cybershot camera. Listed as parts, not working. 

[nerdarsenal]

Either way. Just opens the doors for scammers, to steal parts out of things, I always accept returns if I listed it wrong, or what have you. It just boggles the mind, a person can buy an item that clearly states it doesn't work, then return it because it doesn't work. 

[nerdarsenal]

How is that exactly???  Please explain. 

[eburtonlab]

>> An item that is listed as "for parts" can nonetheless be "not as described".

> How is that exactly??? Please explain. 

A nonworking Mackintosh tube amplifier, for instance, has a certain value. If a seller lists a Mackintosh amp as "for parts or not working" with no further description and sells it on that basis, but delivers an amplifier missing critical components, or delivers a different amplifier entirely, or delivers a box of rocks, the buyer is entitled to file a "not as described" return, despite the condition.

That is not to say that buyers cannot abuse that entitlement or that they should be allowed to, just that it makes sense that eBay has such an option available and there are cases where it is entirely appropriate.