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Buyer refuses to return item and threatened negative feedback if he does not get a full refund

I have a buyer who's threatened me twice with negative feedback if I didn’t adhere to his wishes. He wants a refund without sending the item back. I have absolutely no problem refunding him if he completes a return request.

I’ve communicated with him 5 separate times via eBay messages. Buyer refuses to complete the return request. He tells me the “last few times” this has happened to him he’s had no problem getting a refund from the sellers without sending the items back. He then tells me that I’m “clinging” to a policy (aka return request) from which in his "experience" doesn’t apply. 

The last few times? This alarms me, as he is clearly an individual who is taking advantage of eBay and its sellers. 

He did follow through on his threat and left the negative feedback and I have commented/replied to it. I have also reported the buyer because he did threaten me with leaving the negative fb if i didn't refund him in full.  I’m hoping, after investigating this report, that eBay will assist me in getting the unwarranted negative feedback removed. 

Was curious if this has happened to anyone else? Is there anything else I can do? Any suggestions?

 

Thank you for your time. -JackieD

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Buyer refuses to return item and threatened negative feedback if he does not get a full refund

Nice calling them for what it is and what they are trying to do. 

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Buyer refuses to return item and threatened negative feedback if he does not get a full refund

Yep, Ebay will fix those feedbacks when they clearly see an abusive buyer which this one definitely is.

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Buyer refuses to return item and threatened negative feedback if he does not get a full refund

You do not need to be over Ebay. You do need to know how to handle an abusive buyer. In most cases if a buyer had made any threats to leave a neg to get what they want from you all you have to say in a message is ‘Return for refund”. You can repeat this as many times as possible until they get the message that you WILL NOT allow them to get a free item. Many of them will still leave a neg because  they did not get you to do it but ebay can clearly see the abuse and remove that feedback so you can move on.

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Buyer refuses to return item and threatened negative feedback if he does not get a full refund

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.

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