I have been selling on ebay since 2001, but I don't sell a lot. It's not my source of income, but I usually sell 60 or 70 items a year or so between two accounts, and it's a little extra cash here and there. My total feedback between the two is about 450, and I am certainly not a power seller like a lot of you on here. I have never had a negative feedback, and never had a return. Most of the stuff I sell is used electronic equipment, and I have always had a no return policy. I ALWAYS make sure the stuff I sell is working, if it's not, I don't sell it.
Recently I got a deal on some brand new cases still wrapped in the factory plastic. I got about 40 of these, all the same model, all brand new in sealed plastic with factory barcode and description. A couple weeks ago I get a buy it now to a person with 0 feedback, who opened the account the same day. I thought it was strange, but whatever. As soon as this person receives it, they open a not as described claim. I reply asking for pictures and asking what's not as desribed? No reply.
I contact ebay the next day and tell them to look at the account, it was opened the same day. I have sold a dozen of these and every buyer has given positive feedback, and some even state exactly as described. The ebay rep says it does look suspicious to him also, so the best thing I can do is let the case expire and it should close in my favor. He makes notes on the case and tells me to call back the following week. I send two more requests for pictures over the next few days and no reply. I call ebay back on the day he told me to and they look at the notes and agree, it looks like a scam. Again, I'm told to wait a little longer.
I see a message from ebay a few days later saying the case was closed in the buyers favor. I call ebay again, they look at the notes, and say that the buyer posted pictures. Apparently I didn't see that message so with the ebay rep on the phone I look. This fuc#$%ing piece of sh** takes a picture of some cheap a$$, no brand, used case and claims that is what he received and ebay believes him? I went thru the roof. So the rep explains how now the buyer has to return the item to me, and that I will be billed for the return shipping, and the buyer will get a full refund once the tracking number shows delivered. Then I have the option to dispute my case again by taking pictures of the worthless **bleep** he is returning.
I tell the ebay rep that the entire process is total bull$h!t and ask how the hell they can take the word of an idiot who has only purchased one frikin item on the day he joined ebay AND it wasn't what he ordered! I have been on ebay for 17 years without a single return or negative feedback, the dozen other cases I sold have all been given positive feedback, but they are gonna give the buyer the benefit of the fu$%ing doubt????? And then, because of ripoff bay's stupidity, you can't leave a negative feedback to a buyer. This leaves no way to warn other sellers about the scum sucking **bleep** buying or bidding on your item. I was **bleep** when they started charging a final value fee on shipping, but nothing like now. I will never sell a very high dollar item on ebay, that's for sure. You're at the mercy of the scamming a$$ people getting rich off of other people's hard work and ebay doesn't give a flying f@#k.
I know, I know...they will be 50 people who reply and say to just take it easy and this kind of thing happens and blah blah blah, and move on. Like I have seen a lot of people state, ebay doesn't give 3 sh#t$ because they are making money hand over fist.
From now on, anyone buys an item from me with less than 5 feedback, I'm cancelling the sale. Once the stuff I have is gone, I'll find another means of selling whatever new stuff I get. Whenever I get the opportunity to make a sale without going thru ebay, I'll do it. I've always followed their policies, like an idiot. Ok, my rant is over. Hopefully it entertained some of you, and maybe made some others a little more careful.
