eBay

jonathankirkland · ‎05-14-2018

Okay, long story short. There is a group of collectible items I regularly search for, and I've been seeing this seller a lot lately listing these items for 4-5x their value.

At first I just ignored it and was annoyed it was wasting space me having to look at it, but finally today I thought I would check them out, see what other things they're selling, etc.

First thing I noticed was 97% feedback. Second thing I noticed was they seem to sell everything under the sun and have nearly 3,000,000 listings. What?!?! I've never seen anyone with that many listings before. So anyway, when I went over to look at their negatives, I was stunned by what I saw! They are apparently regularly cancelling orders. How are they getting away with this??

They are doing a lot of other things wrong too (stealing copyrighted images from websites to name one).

I am just shocked by how many different things this seller is doing wrong and is not only still around but is making sales at these ridiciulously stupid high prices.

But seriously, how are they getting away with cancelling sooooooo many orders? Even if they lie and say buyers request or problem with address, I would think they would be repeatedly reported by now!

readabouthorses · ‎05-14-2018

@chrysylys wrote:
@readabouthorses wrote:
Can I do it and not get in trouble?
You remember my fairly recent thread about phone numbers in listings, right?

Yes.

young4189 · ‎05-14-2018

It is up to you to police e-Bay's system and report infractions. If you are expecting them to police themselves that isnt going to happen and if it does happen it will be a first. Just like when Windows rolls out new software they expect us to be their gunieu pigs. e-Bay expects us (buyer's and sellers) to help them make their jobs and platform easier. They are way too busy manufacturing reasons to raise fee's etc.... than to take the time to police and secure their platform. Just my take for whatever it's worth.

readabouthorses · ‎05-14-2018

@jonathankirkland wrote:
@chrysylys wrote:
@jonathankirkland wrote:
@chrysylys wrote:
All signs of a dropshipper.

Somebody should link that other OP to this thread.
Yeah probably, but their prices are so stupidly expensive it would seem they could easily find replacements at almost any cost and still make profit...
Probably handled by a Bot instead of a real person. There was a thread a while back about a program that ripped listings from other sites and posted them here en masse. Foreign sellers were using it, ones that probably don't even speak English. The program did all the work including placing the orders on other sites. It was nearly all automated as I recall.

Wow I've never heard of that or even thought of it before. That's pretty innovative and smart honestly, if the kinks could be worked out and make it more streamlined.

Until the bots don't know what they are doing and the whole thing turns into a big ole mess. And I'm guessing the sellers don't take the time to review their listings to make sure they are going into the correct categories, don't (or won't) answer questions from buyers, and I'm guessing getting a refund might be a real mess since you have all these different people involved who don't know what is going on.