Robbed by eBay

[keesnetflix.1_4]

i haven't been here a week and I've already been robbed. I spent about a thousand dollars on eBay before I decided to sell. Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 that dwindles down to 220 after fees and then being told you can't use or remove the money for a month. You have to be a big Dummy to agree to that.  So let me get this right I sell my stuff to a stranger he gets to play with it for a month, eBay gets paid, their other company PayPal gets paid and twittle my thumbs for a cool month. My 4 year old ain't that stupid.  

[paradiso*bella*a*venire]

Would your 4 year old have dove into a pool before checking to see if there was any water in it? Or would he have jumped  in eyes closed?

things that make you go hmmmmmmm  😉

[atikovi]

Just wait a few months when the buyer claims it broke and you are forced to refund after getting back a brick.

[five*sisters]

You are a brand new seller with absolutely no track record. Ebay has a thirty day return policy. If your buyer decides in that time that your camera is not as described, and opens a case for a return, Ebay wants to make sure the refund comes from you..and not them.

P.S. You thought selling on Ebay was free? Paypal is not Ebays 'other company', they split years ago.

[darmurr65]

 selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 that dwindles down to 220 

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Who started the auction that low? YOU. Stop blaming eBay

[luckythewinner]

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@keesnetflix.1_4 wrote:

Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 

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I can't imagine doing that. 

[paradiso*bella*a*venire]

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@luckythewinner wrote:

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@keesnetflix.1_4 wrote:

Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 

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I can't imagine doing that. 

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😝

[byrd69er]

Snip:  Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250...

Soooo....

Did you sell it with a Buy It Now listing where YOU get to set the price, or an auction, and set the starting bid too low?

[wesk_36]

You were not robbed. Your money is on hold and will be released soon.

Your camera sale was an auction so the highest bidder wins. No robbery there either.

That's the nature and "danger" of auctions when the starting price is too low for something that may not be in high demand.

[myescape]

You set the price so if it is too low that is in you

Fee schedule is easily accessed and right before you list you are reminded they will accessed.Policy's pertaining to fee holds and other new seller restrictions are also available for you to read.If you did not read them and take them into account you are responsible

You agreed to all of it by listing here so you were not robbed

In future when listing start your price at the least you would take plus all overhead(fees etc)

[paradiso*bella*a*venire]

Thats what my post was getting at...it is obvious seller didnt check the pool (ebay) for water (seller info) before jumping in. He jumped right in with eyes closed

He stated his 4 year old isnt that stupid...and I brought it back to him/her full circle and asked would his/her 4 yr old would be so stupid on that as well

[lex-talon]

 Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 that dwindles down to 220

No, I couldn't imagine myself using auctions to sell high ticket items. As you found out, starting the auction off with a low price didn't get the price you wanted. Many sellers make this mistake. Next time, use fixed price listings with immediate payment required.

[mam98031]

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@keesnetflix.1_4 wrote:

i haven't been here a week and I've already been robbed. I spent about a thousand dollars on eBay before I decided to sell. Imagine selling your Canon and accessories that's worth about $600 getting 250 that dwindles down to 220 after fees and then being told you can't use or remove the money for a month. You have to be a big Dummy to agree to that.  So let me get this right I sell my stuff to a stranger he gets to play with it for a month, eBay gets paid, their other company PayPal gets paid and twittle my thumbs for a cool month. My 4 year old ain't that stupid.  

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That is a pretty strong statement that has no truth to it.  You are however in good company.  For some reason there are lots of new sellers that think they can just jump into selling without doing their homework and LEARN what the site rules are for listings and for a new seller.  That is NOT Ebay's fault.  They have the information available to you, you just made a choice that you didn't need to read or learn about it.  

I'm unsure as to why you thought or think that using Ebay's services to get you worldwide visibility should be free.  Why is it that you feel you should be able to make money but the company that is enabling you to get those sales has no right to be charging you anything.  Exactly how are they suppose to stay in business and offer this site to millions if they don't get paid for the services rendered?

YOU set your pricing, not Ebay.  If you felt you should get more than $250 for your item, then you should have priced it higher.  Your pricing is YOUR choice.  That decision was yours, so why are you trying to make it seem that Ebay did something wrong?

30 days is an exaggeration by about 1/3rd.  30 days is not the policy.  Below are some links that you should read through carefully and maybe a few times until you learn the information contained in the links.  You also may want to bookmark them for future reference.

Come on, you had to agree to the User Agreement before you were able to sell on this site.  No one can make you read it anymore than they can make you read the policies of the site.  But you did agree to it, so it is always in your best interest to read the darn thing.  Any contract before you agree to it.  That is on you and you alone.  

I wish you nothing but the best.  Once you have the opportunity to read through this information, if you have questions, there are many of us here that would be happy to assist you.  

I know you are just frustrated as you were caught off guard on these issues.  But it happened due to a lack of research on your part and has nothing to do with Ebay or PP doing anything wrong.  The rules on New Sellers are very good ones and they help to protect the site against sellers that might come here to make a quick buck, ship nothing and then disappear with the money.

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/selling/selling?id=4081

https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/get-started/seller-fees.html

https://pages.ebay.com/seller-center/service-and-payments/funds-availability.html

https://www.ebay.com/help/selling/getting-paid/getting-paid-items-youve-sold/pending-payments?id=415...

https://www.ebay.com/help/listings/creating-managing-listings/creating-listing?id=4105

[kensgiftshop]

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@keesnetflix.1_4 wrote:

So let me get this right I sell my stuff to a stranger he gets to play with it for a month,

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Actually they can play with it for 180 days and file for a refund through Pay Pal.

All new sellers have their funds held and they can hold them for 21 days.

It helps to do a little reading so you know what you're getting into.

[slati_2013]

Well, I will blame eBay for your anger because eBay still refuses to create a sticky (PDF file???) that should be given to every would  be seller to read before they sell. That sticky could be posted here on the forum.

It should explain what a new seller should expect and what they should avoid. For example it should have included that your minimum opening price for an auction should be the lowest amount you are willing to accept. If you believed the camera was worth $600, you should have sold it at a BIN price of $600.  It would probably take longer to sell, but my experience is quality items eventually sell at their asking price. 

As to why eBay holds your money, you have to prove that you can and will consistently ship items purchased from you. When you establish that, you can sell an item for $5000 and get your money instantly. In the past, scammers would sell expensive items and pull the money from their PayPal account and disappear. Holding money from a new seller is to protect the buyer. When buyers get scammed, they leave and that is not good for us sellers.