eBay

1977mama · ‎02-23-2018

Ebay has violated my legal rights as an ebay member. I chose the NO RETURN policy which was not protected on ebay. I was unable to use a NEGATIVE feedback against my buyer. Ebay only gave me a POSITIVE choice or I could not use my feedback rights. Ebay is extremely biased in favor of buyers only. Am I alone in this situatioon????

mjl5928 · ‎02-23-2018

You obviously misunderstood what your son-in-law was saying, or he got his JD on the back of a cereal box.

buyselljack2016 · ‎02-23-2018

It has been explained, but you refuse to accept the eBay MBG.

a*river*runs*through*it · ‎02-23-2018

@1977mamawrote:
We have legal rights as members of ebay. My son-in-law is alawyer and he said this is true.

Then maybe your son-in-law should read the Ebay TOS that you agreed to when you chose to sell on THEIR site.

He is 100% wrong.

toohottofish · ‎02-23-2018

@1977mamawrote:
NO, ebay is a business and as members of such business we have legal rights. My son-in-law is a lawyer and this is his statement.

Your son in law isnt a very good lawyer. Ebay has large teams of lawyers that insure what they do is 100% legal.

buyselljack2016 · ‎02-23-2018

@toohottofishwrote:
@1977mamawrote:
NO, ebay is a business and as members of such business we have legal rights. My son-in-law is a lawyer and this is his statement.
Your son in law isnt a very good lawyer. Ebay has large teams of lawyers that insure what they do is 100% legal.

well maybe 99.9999% legal. I believe there has been a lossor two on their end. I can not cite any, but pretty sure it has happened

thallidguy · ‎02-23-2018

Go ahead and sue eBay over the MBG and the right to leave negative feedback for buyers. I'm genuinely interested in how such a case would proceed and what kind of judgment would result. Please keep us advised at every step of the way, with a complete and entirely honest account of how it goes.

[Yes, I'm in a mischevious mood today.]

carlmarxx · ‎02-23-2018

@toohottofishwrote:
You have no legal rights to anything on ebay. Its THEIR website they make the rules. If you dont like the rules you are free not to sell here

You are incorrect ! Online sellers have same legal rights as a B/M seller merchant has .

thallidguy · ‎02-23-2018

@buyselljack2016wrote:
well maybe 99.9999% legal. I believe there has been a lossor two on their end. I can not cite any, but pretty sure it has happened

"Defensible in a court of law" is probably the best way to put it.

eBay came close enough to disaster over the issue of the sale of counterfeits on the site, but their legal team got them through it. Bottom line, eBay has a lot of experience in covering their backside. If the MBG wouldn't stand up to legal challenge (and it's not even the toughest on sellers example of such a policy) I'm sure eBay's legal department would have said so.

Tangentially: I always kind of roll my eyes at sellers who get up in arms about the MBG. Wait 'til they try selling on Amazon Marketplace. They wouldn't last a month without finding some reason to throw a fit.

missjen831 · ‎02-23-2018

@buyselljack2016wrote:
@toohottofishwrote:
@1977mamawrote:
NO, ebay is a business and as members of such business we have legal rights. My son-in-law is a lawyer and this is his statement.
Your son in law isnt a very good lawyer. Ebay has large teams of lawyers that insure what they do is 100% legal.
well maybe 99.9999% legal. I believe there has been a lossor two on their end. I can not cite any, but pretty sure it has happened

I agree with you. And Just my honest opinion but I believe eBay has done a few things without consulting their legal dept first. Like the abruptly abandoned beta test that opted some sellers into a 24 hour INR escalation test. Nobody informed the sellers and nobody changed the wording in the communications to the seller either, the sellers were told they had 3 business days to respond and eBay automatically escalated the cases at the 24hour mark! They quickly abandoned that “test” when a thread when viral and it was pointed out that it was probably highly illegal.

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thallidguy · ‎02-23-2018

@carlmarxxwrote:
@toohottofishwrote:
You have no legal rights to anything on ebay. Its THEIR website they make the rules. If you dont like the rules you are free not to sell here
You are incorrect ! Online sellers have same legal rights as a B/M seller merchant has .

And a B&M seller who rents retail space signs an agreement with a landlord that specifies what the retailer can and cannot do on the landlord's property. That's what eBay's user agreement is about. We rent space from them, they get to insist that we follow their policies.

toohottofish · ‎02-23-2018

@carlmarxxwrote:
@toohottofishwrote:
You have no legal rights to anything on ebay. Its THEIR website they make the rules. If you dont like the rules you are free not to sell here
You are incorrect ! Online sellers have same legal rights as a B/M seller merchant has .

Nope! In a B&M you own the platform so you can do as you please, right down to calling a customer dirty names, on ebay, you sign up and say you agree to their rules.

buyselljack2016 · ‎02-23-2018

@carlmarxxwrote:
@toohottofishwrote:
You have no legal rights to anything on ebay. Its THEIR website they make the rules. If you dont like the rules you are free not to sell here
You are incorrect ! Online sellers have same legal rights as a B/M seller merchant has .

Please continue with your statement. I am interested in what those rights that you speak about consist of, and how eBay can not stifle them with the "user agreement", and TOS.

thatsallfolks · ‎02-23-2018

@1977mamawrote:
Am I alone in this situatioon????

No, there are other sellers who haven't bothered to keep up with polices for more than a decade, and who think their "no returns" policy overrides eBay's Money Back Guarantee.

Some of them probably have a son-in-law who's a lawyer too. That didn't help them, either. If he continues to dole out the kind of advice he gave you, he won't be one for long.

carlmarxx · ‎02-23-2018

@buyselljack2016wrote:
@carlmarxxwrote:
@toohottofishwrote:
You have no legal rights to anything on ebay. Its THEIR website they make the rules. If you dont like the rules you are free not to sell here
You are incorrect ! Online sellers have same legal rights as a B/M seller merchant has .
Please continue with your statement. I am interested in what those rights that you speak about consist of, and how eBay can not stifle them with the "user agreement", and TOS.

Name calling feedback Not good idea. The U.S. has No Law On the books that require Online merchants to do returns . Buyers don't the right to refunds any time they please beyond 30 days , common since . They do have too show proof that item did not meet it's intended use they bought from the merchant, For Snad and full refund. as Covered by both federal and state Consumer and Merchant rights Statues! Again Online Sellers have same Rights as a B/M merchants in federal and state consumer and merchant rights. Sellers can setup limited returns on on the items they sell. Manufacturer warranty is buyer any company that produce the item , So buyer has to deal with company Only! as stated in store policy same is true for online as well. The Retail industry has Lost per year 16.9 billion dollars a year Do TO RETAIL RETURN BUYER FRAUD !