Leaving feedback for dishonest sellers, and protecting buyers—a warning
Summary: The discussion centers on sharing opinions about dishonest sellers and the measures for protecting buyers. Participants seem to aim at caution and awareness in commercial transactions.
The item I purchased had a significant defect that the seller did not properly disclose. The jeans were shortened by 7 inches = 17.78 cm. For pants for a height of 186 cm, this is a very significant change. After receiving the item and noticing the discrepancy, the seller was informed of this fact. In response, he wrote that the pants are already many years old and therefore had shrunk on their own. The pants had been cut, which was shown in the photos (crooked seam, different thread color). He received a negative review for this lie with the comment: "he shortened the pants and writes that they shrank on their own". He complained to eBay. eBay removed my negative feedback for him and informed me that I could have problems in the future with buying on eBay because of this. I filed a complaint. In response, eBay admitted I was right, I was apologized to, and I was informed that I had the right to leave feedback. However, in fact I do not have such an option, because eBay blocked it for me. I was told that eBay had indeed removed my first feedback and that is why there is no longer any way to leave feedback again.
I am therefore informing all buyers: eBay protects fraudsters and dishonest sellers. It protects them from us, the buyers, so that we continue to be taken for a ride. The reason is simple: in the end the seller pays the transaction fee to eBay, but in fact it is us buyers who bear it. This was not the first case. In the previous one, the seller cheated me out of over $200 by listing on eBay a wheel with a tire, which he removed and did not send. In addition, the rim damage was greater than what he showed in the photos. I did not receive any refund; both eBay and PayPal always sided with the seller, and the seller slandered me, saying that I wanted to extort money. Dear eBay - I will inform everyone everywhere about your practices. Best regards. Adam
Anonymous User
·1 year agoThey treated me the same way, they removed the seller's negative rex_6000 and he has a clean record, even though he sold me damaged stamps that I bought for over 170 euros. He wrote to eBay that he sent them as described, and that I'm the one trying to extort money from him, and if I don't like it, I can send them back at my own expense, so in total I'm down 100 zł, and probably when he receives them he'll write that he won't give the money back because I sent him damaged ones.
toms1974
·1 year agoI’m also dealing with a dishonest seller right now. He sent a package with a turntable for $1369, the package and the item were damaged in transit so I refused to accept it. The package went back to the seller and now he doesn’t want to give me my money back, and it’s hard to get in touch with him. He’s blaming me for not collecting the shipment and I guess that’s how he wants to punish me. To me he’s just a criminal, eBay isn’t in any rush to clarify the matter, I think they just support dishonest sellers, they make more profit from them than from one buyer. I’ll keep looking for justice until I find it. The first thing will be a negative comment, but what next? Seller from Japan.
katowice1
·2 years agoHello
I have a different impression
I have 190 positive reviews and I’ve been on eBay for like 15 years and not a single negative. I sent a scammer from Canada a set of Spider-Man comics from the 1960s, the idiot had 0 reviews and had only been a member since February this year.!!!!
These idiots from eBay told me to refund 90 euros, meaning the cost of the item and shipping, and this idiot from Canada still doesn’t want to return those comics. AVONI QUIET. This is a joke, after all.
I have neither the item nor the money. God, I’m just an amateur seller and they have in the ass European law that protects people like that.
So I guess I’ll SEND everything to the police in Canada