Fed up with eBay

[pricha]

I've had enough of eBay. Last week i bought a NGC slabbed Sovereign from a seller. They had decent feedback . They listed the coin as dispatched almost immediately. I paid for special delivery , so after two days of no show i messaged the seller for a tracking number . No reply . Two days later i asked again. No reply . So now i'm looking to make a claim and the first opportunity i can put that in is in two weeks time, then another week wait before a refund. Of course it may just turn up in the meantime. I've had a few sales like this in the past and I've had enough. It wasn't like the seller had just a few feedbacks . 

[watchesandwhisky]

It has been said doing that is a very easy way to et a cheap interest free payday loan! I read somewhere about people that do this (idiots!) is strange they have alot of feedback but thats easy to get if buying a lot of stuff.

[pricha]

23 minutes ago, watchesandwhisky said:

It has been said doing that is a very easy way to et a cheap interest free payday loan! I read somewhere about people that do this (idiots!) is strange they have alot of feedback but thats easy to get if buying a lot of stuff.

That was my very thoughts last night.  Almost a months interest free loan . Makes you wonder . 

[Fivepoundfred]

I would have a word with Ebay to check if the seller has received your payment. I know there have been a few problems with the new managed payment system and some sellers are not keen on shipping until they have cleared payment. I may be wrong but i think the seller has to declare the item has been sent to enable the payment process to proceed.

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[pricha]

2 minutes ago, Fivepoundfred said:

I would have a word with Ebay to check if the seller has received your payment. I know there have been a few problems with the new managed payment system and some sellers are not keen on shipping until they have cleared payment. I may be wrong but i think the seller has to declare the item has been sent to enable the payment process to proceed.

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Maybe, but it doesn't explain two ignored messages . Thanks 

[Fadeingstar]

eBay is an utter cess pool. I recently purchased a couple of items that turned out to be fake. An absolute palava getting my money back. Not using it again for PM related items

[Allgoldcoins]

38 minutes ago, Fadeingstar said:

eBay is an utter cess pool. I recently purchased a couple of items that turned out to be fake. An absolute palava getting my money back. Not using it again for PM related items

Just to say we keep a presence on eBay, we have 100% positive feedback on over 1000 sales. Ebay is fine if you buy from the right people, but if you buy from a dodgy photo, from a low feedback seller, something that looks too cheap, then yes you may well get scammed.

 

[matt1r]

Interesting you say this, I just had a similar experience. The seller marked dispatched instantly. A new seller then listed the same ngc slab a week later. Needless to say I never received anything and for what little it’s worth phoned up eBay to tell them what was going on but they didn’t seem to care much.

Both sellers were not new and had 100+ perfect feedback. It wasn’t the 2005 you bought was it?

Edited May 30, 2021 by matt1r

[pricha]

It wasn't a 2005 . But interesting. I think most people know trying to sort things out with eBay is a waste of time.  Better to just to make a money back claim. 

[pricha]

1 minute ago, pricha said:

It wasn't a 2005 . But interesting. I think most people know trying to sort things out with eBay is a waste of time.  Better to just to make a money back claim. 

just noticed his first negative which he keeps private ( bizarre eBay allow that ) so it looks like the coin won't turn up .  

[matt1r]

4 minutes ago, pricha said:

just noticed his first negative which he keeps private ( bizarre eBay allow that ) so it looks like the coin won't turn up .  

Telepon22 or shelter1269 perhaps?

[pricha]

Your are correct , i remember he had a 2005 Telepon 22

 

[matt1r]

1 minute ago, pricha said:

Your are correct , i remember he had a 2005 Telepon 22

 

Yep same seller 2 accounts, waste of space human being. Open a case at the earliest opportunity.

[pricha]

2 minutes ago, matt1r said:

Yep same seller 2 accounts, waste of space human being. Open a case at the earliest opportunity.

Will do, eBay's problem , just a waste of my time for me. I've had it happen more often than you would expect for an average buyer.  No more for me apart from a few well known sellers. 

[Dougall1]

Just don't understand people like that. End of the day you pay your hard earned money so people should do the decent thing and send the goods out!

[Spark268]

is it discernible whether the 100+ seller feedback was achieved by them buying lots of small items?

[Arganto]

Feedback is split into "as seller" and "as buyer" unless they've changed it recently. It's important to check that out before making a purchase. 

If it's a credit card attached to your eBay account can you not initiate a charge-back if you've been gyped? 

[matt1r]

The seller had multiple positive feedback for coins and gold sold no no reason to think there may be any issues, you’ll get the money back through eBay but as mentioned it’s just an unnecessary hassle.

[Patyq]

Not mentioning Ebay + paypal fees are crime.

Not best place to sell anything definitely.

[DarkChameleon]

On 30/05/2021 at 14:49, pricha said:

That was my very thoughts last night.  Almost a months interest free loan . Makes you wonder . 

I've had people print out deliverynslip but never send item, it delays a case until after the stated delivery date has gone by for days so can give them my money for weeks to buy what I bought on a deal or as stated get a pay day loan, some people do that with other peoples items they don't own, advertise for more then the person wanted on their page then if some fool falls for it then buy the item and keep the profit.

[SidS]

7 hours ago, Patyq said:

Not mentioning Ebay + paypal fees are crime.

Not best place to sell anything definitely.

You know it might not be the best place to buy any more either.

I've been buying off eBay for years, but over the last two days I've discovered something I've never experienced before.

Now I'm well aware that the new payments method is well and truly being rolled out. I was messaged a few times by eBay stating if I didn't swap to the new payment method, I wouldn't be able to sell on eBay from 31 May etc. Which is fair as I'm not selling on eBay anymore, no wish to.

However, I've sent a few offers in since 31 May for items I'd like to purchase and something strange has happened.

I put on offer on some run of the mill halfpennies priced at £1.99, I offered £1. So no great value etc. But on my offers page it states I've offered £1.42! Where has this 42p come from? It's not from the postage, I know that. My other offers sent also had weird extra amounts added on. One can only assume these are PayPal/payment fees now passed to the buyer as well as the seller?

Edited June 1, 2021 by SidS
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[Dougall1]

eBay's dieing in its arse now. They have become too greedy in my opinion.

[Richym99]

I would sell on ebay now, but occasionally you get something you can make something of. Agree though that Ebay have shot their bolt with the latest grab for fees. They make it sound like a benefit, but the reality is that removing Paypal still increases their take by two percent of selling price.  

[Spark268]

...plus unlimited dipping into your bank account for charges they think you owe them !

[Chorlton]

It is likely this will lead to a continual fall off in the use of EBay as it puts an even greater risk on the user having to have a bank account exposed as well.

Having had a quick look on the EBay community forums long standing sellers are mentioning their sales volumes are dropping quickly since the change.

Edited June 2, 2021 by Chorlton