eBay situation =/

[Chapter 2099]

Sellers can't leave negative feedback, it's not even an option

That's what I thought, but wasn't sure if they changed something recently

 

[The_Darkness_Predator]

Thanks for sharing the story and thanks for everyone's helpful suggestions.

Because of bad experiences like this, I have stopped selling on eBay. I sold a Sideshow statue and then the buyer demanded a significant partial refund for the "flawed" item. I could see the "flaw" in the sideshow product photos and showed the photos, but the buyer would not back down. I gave in to prevent damaged to my 100% positive rating. At the time, I didn't think negative feedback could be removed.

Thanks again.

 

[ReplicantSavior]

Sellers can't leave negative feedback, it's not even an option

Yep, that's why eBay sucks. Imagine other people coming across this guy's nonsense. People should know what he did so they can't deal with them. But eBay only cares about continuing their money stream.

I hope a buyer report was put in though so if eBay really does ban people for bad behavior, this buyer will have it on record.

 

[dw316]

Yeah, unfortunately no negative feedback allowed against buyers which sucks. Just have the feedback removed, block or don't block him, I'd want for him to see that his s*itty remarks are gone first before blocking his @$$... then report him to eBay. Cheers, mate!

 

[darthblitzwing]

Yes e-bay stinks but no other place to sale, at least sell much stuff. You can try and sell on the forums but between Statue Forum, Rebelscum and here in 3 years I could just sell 7 items I list them for less here because of fees but people here just don't buy that much. I tried for 4 years to sell on Ioffer got one item to sell. I guess same as here people just don't buy much.
I can sell as many items on e-bay in one month that I have on those places in a combined 14 years..

 

[darkjedi4c]

Yes e-bay stinks but no other place to sale, at least sell much stuff. You can try and sell on the forums but between Statue Forum, Rebelscum and here in 3 years I could just sell 7 items I list them for less here because of fees but people here just don't buy that much. I tried for 4 years to sell on Ioffer got one item to sell. I guess same as here people just don't buy much.
I can sell as many items on e-bay in one month that I have on those places I list in a combined 14 years.

That's true. I've tried listing some items in Facebook groups and I received little to no interest, anyone who inquires about them makes low offers or horrible trade offers where you, as the seller, are losing. Most sales that I notice that go on through these groups are for lowball prices, horrible for sellers who try to get 75%-80% of what they paid and are forced to give it up for less. I try to list prices by www.collectht.com guidelines minus a a few bucks due to opened/displayed condition but buyers want 20% off those projected prices.

 

[darkjedi4c]

What are the main feedback extortion rules for buyers?
Buyers can't use the threat of negative (or promise of positive) feedback to get a seller to provide goods or services that weren't included in the original item's description or purchase price. Similarly, they can't use feedback to force a seller to accept a return, or give a refund, if they're not required to by the terms of their listing, or the eBay Money Back Guarantee.

Ugh, hate dealing with these non-paying bidders/buyers on eBay. Clearly the buyer wanted out of the transaction from the start, violated eBay's feedback extortion policy, so we contacted eBay on how to proceed and they advised to let the automatic non-paying bidder's dispute case open and close and everything will settle itself without having to deal with unprofessionalism and the threats. Buyer ends up paying for item, seems very suspicious, had a bad feeling they had nefarious intentions to receive, claim something was wrong (or do something to the statue) and get their refund that way via claim afterwards. Contacted eBay and they walked me through what to do, to get out of the deal because they too felt the buyer was making unreasonable demands and probably had negative intentions as well and the safest bet was to let them walk and get away with it. Haha at their complete 180 at the end to look good to eBay since everything is on record. Yeah, we're not going to be dealing in the future ever... Watch out for this guy, look at that name on Paypal... buyer gets full refund, no negative feedback, gets away with everything like a crook, that's eBay for you... eBay sucks, Facebook groups are cheap, sellers always fighting a losing battle, horrible system.

 

[Bardoon]

Unfortunately eBay doesn’t have great rules set up for non-paying bidders. Apparently if you open a case and they never pay and respond then they have a “three strikes” rule in which the bidder’s account will be suspended. But when it comes to cancelling transactions like this case, it gets very frustrating because you have a rash of bidders who just “don’t want the item anymore” and want you to cancel. It’s frustrating because it wastes your time. I have a strict three-day payment due policy I stick by unless the buyers works it out with me beforehand.