Comments on: 25 reasons not to use Ebay ; (it sucks!) Auction Alternatives

By: Crystal

Crystal — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:39:10 +0000

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By: Alex

Alex — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 06:34:44 +0000

I agree this happened to me to with feedback and chargeback.

By: Duane

Duane — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 14:35:19 +0000

Hmm… PayPal holds money for 21 days unless there is a dispute or until the seller ships the product right away to have it released early?????? I don’t understand.

The real dispute does not starts within 21 days while PayPal holds the money for seller unless the seller ships the product and then they will release it early. The real dispute starts within 45 days after the seller receives the payment into the bank and after the buyer receives the product. And PayPal holds the money for 21 days to prevent a dispute so it will allow the buyer to file a dispute to get money back to him as the first option whether something goes wrong with the product or whether the buyer receive the product. And that’s no excuse for PayPal to hold people’s money. PayPal does not have the right or the reason, nor do they have the legal authority to hold money for any reasons. When I was effected by this new policy on eBay, it didn’t teach me a lesson to learn to respect the buyer. It was just telling me what they want me to think to get the money.

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By: howdy

howdy — Tue, 25 May 2010 19:43:52 +0000

I’ve been a buyer and seller with ebay, but has never experienced them holding my money. a lot of the problems are caused by buyers who don’t like your listings. i got one who after making the bid and won the item, later questioned me about the cost of the shipping being high. i did post it the cost. the person isn’t paying for the item now. then i open a case to cancel the transaction so i can relist the item. moments later i got this message from ebay saying i’ve violated their policy by miscategorizing. this is the same item i’ve been relisting for sometime and they just sent me the message? i think the buyer for this item has reported me even the item was listed properly. i’ve never had miscategorized problem before. i’m gonna see about listing on other sites mentioned here. reason for ebay not wanting us seller to leave bad feedback is because they don’t want to scare away buyers, that means no money for them. gotta keep the business running. i agree they charge this and that, so there isn’t much profit to be made. thanks for the post.

By: Teresa Smith

Teresa Smith — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:13:55 +0000

I learned my lesson the hard way. A woman in England won a bid on a silver toast rack I had up for auction. She didn’t pay for six days. ($287.00)Four days after she paid, she went straight to dispute for non-receipt of item. I have a regular job and stated in my listing that I take up to four days to ship (from Texas). Long story short, eBay/PayPal sided with her from the beginning and none of the robots will listen to me or read my faxes showing the item shipped. Furthermore, PayPal dipped into my backup funding like it belonged to them for their own use. I can’t imagine using them again if this is what I can expect from them.

By: william doyle

william doyle — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 18:15:09 +0000

I agree with everything you say about Ebay and Paypal they are to big for there boots childest customer service and think they are untouchable.

By: Chuck Stadelman

Chuck Stadelman — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 23:27:32 +0000

I am about to stop selling on Ebay due to their recent requirement that anyone not holding a “Premium” store must pay 20 cents usd per item to list in their “Basic” store, whereas it was formerly only 3 cents USD. That means that my “Basic” store, which formerly cost me $24.95 USD per month and only 3 cents per item to list, now must move up tp a “Premiium” store at $45.95USD per month and 10 cents per item to list! Go figure! To top that off, if a buyer claims unhappiness with an item, Ebay just gives them their money back without question. The whole deal sucks.

By: Kammi

Kammi — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 16:08:00 +0000

Great post, I couldn’t have said it better myself! After six years, I am done with Ebay. What gets me is the cheap buyers who want to buy my top notch quality name brand items for next to nothing, when I paid good money for them. If that’s the case, I can give it to goodwill or have a yard sale. A while back, you could find respectable buyers who were willing to pay a fair amount for quality merchandise. My last two selling experiences on Ebay have produced nothing more than cheap people who want to scam the sellers and get the merchandise for next to nothing.

By: Tod

Tod — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:56:04 +0000

It’s true. I have been with Ebay and Paypal for over 10 years.
The changes in the last two years allowed them to hold my money on several occasions, and, the BUYER Protection plan is to protect buyers from fraud, but in doing so
removes the sellers control of their own business.
Ebay is now Big Brother.
In reality, their more concerned with the huge amounts of money they receive from sellers in China and Hong Kong.
Small sellers did a lot to build Ebay and they are now forgotten.
Unfortunately, Ebay is not recommended if your starting a shoe string business.
They have now made it so that shoe string can easily strangle you before you know what’s happening.
Upillar.com may be the answer for now.