eBay RANT Returns are a Sellers NIGHTMARE! Refund HORROR STORY!
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- It's not all sellers that are trouble on eBay. I've had more problems with buyers than I ever had with sellers. In today's video, I tell a story about one of those encounters...
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I have had this happen to me on ebay as a seller multiple times. I usually have to just eat the loss. It’s unfortunate because when I first started selling on ebay over a decade ago, this was not the case. They definitely need to enable the negative feedback for buyers!
I would like to at least see the feedback re-enabled.
Agreed.
@@OpenByChance and you wanting it is exactly why it never will be... these businesses don't even meet our needs let alone our wants... love your channel!
@@OpenByChance im a good ebay buyer
I stopped selling on eBay because of this.. I had a horrible buyer, I couldn’t comment on them being a negative buyer, but they could lie and leave negative comments on my account. They said when their item arrived it was broken and damaged. I was a perfect seller on eBay up until I dealt with these crooks.. Not once I was shown how the item arrived and how it was broken. They never sent the item back to me either. I will never use eBay as a platform to sell items on again. Great video to show the truth of it!
Same thing here. Bad buyers discouraged me from selling anything on Flea-bay 👎
People need to hear these stories!
Honestly this is why your better off selling your stuff either at a local flea market, though a yard sale, or ANY other online store that isn't Ebay.
Sorry to hear that David. It is sad how Integrity is rare nowadays.
It's really frustrating...
I swear to God! This is a reason to STOP Selling on Ebay and boycott them as a Seller!!! Ebay without Sellers is nothing!!!
Ebay is working hard to undermine themselves.
Seems that way
In this instance, they are complicit in fraud. Ebay allowed the buyer to defraud you of merchandise and stole from your income (personal property) to reimburse the buyer. They are an accessory to the crime which makes them liable for lawsuites for a variety of issues presented to the sellers, and need to take these cases more seriously
Like in most instances, it boils down to how much justice can you afford? Sueing a company like this is expensive and lengthy.
Oh my lord THIS STORY PISSED ME ON SOOOO MUCH!!!
Monster high collectors Are Crazy! I am 1000% sure that someone wanted to get rid of this and add this 3 Brand new dolls to their collection because Nowadays Monster High dolls have gone up in value! I HATE HATE HATE THIS!!!
It was very frustrating to deal with...
The worst options ever. How are you allowed in creating a posting to include "no returns are allowed". But by policy "required" to accept and pay for returns.
Another thing, (since this is my second comment, sorry), somebody told me that eBay is where thieves liars and cheapskates go to shop. Mainly because they get by with it. I have a saying that my family and friends are sick of hearing, “ people do what they get by with. No consequences equals bad behavior.” When I first heard that I thought no there are a lot of sellers that are selling new items that are great. They do sell new items on eBay but the perception is their old used items and you’re not going to have to spend a lot. I realize that was many years ago however their customer base has maintained consistency. There are a few other folks that are decent buyers and sellers but there are a whole lot of crooks.
Ebay has an image problem. I never understood why they don't put more into marketing to change that.
I buy and sell on Ebay. As far as being worse for sellers, I’d say Ebay just has more loopholes for buyers but I’ve had some horror story experiences with sellers as well.
It's unfortunate how people can be.
I've had to open two legit INAD cases for returns, and both times the sellers became extremely hostile and argumentative. IMO sellers need to act more professional and of course some buyers need to stop scamming.
Fair enough that there are problems on both ends with buyers and sellers.
I honestly think the best thing to do is file a police report against buyers like this. That way, if they keep scamming sellers online one day it will catch up to them because there will be multiple reports filed against them over time.
Not really possible as a lot of the time the buyer is in another state or country that has different laws, or they give a fake address that said items will be shipped to, and then picked up from, which is usually a business that either is illegally reselling the items they still or are covering up other sketchy sellers while running a legit business
I am sorry this happened to you as a seller. I am primarily a buyer (only sold once years ago and I almost lost a designer doll to a dishonest buyer). I never sold again. However, it is buyers like this who make it hard for honest and trusting buyers like myself who actually encounter real problem sellers. I currently have a case open for item not received, it's going on for over two months and ebay keeps putting my case on hold for an additional 10 days, this is twice now. I didn't even file the case sooner because I was giving the seller a break. The seller sent my package incorrectly as international when I'm USPS domestic, so due to the incorrect international tracking, it's being bounced around and shipped outside the US to various countries in a state of confusion. This could go on for more months or eventually get lost. The seller had poor communication from the start, won't intercept/contact USPS about their error and I can't get anyone to help. It's getting hard for both sellers and buyers on ebay. What I won't do is ever sell on ebay again though, if I don't have any luck as a buyer, I could imagine my fate as a seller.
eBay has gotten really weird for both buyers and sellers as the years have worn on. I get that rules needed to be put in place, (it was like the Wild West in the beginning). But with certain things they have gone too far.
My experience is ebay sellers are worse then buyers. Once they get the Customers money they sit on it. I have this happen to me ALL the time. Once they get paid they are happy and take ages to ship it like they don't care now because they got paid.. they mark it shipped and days and days go by and still NO tracking says usps awaits package just a label was created.
Some people are jjust plain dishonest!
Yup!
I’ve been buying and selling on eBay for approximately twenty years, I’ve only just started getting back into selling, but it’s set up to protect the buyer. Luckily I’ve only had two instances were I’ve had to refund customers. One was a smooth transaction, but another wasn’t. I simply received a message saying the item didn’t work. It wasn’t overly expensive, less than $25, so I refunded the customer and asked for evidence of the item not working. Never received it, although I did receive positive feedback, which I was more worried about, having 100% positive feedback and not wanting to lose this over $25. I think that’s the biggest issue. If an item is faulty, the seller has to take the buyers word. And if it is, if no fault of the seller, do you really want to pay for the shipping to receive a faulty item. Most sellers will just wear the lose. Same with Facebook marketplace.
It's a shame how that works...
Loved your video and I’m glad you went above and beyond to make sure the buyer didn’t get away with it. It’s just a shame, that as you mentioned, it wasn’t the buyer that reimbursed you, it was intact eBay. So basically they got a full refund and got to keep the item. All it took was something as simple as a battery replacement. Keep up the great videos.
Wow,.. What a bad experience,... I feel for you,.. There is always a small percentage of rotten patatoes in a bag! Having said that I would like to see with ebay and the buyers,.. so that a seller or vice-versa can be more transparent! We need more tools to avoid the loss of precious time, effort and personal finances!
eBay did a huge disservice to it's sellers by eliminating the ability to leave negative feedback on unscrupulous buyers.
a few months ago I was selling a 400$ transformer toy and a person with 80 feedback bought it. but I always do 2 things, check feedback and feedback left for others and the 2nd take their address and run it through google to make sure it seems legit. And sure enough this time it was to an empty lot in the california desert . Nope.. I just cancelled saying it was broken and then alerted ebay about the seller ... I put the listing back up a few minutes later and it was bought by someone with 0 feedback and just signed up. What happened to the dont allow 0 feedback to buy your items function? I looked for it because i was wondering why it turned off suddenly and its no where to be found in settings. so I cancelled again and took the combiner out of the box and sold in parts which actually got me the same amount of money but didnt have to risk all 400 in one listing but broke up in 8 smaller listings.
So lesson here is to always check feedback, date signed up of the buyer and also google search the address and make sure it looks legit.
Yeah, I don't know if you can still block zero feedback bidders anymore...
Back when Chris Chan was a hot topic I made some lovely art of Sonichu and Rosechuu... I got a bid for $150 so I instantly approved it and shipped the drawing...
Long story short they never put the money in, they got the drawing for free, and I was out $16... Live and learn, and stay away from Ebay!!!
Don't take the Mark of the Beast! (666)
That's unfortunate...
I used to sell items on Ebay, but because of selling/listing fees, and the hassle of sending an item, I stopped. I still buy stuff, and haven't really had too many issues, apart from the possible extra costs that one could incur by buying an item from the U.S. (risk of import duties, cost of postage etc). I still get the jitters when I open a package, hoping that everything is going to be tickety-boo.
The more eBay tries to fix issues the weirder it gets...
Wow, that's a horrible experience. It sounds like the buyer was trying to get something for free, and get a full refund returning junk. Good that you went the full route to the end and were vindicated. I feel that other sellers would just refund them and write it up as cost of business loss to avoid bad ratings from buyers that hurt their Ebay store.
Most people aren't aware that you can even appeal a decision.
Can we just admit that eBay is slowly becoming Mos Eisley. I got off that site well over a year ago.
It does seem to have gotten worse over the years.
Totally disgusting this is. They need to get their policy's in order. Sadly they won't.
No, like with most big corporate or government policies, the more they try to fix it the more they screw it up.
You think returns are a nightmare? Try pre-orders!
I wouldn't trust long term pre-orders on eBay.
I wouldn't trust long term pre-orders on eBay.
@@OpenByChance Oh boy are you right... NEVER AGAIN bro. Ive been foghting to get my money back since AUGUST!
That’s shitty. A seller feels so helpless and at the mercy of a crooked buyer and a faulty selling platform.
I too had an experience like this. Seller sent back something different from what I sold them. It registered as they returned the original item. It was only $40, but the bad feeling were still there. Thankfully it does not happen often. I buy additional insurance through the post office in case of damage.
It puts a lot of people off that otherwise might have a decent experience.
@@OpenByChance
Indeed. Most people won’t go to the extant as the author of the video did. The system is dishonest. eBay should have more of the liability.
U ain't lying
I've been a buyer and seller on eBay since '99, so I've gone through it all. I'm majoratively a collector, and part-time seller; so it's not like I'm selling 100 items a month. But I wholeheartedly agree that buyers are overall absolutely far worse than sellers. For any ppl on here getting triggered by that and have never sold a lot of stuff on eBay:
Who's typically the bigger idiot (if you've worked in the hospitality industry), the employee of that restaurant, hotel, retail store, etc., or the person off the street?
I've worked in retail, I can answer that!
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_Exactly._ Those ppl getting bothered are the very problem they espouse they aren't. All that needy, self entitled arrogance. Of course there's major incompetence across the board when it comes to the customer service industry - or any industry. But you're gonna tell me you know more than the person that does that for a living cause you looked up some website, and _clearly_ it's the word of God 🤣
I'm in my '40s and I've been downgraded in life more times than I can count. Suffice it to say, I'm working front desk at a hotel, which isn't remotely like something I've ever done. All these lifelong retail ppl (and me being the anxiety ridden introvert), yet I'm the one getting rave reviews because I keep it completely real.
And for all the dick wads that see you beneath them, you just have to understand they're NPC's, and they can't help they have super basic programming. If only I had the superpower ability to zap these ppl into other countries to hopefully try to see how amazing their lives are here. Jeez, this is a long message lol...sorry about that man.
EBay is a buyers market for sure. In 2022 I had like 8 auctions not pay after winning..... didn't even leave a msg with an excuse or anything- just would not pay and I had 2 re-list !!
There are a lot of deadbeats on eBay.
When getting a return items like this i also have video recorded the opening process so i can send such video to ebay to truly show i did not received my items
Always film and or take photos.
A rant? For a second thought I was watching uncle Tim. BTW I still think you should pick up that sgt slaughter I really think he be worth a pickup. Planning getting him soon. I've seen alot good reviews on him.
Tims Rant's and Reviews? Still waiting on those Reviews...
Need to file police report for seller insurance will cover
The reason eBay took away neutral and negative feedback on buyers from sellers is because a lot of sellers were leaving retaliatory feedback when buyers were sent not as described or damaged products. This was driving buyers to leave eBay. Buyers are more important to eBay and sellers on eBay than sellers are to buyers or to eBay. The primary concern of that marketplace is to keep as many buyers there as possible, which makes more sense than favouring sellers.
Of course, you want to get rid of bad buyers, and even better, prevent them from buying in the first place. This is often done on the back-end, out of sight. In cases similar to yours, the buyer is reported by the seller and eBay investigates and bans them. They also have a lot of other software/data tools to keep potential bad buyers away. But none of that is ever going to be good enough to prevent all this kind of stuff from happening. Sellers themselves can accumulate a large list of blocked buyers, either ones they've had disputes with or ones that ask weird questions or too many questions.
Obviously, it sucks when this kind of things happens, because it's not fair, but at least there is some recourse for recovery which there often isn't when an owner of a brick-and-mortar store deals with theft and fraud. That happens more often than this kind of stuff on eBay, but it's way more frustrating on eBay because their language often leaves you with the impression that they don't care about it. Which I guess is probably true in some sense, because they only car insofar as it affects their business, not yours. So I guess it's kind of like how the landlord of a brick-and-mortar would react or Mall security. Looking at it that way, I think you got more out of eBay than you ever would out of those others.
Then Ebay needs to train their customer service to better resolve issues for both the buyer and seller like Poshmark does. Anytime something has gone wrong on Poshmark they will pay both me and the buyer out for the sale so no one loses anything. Also no feedback can be left on either end so the order is over and there is no extra drama. They also cover return shipping labels. Ebay is just greedy, lazy and outdated. They refuse to change and don't know what they are doing.
I recently had my worst eBay experience ever a seller, I purchased a action/gi joe law laser cannon complete for £27, the seller then messaged saying I have lots of other action/ gi joe items I haven’t listed yet and would I like to see what he has, I said yes if it’s no trouble, he sent pictures of different figures etc… but over the next two days this guy kept bombarding me with messages of things he has and would I like anything else and sending pictures of his items not for sale. So I started to think ok what’s the deal here? The law laser by the way hadn’t been posted yet, I then agreed to buy some other bits from the seller, however he hadn’t listed them another two days later, I asked when would they be listed and further more when are posting the law laser, the seller then became evasive and contradictory saying they would post it today then in the next message said if he can post it it will be tomorrow with other items he needs to post, he then started asking me if I wanted to do business outside of eBay because he’s make more money, I said no, then after this I said look I’d like a refund as you’re evasive contracting yourself, he then started messaging saying I’m messing him about and then he marked it as posted and said I’ve posted it, it never arrived so asked for a refund and he refused and said I messed him about, then he said he’d lost his job and all this other stuff, but was really angry and rude, he gave me a refund and when I left negative feedback he messaged insulting me but then I received an email from eBay saying the seller asks you to revise your negative feedback 😂😂😂, unbelievable
I also noted they had 7 other previous buyers who also left negative feedback for almost identical shenanigans
There's a lot of weird people on eBay, that's for sure...
Unfortunately, since you posted this video 11 months ago, Ebay policies are getting worse. I am current going thought my own nightmare on a $2000.00 Ebay item I sold. It has been going on over a month. I had to pay $300 in return shipping. UPS is trying everything to get out of the damage claim. I cannot refund the $2000.00 unless the UPS claim is granted. I have read all the policies and guess what? Ebay is authorized to take the $2000.00 right out of your bank without your consent. I had to drain that account just so they do not take the $2000.00 until this is fully sorted. It is a case now. Big business tells us what to do now. I am really considering going off grid for the rest of my days. Selling on Ebay is not fun anymore not to mention most finally value fees are 13.5 to 20 percent now. I must have asked customer service about 100 questions. They answered non. They say refer to our policy and have a great day losing 2 Grand.
There's a lot of predators out there, that's for sure...
I don't trust ebays policys
I hesitate to list on ebay
I rather sell Locally in person it might take more time but the peace of mind is what I want. Those dolls will go up in value because they have a big following and I hear a movie is coming out.
Well someone has a nice minty set they basically got for free!
I had a very similar situation happen to me I sold a lap top computer fully tested .in EUC.. buyer sent be a computer case with so electronics in it $430. I even have the weight difference documented by post office. Ebay would do nothing for me . I lost almost $500 with shipping and return shipping . I still sell on there only because I have to. It was very sad to me. I literally cried.
That's very frustrating to deal with, especially if you are needing the money...
This is a very informative video. It is unbelievable what was retuned to you. At a glance, EBay should have smelled a rat and banished this buyer for life.
I'm pretty sure I was dealing with bots the whole time. I did an eBay rant a few weeks back where I actually caught their AI in live chat and called them out.
As a side the law laser is still for sale on eBay the guy never sent it
WOW. Sounds like a headache to me. Glad i don’t sell anything online. I don’t need these sorts of headaches, issues and “dealing with people” crap. Best avoided as far as i’m concerned.
People can be a pain in the butt!
@@OpenByChance that’s a fact. 100%. People are the reason i finish all my Xmas shopping in October…crowds = NO THANKS. The level of dumb escalates in crowds. I don’t go out and celebrate New Years Eve, Australia Day, Easter or anything else where the herd gather. Murderous tendencies brew in those situations 😂😂😂😂
I sold a vintage heman video game to a guy in Italy through ebay. This was Nov of 2020 moddle of a pandemic and horrible shipping times. It took 3 weeks to ship from Illinois to Arizona...let alone Illinois to Italy. And the buyer was crabbing that after 3 weeks he didn't have his item. He filed a complaint, got his money back, I appealed, and was denied. And I used Ebay international shipping address so they had it last. I lost out all my money then got hit with fees in the amount of my loss. I haven't used ebay since. I was ripped off by them and buyer got his money and I'm sure the game when it arrived.
Did you use the eBay shipping program? A lot of people overseas complain about the higher fees, but that's what the program is actually for. And speaking from experience, Italy was the biggest culprit for false claims from overseas orders prior to the program.
@Open By Chance yeah I shipped it to Ebay and they shipped it out from there. I figured I was safe using that...but nope I was wrong.
Italian scammers know how they are able to get freebies because of their extremely slow customs. Selling to Italy is a huge risk. eBay could of course extend the delivery time for problematic countries, but they chose not to.
I sure hope Ebay sides with you on this they didn't ship back all your stuff and they opened everything up looks like they took accessories they needed and did a figure swap and that is probably what there intention was from the get go.
Ebay and PayPal are crooks. I will never sell on eBay ever again. I've had much better experiences on Mercari. And I've had people try and do the "purchase, swap and return" trick before, so I take very good pictures and have high resolution photos of the item from every angle. Also, I let the buyer know up front that I have a no refund, no return policy on rare vintage and collectible items. If they open it, they own it, no exceptions. If that discourages people from purchasing from me then that works too lol 😆
It's tough out there. People need to know the dark side of some of the selling platforms.
This is why I will not sell on ebay!!! Yes I will buy, but I will never sell
It can be tough sometimes!
This happened to me with a serpentor I sold on eBay. I sent the item in the exact box hasbro ships out in. There was a small hole on the side of the box when the buyer received it. A smug on the side of the serpentor box about half the size of an eraser from a pencil was the result.
He immediately messaged me asking why I didn’t double box it with pictures of “damage”. I almost thought he was joking. Then he said “I’m returning it”. I said your return will be denied as it’s listed as a no return item.
He said I will Return it and give you negative feedback for the way you handled this.
eBay took his side and allowed him to return it, however they said no negative feedback will be allowed since he threatened it in a message.
Then he had like 2 weeks to return it and…… he didn’t!!!
He gave me negative feedback and didn’t even return it!
Once the return was closed by eBay I contacted them and got his negative feedback removed.
Some people……
At least you got the feedback removed. Very frustrating...
They want YOU to report him? They are already looking into both of your accounts, why cant ebay "report" him or take action against him themselves. You have already went through hell just trying to get your money back, now they want YOU to report him? Its bad enough just getting your money back!! And ebay giving THEM their money back is just mind-blowing to me. I fail to understand why ebay didnt take the money BACK from them. And I despise the phrase "The customer is always right". NO, THEY'RE NOT.
They don't make it easy! I didn't mention it, but that whole process took two months! And I still don't get refunded the return postage!
@@OpenByChance It sounds very stressful. Out of 99 good sells, that 1 bad one always eats away at a person. There is nothing good about what you went through. Sorry that happened to ya my friend
You need to appeal and file a police report . You will get your money back
That buyer clearly switch crappy ones they already had for your mint in box ones. this sucks and its a big shame on you ebay and like you said they really are bastards both the buyer and ebay.
Just a snapshot of the dark side of eBay. Could have been worse. Most people don't know they can appeal!
Didn't know the sellers can't leave neutral or negative feedback. :/
Not for a few years now. First they took away the negative rating, then neutral. It leaves little recourse to warn others of deadbeat bidders and scammers...
I had a buyer with low feedback send me an offer from one of my auctions, i read his feedback and a previous seller who had been scammed by this buyer had left positive feedback but with a the comments of dont sell to this buyer as he scammed, so i blocked him immediately
Is there no way to set up an account on ebay where your fund automatically go to your banking account
It has to go through them first the way they have it set up.
Time to sell those dolls to make back your time. Since they ended up being free now since they gave you the $109 back. I'm sure the buyer bought those with intention to keep some acessories ONLY and to swap out the dolls and send you back his..
Great video bro eBay sucks. Similar thing happened to me.
There's a lot of problems, that's for sure...
What a piece of Shit of a buyer ! They definitely replace those dolls with trash they had laying around . I am sure it was not the first time . Thank you for making the video. It is food for thought .
It doesn't happen all the time, but it does happen. People should be aware of the pitfalls.
I pre ordered a sky striker back in July on eBay . Haven’t heard from the seller again. I’m beyond the claim period so I’m out $400 and a sky striker
I've heard of that happening, pre-orders timing out and customers getting stuck like that...
@@OpenByChance yes sir I’m a victim expensive lesson learned for myself
If you try to discuss the matter of not being able to leave negative feedback for buyers on the ebay forums the shills will instantly start coming out.
I've never used the forums. Is it even worth the effort?
Drop their location LET'S TALK!❤ I am a doll collector myself so I can handle them 🤗
I had sold my Redman Toys Dirty Harry figure with complete description and photos and the buyer wanted his money back because it didn't look like the Sideshow version that had just came out. Even though eBay said I did nothing wrong they pressured me into accepting the return.
"You did nothing wrong, but bend over and take it anyway" seems to be the policy.
eBay is a scammers bread and butter
Seems that way
Sorry you had to go through all that. I don’t use eBay or any of those market places you mentioned exactly because of shady people. If I can’t find what I like in my local collectible / comic store then I just do without it. Sorry shape of our world today unfortunately.
Seems like everybody looking to get over nowadays.
Sorry this happened to you but I am a really great buyer, sellers love me. 😁😁 I used to sell on ebay in the early days, seems things ran smoother back then than what they do now. Sorry I can't give you a thumbs up, it hasn't worked for me lately.
Not all buyers are bad
David, that is terrible. I like to give people the benefit of the doubt; however, it seems the buyer switched the figures. Probably never planned to buy your mint figures ... Just wanted to swap them out for his/hers busted, dirty figures. Not cool at all! I hope his dolls turn into Trilogy of Terror. 😆
Trillogy of Terror! Classic!
I stopped selling on ebay because buyers started scamming. Now I have a ton of valuable toys that are from the 70s that I can't really sell, but need the money back on my investments. A long time ago my significant other and I were buying a lot of stuff with the plan to eventually open a collectibles store. Ebay got really popular and that idea died, but I still have all the stuff. I have a storage unit full of stuff that I don't have a way to sell since ebay is crap for sellers now. I've had a few bad experiences with sellers ripping me off with ebay's help, so I will never sell with them again.
You could try getting a table at a local show perhaps?
@@OpenByChance I tried that a few times and the Portland area isn't not very good to sell in.
Hello I wonder about Listia, I only saw your video from 6 years ago Listia already had problems there, but it seems to be still a functioning website, could you make an update on trading swapping, no money exchange websites? I am very interested but lost, there is so little info available...
Wow
Indeed!
I used buy and sale on ebay before when everything worked better and people were more honest( 20 years ago). I am no longer sell on ebay it scares me , but I’m still do some purchases , A lot people todays purchase on ebay to steal , knowing that they are going to keep the money and the item too, they doing it by taking any claim or complain, all they need to do is send a fake tem back , have a delivery receipt on them and with that they win the case, if ebay do nothing about it to protect sellers it will continue to occur. that is one reason why ebay may disappear from the market in the future , Thank for videos, and sorry about your case .
One of the pitfalls of doing business unfortunately.
You mentioned you were responsible for paying for the return postage also. Were those funds included in the reimbursement by the E Bay insurance?
Nope, I got stuck with the return postage charge.
@@OpenByChance I was afraid that was the case.
This is awful it sounds like a Karen job David that or someone poached your set then complained possibly to make money off of your set I'm just guessing because I don't deal with eBay much but that's just what popped in my head I feel bad you had to deal with this it's bs
It happens from time to time, very frustrating to deal with...
I had that issue with eBay on a hot toys Justice league superman blue suit version , buyer got it in hand quickly contacted me saying figure has peeling on suit . Anyway I had no returns on my eBay account but the buyer was able to override my no return clause , eBay sides with the buyer never the seller lol (like always) plus the buyer sends the Superman back in crappy tape job anyways I’m not a fan of eBay
That sucks...
Wow!!! Just wow... I thought about selling stuff on ebay 🤔 but worry about stuff like this... I figure you basically kinda take a gamble buying and selling off eBay... I've been burn on expensive pre orders ...remember that macross robotech 1/12 cockpit? never got it and screwed over and the buyer disappeared...I was pissed and had to start all over again after wait 2 3 yrs for a pre-order I never got. Never again. I am curious if you're selling stuff on ebay how does the tax law thing work? If I were to sell I probably put as is in comments because I be afraid I have a super anal douchebag starting all kinds of drama.
did you get your money back on the cockpit?
@Open By Chance no ...I had a time limit getting money back...I ordered it as a pre order waiting about 2 years or more I think...I kept emailing over over and over asking what's going on and got a response wait wait wait... when it finally came out, they disappeared ...yeah I was pissed about that I was out 300 bucks I think....I asked about money back but I waited like 2 years by then they were gone....I will never place anything on pre order ever again...I will wait till it's actually out and I've seen reviews and then buy based if the reviews are worth it or I'll buy figures that been out after a few years....that's why was looking forward to your tom baker and was holding off...really wanted that guy. As far as the 1/12 robotech cockpits, it was 2 to 3years so lucky I managed to save up enough to get both and glad got them moment came out because now there like 1000 which is crazy 🤪.
The cockpits are beautiful the the stands suck....I don't understand why whenever they make beautiful Sci fi ships there made beautiful sometimes even in die cast but them they totally cheap out on the display stand making them of cheap plastic.... the cockpits are beautiful but the stand are like glass...one wrong move snap no stand which suxs. Still glad I got em. There probably one my grail pieces. You should do a video on. Grail pieces I be curious to know ow your grail piece and lph grail piece? All the best 👍
This played out exactly as it should have. You never mentioned what the buyers feedback was...maybe it didn't matter. Ebay doesn't know who is telling the truth. People can lie and fake pictures. They have to take on the role of a judge. In the end, they decided you were telling the truth.
so you got your money back and you're still crying about it
As much as I like to hear challenging interactions with eBay, try doing a positive one as well every now and then - maybe you have and I missed the video. Also, I enjoy your channel, but I have to say that all these challenging experiences are starting to turn me away from you channel. I recommend to stick with all positive stuff, toy reviews, etc.
I have had more issues as a buyer with ebay than any other platform I buy from!!(well hasbro pulse is BAD also and give Ebay a run for their money). BUT the Ebay sellers mark my items shipped and then they never ship my package for days and days!!. It will just says usps awaiting package label created and they just sit on my order once they get my money. It shouldn't be allowed that Ebay Sellers can even mark orders as shipped if they really are not shipped and tracking shows that if you look into it on the usps website.. I can't tell you how many times OVER AND OVER this happens to me as a buyer and I HATE IT. And another thing also sellers on Ebay will put my vintage toys in bubble mailers after I even ask them to please put them in a box with bubblewrap which I shouldn't have to do and then they arrive BROKEN/Smashed!!. Oh and another issue I run into is sellers putting my packages in the usps dropbox when I tell them DO NOT do that and to please bring it inside the usps building and have it scanned in but yet they still do and then try and lie and say they didn't but then under investigation come to find out they did when I contact usps and that location about it because there is NO scans in days and days on my package. And another thing they do to me ALL the time is I'll ask them to bring the package inside to be scanned in and they say they will do that and that they always do that when they ship out items but then tracking says it's been picked up by a usps agent from the sellers porch.. which means they did a pickup so they lied yet again.. I hate when sellers do Pickups it holds the buyers up it's lazy AND half the time usps doesn't scan the package they pickup so you go days not knowing where you package even is but the seller says he handed it over to the usps agent inside the building. With that being said in my opinion buyers don't get all the good luck and leadway on Ebay IF anything they get the short end of the stick 75% of the time. THE Balls in the Sellers court once they get paid by the buyer for a week or more.
Bad packing is one of my biggest pet peeves with a lot of sellers.
I sold a blackmagic intensity shuttle 3.0 capture card and the seller told me it was defective and he wanted a refund. I told him man I packaged that really well and I used that card before I sent it. He just kept saying this is defective. I asked him questions about what his setup was and what software he was using. I told him you have to download drivers and software for this item and he told me to send them to him if I have them. He only checked eBay once a day and wrote like three messages and couldn’t be bothered with questions or anything. I told him to contact the company and get the correct drivers and software. He told me he called them and they said drivers and software aren’t necessary then he said he was gonna let eBay deal with me and ghosted me. I sent him a pdf of the manual, a picture of a new unit to show that the company sends them with a software cd, and an email from tech support saying that drivers and software and necessary and a link to the download for the drivers and software. I also got the guys feedback removed because he wrote negative feedback and said he’d remove it once I issued him a full refund so I got him for feedback extortion. It’s been crazy dealing with this guy. EBay also mixed me up with another one his other returns he had and said hey we show tracking saying that you already got this item back so you need to issue a refund in an email. I responded to there email a bunch and asked why they sent it. I asked an agent why they sent it in the phone and then finally I said hey I am wondering about this document number and this was said and they told me it was another guys return. I guess we both had the same first name. I got till the 11th to see if he returns the card and I hope he doesn’t. It’s a good card if he’ll look at the manual and attempt to use it right.