The company, primarily operating as an online marketplace, faces significant challenges in customer satisfaction and service reliability. While some users appreciate the variety of products available, a prevalent sentiment highlights frustrations with fraudulent sellers, inadequate buyer protection, and a lack of effective customer support. Many customers report difficulties in obtaining refunds and dealing with negative feedback, indicating a biased resolution process favoring buyers. Additionally, ongoing technical issues with the platform further exacerbate user dissatisfaction. Overall, the company's reputation suffers due to these recurring complaints, suggesting a need for improved seller protection and customer service responsiveness.
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I love shopping on Ebay! They have so many products my family can use or enjoy! I buy alot of vintage Gymboree on there. Sometimes games for my kids, toys or products for our home etc... Would recommend to anyone I know!
Usually technical support service works well is used, has a variety of items, constantly offering all kinds of items for sale, especially exotic items.
I like the buyer protection, but they usually side with the sellers. Also, I find it kind of lame that you cannot block certain sellers from contacting you. Ive had a few with bad attitudes get abusive when I said I no longer wanted their products. I got 10+ emails a day from one! I do not have a phone and that seems to be the only way to contact them, which is also stupid. At least you can chat/email amazon. Some things i've gotten very good deals on but others ive been ripped off with. I have to read feedback VERY carefully. Some sellers have multiple accounts which i am also weary of. There are various other improvements that need to be made, but the main thing making me consider leaving is the fact that sellers can harass you and you basically have to sit there and take it!
Size has now been removed on the left hand toolbar when looking for clothing. I can't work out why. Size is the most important criteria for choosing clothing however to eBay that is obviously not a concern as it was removed over 2 months ago and despite repeated complaints it has not be reinstated.
Why would you remove a search feature from a search engine to make searching more difficult particularly when this feature has been present ever since using eBay in 2008. Will be shopping elsewhere in the future. Suspect some marketing ploy so people have look over many more items of clothing to find what they want thus possibly increasing sales. A big Turn off.
THIS REVIEW IS ABOUT BUYING (I made a purchase)
I was a relatively happy customer until they went from a bad shipper, DHL, to an even worse shipper, FEDEX Smart Post. I will leave a review for FEDEX also.
I live in Southern California, TWICE is located in Northern California. Normal shipping, the slowest available from USPS, gets packages here in 4 days or less. Not FEDEX Smart Post. I am currently waiting for a package that was estimated to arrive on Friday, 7/10/15 but as of this morning will has been rescheduled for 7/15/15 - the item shipped 7/7/15. That is a week or better. Seriously. Are we in the 1970's... actually they may have been even faster back then.
Did anyone at TWICE ask for shipping tables when switching? Was it about the money? I would gladly pay for shipping if I knew I'd known I'd have to wait a week for a package from Northern CA.
Here's an idea: Give customers options. What['s best for your bottom line may not be what is best for the customer.
Although from reading the reviews regarding your buying practices, this doesn't shock so much anymore.
You have lost a customer until you change your shipping practices. If I want to sell clothes, which I never do, I will do it locally.
I like ebay. It can be hard to sift through the selection at times, and hard to postage rates to the UK sometimes, but I've not had a bad experience product wise.
Twice I have been scammed, E bay was very quick to solve the problem and refunded my
Money. I am very happy with e bay!
Times past, eBay was the place to go to buy and sell things and make a little money at it-used to be fun-USED TO BE-not anymore
EBay has now become the faceless, money hungry and small business seller killer I was afraid it would become eventually-just like Verizon or AT&T Wireless-eBay has continued to swallow up the space until there was no one left to compete-all the while abandoning their base-the sellers who got them there in the first place-useless Q&A pages they send you to in the event of a dispute with no real customer service, fees that are snarky and hidden until you sell an item and find 50-75% of your profit has to pay eBay and PayPal (they are not any better) so you end up with a miniscule profit margin-
Also, eBay will give you inane suggestions for selling that don't tell you how to do it smart-just to basically give your items away after eBay and PayPal TAKES their cut-no wonder people are leaving eBay and trying to find an alternative-and not having much luck-at least where I'm standing-but someone could surprise me-
In closing-if you sell on eBay-stop now before you lose more money than you probably already have-I have sold several items and have gotten lucky walking away with a few bucks profit-but eBay will lose me too-if I wanted to sell online-I want to do it and make some money, not give most of it back to eBay to pay for their CEOs and their perks
And making a seller pay to have THEIR money transferred from eBay to PayPal? Are you kidding me? At least PayPal won't (not yet) charge for transfer from PayPal to your bank-but it takes 5 to 7 business days for your money to finally show up-ridiculous to say the least-GET OUT OF eBAY WHILE YOU CAN!
Do not purchase anything from eBay unless you have the Shipping address posted at the time of the purchase on credit card. No one wants to update information of the shipping address even after leaving a msg. On the phone line recorded too. Ebay customer service could care less plus the Company where item was ordered. I left a phone msg, *******@3pm on a Sat. I was told by my Credit Card Company to do that also gave me the phone number to call -nothing was done to correct the shipping address. Order place on a Friday, Called Sat. *******@3pm to cancel.
Suspend for no reason and are cocky. Cator to big companies. The app is always down an locks up. They have been sued and lost because there White collar criminals
Ebay is a good site (ofcourse), the only problem is that the sellers aren't honest. Just make sure you do a quick research before ordering something.
I mainly shop at ebay for anime stuff, electronics sometimes, and room décor. I can find anything I want for a low price! I am a serious collector and a lot of stuff you can't purchase in America so I satisfy my anime needs by going to ebay! Awesome website!^.^
I was, like most people, excited to find a company that made reselling easy for the seller. I thoroughly inspected every inch of every piece of clothing I sent in only to be told that almost half of those items were rejected due to staining. The clothing they claimed was "stained" included 2 dresses that I wore one time each and looked BRAND NEW. These were White House Black Market dresses that retailed for over $200 each. I would have accepted the offer on the additional clothing (a measely $55 for 13 items) but they DO NOT RETURN THE REJECTED CLOTHING if you accept an offer. Prior to making a decision on whether or not to accept their offer of $55, I decided to look into the company only to find out that MANY others experience the same problem. Rejection of items claiming to have been stained only to find that their items are later sold by the company. I decided to reject the offer. I received the items back today and reinspected them. They are ALL in pristine condition, as I knew they would be. They lied. They claimed the items were stained and WERE NOT. I caution you highly to be careful. NO matter how closely you inspect your items prior to sending them out, they will claim some are stained. They DO NOT OFFER THE OPTION TO SEND THE REJECTED ITEMS BACK IF YOU ACCEPT THE OFFER THEY GIVE. THEY CLAIM THEY GIVE THE ITEMS TO GOODWILL. HOGWASH!
I think that the 10% that Ebay charges the average Joe for selling something is a bit too high compared to their competition, mostly 3%. To ad insult to injury they also take 10% of the shipping as well? We collect the shipping costs from the buyer and that money goes 100% to the cost of shipping. Where does Ebay think they have any right to take a percentage of our cost? It's a rip, theft and nothing but a display of raw greed, and I'm going to find another venue to sell my items from now on. Ebay just lost my business forever.
Awful service. Slow. I sent 37 pieces of clothing from their designer list. Many of which were never worn and still had price tags on. My offer was beyond insulting. I am having the entire shipment sent back. Do not waste your time on this website.
No place else has as many buyers, but I have hated selling on ebay and refuse to do it after 15 years. Rip off to seller, no protection against buyers that want things for free
I will be closing my Ebay account forever. Ebay just stole $227.00 from me basically! After being told I will get a refund for f150 seat covers, I just moved house and my printer is in storage so I have no way to print a shipping return label they, "Francisco" have closed my case leaving me with non fitting, poorly made junk! So much for "Money Back Guarantee"! I have pictures proving how bad these covers are, and will be exploring other options to recover my losses!
Even if you have a high seller rating and your listing was 100% accurate, if the buyer claims it is not then eBay will favour the buyer and force you to pay for return shipping and refund. If you do not, then they take your money and refund it themselves and force you to pay a reimbursement, and you don't get the item back.
Answer: I would never buy a used car without seeing it in person and having it checked out.
Answer: Ebay is a den of thieves. Even Ebay is evasive on complaints to answers. When looking for items, be sure to be fully informed to what you are shopping and use all that knowledge to cypher the listing, even then have found those that list items to be evasive on answers. Avoid ebay if possible!
Answer: For their own purposes and to protect dishonest sellers. I was once an avid EBay shopper, but now avoid EBay. Buyer protection no longer exists. You buy at your own risk.
Answer: Ebay sells nothing. You are dealing with private sellers. Some are good, some are not. The best way to determine this is to check the feedback. I personally never buy from anyone who has a feedback lower than 90%. 96% is considered bad, by Ebay. Take that with a grain of salt. Ebay management is nuts.
Answer: If you haven't already learned the hard way that Ebay is just pure bullshit when it comes to the sellers rights. When someone wants to send it back for any reason other than it doesn't work as described, you will be footing the bill. Not only will you lose the money you paid to ship it to them, Ebay will offer to provide a return label for them at your expense. Yep, that's right. They will bill you the price of the label if you don't provide it. Either way, you are paying for it to get back to you. It's get better. You can't leave negative feedback for the buyer either. It's not an option NO MATTER
Answer: Not to me! It's my main shopping tool! I look for good deals and free shipping!
Answer: Yes. You are right. All what people told you are correct. Don't trust ebay and the seller on ebay. Amazon much better than them. But anyway the best way to buy electronics from the local stores or official stores.
Answer: This depends on the seller of the item - carefully check their feedback and trust you intuition if you have doubts try another seller you feel safer with...
Answer: Hi Tom, As for reviews, you don't get them. It's called feedback. When you buy an item, the seller will probably leave feedback after you leave feedback for them. I hope that answers your question. Nancy
Answer: Depends on the seller. I wouldn't buy anything off ebay because there a crappy company.
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