eBay

I have used ebay for some years, I like to shopping online and buy every thing I like, to be honest, shopping is easier than before. But this company's customer service is terrible is terrible. It's hard for me to contact.

Sellers are becoming increasingly bolder with their scam attempts. Others are just plain lazy and not concerned with the punctuality of their shipment. In some cases it's appears as though the seller will try and wait until the buyer "forgets" about the order or becomes so exasperated with waiting or attempting to receive a refund that they just give up. I recently had to have eBay step in and resolve an issue with a very feeble 'bait n' switch' attempt over a $145 where the seller basically tried to unload a piece of junk on me. An N scale locomotive that didn't even run that he claimed "ran perfectly", did not have the proper DCC decoder installed and didn't come in the case that was shown. Pic shows old DCC decoder that was not supposed to be installed. Seller had a couple of bad reviews with accounts of the exact same scam attempt. That tells me eBay is doing very little to restrict offending sellers. Be VERY careful and read the negative reviews if the seller has any. Also, try to avoid second hand items from home sellers and items from sellers who don't actually own physical storefronts.

Here, too, there are cases of fraud, after all, any person can register here - so I advise you to be careful.
But on the other hand, this is a truly modern solution, and it deserves attention.

Ebay is a total lottery, ones you receive fast and correct order, once you never receive it. Also a lot of fakes out there. I prefer stability, that's why I order here not very often

This is regarding my negative review of expired Turmeric. After much complaining, they finally issued refund.

Leaving negative feedback is not stellar on this site, as Ebay simply allows seller with countless complaints against them to set up new accounts, and therefore allows poor sellers to remain unaccountable. If feedback is worthless and your just going to allow them to assume an new name to duck negative feedback, not helping customers determine who good and bad sellers are. And customers can't steer away from for the few dishonest sellers on the site. Feedback on the site used to count for something an actually be a guarantee that one was dealing with a dishonest seller. Buyer protection and the Ebay Money Back Guarantee are sometimes effective. I will be shopping at Etsy in the future more than Ebay as the Feedback counts for something. They immediately take care of issues.

Wrote about the wrong buyer.! Forget the last post! He never bought the barlow knife. Sorry! Pat

How these companies are allowed to perform as they do is well beyond me. Since ebay has taken over managing everyone's funds in somewhat of an obtrusive manner. Now adding insult to injury they continue to manipulate their fee structure. Not only do buyers pay sales tax now but for sellers it is ridiculous. Ebay charges a total of 14.3% of the total sale which include the sale price, tax, and shipping. So yes ebay is charging fees against sale tax that buyers pay and again finding another way to add to their bottom line. The government has their nose in every country but our own which allows companies like ebay and Amazon just to name a few to continue not only questionable business practices but possibly illegal ones.

I bought a power energy saver which is supposed to save electricity when you plug it in it does not it's a complete fraud and freak once opened you can easily see there are only transistors in there to keep the green light on the item is also unsafe I've reported it to eBay who did not listen right away it took me to report this to the IRS the Better Business Bureau and homeland security Because these items are coming from China defective from the very beginning and meant to destroy or hurt people here

Ive been shopping on ebay for many years. Sometimes i get good stuff and sometimes i dont. My major complaint about this site is the communication of the sellers is just awful. I cant tell you how many times ive written a seller with a question or request and heard nothing back. Also as of late the prices have been really going up which sucks. Ebay until recently always had really good prices but now theyre doing what all the other big corporations do, theyre taking a bite out of the little guys arse.which sucks. So overall if youre looking for a casual usually reasonably priced goods shop on ebay but dont go on that site for their communication. People are so quiet on that site sometimes i feel like im on planet of the apes trying to get my money back.

I've been an ebay user for well over a decade, as both a buyer and seller. In all of those years, I could count on one hand the amount of shonky purchases made; on the whole, I've always been satisfied with purchases/sales. However, a recent influx of Alibaba-type, China-based sellers has changed the complexion of the platform. I've experienced very unpleasant exchanges with grumpy "middlemen" (usually young women), working on behalf of a seller in the far East. For example, I ordered what I believed was a table-top ironing board. The listing showed 3 different sizes of ironing board and their respective prices. Given IKEA sells mini ironing boards for less then a tenner, I wasn't surprised that the most being asked was eight quid. I ordered the board and waited... what I received, was an ironing-board cover. I reviewed my purchase. For the first time, I noticed the caveat, "ironing board not included". There was no indication of this at the time of purchase, no photographs of the cover, no indication whatsoever that it was this item they were selling. Needless to say, I contacted the seller in question. Her response was typically arrogant: "You expect me to bother my boss in China to send back this product for £3?!" When I explained she'd charged me three times that amount for the wrong item, she knew I wouldn't give in. I got a refund but that's not the point. In my opinion, the listing amounted to sharp practice and her response far from acceptable. The fact that contacting ebay remains far from simple (to speak to a human being), suggests they don't really care that their platform is playing host to more unscrupulous sellers than ever (there's always been a dodgy element) and only really pay lip service to taking action against repeat offenders.

Listen, eBay was a great site when it first hit the internet streets. But along the way money became the only thing that matters. Good Customer service, fast & effective decision making for sellers is a distance memory at eBay. Im just need them to be a better company that's all. Just kindness. Just a bit of kindness. That is all.

Every time I try to buy something on eBay I must go through the process of changing my password. In addition, changes are made to the website without notification. We sell on ebay and none of us are notified when they change the system. Sometimes the changes are significant.

They did'nt care for the negative review. Nor my networking. They fixed part of the problems. Thank you.

I am getting tired of having to buy something first before finding out when it will arrive. I waste my time putting in all the info just to find out that it will arrive in 2 months. What happened to the shipping business? Why can't they be transparent and tell you up front before ordering?

I have gotten some great items from eBay but I've also been ripped off probably the same amount of times. The worst part is the drop shippers. I ordered a lamp and it came back with a tracking number from Amazon, so I look up the lamp on Amazon and I realized I paid 12$ extra dollars for a drop shipper to place the order on Amazon for me. Then the idiot gives me the wrong tracking number that says it was delivered and handed to someone named Sheldon, so I wasted time arguing with ups on the phone thinking they delivered my item to the wrong address. What a mess! Shopping on eBay is a gamble. Be sure to check rating and look up the products on Google to see if you can get them cheaper elsewhere, because if you can then you know the item is being drop shipped. (look up drop shipping if you don't know what it is).

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After selling parts and or small game systems on eBay i would get a notice not as described.After getting the item back i noticed parts missing.Some very nasty buyers will buy a part or system no matter what it is and steal parts from it and ask for a refund.
One example was a TV i sold with a box i had to make specially.I packed it and covered the screen so as not to have the screen damaged in shipping.After 3 days the person send me a photo of the TV with a smash in the corner of the TV.I asked him to show me the box which he did not do.After receiving the TV, the box was in perfect shape,guess he didn't like the box and damaged the TV to get a refund.All kinds of kooky buyers.Soo many more things like this happened so i decided it just wasn't worth my time.
They need to bring back customer feedback to warn sellers.

My order was supposed to arrive on 23 August and it was delivered 2 days late and even packaging was not good.

I love the communication and easy to use aspects on ebay.
One thing that really upsets me is that if im winning an ebay bidding contest and there is 2 seconds left someone can come in and steal it from under me and I won't get a chance to respond. I think it should add 10 seconds or something to help out bidders from ratty people that wait till the last second.

Any website, if I like something then I expect the prices to remain the same if you change prices- I want purchase it!

I was easy to get gift card, and to redeem it didn't. Take long to received it about a week wish it.

I bought a back up camera battery and it was damanged tried to contact selling and no response. I had to contact ebay it self for a refund