I purchased an item and it arrived broken. I contacted the seller and she said " Too bad so sad I dont do refunds". I contacted their customer service and they told me theyre just a platform and cant do anything to help me. Since the item was confirmed as delivered it is the sellers discretion to choose to accept refunds. I contacted the seller again and she told me I was harassing her. I left her a bad review and at this point I conacted me credit card company and send them pictures of the broken items, the correspondense from Etsy, and the messages from her. An hour later I get a tirade of messages from the seller telling me she was going to sue me for leaving a bad review. I forwaded this to my credit card company too. The credit card company very quickly found in my favor and reversed the charges. A few weeks later I logged on to my account to buy something else. A message popped up telling me my account was suspended. I contacted etsy and was told that my account was suspended because I went over their heads. They saidby contacting my credit card company I violated their terms of service.
Moral of the story- if a company tells you you cant use the protections offered to you by your credit card company they are shady. Steer clear of etsy.
Hi Stephanie,
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