doomer Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Has anyone else been hosed over by an ebay transaction? I purchased 5 bottles of a Shaklee product in November. it was not what I wanted, so I received an RMA from the seller, and I returned the product...which is quite expensive. The seller has never replied, and Ebay decided in two minutes that they won't honor a refund. I will never touch ebay again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spindoc Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Has anyone else been hosed over by an ebay transaction? I purchased 5 bottles of a Shaklee product in November. it was not what I wanted, so I received an RMA from the seller, and I returned the product...which is quite expensive. The seller has never replied, and Ebay decided in two minutes that they won't honor a refund. I will never touch ebay again. I've had issues with them too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawildcat Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Has anyone else been hosed over by an ebay transaction? I purchased 5 bottles of a Shaklee product in November. it was not what I wanted, so I received an RMA from the seller, and I returned the product...which is quite expensive. The seller has never replied, and Ebay decided in two minutes that they won't honor a refund. I will never touch ebay again. Make sure you give that seller a really bad review before you leave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMustangFan Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 If I'm not mistaken, @mcpapa is a pretty frequent ebay user...He may know of something you can do... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Habib Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I got hosed on sunglasses once. Ended up being obvious knock-offs from China. Filed a dispute and lost. I was only out around $40 but was incensed all the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweet16 Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 I've had a couple of times where I did not receive my item and got a refund. I once bought a bobblehead for my son and it was broke and got a refund on that as well. THis was not from the seller but a refund from ebay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doomer Posted January 10, 2017 Author Share Posted January 10, 2017 I am giving the seller one more chance. If they had told me they wouldn't accept the return, I would have kept the bottles and given them as gifts. Now I have neither the bottles of cleaner or my money. I am going to threaten the full weight of a Bluegrasspreps thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcpapa Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 Never been hosed on a purchase. Been hosed a very few times as a seller, because as a rule, with eBay the buyer is always right. Virtually all of their policies are "buyer-friendly". Latest one (and there have only been a handful in all the years I've been selling" - I listed a set of 4 pottery bowls. Described the 4 bowls in the item description, photographed the 4 bowls. However, in a senior moment I said "set of 5 bowls" in the title. The buyer wants his money back because he didn't get "his 5 bowls." I initiated a return (paid for a return shipping label) because I can't abide someone getting something for nothing from me; still haven't heard from the buyer. I think he thinks if he ignores the process long enough, he will keep them. Doomer, your case is unusual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wireman Posted January 10, 2017 Share Posted January 10, 2017 To be honest...eBay sucks now. They treat their sellers like crap and you can easily get shafted on a purchase and there's really nothing you can do about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Anthony Posted January 11, 2017 Share Posted January 11, 2017 eBay sucks now that Prime is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silo11 Posted January 12, 2017 Share Posted January 12, 2017 I buy and sell on ebay all the time... Have very few problems. Only buy from reputable sellers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newarkcatholicfan Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Never in all of my years had a problem with E-Bay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjs4470 Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 Never in all of my years had a problem with E-Bay. I've been using EBay since 1999 as a seller and buyer and can count the number of ponlems I've had on one hand, and have never had a problem that wasn't resolved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Science Friction Posted January 14, 2017 Share Posted January 14, 2017 I buy and sell on ebay all the time... Have very few problems. Only buy from reputable sellers. THIS!!! I've always bought from highly regarded sellers and have always been treated fairly and gotten exactly what was described. I'm sure there are many shafters out there but, as of yet, I haven't come across them. Again, the key is to buy from sellers who have fine reputations and a long history of successful transactions. Taking a chance with unproved sellers will likely result in you posting your frustrations on a message board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete W Posted January 15, 2017 Share Posted January 15, 2017 Did you try disputing with PayPal? I have only sold a few items on eBay but bought hundreds over the years, had a few bad purchases, 1 guy sold me a bunch of fake Sony memory sticks for camcorders, they wouldn't read, looked identical to real Sony sticks. I messaged the seller, he said to return, then his account was gone, disputed with eBay and nothing, so disputed with PayPal and got my money back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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