Sellers fight losing battles on eBay... =/

[darkjedi4c]

What are the main feedback extortion rules for buyers?
Buyers can't use the threat of negative (or promise of positive) feedback to get a seller to provide goods or services that weren't included in the original item's description or purchase price. Similarly, they can't use feedback to force a seller to accept a return, or give a refund, if they're not required to by the terms of their listing, or the eBay Money Back Guarantee.

Ugh, hate dealing with these non-paying bidders/buyers on eBay. Clearly the buyer wanted out of the transaction from the start, violated eBay's feedback extortion policy, so we contacted eBay on how to proceed and they advised to let the automatic non-paying bidder's dispute case open and close and everything will settle itself without having to deal with unprofessionalism and the threats. Buyer ends up paying for item, seems very suspicious, had a bad feeling they had nefarious intentions to receive, claim something was wrong (or do something to the statue) and get their refund that way via claim afterwards. Contacted eBay and they walked me through what to do, to get out of the deal because they too felt the buyer was making unreasonable demands and probably had negative intentions as well and the safest bet was to let them walk and get away with it. Haha at their complete 180 at the end to look good to eBay since everything is on record. Yeah, we're not going to be dealing in the future ever... Watch out for this guy, look at that name on Paypal... buyer gets full refund, no negative feedback, gets away with everything like a crook, that's eBay for you... eBay sucks, Facebook groups are cheap, sellers always fighting a losing battle, horrible system.

 

[crows]

just like, cancel the transaction bro....

 

[darkjedi4c]

Already did. Just shows how crappy a lot of buyers are out there bending the rules. Never contacted earlier to remove but rather threatening with feedback, positive or negative, is violation of feedback extortion policy and unprofessional. They've been reported and to think eBay won't care to do anything about it after talking with their representatives. Unfortunate to hear people condone this behavior.

just like, cancel the transaction bro....

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[Shawpaw]

eBay abandoned its protection of sellers years ago. Now mentally unstable people have free run and can ruin your selling account with a click of a button. I hate eBay. Mercari is much better.

 

[crows]

which is ironic because for years sellers will screw over buyers so many times. broken items, cigarette smoke items, counterfeit items, fake dvds,
i remember the dark ages of ebay..

 

[Popnfresh98]

Being fair would actually require some effort on their part... best to just lean towards one side or the other.

Gotta be real careful as a seller on eBay. Good luck selling that darkjedi

 

[EVILFACE]

bidder got cold feet at dropping 500 on something they realized they don't need/want.

cancel transaction and block the bidder.

As for feedback, meh. A bad one or two doesn't mean anything compared to the rest of your feedback. If you have something someone wants, they will buy it from you regardless of feedback.

 

[BoosterGold06]

I feel like this has been happening more and more to me lately where someone wins my auction then immediately sends me a cancellation request. It's extremely irritating...especially when you can tell they are lying.

 

[Darthrazz]

I've also noticed that EBay will automatically change your listing to "Buy it Now" to "help" you sell something. I had a figure for sale for $249 and not only did they automatically change it to buy it now, they made any offer over $113 acceptable. Are you kidding me?

 

[EVILFACE]

I've had ebay send me emails suggesting that, but never change any of the auctions. You might want to check your default settings.

 

[BoosterGold06]

I've also noticed that EBay will automatically change your listing to "Buy it Now" to "help" you sell something. I had a figure for sale for $249 and not only did they automatically change it to buy it now, they made any offer over $113 acceptable. Are you kidding me?

Oh yeah, they start changing it to allow best offers after a week. I think they started doing that about a month ago. You can go back in and take it off, but it's annoying that they do that.