eBayReviews 3,492

I love ebay and have used it a lot but also have been scammed a few times from sellers with high ratings that seem legit but are out of country. It's totally a buyer beware situation but there are scams that I got sucked into. They send a tracking number, the tracking number says "delivered" but the package never arrives. This has happened to me a few times with electronics. But 5 stars to ebay because it's not ebays fault, it's a great tool I just got burned is all

Terrible for sellers. Usually starts off nice, but after you've been selling for awhile, they can ban you for no reason, reduce traffic to your site, limit your ability to sell, all while still charging their ever-increasing fees. They appear to make things easier for you but end up taking more of your money. E.g. Shipping is integrated, but they also take a percentage of your shipping fees in addition to the fees they're already taking on your items. After selling for one year and calculating all expenses, ebay ended up with 40% of my sales, not 10%. Sell on Amazon instead. Products sell faster and for more money. Fees end up lower than ebay.

My sister turned me onto Ebay before the frenzy a few years back. Over the years I have seen the good, the bad and the ugly. I will say that Ebay went through many growing pains over the years, trying to keep it as even a playing field as possible.
They had to deal with bad sellers, scamming folks or holding purchasers hostage threatening negative feedback if you left them anything less than perfect feedback on their transaction. They have grown and tried to put in place protections for both the sellers and buyers. Ebay's Paypal is another profit making arm, however providing a great service for folks to be able to transfer funds without having to reveal confidential information.
As Ebay has grown, so have other options (you go to Ebay for bargains or hard to find items that someone just may be trying to off-load to get some spare money) Far too often I find another major internet site that started off as a book seller has better prices, and much more of a track record in providing reliable, efficient service.
I have grown... away from Ebay, except when I want that unique item/part that simply can't be found elsewhere.

Eh, I rarely use eBay ever since I've had two bad experiences with them. I placed a bid on an item a long time ago and there was no way to cancel it after I found one for cheaper on Amazon. I called, etc and I continuously, to this day, get emails about that damn bid for the wallet in my cart still. OBVIOUSLY I DON'T WANT IT!

I feel like Amazon will be more efficient, and it's also less confusing than eBay. I used to like it when I was younger, but now that I place my own orders on their site I've realized they're not as good as people make them out to be.

Worst site to buy anything from. I bought something from a seller. Got the wrong item in the mail. Try to get the seller to send me the right item or give me the full refund. None happened. Escalated to customer support even called. Worst thing ever because they don't help you. They tell you they understand whatever you all suck. Never will ever buy from this again. I lost 17.99 and they tried to get me to sell the wrong item back to the seller who is in China which shipping is more and i wont get refunded for that. No way you just cheated out of money. I hate EBAY

Bought a book from Capital Books and they sent me the wrong version even though I typed in the correct ISBN. When the book arrived, it had a receipt from Amazon.com with my name on it. I contacted Half.com and they sporadically sent out replys during the holiday to send the book back to a Captial book address. I sent the book back to an address that Capital books told me to which was different. Half.com replied "since you did not reply back, you cannot get a refund but if you want you can sell the book on Half.com. Do not use this site. A few dollars more, you can get the book from a more reputable comany like Amazon.com. I also stop using EBAY for the same reasons. Buy from them at your own risk!

I have been dealing with Ebay since 2006 and have a few problems, All of the issues have been resolved in a timely manner. I would also like to thank Ebay customer service for sending me an email on an item I was bidding on. The seller was in a scam and told me not to bid on it anymore and not to send payment because the seller was no longer a registered user because of some rules being broken. The seller even contacted me after bidding was done to see if I was still going to send payment. I told them that Ebay had told me not to send payment until the issue was resolved. I would recommend a bidder do their due diligence on an item before placing a bid, if it something you really want, then bid on it.

I've certainly had fine experiences through ebay, but the lone time I've needed ebay's protection they only sought to protect one of their best sellers (whom their customer service rep mistakenly addressed me as when she was looking up the case details).

The seller sold me a laptop with specifications embellished with features (in contrast to the manufacturers) that it did not support. I couldn't fathom a more clear case of deception/fraud. I'm done with this site after having had no need for their customer service in a decade of off/on use, the one time I had need of them I got to see who they really try to protect.

I've had good experiences with ebay overall. I usually buy things that are under $30 just to be safe. Everything I ordered came in good time, the only thing I say to people is DON'T buy things from China. You'll find the same problems on other wholesale site reviews because the products will not be what they look like in the picture or sometimes will just not come in the mail EVER. If you steer clear and look for high feedback ratings on sellers, you should be fine.

After having an ebay account with 11 years behind it and 100% positive feedback - close to 200 sales and purchases... ebay and paypal banned me permanently... and they won't tell me exactly why, other than that they claim I have violated ebay's and paypal's policies because I started selling for others earning a commission... I have brought to their attention that ebay suggested on their forum that selling for others as a good way of making extra money... so how could I be violating their policies?! They're totally inflexible and unreasonable! Paypal, which is owned by ebay allows real scammers to use their system... I was ripped off by a credit card fraudster using paypal... the guy kept selling credit cards to people without delivering them and paypal didn't lift a finger to do stop him! Boycott paypal and ebay!