eBayReviews 3,492

This is my 3rd month selling, so I'm still a newbie.

It's very user friendly and easy to set up and ship.

I've had 2 situations that eBay decided in my favor:

The buyer claimed they never received an item. EBay asked for my tracking number, which I provided, and within 2 days they decided in my favor. They do not allow the buyer to leave negative feedback in a situation like this.

I sold an item and wasn't paid by the buyer. I did attempt to correspond several times with no answer. Again, EBay doesn't allow them to leave negative feedback even if the seller decided to.

From my experience, eBay has always been on the customer's side. Lately, though, I noticed these people would much rather take the dumb seller's side! Heed my warning when I say do not purchase from a useless imbecile of a seller named "TIPBEER"! I never received an item so I complained to both the seller and to customer service but they too did not help at all! I suggest you guys stick to purchasing items from U.S. sellers! These awful sellers from China are just careless, money hungry liars!

Just had my account suspended for offering to sell outside ebay, Because i put a facebook link at the end of a message to a buyer where he was requesting measurements. No offer to trade outside ebay was asked for or made... ebay rep acknowldged this, (the item is still for sale on my account)... but i am told "ebay policies are binding" and i have to be punished for breaching the rules. Customer Service Rep seemed to be on a power trip.

I have been a seller on ebay since 1998 because this type of buying was putting my small doll and teddy bear out of business. I have always hated this because the seller is absolutely abused by ebay fees and customer support incompetance.
First be aware that ebay charges the seller fees on shipping fees that are charged to the buyer for shipping products. Yes that is unbelievable with shipping fees being so high at this time to individual small business.
Second ebay allows buyers that do not pay to leave feedback for sellers but if sellers leave negative feedback for the buyer then the seller account is restricted.
Third ebay customer service is incompetant and they rarely have the answers without waiting on the line for great lengths of time to talk to a supervisor.
Fourth the fees are so excessive on ebay and they push you to sell cheaper and cheaper constantly so that at some point all you work for is to pay the fees and lose money all the time on products.
I still sell on ebay and really all i want to say is FU ebay I really do not give a crap anymore if i sell anything anymore I am 62 years old and have been abused by your system for so many years that all i hope and pray is that you fail and go bankrupt you an all your incompentant moronic employees. FU

Never try to sell anything on EBay!

Because of them, I've lost over $160 because of terrible policies, terrible customer service, and ridiculous fees. Have been a buyer for 10 years. I'm closing my account because of this.

Fun fact everyone, if you just SAY that a product is defective, the buyer cant decline it or do anything about it. Customer service will advise you incorrectly then their escalations team will tell you that because you're not a commercial seller, that you have no seller protection.

If you dont like your product, dont want it, or just because you feel like it, submit a refund request and say the item is defective. You'll rip off the seller and make out like a bandit. That's what happened to me. They're still charging me $18 dollars in fees too.

I have been left out of pocket by Ebay. I sold items, paid for postage and packaging and ebay got there monthly fee from my account. Whereas I didnt get a single penny because I was a new seller and according to paypal my email was unconfirmed. I wated alot of time with both ebay and paypal to resolve my issue, but they sent me automatic email saying bull$#*! I alreafy have read on there websites (which were not helpful in my case). Ebay said they are helpless to do anything. I mean whose responsibilty is it to check and confirm an email address (which is perfectly function for all the other communications)?