eBayReviews 3,492

Never ever order with eBay. They make u pay, seller doesn't respond, nor the eBay customer service people do. They don't resolve a problem and moreover say they will call you back in 24 hrs with a solution. This call never comes. And we have to call them again following a long calling process. Even then they don't resolve your issue. Still they want to arrange a call back. Rude customer care people. The paisa pay they mention is also useless.
Don't lose your peace of mind by ordering with them

This site was created by more greedy megalomaniacs and did not have the best interests of either buyers or sellers at heart.

I have spent a lot of money and HUNDREDS of transactions on EBay. I was even a VIP Member with access to a special expedited 800 help line.

I no longer use EBay and hope PayPal doesn't suck the way EBAY did and does.

The downsides of EBAY are that many traditional sellers are either dumb-dumbs and/or working full time jobs elsewhere. Many are dishonest or just uneducated and do not pay a lot of attention to their storefronts. Youre basically going to a garage sale and rummaging through hoping for a bargain basement deal while getting terrible service.

The best sellers on ebay used to be overseas (mostly Chinese) merchants who were legit full-time businesses. Those sellers can now be found on other wesbites.

EBAY has lost its original purpose and now has terrible partnerships with big name brands. It doesn't work as a straight retail or discount site because the thrill of cheap finds and winning auctions is now gone AND the non-negotiable "buy it now" prices can't compete with other discount retailers like TJ Maxx, Burlington, Amazon or even Target.

The deals are much harder to find.

Goodbye Ebay!

I have been an ebayer from the start of their website. I am now getting out and closing my account. I mainly purchase on ebay, however their customer service and feedback system have become a total joke and let Fraudulent Sellers take advantage of buyers. I have moved most of my purchasing online to Amazon. I recently had a ebay purchase that never arrived. The seller would not communicate and when I finally got ebay customer service involved they favored the seller because my item had been delivered, however I never received it. It went back to the seller during shipment. So long story short this seller on ebay got my money and the item for keeps and I got nothing. And it gets better, when I tried to warn other ebayer's about this Fraudulent Seller with there Feedback system, it was removed too because a "Case was Opened". So this Fraudulent Seller made out great and know one knows about his/her operating practices. Ebay has become a joke and a good place to loose your money! Use Amazon it's better!

I sold an antique vise to a buyer who claimed that it was broken when he received it. While true that there was a small crack in the item, I agreed that it was my fault and to return it for a refund. Then he sent a picture of the damage, eureka, that damage was not there when I packed it. I refused the return because of his abusing the return rules. EBay sided with him and put a hold on the paypal payment. Then, I was forced to accept the fraudulent return and they took shipping out of my account. At best, that was a he said / he said in which eBay sided with the buyer. I lost.

If you want to know just how bad ebay really is, Try and buy a power supply for your computer. Fifty percent of them claim to be unbranded generic power supplies, But when you get it in the mail, It's a Kentek power supply, Absolutely the lowest of the low quality power supplies in the entire world. These scammers hide the brand name of the unit in their pictures, and claim it's unbranded, Because they know that there is a high chance that unit is dead before they even ship it. You will find this same criminal activity in every section of their site. Cheap chinese knock off duplicates of just about everything, And almost none of it works. You would be better off paying higher prices at a local store, Than to shop for anything on ebay.

I have been on eBay for many years since the early days when you could buy lots of sketchy stuff on it. I give my rating of 5 stars, but I would prefer 4.5 if that were an option. It's not a perfect place all around, and it's strengths are definitely in it when it comes to buying and selling is a little more of a hassle and they take a decent chunk of money out of your revenue. But out of all the years I have used it, for probably every 20 or 30 items I've bought, I've sold one thing. When I consider all the great deals I've gotten on eBay, they regularly have much better deals than Amazon and whatever else I can find through Google shopping. Once in a while, I will check other websites and find they have better deals, but it is rare. Ebay is the way to go for getting consumer products for a fraction of the cost, and many sellers offer free shipping on their items. You rarely see that on Amazon unless you're a Prime member.

You do not have any rights when you sell on EBay. I found that out the hard way. Buyers I had interactions with were rude, wishy washy, mind changing problems. Buy my items then change their mind, request a return & refund. Use the item and then open a claim with Ebay and get all their money back, plus ebay charged me for return shipping plus a fee of 10% of original sale price and original shipping for purchase. When I questioned why they charged me all that I was told "it's because the buyer made a claim against the purchase and requested to return item" WTH. Then they took an enormous amount of money out of my Paypal account to pay for the return and all their fees. Never again, I warn you now, don't be a victim/ SLAVE!