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The company, primarily operating as an online marketplace, faces significant challenges in customer satisfaction and service reliability. While some users appreciate the variety of products available, a prevalent sentiment highlights frustrations with fraudulent sellers, inadequate buyer protection, and a lack of effective customer support. Many customers report difficulties in obtaining refunds and dealing with negative feedback, indicating a biased resolution process favoring buyers. Additionally, ongoing technical issues with the platform further exacerbate user dissatisfaction. Overall, the company's reputation suffers due to these recurring complaints, suggesting a need for improved seller protection and customer service responsiveness.
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I paid for an item. A day goes by no feedback, no shipping details? Contact seller, claims item not paid. My account clearly shows the paid symbol, nothing in my unpaid items. Ebay and paypal contacted, payment confirmed. Never received item or refund. I also experienced as others have stated, generic responses at first, then nothing. Now ebay doesn't want to do anything to their "Power Seller". What!
My authentiv louis vuitton item i wanted to sell was tagged by ebat as fake! I tried to argue with them and they said their experts said it was fake! Meanwhile i bout it at a lv store in an upscale mall! What recourse do i have? I have to say my buying experience has been satisfactory with most sellers. Beware of lv from asia, much of it has been in the tsunami and fukishima! Its literally dangerous!
Don't sell on eBay, a few times now I have over looked important issues but this last one draws the line, they have cost me even more money in which I owe none, I take care of my business unlike them, they admitted it was their mistake yet they can't override the system and fix their error. They also take your money out of your personal account and money others send you on PayPal. Big loss for eBay because I'm out! Never again, they aren't the only way to sell, infact they are the worse and the " customer service " is nothing but a joke and a waste of six hours of your life!
I have been buying from eBay for many years. Once I had a wrong order delivered to me and before complaining I received an e-mail from eBay apologizing. They had identified the mistake.
My three purchases not yet recived. But cash deducted from my card.
Bad service response.
I have purchased more online sites, eBay only cheating two times.
I tried to report a mislabeled item. At the top of the listing it said genuine leather. Lower in the description, it said synthetic leather. Tried to fill out report. Feedback button covered submit report button, preventing reports of mislabeled items from being submitted. Ebay simply does not care who lies in their listings. They are a vehicle for criminals and dishonest sellers and they make no effort to stop it. Buyer beware anything sold on ebay.
When everything goes well, every shop, dealer or product is great.
However, I had 2 issues with Ebay.com.au and twice it ended with them saying: "Sorry the system automatically closed your request so, even though you are right, we can't do anything".
I recommend to avoid Ebay, but if you use it, just hope that nothing goes wrong.
Cheapoair is a very good site for purchasing your flight always work me and am happy abt the services
I am a long term client of ebay and all the time I enjoy the goods offered there - good quality for low prices, you just have to know what you are searching and to look around for the exact goods for the exact prices.
Ebay will get 10% of the the whole sold item including shiping cost plus. 30 cents insertion fee, just for a simple add, if you want the add to stand out, adf extra cost.
And if you use PayPal to get paid them, add more charged. Your net earnings are almost nothing by the time you finish mailing the item. Use other website that are more considerate and not so greedy like Ebay...
I hv ordered a red tutu dress fr my kid worth rs 2300 bt I got a very very poor quality dress with defective flowers on it, cheap quality fabric, was giving a street bought appearance worth rs 300. I asked immediately to return bt no one has given positive response either the seller (STARTRENDYTUTU.COM a boutique in raipur) or the customer support team. They repeated same line that whatever I got is the best given from their side it cant get returned or exchanched as they don't believe in refund or exchanched policy. I must say ebay is a fraud site n profit earning by mkng us fool n cheatng us. please dont purchase any item from this so called ebay online store.as there is no option of no star or black star I hd to gv it a star. Bt this site deserves fr a sue in the court of india.
Ordered this item never received it although seller provided tracking and shipping information. I just wanted my money back they did not offer another item... idk were carrier left it... not my fault not seller fault but however eBay offered their money back guarantee but 2 days later told me they sides with seller so I will not be given a refund I had to appeal it so I did. The lady said I would get refund in 24-48 hours. Never happened had to call back again and find out the rep never sent any notifications saying she was going to refund my money almost a week later I'm still waiting for my money. I never used eBay before and never will try them again. It's a hassle trying to get your money back plus you get reps on phone who lie to you. They tell you one thing and then the next day it's something else. I called them more then 5 times. Ridiculous I use Amazon and should have shopped there first. I ended up going to the store and buying what I ordered off eBay.
Let me tell you about my morning so far...
I want to sell my car, i have an ipad 2. So i sign up. All going well so far. I start my ad on the classic uploader. Many fields won't work so can't post. So i try the advanced option and try again. I get to the photo uploader. Browse it says, so i browse. I pick a picture then it goes back to page and tells me 0 photos selected. I try many times in many ways. Not one error message to say what's wrong. Nothing! So i think ok, i'll download the app, go through all that to then be informed i can't sell my car on the app! So i think i'll use my partners laptop. I have to send the photos on my ipad to him. One lot sends, the other won't, not ebay fault but i'm sure you can imagine my utter frustration at this point. So i try my google browser on my phone. The browse button now accepts my pic. One at a time... after pressing five different buttons to get to the photo i want. I eventually put nine in and press upload. At this point my phone rings, i've lost my google page. I'm now really hoping the photos and ebay are doing their thing in the background and when i sign back in my photos will be there... guess what? No photos and i'm back to the hell that is square one! Thanks ebay, nice to know your down with the kids using techy stuff like ipads, i know they've only been around about 15 years! From my ipad i've uploaded to autotrader, gumtree. Amazon... photos that is, yet ebay... not a hope! Won't be selling my car on there even if i managed to get through the minefield of uploading simple photos!
Emma
I sold my used iPhone on eBay and the buyer expected no scratches from a used phone (eBay definition of used: some cosmetics imperfections but working). Ebay decided to refund the buyer money (out of my account) and still charged me the selling fees ($26). What a bunch of thief... thinking about filling a small claim case against them so they will not do this to others. NEVER EBAY AGAIN! Don.
I bought for my son an iPad air one as refurbished from eBay then after 1 month it was no work so I contacted them to resolve this problem but they didn't respond to me request and I have tried multiple times after that but they haven't had any respond. So, I don't recommend for any one to bay through eBay. The company is not reliable
I have been an Ebay customer for over 20 years and I never had problem buying or selling. When I had an issue, the customer service department was more than helpful and resolved it right there on the spot. Monday, I was getting billed for an $800.00 phone. First, we all have Iphones and Mac products as evidenced by any purchase activity. Second, I would never bid on that phone on Ebay, especially if the seller is in the UK. I called Ebay and spend several minutes speaking to a rep. In/from the Philippines. She assured me that it would be taken care of. Two days later, I see a demand for payment from Ebay. I call them immediately and get another rep from the Philippines. I end up relaying the same information as if I never made the initial call to Ebay. I also uncovered that my account was hacked and the hacker changed my address to one in Brooklyn--never received the warning e-mails about account changes from Ebay. On the real, I think Ebay screwed this up because the address actually belonged to an electronic store in Brooklyn that deals with the disputed item. At present, the issue is not resolved and apparently, Ebay outsourced its customer service department overseas which may be part of the problem. VERY ANGRY with Ebay.
I had a positive feedback for this website but be sure you pay with PayPal account because eBay money back guarantee is only for 30 days. So always use PayPal, you can claim back even after 160 days
I never recived my item, ebay said since they got a tracking it doesn't matter. Then i submited a bad review because i never recived my item and the seller was horrible at responding; and they removed it becuase "they had a tracking number" they basically took 20 dollars for nothing and wasted my time.
Beware of the Guaranty. I purchased an item listed on ebay and initiated a return. I requested a return label from the seller. I was advised by the seller AND ebay that the seller was unable to send a return label. Ebay sent me an email to arrange for return shipment with the seller; "the seller is responsible for the shipping cost". The seller requested I use USPS with tracking. After returning as instructed, the seller did not refund the USPS shipping fee. Upon contacting ebay, the representative informed me the return shipping agreement was between me and the seller and ebay will not cover the return shipping or force the seller to return the USPS shipping cost of approximately $60.
Answer: I would never buy a used car without seeing it in person and having it checked out.
Answer: Ebay is a den of thieves. Even Ebay is evasive on complaints to answers. When looking for items, be sure to be fully informed to what you are shopping and use all that knowledge to cypher the listing, even then have found those that list items to be evasive on answers. Avoid ebay if possible!
Answer: For their own purposes and to protect dishonest sellers. I was once an avid EBay shopper, but now avoid EBay. Buyer protection no longer exists. You buy at your own risk.
Answer: Ebay sells nothing. You are dealing with private sellers. Some are good, some are not. The best way to determine this is to check the feedback. I personally never buy from anyone who has a feedback lower than 90%. 96% is considered bad, by Ebay. Take that with a grain of salt. Ebay management is nuts.
Answer: If you haven't already learned the hard way that Ebay is just pure bullshit when it comes to the sellers rights. When someone wants to send it back for any reason other than it doesn't work as described, you will be footing the bill. Not only will you lose the money you paid to ship it to them, Ebay will offer to provide a return label for them at your expense. Yep, that's right. They will bill you the price of the label if you don't provide it. Either way, you are paying for it to get back to you. It's get better. You can't leave negative feedback for the buyer either. It's not an option NO MATTER
Answer: Not to me! It's my main shopping tool! I look for good deals and free shipping!
Answer: Yes. You are right. All what people told you are correct. Don't trust ebay and the seller on ebay. Amazon much better than them. But anyway the best way to buy electronics from the local stores or official stores.
Answer: This depends on the seller of the item - carefully check their feedback and trust you intuition if you have doubts try another seller you feel safer with...
Answer: Hi Tom, As for reviews, you don't get them. It's called feedback. When you buy an item, the seller will probably leave feedback after you leave feedback for them. I hope that answers your question. Nancy
Answer: Depends on the seller. I wouldn't buy anything off ebay because there a crappy company.
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