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• Ebay and Paypal
  2005-07-24 23:21:40  ikg [View]
  
  
  I'm bone fide British journo investigating eBay for a news story for national British newspaper
  
  I'm particularly interested in the fact that ebay turns a blind eye to fraud
  
  Allows very libellous feedback from the frausters to remain on your account - even when they have closed the fraudster down
  
  ie their rules transcend the laws of the land
  
  eBay atre 'control freaks' ie troublemakers are only allowed to send very few PMs to sellers and other buyers
  
  etc etc
  
  anyone who weould like to tell me stuff off the record or like their tales of woe featured (preferrably on the record) then please email me in confidence at ian at ikg dot org dot uk
  
  thanks
  
  ian
• Ebay and Paypal
  2005-08-17 10:26:52  LoadOfBull.com [View]
  
  
  eBay sucks alright, They cancelled yet another one of my auctions last night only 24 hours from the end claiming “Keyword Spamming”.
  
  The item was a lawn tractor, This particular brand back through the 1980’s when this machine was built not only built their own equipment but also was somehow involved with John Deere and later Cub Cadet and sold lawn tractors under their nameplate and color that were built by John Deere and Cub Cadet (much like Sears does today with the Craftsman lawn tractors).
  
  Now herein lies the problem, By putting (not John Deere Cub Cadet) in the title I was intending to express this was not BUILT by John Deere or Cub Cadet, It wasn’t intended as keyword spam or search engine manipulation at all, Just a statement of truth and fact.
  
  So if your still with me on this, Hasn’t eBay now outlawed the TRUTH by canceling this auction?? LMAO
  
  For those who have been burned by sellers on E-bay, Know we aren’t all like that. I have been selling on eBay for over 5 years and (knock on wood) haven’t had too much trouble from bidders. I’m probably overly cautious about who I buy from and have never bought anything from outside the U.S. and Canada. It’s the worlds largest garage (or perhaps garbage) sale and you just have to try to look at who your dealing with and what possible recourse you may have should things go bad. Also I don’t buy from anyone that doesn’t at least put their E-mail address if not a phone number in their listing. I quit putting my phone number because I was tired of answering the phone at 3am, But I still have my E-mail address right on the auction page.
  
  Also look at things like E-mail addresses, AOL and a lot of the free E-mail services use spam control that may block your messages. So I always try to contact the person before I bid so I know communication is possible. If the e-mail address is from a site you never heard of go look at that site. A lot of us have our own websites we use for sales or just for hosting pictures, You can look up who owns the website too and get a better idea of who your dealing with. Many like me are quite visible once you start looking at things like that. And for those who might be looking, I own a total of 6 websites, None of which make me any money though. LoL
  
  Is eBay a rip off, Hell yea it is!! But unfortunately some like myself are stuck with it until something better comes along.
  

• Ebay Sucks
  2005-06-04 06:32:56  MattG [View]
  
  
  I listed an item on Ebay for the first time this week. Nothing expensive - a baseball cap worth under 30 bucks. The auction was going fine for 10 days. Then when I went to see who won my auction on the last day I got this nasty email from Ebay telling me that they cancelled my auction, that I was in violation of their listing policies and they threathened to ban me from their site! I learnt the hard way that I can't mention 2 brand names in a listing title. Ok fair enough, I'm a beginner, I didn't know the rules and I made a mistake. I included 2 brand names in my title (like tens of thousand other listings do). But I don't see why Ebay waited untill the last second of my 10 day auction to cancel my listing. This is ridiculous and their reaction is way over the top and aggressive. I would have happily made a change to my listing if they just told me about the problem in the first place. Many people wasted their time bidding on the item for 10 days and Ebay pulled the carpet under their feet at the last second. What is that all about?? What a waste of time for everyone involved.
• Egay sucks
  2005-07-21 08:48:29  davidman [View]
  
  
  I sent 1000 dollars through ebay using western union wire transfer. I was told in an email that the transaction was insured, however when I never recieved the product and the seller refused to contact me I was told there is nothing I can do except call the police, he lived in Romania so I don't think theres any chance in getting my money back. They made it out I was the one in the wrong. Not the fraudster, MUTOIU GELU.
• Ebay Sucks! Beware Of This Site
  2006-05-11 18:37:55  climbingivy [View]
  
  
  I was ripped off in a big way like this buyer was,and Ebay did nothing.They suspended the man's account, and said oh,we are so sorry.They do not refund your money if you get ripped off.There is no phone number for Ebay. Why Not?
• www.valuecitymerchandise.com
  2006-01-10 03:58:01  valuecitymerchandise.com [View]
  
  
  www.valuecitymerchandise.com is a cool wholesale site as is the one listed below (same company using overstock.com auctions) Why use feepay when you can use overstock.com.auctions.
  
  
  http://auctions.overstock.com/cgi-bin/auctions.cgi?PAGE=SEARCH&TYPE=4&BYSELL=valuecitymerchandise
• http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com
  2006-01-28 20:31:39  halox [View]
  
  
  You gotta be careful of ebay suspending you for using some dropshippers now. I got suspended and ebay wanted me to fax them my proof of purchase on some items. I complied and they suspended me and everyone else who used that dropshipper, saying the merchandise wasn't authentic. I got a signed statement from the manufacturer after sending them a sample of the merch, and it didn't do any good.
  
  Long story short, if you don't know what you're up against, you're screwed. Check out the address in the title ( http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com ). it'll tell you what you need to know.
  
  cheers!
• http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com
  2006-01-29 12:27:58  ebaymotorssucks.com [View]
  
  
  I have been selling vehicles on eBay since 1999..
  
  The place just sucks more each year! Scammers Everywhere! They refuse to clean the dump up! After they killed one of my listings saying my acct was hijacked, I sent a nasty gram to Bill Cobb and a few others.. They suspended me.. Figures!!
  
  I put it together here http://www.suspendedfromebay.com
• http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com
  2006-05-16 13:52:21  banngtanngo [View]
  
  
  also go to ebayersthatsuck.com
• http://ebaysuspension.ezguidebooks.com
  2006-05-30 01:34:59  midlynn [View]
  
  
  ebay doesn't suck. iOffer sucks!! I have been a member of ebay for 6 years, never had a problem. I bought something on iOffer from ivannamovie. She said it was the original and when I received it, it was obviously a home taped copy. She didn't even bother to label it professionaly. White label with black print: "Queen". That was it. How Blatantly Bogus! Anyway, I returned it. She hasn't refunded my money yet for the misrepresented item. Numerous emails to her, probably 6 or 8. She responds by saying she was busy, what is my paypal addy, or, she thought paypal already refunded me, then she asked again for my paypal address. What a DITZ!! I contacted iOffer after a month, no response. Two weeks later tried again. No response. The seller keeps responding to my emails by saying "What is your paypal address so I can refund you". Did I say what a DITZ? Please!! I humored her dumb ass by giving it to her each time, even tho it is in her pay pal log since that is how she got my payment. She still hasn't refunded me, this is obviously a thief stalling for time. So I gave her a negative and still iOffer won't respond to me and neither will Paypal. I've always gotten satisfaction from ebay. They are the class act.