Buying on Ebay

[2manyrocks]

I don't use eBay much anymore. What I see is new items are generally cheaper and are delivered faster through Az. Selling through eBay with their fees and potential returns not worth hassle to me.

 

[JasperFrank]

Totally done with e-Bay. But that might just be my statistically unusual experiences.

 

[caver]

I have an older GPS with a screen failing that I just sold on ebay. USPS says incorrect address. I ask the guy and he's Spanish speaking. My package is being returned but taking forever. I checked our local PO yesterday and she said yeah returns take forever to find their way back home. UPS was same price when I shipped it but the post office was slightly closer. Lesson learned even though UPS isn't much better in my eyes I'll avoid USPS.

 

[Richard001]

I also have had a bad experience with a E-Bay purchase. Ordered an expensive electronic instrument and it never was delivered to my house.

Apparently after a lot of investigation by the local police and the USPS, it appears that a package with my purchase order number was delivered to an address in my city, not my address.

So USPS said "delivered" and E-Bay was happy. But I was not. I filed a claim with E-Bay for my money back. There was a lot of himm and hawwing, but in the end, I was out the money for the instrument.

Finally ordered the same instrument from Amazon for next day delivery. And it was delivered the next day.

Don't think I have ordered anything from E-Bay since. This happened about 1.5 years ago.

 

[WinterDeere]

That's a surprise. I've been doing business on ebay as both a buyer and seller, since about 1996, and have never been screwed on a deal.

Sure, I've received an item here or there that didn't meet expectations, but every time I've contacted the seller and we've worked something out, usually a return but sometimes a partial refund to make things right.

Likewise in reverse. I once sold an item as "good" that I hadn't realized was "bad". I just refunded the buyer the purchase price and let them keep the item (two pieces, one was good). Everyone was happy.

 

[dfkrug]

I've been doing business on ebay as both a buyer and seller, since about 1996, and have never been screwed on a deal.

In my long eBay history, I have built up an official deal count of over 1000, but it would be closer to 2000, since only about half have left feedback. Most are as a buyer.

In that mix, I sold one car, one tractor, one tow-behind digger, several chainsaws, etc. Bought one car, some tractor implements, chainsaws, etc. I buy something about 2-4x/mo.

Of that total, I had a guy send me some broken tool, which resulted in me giving him neg F/B, back when a seller could do that. I have had to go thru Paypal for a refund once. I shipped something that the USPS damaged. In that case, I gave the buyer a partial refund, and claimed my $50 damage from the USPS.

Overall, very very few problems in 2000 deals. Happy.

 

[DK35vince]

I've purchased hundreds of items on Ebay.
I think maybe twice I never received my item. Filed a complained with Ebay or Paypal and got a refund. No issues