Getting even with an unscrupulous eBay seller

raccoon · 2019-03-05T07:24:00.000Z

I tried to buy some headphones on eBay.

After a long time, the seller admitted that they never sent the item, and refunded my money.

They did this to a bunch of people, not just me.

They still had the headphones for sale on eBay, but at a much higher price.

So I gave them negative feedback, which they earned.

Today, they sent me a message through eBay requesting that the purchase be canceled.

I declined their request!

If they wouldn't have jerked me around, and others as well, I would be a lot nicer.

Now I believe they have to eat eBay fees (and maybe PayPal fees) because they angered me.

Serves them right.

USA · 2019-03-05T08:51:17.000Z

Obvious fraud on the sellers side (especially if it happens a lot) will eventually lead to a blocked account. In some countries ebay can pull records and block the ID for that market entirely.
The only exception I have seen were Asian accounts with thousands of sold items per day where the fraud cases don’t justify canceling that revenue stream.

you could forward the messages to the ebay security team in your market.

Incaorchid · 2019-03-12T00:29:58.000Z

I have dealt with US sellers who try to pull that.
Ebay has always refunded my money.
I left negative feedback because it was warranted.

nokoff · 2019-03-12T00:44:13.000Z

lots of sellers on eb@y are simply drop shippers; they never had the item in the first place. eb@y isn’t going to do anything about it as long as they gave you a full refund. As a matter of fact if you complain chances are eb@y will even remove your negative feedback. Their system is wack.

Muto · 2019-03-12T01:26:15.000Z

I got those headphones in that deal and they actually were shipped from Amazon, so yeah they were drop shipping from another source or store.
Sorry don’t have the box anymore to see what the seller was but do not remember there being any invoice in the box.

Rusty_Joe · 2019-03-12T01:34:18.000Z

nokoff:

lots of sellers on eb@y are simply drop shippers; they never had the item in the first place. eb@y isn’t going to do anything about it as long as they gave you a full refund. As a matter of fact if you complain chances are eb@y will even remove your negative feedback. Their system is wack.

I have had negative feedback that I gave removed. Any feedback deemed “retaliatory” will be removed. Their system is certainly sick, although it works.

DavidEF · 2019-03-12T01:48:36.000Z

eBay’s system is skewed toward the sellers because that’s where eBay’s money comes from. Buyers don’t pay eBay anything directly for the privilege of using the system, although you can say the fees of the sellers are passed on to the buyers in higher prices. eBay has just enough of a safety net for buyers so that most buyers will stick around and spend money. But it’s bad enough that buyers do get screwed sometimes.