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I've had two different items now where the buyer wins the auction then has buyers remorse and attempts to cancel the deal.
Does this happen more and more now??
Cancel culture in EBay now?
Never had issues before and now all the time.
Apparently if you send the item you're likely to get a negative review form buyer so everyone's saying just cancel and the buyer is always right.
Any other sites that are better than eBay now??
I didn’t think eBay even had auctions any more. Everything I’ve seen the last 10 years were just store fronts.
They do. I won a hot wheels car for my son. He was pumped to be high bidder.Quote:
Originally Posted by Darell_n
Is there a way to filter all of the stores and businesses out so I'm only looking at normal people selling things in an auction?Quote:
Originally Posted by SJW
I learned ebay still exists today.
What are you selling? Anything that might be considered in high demand and that you might be considered a scalper?
Why wouldn't it? I get a lot of good used gear from the ERA storefront for crazy good costs.Quote:
Originally Posted by JRSC00LUDE
You then get to give them a negative review too though, no?Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2mike
I just haven't even thought about it for years, nor have I heard anyone really talk about it. Honestly forgot about it lolQuote:
Originally Posted by firebane
ebay sucks for selling... buyers have all the protection and ebay/payal takes a 13% cut off the top.
Get onto facebook groups for whatever items your selling. Comparable prices and way more seller protection.
Negative for a buyer is no longer an option. It’s a buyers world on eBay they can do no wrong! It’s fucked!Quote:
Originally Posted by Disoblige
Wow. ShittyQuote:
Originally Posted by theedge111
ebay is only really good for sellers who have something unique to sell - where a local selling price can be a fraction of what someone would pay for it in the states for eg. arbitrage. Art, antiques, etc.
There are people who collect, EVERYTHING you can imagine - I know a person who fancies old staplers, and will pay top dollar for something from the 1960s for eg.
https://www.secretentourage.com/wp-c...02/stapler.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by revelations
First thought that came to mind as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by spikerS
Oh yea, some people fucking nerd out on the red swingline, which wasnt even made, until after the movie came out !Quote:
Originally Posted by 88CRX
I have the red swingline.
I have four...
This. I stopped using ebay ages ago for this exact reason. Not only are their fees way too high for anything other than very rare/unique items that require a global audience to sell, but all the buyer has to do is say the item never arrived, seller loses everything, buyer gets a refund plus a free item, zero investigation is conducted. I have read stories of people FPV video recording themselves packing the item and bringing it to the post office and ebay still sided with the buyer.Quote:
Originally Posted by 88CRX
Decent demand but definitely not a scalper. I'm not holding a gun to anyone's head to put in the bid.Quote:
Originally Posted by spikerS
Quite the opposite. I've found eBay *sellers* cancelling orders.
My son is getting into online buying as he has various kid interests, but he is very thrifty, so he buys really inexpensive stuff. Like, 5 cents here, 25 cents there. Sometimes he even manages to seek out 1 cent auctions and win.
Unfortunately, it seems sellers are allowed to cancel orders at whim and he's had several cancelled due to lack of profit. Or, worse yet, it never comes and then since eBay takes so long you ask for a replacement shipment but it too never comes and now you're out a bit of money and it's too late to use any kind of protection policies. Granted, it's just 5 cents here and a buck there, but it sucks because my son is only 8 so very dollar means a lot to him.
right, but, are you listing said items with decent demand at above MSRP, or for more than what is commonly accepted as it's value?Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2mike
Suddenly I'm the criminal seller drop shipping stuff?!
My gripe is the bids go up, they win. Back out and I'm back to relisting again and the whole auction is pointless.
Unless they're running a scam to bring up their own items for sale by pumping mine only to back out??
I've pretty much stopped auction listings on ebay. I only do BIN's and sometimes allow offers. But thats it.
Mine is purple, does that make extra cool?Quote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
All true. Event signature delivery verified by the post office won't win your a chargeback, buyer will get the item for free.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mitsu3000gt
It's always been this way since eCommerce began. No proof of delivery means you're SOL if the user denies delivery. I am not sure about signature though - I guess one could dispute whether it is their signature or not, but generally speaking signatures are used to verify delivery and in MY experience, tends to result in the carrier siding with the vendor.
nvm
QFTQuote:
Originally Posted by 88CRX
I use to use Ebay to sell stuff I couldn't sell on facebook market.
I had an old Jibo robot that was basically a paperweight and listed it on ebay as an auction. Top bidder would cancel and I would put it on second chance to the next highest bidder and get nothing. When it finally sold it was 20(ish)% fees and they refunded the buyer due to the delays in the US post office. Tracking made little difference
I had to open up a case after it was delivered and it was back and forth between ebay and myself before they finally gave me my money minus the fees.
TLDR; use another platform for selling. For buying its fantastic but for selling they can suck my nuts
Agree with you all that eBay sucks as a seller. I sold a sealed PS5 at the start of December and the guy who bought it all of a sudden requested a return 29 days later stating the item was not as described in the listing. I had photos of the system sealed in it's box with the purchasers shipping label attached to it, yet eBay sided with them since they could not confirm themselves that it was shipped as pictured.
Thankfully i was able to use the photo to my advantage with the buyer and scared him into keeping the console by telling him that if it returned to me different than the photo that i would keep the system and only refund a portion of price he paid.
Funny this thread popped up, i buy phone cases for the fam on there and i just had one seller cancel it. It was cancelled last week and on the ebay site i cant even go into it to ask them to refund me. I go to paypal and there it shows the transaction but wont let me dispute it, it says sign into ebay to dispute.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kloubek
I never said that, or even insinuated it. I was offering it up as a reason as to why this is happening to you, and it seems I am pretty close to the mark judging by how defensive you got. I am not giving you any grief, just offering a possible reason as to why it is happening.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2mike
People were doing this to scalpers of the new XboX, PS5, and now with the 30 series CPU graphics cards in an attempt to thwart scalpers. Sounds like this may be happening to you too.
Holy shit. If eBay isn't for scalping, WtF is it good for? It's an auction which is by definition, driven by market prices. Its foundation is the price of something is the amount someone is willing to pay for it.Quote:
Originally Posted by spikerS
I'm glad I haven't used it in so many years. What a fiasco!
They should let that Albrecht asshole out of jail and get the Silk Road fired back up.
Still exists, and is especially useful for sending items across the continent in the wrong direction before they make their way to you via their global shipping program. Pain in the ass.Quote:
Originally Posted by JRSC00LUDE
This place has an approved list of side hustles. It looks like you've failed to get approval of everyone before doing so. Prepare for the interrogations!!Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2mike
On an unrelated note there is site called stockx.com if the items are collectibles or higher demand items they'll be on the website. It guarantees sellers are protected 100% by authenticating items as a middle man before they ship the item to the buyer.
I think mostly everyone's annoyed with ebay hence the popularity of stockx.
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Can I sell memorabilia used in my shows?Quote:
Originally Posted by ExtraSlow
StockX is also far from perfect, and their fees are outrageous.Quote:
Originally Posted by gwill
I hear bath water goes for top dollar.Quote:
Originally Posted by mr2mike
used socks are oddly the highest profit margin from my "vip-merch" catalog. even buying good quality socks, it's outrageous.