Was it a cheap price ?
Buy cheap, get cheap.
That's always been the logic.
You only get what you pay for.
Quality excercise bikes sell for around 300 - 700 so if you paid between this amount you should have a quality product and need to contact the seller to see what they will do to assist.
True, papermoon.lady.
That's where the length of trading time for this ID (06-Jan-17 in China) and overall numbers comes into play, as well as the type of item sold. For instance, if it's the sort of thing where the buyer is likely to give positive feedback upon receiving the item, based pretty much upon its appearance, then a seller will tend to have a higher feedback score than they deserve based upon the actual time-tested quality of the item.
The original item (Exercise Bike-Training Bicycle Fitness Pedal Cycling Machine Cardio Aerobic Home) had 27 sold. Brand: HotRose. Price: $89.99. Listing states that the item is in Sydney. (Item location misrepresentation, probably, unless this seller uses a logistics warehouse in Sydney, having shipped over multiples of such items by container).
The bike is the worst product ive bought off ebay. Dont waste your money Buyer: l***e ( 61
)
But in contrast, another buyer left positive feedback for this bike, based purely (so far as I can see) upon the low price!
good value Buyer: c***n ( 364
)
Others were pleased with the bike at the time of leaving feedback (although I wonder how happy they are now, after having used the bike for a few months).
good quality,very happy Buyer: o***n ( 84)
As described Buyer:a***9 ( 38
)
Not that sturdy, instructions not in English but great for the price. Buyer: s***a ( 42)
Item works as advertised. Quality is okay for the money. Buyer :o***g ( 349)
As said, for this sort of price a buyer cannot expect to get a decent exercise bike. The materials are going to be sub-standard; the likelihood is that the bikes will break down, collapse, etc., and there's no warranty.
Buyers who continue to buy items that they know cannot possibly be decent quality are contributing to the problems on eBay. Every time someone buys something that's "too good to be true" or "really low price because they've cut out the middleman", it's perpetuating this sort of thrusting sub-standard items onto Australian buyers. By the time the item fails, most buyers may believe there is no remedy; it's probably too late to leave accurate feedback; many buyers may not know that they can leave a follow-up to their feedback months later (although much good that does!); and generally all of that artificially inflates the feedback score of the seller.
That's why I always look at feedback scores in context of a number of factors. I'm sure others do the same thing.
