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Sorry E-Bay. I am out of your marketing for dodgy sellers.

Done over 100 purchases through e-bay, no problems. However last 10 in the past one year was a mistake. Resived dodgy items twise in the last 6 months. Both times lost my case for refund.E-Bay you lost me. I was a good buyer , but you let the oportun...

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Deceptive Multiple Variation listings are illegal in Australia

Fraudulent, misleading and deceptive eBay listings are breaking Australian consumer laws. The blatant and intentional misuse of the multiple listings template by eBay sellers is a serious breach of schedule 2 of the Australian Consumer Law. eBay need...

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Holy smokes Batman!!

Have a sticky at this listing and then check out the sellers other items."Cartier Panther 18k Gold" in Jewellery & Watches. I have never seen anything like the scale of this one. Over 4000 listings with the most dodgy terms in the listing, only ever ...

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Porn on ebay

I know adult products are on ebay but porn as well? I notice quite a bit of this on ebay now, reported these a couple times, still there, so assume it is allowed. Item 253676204174. They have more than one listing like this.

Item from Germany

An item from Germany posted 3 weeks ago hasn't arrived in Australia or gone through Customs yet.Items from Germany usually arrive promptly (in a week or just over a week), so obviously I am worried.Could it be that Customs have been busier than usual...

Returning a product.

I opened a return last week. Seller accepted the return but I received an email from ebay stating that he can't buy a return postage label and i had to contact him to arrange return postage. I have just gone into the return and it says 'Send the item...

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I would like to know the process of quality control and the authentication processes of goods sold

Who does the processes of quality control and authentication for Ebay?For example, a brand new Apple Iphone 5s smartphone, unlockecd in a sealed box is found to be a cheap Chinese fake copy of an Iphone with a camera that does not work.Who checks on ...

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Import charges, did I miss something

I was under the impression that the Australian govt was cracking down on gst and on items over 1000. However I've just seen an item on au ebay for £14 that indicates £4 approx import charges. Is this the new normal? thx

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GST can of worms

ebay now has a dilemna. It has been forced on them it seems by the Australian governement. Are there laws that enforce a consumer to pay GST? When consumers do a transaction in Australia with any merchant, it is the merchants responsibility to collec...

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Resolved! Why does ebay allow this?

There are so many listings like this one:The listing is for SOLAR LIGHTS, the main photo is of the lights as shown in the above photo left bottom corner and the price is $2.19, but when you click on it the lights are $15 and the cheap item from the d...

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Resolved! Why does EBay do nothing about fake items?

I have reported a particular seller to eBay time and time again, as they are selling fake German World War II items and claiming that they are real. I've been a collector for a number of years, and I know for certain these items are fake (otherwise k...

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