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ebay is corrupt

qazpolwertrip — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 12:01:18 GMT

I want to buy an item of which has a considerable price tag.
I want to look at it and check it out before blindly handing the money over to ebay without seeing it.
I know why ebay blocks contact between buyers and sellers, it pure corrupt greed.
Ebay misses out on my money because i cant go look at item first.
ebay has shot themselves in the foot again forcing me to drive the 1600 kms round to find the exact same
item in a proper store.

Re: ebay is corrupt

shoppingbag* — Thu, 12 Mar 2020 09:06:18 GMT

eBay do not read here.

Re: ebay is corrupt

davewil1964 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 08:07:10 GMT

@qazpolwertrip wrote:

I want to buy an item of which has a considerable price tag.
I want to look at it and check it out before blindly handing the money over to ebay without seeing it.
I know why ebay blocks contact between buyers and sellers, it pure corrupt greed.
Ebay misses out on my money because i cant go look at item first.
ebay has shot themselves in the foot again forcing me to drive the 1600 kms round to find the exact same
item in a proper store.

The only time you post is when you have a problem with eBay procedures (which you agreed to when you joined, as periodically updated). Which seems to be often recently.

You have already claimed eBay to be a scam, why are you still here? The prohibition of presale contact has been in for years.

I'd wait a while personally. Petrol prices are forecast to drop.

Re: ebay is corrupt

qazpolwertrip — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 05:08:49 GMT

1600 k's to go buy something ... FT ....
BS ... even if petrol price drops I still have to go through 4 tanks to get there and back.
it wasnt claimed ebay is a scam, its a well known fact.
I dont care if ebay boffins don't read here, someone has to eventually, maybe get of their fat greedy butts
and do something about it, (however very unlikely)
also its not often I am going to hand over large amounts of money for something with four figure price tags.
who in there insane mind is going to hand over that amount in good faith that the item is actually
what it is stated to be in the condition its described as regardelss of the sellers rating or feedback.
this is BS site and there is no where else to go.
Put it in this perspective, are you going to hand over $5000 for example, to a card yard for a car before you go and see it?
I doubt you would. because car yards are equally as dodgy as ebay. Why should ebay be an exception?

Re: ebay is corrupt

collect247 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 05:46:57 GMT

@qazpolwertrip wrote:
1600 k's to go buy something ... FT ....
BS ... even if petrol price drops I still have to go through 4 tanks to get there and back.
it wasnt claimed ebay is a scam, its a well known fact.
I dont care if ebay boffins don't read here, someone has to eventually, maybe get of their fat greedy butts
and do something about it, (however very unlikely)
also its not often I am going to hand over large amounts of money for something with four figure price tags.
who in there insane mind is going to hand over that amount in good faith that the item is actually
what it is stated to be in the condition its described as regardelss of the sellers rating or feedback.
this is BS site and there is no where else to go.
Put it in this perspective, are you going to hand over $5000 for example, to a card yard for a car before you go and see it?
I doubt you would. because car yards are equally as dodgy as ebay. Why should ebay be an exception?

Ebay is a buyers paradise,meaning that when I pay for an item I have the option of the 30 days MBG or 180 days PayPal guarantee.

So no I wouldn't pay $5000 for a car without inspecting it first as ebay don't cover car sales it's a known fact.

But I have paid thousands of dollars for an item on ebay without seeing it.

I then did receive it and it was as described,but if it wasn't what I purchased then I would have opened a claim through ebay or PayPal depending on the circumstances.

Point is if you're buying something that's not covered by ebay or PayPal then of course you would want to see it first.

But if I'm buying something that's covered then I'm happy to go in blind folded.

Re: ebay is corrupt

chameleon54 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 11:47:24 GMT

I,ve purchased several rare, Australian antique books on ebay from European sellers for four figure sums. Every one has proven to be a bargain and I,ve resold them here in Australia at specialist book auctions for very healthy profits. Hav'nt had any problems so far and as others have said, if not as described I will just put in a claim.

Like everything though it pays to do your homework and deal with reputable, professional sellers with a long record of successful sales. Many of these businesses have B & M stores as well as online and have good reputations built up over years that they don't want to risk. If you deal with private sellers or fly by nighters offering deals that seem too good to be true, you are just asking for trouble..

Re: ebay is corrupt

qazpolwertrip — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:06:03 GMT

dear mods delete my membership here you snowfalkes.

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davewil1964 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:44:30 GMT

@qazpolwertrip wrote:
dear mods delete my membership here you snowfalkes.

It's easy to not use the boards. If you don't log in and read them, you won't be offended by those other eBay members who haven't spat the dummy. After all, if you don't want to use eBay, why would you want to post on the boards? Anybody can read them, even non-members.

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padi*0409 — Fri, 13 Mar 2020 12:55:24 GMT

@qazpolwertrip wrote:
dear mods delete my membership here you snowfalkes.

Best way to do that is read up on the board policies and start breaking as many as you can, then sooner or later you'll get a lifetime ban from here.

We will obviously miss you desperately.

Re: ebay is corrupt

gutterpunkz05 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 02:11:24 GMT

Simply cancel you ebay account and b***er off.

Or should that be ph**k off

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imastawka — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 04:43:41 GMT

So much angst.

Was it a pick up item?

I thought if you hit the Buy it now button and committed to buying it, then you could find out from the seller where to inspect it, before laying out the money.

Am I wrong, people?

I know.............nobody cares anymore.

I did however, notice a new mod, who's 'murrican - that's unusual, different.

Waves to Stanley

Re: ebay is corrupt

padi*0409 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 05:56:00 GMT

@imastawka wrote:

I did however, notice a new mod, who's 'murrican - that's unusual, different.

Waves to Stanley

Oh, maybe the "new blood" will do something about outdated threads with incorrect information Stawks............

Yeah I know, "flying pigs" and all that..............

Re: ebay is corrupt

imastawka — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 06:15:12 GMT

Would you, Padi, if you were getting paid $12.50 an hour?

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padi*0409 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 06:19:27 GMT

@imastawka wrote:

Would you, Padi, if you were getting paid $12.50 an hour?

Yep, but in consideration that it would be a worthy cause for the boards and members........

That said, I'd rather do that than shift threads from one board to another - that'd be soul-destroying I reckon. The fun part would be belting recalcitrant members with imaginary baseball bats.

Re: ebay is corrupt

countessalmirena — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 07:55:47 GMT

@qazpolwertrip wrote:
I want to buy an item of which has a considerable price tag.
I want to look at it and check it out before blindly handing the money over to ebay without seeing it.
[...]

I have every sympathy with this portion of your opening post. It is frustrating not being able to inspect a pick-up item before purchase, and it probably does impact pick-up sales to some degree.

However, when you say it's ❝pure corrupt greed❞, are you perhaps overlooking the fact that eBay have instituted these ridiculous no-contact rules because of flagrant fee avoidance? And that eBay are entitled to those fees?

I have read several posts/threads on these boards from eBay members who unabashedly admitted that they were selling/purchasing off-eBay, deliberately avoiding eBay fees while using eBay as their medium for attracting buyers / connecting with sellers. That was something of a surprise to me! I hadn't expected it to be happening to the extent that it clearly was.

While one can disagree with many of eBay's policies, and while sellers can certainly want the fees to be lower, and particularly be annoyed by the fees on the postage component, etc., etc., I don't have an argument with eBay discouraging abuse of its services by off-eBay sales to avoid eBay fees. Whether it's a corporation or an individual, stealing services by avoiding payment is abhorrent. (I don't think they've gone the best way about it - but that's another story.)

I realise that there aren't many options to using eBay, and it may to some extent seem that eBay are taking advantage of this... Nevertheless, by accepting eBay's T&Cs, one commits to abiding by them. If the T&Cs are so onerous or outrageous that one cannot agree with them, it would seem fair to cease using eBay.

Re: ebay is corrupt

lyndal1838 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 21:30:51 GMT

If it is a pickup item and you can pay on pickup then just hit the button and buy it.

Then make arrangements to pick up.....rock up with your money and inspect the item,

If all is OK hand over your money and take the item.

If it is not OK just walk away with your money in your pocket.

It has always been the same with pickup items.....just as you cannot make a claim for items being picked up as you accepted the condition by handing over your cash.

Re: ebay is corrupt

repentatleisure1952 — Sat, 14 Mar 2020 22:00:36 GMT

That would be far too simple for the OP.

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lyndal1838 — Sun, 15 Mar 2020 00:58:55 GMT

I have no doubt you are right but if they can't/ wont understand the very simple rules then it is no skin off my nose....I tried.