topic Re: Sick of eBay in Buying

Sick of eBay

lurker62 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:04:49 GMT

Sick of eBay, you get told items are in Sydney and they are in China. They use Australian post logos and give tracking numbers to make you think it is on the way. I will buy less on eBay from now on will be last on prospective buyers. Check every other avenue before buying on eBay. They have also become unavailable for redress just clicking boxes online going round and round in circles without getting an answer. Not going to buy anymore.

Re: Sick of eBay

sugar249 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:14:59 GMT

Bye Bye. You don't need to announce your departure

Re: Sick of eBay

sandypebbles — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 06:21:56 GMT

Good to hear

One less person to support sellers in China and complain about their choice

ALL of your most recent feedback (and indeed, most of your feedback in total is from sellers who clearly show as being registered in China

See ya

Re: Sick of eBay

countessalmirena — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:20:41 GMT

There are excellent sellers on eBay, but you must exercise due caution in choosing your sellers.

If you’re buying items at a price considerably lower than RRP, there’s s good chance you’re buying an unbranded item or a fake, coming from China. I rule out items that are too cheap. I also check where the seller is registered. (Click onto the seller’s feedback percentage, and you may need to click again (“See all feedback” or something of that sort), to see the page that shows country of registration.)

Don’t buy from high volume sellers whose feedback is less than 99.5%.

On the feedback page you should be able to see all negative feedback over the last 12 months; see if there’s a particular repeating issue.

Even if the seller is registered in Australia, check feedback to minimise the risk of their dropshipping from China. Long delivery times or mentions of Chinese packaging in feedback will tell you of potential problems and false statements about item location.

If you’re buying items where warranty is desirable, check that the seller is an authorised seller of that item.

I cannot emphasise enough that eBay is not a place where you can buy items at a huge discount. Genuine items cost what they cost. You can get some items as grey imports (and possibly save money), and there are sometimes special discount voucher codes (which can bring down the price by, say, 10%), but you should always, as an empor, do your due caveating.

Re: Sick of eBay

sugar249 — Thu, 03 Aug 2023 07:28:09 GMT

@countessalmirena wrote:
There are excellent sellers on eBay, but you must exercise due caution in choosing your sellers.

If you’re buying items at a price considerably lower than RRP, there’s s good chance you’re buying an unbranded item or a fake, coming from China. I rule out items that are too cheap. I also check where the seller is registered. (Click onto the seller’s feedback percentage, and you may need to click again (“See all feedback” or something of that sort), to see the page that shows country of registration.)

Don’t buy from high volume sellers whose feedback is less than 99.5%.

On the feedback page you should be able to see all negative feedback over the last 12 months; see if there’s a particular repeating issue.

Even if the seller is registered in Australia, check feedback to minimise the risk of their dropshipping from China. Long delivery times or mentions of Chinese packaging in feedback will tell you of potential problems and false statements about item location.

If you’re buying items where warranty is desirable, check that the seller is an authorised seller of that item.

I cannot emphasise enough that eBay is not a place where you can buy items at a huge discount. Genuine items cost what they cost. You can get some items as grey imports (and possibly save money), and there are sometimes special discount voucher codes (which can bring down the price by, say, 10%), but you should always, as an empor, do your due caveating.

Not sure if you need to explain it to them, they have being around for 20 years, looking at their last few purchases, they love to buy from bad sellers.

So in reality we have a bad buyer supporting bad sellers. They only have themselves to blame.

Re: Sick of eBay

springyzone — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 00:06:58 GMT

Pay no attention to logos or flags or names that lead you to think it is an aussie seller.

Just click on the seller ID and go into the 'about' section to see where the seller is located.

Even if they are located in Aust, check out the expected date of delivery. If the item really is in Aust, it shouldn't be more than a 7-14 day delivery window. Then if the item doesn't arrive in time, you can open an ebay claim.

Re: Sick of eBay

karpet — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 14:12:15 GMT

Chinese sellers tend to use generic city names like "SYDNEY" "MELBOURNE" "DARWIN" etc. All in caps.

Look for sellers from specific locations like "Penshurst" "Broken Hill" "Moorabin" etc. They are more likely to be legitimate Aussie sellers.

Re: Sick of eBay

repentatleisure1952 — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 19:05:56 GMT

It's much easier to look at a seller's feedback to see where they are registered.

Re: Sick of eBay

karpet — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 23:24:25 GMT

I assumed the OP is using a phone.

Re: Sick of eBay

*sons_n_daughters* — Sat, 05 Aug 2023 00:02:24 GMT

@karpet wrote:
I assumed the OP is using a phone.

You can still look at the feedback page and see where they are REGISTERED on the phone app.

Re: Sick of eBay

lurker62 — Thu, 10 Aug 2023 21:56:54 GMT

I have no problem buying from China as long as I know that is where the item is, but I don’t like being conned. Of course we all buy from China, Australia produces nothing much these days since Labor and the unions destroyed manufacturing.

Re: Sick of eBay

repentatleisure1952 — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:27:10 GMT

@lurker62 wrote:
I have no problem buying from China as long as I know that is where the item is, but I don’t like being conned. Of course we all buy from China, Australia produces nothing much these days since Labor and the unions destroyed manufacturing.

Two (2) seconds & one click is all it takes to see where a seller is registered.

Not that it matters now as you have announced you will no longer be buying.

No need for a rude reply to another member just because you don't know the basics.

Re: Sick of eBay

sandypebbles — Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:31:21 GMT

You do know, if you bother to look

There is no con, it is shown very very clearly where the seller is registered

You not caring enough to look who you are buying from is on you and you alone

And no, I don't buy from sellers registered in China

I especially don't buy from sellers register in China and then open a thread on the member to member forum complaining about how I buy from China, get from China and then blame eBay or anyone else because I bought and got from China