topic Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered in Buying

Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Fri, 25 May 2018 04:58:12 GMT

if any eBay staff are reading this please could they read the messagges from

This involves an 80 year old picture frame sold for $8 and because I described it only as 'Used' the buyer wanted a refund because it did not have a stand to support it. There followed a tirade of abuse including the 'F' word. My opinion is that people like this should not be on eBy. They cause a lot of stress to someone my age (middle 70s)

I would like to hear comments please

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

kopenhagen5 — Tue, 22 May 2018 23:07:30 GMT

eBay don't read here. The discussion boards are maintained by a company called Lithium and responders are other members like yourself.

It is up to buyers n sellers to work out any discrepencies and sellers should especially have all defects described in listings.

You can select help at the top of the page and report a member to eBay for abusive messages.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Wed, 23 May 2018 03:32:40 GMT

Alright, thank you for your help

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

lyndal1838 — Wed, 23 May 2018 03:35:03 GMT

I see you have relisted the frame with some description....at least you learned from your mistakes.

While the buyer should not have used bad language he was entitled to feel annoyed as the original description, or lack of it, made no mention of the missing support stand.

To be honest, your age has nothing to do with it....if you cannot cope with the "stress" caused by dealing with all sorts of people then you need to think whether ebay is right for you.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Wed, 23 May 2018 05:59:17 GMT

You are absolutely right. Thanks for your advice.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Wed, 23 May 2018 06:07:52 GMT

Of course there is a difference between annoyed and downright rude over an $8 item, reduced from $12.50 as 'Make and Offer', which is really being sold as a curio.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Wed, 23 May 2018 06:17:26 GMT

Incidentally, I recently bought a battery charger on eBay. The seller was listed as in Sydney but the item arrived from China. The power plug was a Chinese plug and didn't fit. Was I annoyed? No , I merely told the seller and he refunded the funds. No abuse,just a pleasant transacxtion that had a glitch. I even left him Poitive feedback for his courteous manner.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

lyndal1838 — Wed, 23 May 2018 07:02:11 GMT

@rover41music wrote:
Of course there is a difference between annoyed and downright rude over an $8 item, reduced from $12.50 as 'Make and Offer', which is really being sold as a curio.

People display their annoyance in different ways.....obviously your buyer has decided that full on rudenes works for him.

Just report him to ebay as said above and let them deal with it.

There are plenty of rude people in the world. No doubt you have met plenty of them in the past.

Don't take it to heart.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

lyndal1838 — Wed, 23 May 2018 07:07:21 GMT

@rover41music wrote:
Incidentally, I recently bought a battery charger on eBay. The seller was listed as in Sydney but the item arrived from China. The power plug was a Chinese plug and didn't fit. Was I annoyed? No , I merely told the seller and he refunded the funds. No abuse,just a pleasant transacxtion that had a glitch. I even left him Poitive feedback for his courteous manner.

That is exactly how a mistake is supposed to work on ebay.

Unfortunately some sellers are not as obliging as your Chinese seller and you have to open a dispute, which often leads to aggression on both sides.

Some buyers just forgo the pleasantries and go for the jugular as your buyer did.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

amaterasuthird — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 11:45:21 GMT

too bad they're absolutely worthless at it.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

elderbluedragon — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 13:27:30 GMT

his story will tell you what happens here from time to time

i have had some absoulately shocking buyers over the years . one toped the lot though

i sold an item

buyer had a filthy mouth because he didnt use his eyes and look at photos and read the listing.

so i contacted ebay and a ebay support Manager told me to stop all communication with this buyer and they will sort them out.

they never did anything

the buyer got even worse with threats of violence / bulgary on my home and all the items i own and lots more. directly on the ebay messages platform

i actually reported him to the local police

buyer eventually set my brand new well packaged items back to me all smashed up and ebay told me to refund the buyer, which they did.

i had photos to prove that i was in the right

i had loads of phone calls to ebay (trying to get him removed and make ebay a 'safe trading platform ' like they say that it is. all to no avail

they would not remove the buyer from ebay.

even though i found out it was not the first offence from the same person.

ebays policy is to allow freedom of speech and they encourage All sales

after i told ebay that i would like to see them hold that view in an Australian Court of Law ( which i was fully going to do ) they fully refunded me aswell. what a back step they did..

so ebay refunded the buyer . i got my new items back smashed up and ebay paid me for the price i sold them for.....

the funniest thing about it all was that the buyer was selling my new item within a week and he actually sent me ' his ' items that were damaged......

following and checking the items people sell show some strange things sometimes

I still have all the emails and communication from buyer and ebay regarding this matter even years later. ( will never delete them )

BTW This buyer is still trading on ebay today

Moral of the story .. '' Stick to your guns ''

ebay policies are not always moral

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

rover41music — Sat, 30 Jun 2018 23:47:17 GMT

Sorry to hear of your appaliing experience. I think that you, for the benefit of other ebayers, should let us know his username so we can avoid him at all costs. Regarding the negative feedback my ebayer left me, I appealed to ebay and they removed it. The buyer saw this and tried to have it reinstated but without success. The ebay agent read the messages and made his decision so those others who feel that they have been left unjustified FB should also appeal. If you fail the first time phone again and keep phoning!

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

kopenhagen5 — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 01:35:01 GMT

Can't name members here, it's against board policies and will be removed by the mods.

But some sellers will name a seller in their reply to feedback so other sellers can add them to their BBL.

Re: Should this ebayer be de-registered

elderbluedragon — Sun, 01 Jul 2018 03:45:44 GMT

Yeah that is correct. cant name and shame here. ......cough ( what a joke )

So much for fredom of speech

But as i said ebay refunded the seller and me and returned items ( both broken ) so the sale was cancelled which deletes all feedback just like the trasaction never happened.

Cant make other people aware so they can be safe also.

Nothing bad ever happens on ebay .....Cough ( Damn , i got a sore throat today )

Now i have to go and package an item for a buyer with ' lawyer ' in their ebay name ....... omg that is spooky scary

Be safe / record everyhing / trust no one but yourself , not even a lawyer 🙂