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Ripped off ever very where on eBay

anja1340 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:25:12 GMT

Buyers, sellers, the lot getting ripped off, been an eBay member for years but only just found this forum, tried to to post before but something always happens and it doesn’t go through, I’m getting sick of being ripped off from items advertised as au, and not getting them for weeks later, and somehow the $ rate from au to us on Paypal is always lower than current rates so we pay more, don’t know what to do not a brain just a normal middle class guy, but getting sick of being **bleep**ed up the **bleep** by everyone in the world

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

sandypebbles — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:35:14 GMT

You posted just a little while ago on another thread

How as a buyer are you being ripped off?

Buyers have all the tools and all the power

Are you checking the seller's feedback before you buy?

The estimated delivery date is shown before you buy, so you know before buying if it is going to take weeks to arrive

conversions rates have always differed from place to place

You don't need to be a 'brain'

You do need to stop playing the victim

The things you are complaining about here are easily avoided

If you have been an eBay member for years, you should know the most basic things by now

And if not, time to read up

Check feedback before buying

Look at the estimated delivery dates before buying

Open the appropriate dispute when needed and follow through with it

Leave neg feedback where it is deserved

Don't allow yourself to be ripped off on eBay

YOU have control

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

davewil1964 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 08:35:50 GMT

Like all financial institutions (including your bank) Paypal take a commission on currency conversion.

As far as item location goes, country of registration is generally an indicator of item location. As a member for years, you would doubtless be aware of this.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

imastawka — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 09:42:55 GMT

And yet not one negative feedback left for any sellers on the last 5 pages.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

davewil1964 — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 10:43:29 GMT

I got TWO personalised feedbacks

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

anja1340 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 07:59:23 GMT

I try not to leave negative feedback for faulty products that sellers might not know about, if I get a refund, check my last feedback if you want, because I have a feedback of 813 and have been a member for the 2nd time since 2004. But I cancelled my eBay membership tonight, so this probably won’t go through, I’ve found over the years that if you leave a negative feedback for a big seller eBay will remove your comment especially if you say they are false advertising for products and send you cheaper ones not the brand that they advertise, and all the sellers that advertise as Australian stock, and are not in Australia should be censored somehow, and like my last feedback sellers can say what they want about returns absolute lies. I’m a mechanic that has made contacts with great parts suppliers through eBay which I will keep, but I’ve had enough of the **bleep** that goes on with eBay, thought I try the community just to see, but waste of time

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

imastawka — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:17:25 GMT

I had a really good and helpful reply, but then I saw you've cancelled your membership.

*sigh

Not much point in being helpful to someone who's not using ebay anymore.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

anja1340 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 08:24:07 GMT

@imastawka wrote:
I had a really good and helpful reply, but then I saw you've cancelled your membership.

*sigh

Not much point in being helpful to someone who's not using ebay anymore.

You will work it out eventually

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

davewil1964 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:02:45 GMT

Love the way you can't talk without expletives. Says a lot more about you than me.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

davewil1964 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:03:53 GMT

Although true, you shouldn't talk about yourself like that. It's not good for your self-esteem.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

imastawka — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 09:28:52 GMT

@anja1340 wrote:
Wouldn’t have taken any notice anyway I think all you most reply people dickheads or paid by eBay

And there it is.

Always when they don't like the (factual) replies.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

davewil1964 — Fri, 30 Jun 2023 10:03:08 GMT

Not you, sandy, the OP.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

$glen — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:27:35 GMT

Yes zi agree. The cost of post is just such a rip off especially with EBay's Global shipping program. Fist the item goes from seller to ebay "hub" then Pitney Bowers or some other courier takes over (another fee aspect ) then it gets sent overseas where another carrier takes up to two more weeks to get the item to me after it's been already cleared by Customs. Thirty days plus from start to end. Post cost for a pen sent this way is anything from US $24.00 to US $71.00 - yep just for 1 small fountain pen. Then there's the initial cost of the pen and GST added. Just an absolute rip off.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

padi*0409 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 14:35:54 GMT

@$glen wrote:

Yes zi agree. The cost of post is just such a rip off especially with EBay's Global shipping program.

It's not much use complaining after the fact - you would have been fully aware of the postage costs before you decided to buy the pen.

Caveat Emptor........

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

sugar249 — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 20:59:56 GMT

@$glen wrote:
Y Then there's the initial cost of the pen and GST added. Just an absolute rip off.

You can always ask to use another postage message, but than to also complain about the cost of the pen.

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

sandypebbles — Thu, 08 Aug 2024 23:26:49 GMT

Which you agreed to when buying

Your choice

Re: Ripped off ever very where on eBay

terry_1971 — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 14:33:05 GMT

I'm not sure what, but you're doing something wrong, I've purchased more than 500 items on eBay and have rarely had a problem, If I do have problems eBay/PayPal sort it out.