I recently purchased a quadcopter on Gumtree, "Fully working" I was told, It wasn't and far from working at all. Next I made an offer, every peny I've saved over almost 2 years of not having a beer and not going to the club for raffles. The seller accused me of lying in the note I sent him. I explained I had saved from my Veteran's pension to buy a DJI quadcopter and all I got as a reply, I was lying, I assume about being a Disabled Vietnam Veteran, he even used the fact I didn't include my full name "why would I"
The final straw was what I could have considered my dream purchase. Just enough money in my savings account to buy the quadcopter, plus pay for posting. I asked for assurance it was actually fully working, and if it was I would buy it. My reply, We've already sold it. The darned thing was still being listed on Ebay for crying out loud, who sells something and leaves it listed 14 hours before the end. I might add it wasn't an auction, I was going to Buy It Now.
I'm very disallusioned with Ebay, or probably more so with the sellers, but to be called a liar, plus have my dream purchase pre sold. I'm not happy. I know it's a waste of time telling Ebay about it, they do little about complaints. I've complained three times about Chinese sellers saying they're living in Australia. That's Illegal says Ebay, and yet almost every seller selling electronic gadgets in Australia are actually Chinese living in China. Nothing has been done to clean it up and meanwhile we've lost a massive number of Aussie sellers. And who can blame them, they simply can't compete when they have to buy from the same people selling here illegally.
Ebay buying has lost that feeling it used to generate for me. It used to be fun, you find something you want and check the feedback, and it's it's a Chinese seller. The same goes for the USA and the UK. Chinese sellers supposedly living in the countries they list in. I don';t want to buy from the Chinese if the item is being sold by an Aussie, you get it on time if it's an Aussie. Oh yes, I did buy a couple of broken quadcopters ion the weekend, to fix a couple of friends quads. The seller hasn't even acknowledged the fact I purchased them yet. Yes Ebay is losing whatever it was which made it fun. And which Aussies use Amazon? Hardly an alternative is it?.
