@ra157 wrote:
My question to you remains unanswered by you.
Your comprehension skills are obviously not so great, and your post lacks any merit whatsoever since people can go back and read the full context in which the statements you've copied were made, but I'll tell you what, I'll answer your question, since it seems so important to you.
On another account, I have a store, but I wet my feet on eBay with auction sales, mostly starting between 99c and $2.99 (after I learned sometimes auctions only get one bid, it took me a little while to realise things like that, so I had some disappointing results, and this was back in the day when auctions were incredibly popular).
I have sent almost every single item that was ever purchased from me. There was this one time I ruined an item by cleaning it on the day the auction ended. Back then, sellers couldn't cancel transactions unless the buyer agreed to the cancellation (hmm, I wonder why eBay changed that? I mean, if it's against their policy to cancel any transaction unless under some very specific circumstances, why did they change it from needing the buyer's "ok", to 100% being the seller's decision? But I digress...), but of course they could fully refund in any case.
It was too late for me to cancel the auction, and it closed at a decent price, but I immediately contacted the buyer, advised that I had damaged the item beyond use and repair, and asked them not to pay. I don't think they believed me, and payment was made shortly thereafter. I fully refunded the payment, contacted them again, explained in detail how I had damaged the item, offered to send photos, and also offered to send them the item for free if they still wanted it. I never heard back from them after that message.
There were numerous occasions where I found small flaws in items after an auction ended, and in those cases I refunded the buyer's money and sent the items anyway.
As a buyer, I've won a few items for very cheap - much lower than they were worth, and on each occasion I sent the seller additional money as a gift through PayPal, since I got their PP address from making the initial payment - and you know, when I do that, it's more for me than the seller, as I don't feel comfortable any other way. I feel opportunistic, like I'm taking advantage of someone else's misfortune (nobody lists an item with the intention of providing bargains to others - that's what op shops are for), even though I never felt like I was being taken advantage of when my items sold very low. Weird, huh? Most people didn't send me anything extra, either, I never expected them to, but I will never forget the ones who did.
And even with all that, with what is clearly driving my personal ethics, I still think you're being utterly ridiculous with your approach and reaction to this transaction. As I would anyone who doesn't know how to let go of the idea of something they can't have, and desires punishment of the seller.
I behave in this way with my transactions not specifically because of eBay's policy, but because it's what feels right to me, and it just happens to (at the very least) align with their policies anyway. I disagree with some of eBay's policies, as there's plenty that are quite silly, in my opinion. The thing is, agreeing with them on an opinion level, and simply complying with them, are two very different things. My opinion on your behaviour, my facetious pondering on the nature of language, and how it affects out perception of situations when a small discussion came up on honour, my related facts about the legal system in Australia (which eBay is not above)... none of those indicate disagreeance or non-compliance with eBay policy.
So, yes, I disagree with some of eBay's policies (not really that one, though), but I'm on eBay because I comply with them. Ok? Satisfied? I sure as heck hope so.
(BTW, I have spoken about the instances I mention above on the forum several times, so if you want to check back through my post history over the years, you know, to check for consistency and what not, be my guest).
