Selling with Integrity is Optional

[brianwreaves]

So apparently eBay has no interest in ensuring its sellers maintain a minimum level of integrity, either with their listings or sorting issues post sale.  And now it is impossible to find a method to reach a support agent to request assistance on issues that do not fall exactly within a very limited set of scenarios. 🤬

Unfortunately, the risks of having a poor experience on eBay is so high now I'm concerned about making any purchases. 

However, on the plus side, I feel quite confident I'll be able to get away with lying, cheating, stealing, making false claims, and simply showing no sense of integrity as a seller... so all is not lost. 👍

[sandypebbles]

Is there a reason you cannot read the item descriptions and check seller feedback before you buy?

Or use the advice given by other members on the other link you commented on to 'check the quick way'

Or to use the tools eBay give all buyers if something does go wrong?

Posting in community feedback will not get your post read by eBay

And other members have already tried to help as best they can on the other threads about this

Since buyers have ALL the power, I am not sure where you get your comments from

That and the fact your feedback as a buyer shows you have been choosing sellers in China with questionable feedback for some time as a matter of habit. Even the one in Australia with 45 negs in the past month alone 

[brianwreaves]

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@sandypebbles wrote:

buyers have ALL the power

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This has not been my experience or I wouldn't have vented...  I'm open to learning what I am missing if you can show me.

My searches within the community prior to my post were unsuccessful on the topic.  eBay's "tools" are nothing more than a facade.  Attempts to report listing descriptions are now 'reviewed' by automation with no method to reply or appeal.  No longer offering an easy and obvious method to reach them is an intentional dark design pattern.

I always attempt to purchase from Australian sellers but due to eBay allowing sellers to list items as in Australia but actually being located outside Australia, another issue with eBay, is on eBay not me.  I can only be expected to do so much as a buyer.  Secondly, just because a seller has 45 negative reviews is not in an of itself a reason to avoid a seller.  All sellers have negative reviews but the one's I buy from largely have positive reviews.  But all of that is a moot point.

Thanks for the useless reply!

[sugar249]

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@brianwreaves wrote:

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@sandypebbles wrote:

buyers have ALL the power

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 Secondly, just because a seller has 45 negative reviews is not in an of itself a reason to avoid a seller.  All sellers have negative reviews but the one's I buy from largely have positive reviews.  But all of that is a moot point.

Thanks for the useless reply!

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Possibly another useless reply,  but, Wow do you really think 45 negative reviews shouldnt sound the alarm bells loud and clear.  The reviews on the last seller you left a negative for should have alerted you, before you hit the buy it button, but I guess that is also a mute point.

[twyngwyn]

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[sandypebbles]

No worries

You will find most people here give factual responses

That many negs is very good reason to run a mile

They are not 'reviews' (reviews are for products, not sellers)

The neg feedback tells what the seller is like

Given your original  complaint

You make the choice to buy from sellers who are clearly shown as registered overseas and who clearly have horrible feedback

You say you can 'only be expected to do so much as a buyer'

All that any buyer needs to do

Caring enough about who you buy from to actually look for yourself

It takes a couple of seconds 

So yes, the issue is with you for not taking the very simple step to look at the feedback pages

Buyers are responsible for their own buying choices 

And no, I do not work for eBay

Nor do I support dodgy sellers

[sugar249]

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@brianwreaves wrote:

However, on the plus side, I feel quite confident I'll be able to get away with lying, cheating, stealing, making false claims, and simply showing no sense of integrity as a seller... so all is not lost. 👍

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Which I note you have happily done with your current listing

[domino-710]

It will be interesting if - if - someone buys the current - from the listing $50 - but no EACH - well - until one reads the decription.

[sugar249]

Exactly, and as we know not everyone reads the description.  The headline clearly says 2X,  but I guess like OP says Optional

[imastawka]

A listing that will end in tears - for either seller or buyer - or both.

I see a red dot in the future...................