Buying

Why is there so much angst

between buyers and sellers? I have been buying from eBay for about 12 years and have rarely had any trouble. I like the sellers and if there is a problem I assume they mean well and that something has gone wrong. We all have problems but most of them...

Missed out on item, bid not sucessful messages. Spoof??

in a couple of months iv'e had two messages from Ebay (i dont think it was really them) saying iv'e missed out on items iv'e bid on. My bid was unsucessful, ect. I got my 2nd message today saying iv'e missed out on a car charger. I cant find any refe...

I discovered fraud but can't report it

I discovered a seller reselling the exact second hand computer over and over again using a different user account each time. A search through 'complted listings' shows this item has sold many times now. I suspect it is someone using 'phishing' techni...

paying through paypal

I have recently purchased an item from a relatively new seller. When I try to pay for the item through paypal the funds are not going through, the hourglass icon stays there. The seller has since advised me that they have incorrectly input their emai...

nasty seller!

Bought an item and was unable to pay through pay pal so arranged to pay via direct debit,then computer went on the fritz,when I got back on line(nearly 2 weeks)seller had been sending nasty emails and left a very nasty feedback,Only just worked out h...

Item STILL not received!

I won and paid for an item via bank deposit and 1 month later it still hadn't shown. I opened an item not received case, eventually closed it and reported the seller to Trust & Safety. The seller has then tried to tell me they didn;t have the details...

Feedback Star Ratings

Regarding these ratings, I wont be relying on eBay Purchase History in future to rate Sellers on how long they take to send an item. Could Sellers please tell me what they consider fair in regard to what is quick, and what is slow etc.etc. I will not...

Bidding Quandry..How do I sort this out?

I am after a specific item and two were listed....tthey both met my needs thats easy... I bid on the one ending soonest and was subsequently outbid...Oh well, I bid on the second one! No problems there UNTIL the highest bidder on the first item withd...

not being able to go through with buy now option

my mum and i were on ebay looking for cupboards and things and she found one she liked. she clicked on buy now but that was as far as it went. it was not "purchased" or payed for or anything. when reading the description it had details about shipping...

TO USE THE WATCH LIST OR NOT

I have noticed that many items I place in my watch list, result in an immediate 5 or six and sometimes more bids suddenly materialising on the item. If I keep track of the item and don't use my watch list this doesn't happen, at least not as fast as ...

Is it common practice

For sellers to say the location is Australia for an item when in fact they are in the US? or do they only have to list where the item is? Item location: NSW, AustraliaPosts to: Australia I only discovered they were in fact in the US upon recieving th...

Feedback suggestions

About 4-5 weeks ago I won this item Waterman Ball Point in Epoxy Black X 3 Units, New Old Stock, Need Refill which I paid for straight away, (I noticed shortly after that the seller relisted the item, ok fair enough maybe he had more stock this time ...

Postage ripoff??

Hi all, A couple of weeks ago I posted regarding a funny way of doing combined postage. The seller (in Canada) had combined postage as follows - $9.99 first item, $4.99 each additional item. (I bought 3) OK, no problem . But when I went to pay he sai...

well I'll be.......

I just asked a seller if she could provide some measurements for her jeans as the listing just says the size and the answer was " sorry we don't measure clothes as we sell too many" LOL. I guess I won't be buying her stuff.

post cost

Hi Just wondering can a seller help me with a queiry? I got 10 kg of plants[ from SA to Sydney] that were listed as being sent Express post. I paid $50 post for them( 2x 5kg bags) but when they arrived they were in the standard red satchel with prior...

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