Sheep said
I feel sorry for people selling wedding dresses, whether they be new or second hand. Buyer buys the dress for their wedding, has their wedding, no longer has a use for the dress, so demands a refund. Try and tell me people won't try and pull that stunt, especially if they pay a lot for it.
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When I was young, I used to work part time in a clothing store and sometimes there would be women who came in with outfits they had bought the previous week and you could tell they had been worn.
In one case, the woman had even taken up the hem of the evening gown and there were big sweat stains under the arms.
Yet she expected all her money back.
It was a small private business, most times the boss gave the benefit of the doubt and refunded, sometimes he didn't. He didn't that time and I didn't blame him.
I think it is unreasonable to buy something eg second hand, and expect a 6 month warranty on it. I don't think you even get that with second hand cars, let alone a second hand dress or a bike or whatever else people buy. What if you sold a second hand item in good working order and it broke down 5 months down the track? What if someone wore a second hand frock for months then it got a small hole?
I came on the boards here mainly to get a feel for how ebay had changed since I used to sell a decade ago (under a different name), and how things worked now, but I don't think I will be returning as a seller. My sister and I were always honest, gave a detailed description, were fair to people if there was a problem, but generally speaking, once an item was sold, that was pretty well the end of it.
Wouldn't want to have sale money 'pending' for 6 months.
I'll try selling elsewhere, i think.
Unfortunately there is no other site that has as much traffic - and thus potential buyers - as ebay.
However, quicksales is looking to be the best alternative at the moment (unless it's for pickup items where gumtree may be the better bet). Trouble is, there is hardly any buyer traffic on QS. They really need to get their name out there and advertise.
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You're right, they should.
I hadn't heard about them till i visited these boards, saw it mentioned and guessed what QS must stand for and went and had a look.
I now have a couple of items listed for sale with them & gumtree, but I am finding gumtree is having more clicks to view.
On the other hand, I have bought off both sites in the last week, with happy results. I figure if there isn't as much traffic, the sellers might be keener.
I suspect ebay wants small sellers to move over to QS and gumtree anyway and as a buyer, I am going the same way, not for everything, but for a fair bit.
eBay has traffic but only if they decide you can be part of it.That is one thing that many of you left selling here may find out,but i hope for your sake that you don't.
It is one thing to have over 400 sales per year & be on monthly seller evaluations.Yes if you have enough sales fb you might push through the defect percent.However,if eBay decide to black you out & hide your listings,then you don't have much chance of coming back from that.It's meant to be that 2% defect rate will put you at Above Standard.I'm at 1.73% still TRS but my sales have gone from 95% sell rate with the usual say 50 views for most items,to well under 50% sell rate with a handfull of views.The last defect that threw me under the bus was a seller who gave me good comms but low DSR.Seems many sellers are freaking out & thinking if they cull /defect others in their category with low DSR that they will be left alone 
eBay has traffic if it decides that it will allow you to play in it.You may get run over or you may survive.It's all a game of chance run by fools.I don't give a rats after the end of this month.I hate eBay for doing that dirty thing without buying me dinner first.
Protest is futile so i will vote with my $ going elsewhere.eBay is a joke & no-one is laughing except shareholders.
