Comments on: Sellers Can’t Leave Negative Feedback on eBay

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:50 +0000

So when I get a buyer who is the winning bidder, and a complete a** who leaves negative feedback because they believe shipping is too slow even after my auction listed two days handling time before the item will be shipped I have no way to let other sellers know how much of a complete a** this guy is. I have 2 neutral feedback comments, and 1 negative in the last 6 months because the winning bidder did not read my shipping and handling policy, and they expected the item to ship sooner than it did. If I say it is going to take 2 handling before the item is shipped, and I don’t take longer than that I should not have to deal with winning bidders leaving negative feedback because of their own stupidity!

Lawrence – As for craigslist… it would be great if every other email from a “potential buyer” wasn’t someone trying to scam me sending me fake checks, or fake PayPal emails.

By: martin farnworth

martin farnworth — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:56:35 +0000

Does this re enforce the cliche “the customer (buyer) is always right”? does it f***. sellers themselves are customers of ebay who are being discriminated against. if sellers leave for other auction sites this could be a good thing in the long run- more competition and more incentives (eg lower costs to trade elsewhere) for sellers AND buyers.

By: Lawrence

Lawrence — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 15:02:08 +0000

I have found craigslist to be a good alternative site to buy/sell or in my case trade things on. Like for instance my boys have games they don’t want anymore and want others so I either post them for sale or trade. I have sold some games on their and I may have sold them for $5 less than I would of got on ebay, but when you factor in the listing fees, final value fees, and paypal fees, there is no loss. Craigslist is not the best alternative but you can buy things off there pretty cheap. The POSITIVE to craigslist is, you can inspect the item before you buy, no fees of anykind, your usually dealing with people that are local, you can negotiate the price, and no taxes. The NEGATIVE is thre is not a place to make a complaint about something you brought, and you can’t reach as many people as you can on ebay.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 21:26:03 +0000

Sold 2 PS2 games on Ebay. Buyer left me positive feedback after he received his games but he reversed his credit card charges and kept the games. When I contacted Ebay and Paypal about this they refused to help. So I was screwed out of 36.00 for the games. So I have this to say “SCREW YOU EBAY, YOU ARE NOT THE ONLY AUCTION SITE OUT THERE.”

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 10:59:59 +0000

My buyer backed out after prices fell and I’m not even allowed to leave negative feedback??!? How stupid is this site now after 7 years of being an avocate I now tell people not too bother its crap

By: Stan

Stan — Sun, 12 Apr 2009 11:52:58 +0000

I advertised a car on ebay with “buy it now” or “best offer”. I accepted an offer of £600 and that obviously ended the listing. The buyer arranged to come the next day to pay in full by cash – he did not pay a deposit as stipulated.Didn’t come and after a credit for the final value fee I was left £59 out of pocket (enhanced listing fees). I can’t leave him negative fb – had to leave positive with a negative comment. He is now free to leave me retaliatory negative fb if he wishes and there’s bugger-all I can do about it. He’s gone down as a non-paying bidder but ebay still profits by £59 in addition to the £79 they made when a legitimite buyer purchased after re-listing. I ended up getting £550 for the car of which ebay took £138.

By: Andy

Andy — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 14:58:40 +0000

I just had a buyer purchase my Ps3. I sent it the next day to his adress which was texas. He had it sent from there to Guatalajara, and then messaged me that it was broken. He wanted his money back, and he wasn’t going to ship it back. He made the mistake of emailing me that he shipped it out of the country without checking if it was in working condition or leaving feedback upon arrival in Texas, so I got my money. He left me negative feedback anyways which was my first negative of 32, and gave me a horrible 50% rating (I don’t know how ebay does math but 1/32 is NOT 50%). Too bad I can’t tell the rest of the story he forgot to mention eh? Goodbye Ebay.

By: mygadgets4u

mygadgets4u — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 18:18:03 +0000

sold an item on ebay listing stated it was region psp game.stupid buyer bought it and would not work put in a paypal complaint anf they are refunding the price even though the auction stated region 1.cant beleive that if they leave me negative,which they will i wont beable to fight it due to the stupid seller not reading the auction correct.ebay you are going to go down the tube if you carry on.money money money not ebay you should be called.

By: San

San — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 09:48:03 +0000

I HAVE STOPPED SELLING ON EBAY BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH FEES.

1: EBAY LISTING FEES
2: FINAL AMOUNT FEES
3: PAYPAL FEES

AFTER PAYING ALL THIS I WAS NOT ABLE TO EARN ANYTHING. SO I STOPPED SELLING.

EBAY SUX!

By: Sunny

Sunny — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:29:13 +0000

I guess if ebay continues to do this kind of crap than it will shutdown soon.