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whats wrong with ebay?

Ebay seems to be having major problems - they "lost" a dispute I opened on a guy (which I had to redo)He had 4 negative(out of 5) feedbacks - he bid high a pair of speakers that he had no intention of buying - He sent me a profanity laced e-mail when I sent him a invoice and he also sent me another one when he left the neg. feedback taunting me about it -ebay let the guy leave negative feedback on my perfect account and said they cant do anything about it - I've sent a couple of emails to ebay(after finding the buried email link) with no response from them except that they cant do anything about the feedback. anyone else have a problem like this?
thymanst
thymanst OP
35 posts
 
Yeah, I finally found out about the preferences to restrict a certain level(you can only stop bidders if they have negative feedback) or bidders from out of the country - I did a google search of this guy and found a 8 page thread on Canuck audio mart about the guy and some of his past exploits - I sent this link to ebay but didnt hear anything back - like usual - I was kind of proud of the perfect feedback and worked hard to make sure my transactions went smoothly - well, I guess nothing in this world is perfect
jeffjarvis
257 posts
 
Some jerk ruined my perfect fedback.
It was his very first Ebay transaction!
I think it was a competitor signing on to burn my reputation.
EBAY did nothing. My sales tanked after that. THANKS EBAY!
kenyonbm
141 posts
 
A very experienced e-bay told me once that having a couple of negatives from jerks shows that you are not a pushover.

Wear it proud and move on.
grinnell
1,075 posts
 
I had only one bad experience and Paypal gave me my money back. I have bought furniture, albums,cameras, postcards/ephemera and even a 62 Mercedes sedan on Ebay. But, I have had much more enjoyable experiences here on Audiogon in the short time I discovered it and got addicted. Almost everything i bought here has been under described not over. I have got great advice and great gear from people who seem to give a d$#&. Thanks.
sugarbrie
3,854 posts
 
You can also "Require" a Paypal account in order for people to bid on your items.

Most people on eBay have a Paypal account, so you only lose a few potential bidders.

It is very hard to get a bogus Paypal account because of what they make you go through to sign up.

I had a guy contact me who did not have a Paypal account who wanted to bid on something. He gave me his phone number, etc. I checked him and his feedback out. He was fine. You can put people like that on a safe list, which overrides the preferences.
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