Ebay on BBC Watchdog

justpaper

tab99_uk wrote:

ok then why did the guy who bought a an laptop if rember correctly only get refunded 105 and that is when he paid by paypal to about £350 out of pocket.

i have been ripped off by somone on ebay but what did ebay do not refund me when i asked for help they just sent me standard emails saying read our safe harbour pages and that reply took 2weeks.

all ebay want is thier fees same with paypal customer support does not exist.

the story can be found on http://www.bbc.co.uk/watchdog/reports/consumer/consumer_20051206_2.shtml

that is true all ebay want is the fees,.. i got a ipod with out a harddrive in it and ebay didnt do nothing about it and paypal didnt do jack Crap about it,.. the guy even listed it in the Harddrive section and said on the listing 15gd ipod,. and too top it off the seller then sold a imac too some one and scamed them 300£ (which was about the right price for that spec imac- so no stupid move in buying that) lord knows if htey got that back,..then the user name was "no longer a registered user" and paypal still didnt refund my money and in the paypal dispute i never got too see what the seller was saying,.. then when the dispute was closed at paypals liking they wouldnt reply too me,..

at the end of the day ur going to get scammed sooner or later,.. just pay by CC via paypal if u MUST! but i use nochex now,.. anyways if u need a refund just go str8 too the bank and do a crawlback on ur CC dont bother with paypal
and dont pay with any other method if u dont trust the seller,..
dont just look at the feedback read in too the feedback see what the seller buyed or sold if its some thing for less then 5£ then i would'nt class it as "feedback" and if they got a good amount of feedback in a short space of time i would avoid them,..

and if watchdog did 1 Whole show on ppl that got scammed on ebay they would have 1000s of phone calls but of course they would only have seclected a few,..

tab99_uk

totaly agree with you m8 and to the suporters of ebay when you do get ripped off from ebay i would love to hear from you.

and find out how good thier customer services were for you.

OllieLong

I have got "ripped off" by eBay as you put it, for about £150, but I managed to get it back in quick time and I still buy off eBay with confidence.

justpaper

OllieLong wrote:

I have got "ripped off" by eBay as you put it, for about £150, but I managed to get it back in quick time and I still buy off eBay with confidence.

how did u get it back, with or with out ebay or paypal ?

OllieLong

Using the chargeback process on PayPal.

davidjohndean

Ebay is a fantastic idea - I have sold and bought various items on it over the last 4 years and have had hardly any trouble (a few non-payers!!).

I do however think that Ebay need to monitor the site more closely because there is a lot of fraud openly avaliable on there. For example, copy DVD's/Music/Software etc. etc.

A proper helpline is needed.

Juni_3

tab99_uk wrote:

totaly agree with you m8 and to the suporters of ebay when you do get ripped off from ebay i would love to hear from you.

and find out how good thier customer services were for you.

It's not Ebay doing the ripping off it's people advertising. If someone sold you something dodgy via a local paper classified ad you wouldn't say it's the paper ripping you off.

I've been on Ebay for 3 years with 1500 transactions, 650 100% feedback. I've had quite a few different problems all of which have been resolved reasonably quickly and with no loss to me. Three times I've had to get money off Paypal with no problems at all.

If I buy anything for more than 20 quid I want a seller with 100% feedback and at least 50 points. Otherwise I will ask them for a phone number and speak to them, no phone number then no bid.

It's a great service if you keep your wits about you, research every deal and remember you never get anything for nothing in this world.

lapat

did you know ebays growth is on the same lines as chinas economy and its set to take over microsoft by 2015

justpaper

OllieLong wrote:

Using the chargeback process on PayPal.

oh never worked for me i just go str8 too the bank

morveryn

tab99_uk wrote:

Watchdog did a great job on exposing Ebay they deserve it and should be closed down.

Ebay is has its flaws but then so do many more things in life. I have a young daughter and rheumatoid arthritis. If it wasn't for ebay I would be a lot worse off than I am now.