Can I sue Ebay

DaveAshton

colony wrote: »

Yes you've lost me here.

Judging the whole country on an internet message board??? Pity you didn't read the thread where several people donated money to a [STRIKE]scammer[/STRIKE] chap in need (kidding! ).

Dude, where's my car - avan

OP, I'm going to sue you for wasting my time in reading this thread. We'd have the same outcome in court, I reckon (ie, get laughed out of it).

basilseal

I have done myself a mischief laughing at this thread, this is likely to seriously inconvienience me, can i sue the OP?

frivolous_fay

OnlyNow wrote: »

Hmm, what gives me the impression there are a few ebay apologists here. :rolleyes:

I'm no apologist, those !!!!!!!s won't even give me a voucher.

VanyaHargreeves

I wouldn't mind an ebay voucher either.

StaffsSW

:p:p

:cool:

hayley11

OP - let's say for instance the site had been dodgy and you were right to cancel your card. Would you want to sue them then? Or is it purely because somebody was trying to help you, to ensure you weren't scammed and yes they did you give you the wrong advice but do you honestly think they meant to? Either way, you "lost out financially?"

If they hadn't suggested you cancel the cards and you were scammed, no doubt you'd be after sueing them then as well.

I cannot see what the big deal is here. You got £20 in vouchers, that should more than cover you financial loss, not that anybody on here can see one of course. You seem to be causing yourself a lot of stress over nothing.

In fact, ignore all the stuff i've posted above, SUE them. It'll be interesting to see how much it costs you and how far you get. :rolleyes:

Brooker_Dave

stevew8975 wrote: »

It rained this morning and my hair got wet.

Demand compensation!!

Rebel

I'd just like to reply to the OP{

You asked the question

Can I sue Ebay

Yes you can, it is however in my opinion unlikely that you will win, however you are perfectly within your rights to employ a solicitor and sue the company.

In the event you do follow this course of action whilst I would wish you luck, I would actually be surprised if a reputable firm of solicitors were prepared to accept this case.

If you were able to get legal representation to sue Ebay, you may find that the costs you would incur would be substancial and if it actually got to court Ebay may well apply for their costs to be met by you, there is no legal aid to assist you in taking out a civil lawsuit.

Finally as you have pointed out Ebay are a very wealthy company and in all likliehood can afford much better legal representation than you can (Unless you are a very very wealthy individual indeed) and unfortunately although it is not meant to make any difference in reality Expensive high end legal representation invarioubly wins against less expensive less knowledgable legal representation.

pinktheatrebunny

Ok, here's the thing Ebay is run by human beings, and they are liable not to work completely efficiently. So some high up human does not pass on the information about card verification for cutlery to the lowly cs human causing that human to advise to cancel your card. You seem to understand this and not be surprised by the failure of ebay staff to be perfect, an intelligent point of view, as we all make mistakes.

Therefore, as soon as you booked your time off you should have ordered the things you need for your second source of income in case, when you ordered, a human being deleted the order or a human being stuck the wrong address label on, or a human being put the wrong item in the packet or the humans at the post office lost your post or any of the human beings along the way stole your items or defrauded you. This would delay the delivery of the item you need, and multiplied by the many things you wanted to order would leave your second income doomed to possible failure at the hands of many more people than the few ebay workers who have ended up ruining your master plan.

As an example, you have to wait 15 days for post to arrive before the post office will case it up, much longer than the time taken to send out a card. So vital items you require should be ordered months in advance.

Equally your internet connection could have been cut off by a human at the bank or phone company mistakenly thinking you hadn't paid the bill, a human workman cutting through the phone line, a human prankster severing your line or even the wind (God?) blowing the electricity lines down.

As you rely so much on the internet and post you either need to get a great lawyer and get ready to sue, sue, sue or accept that delays occur to the best laid plans (and get an emergency credit card or borrow a friend's for those 7 days and pay them back when yours new card arrives).

So spend your voucher on something to cheer yourself up in this imperfect world!

*LoopyLaura*

Is the OP serious?! Sue Ebay as you couldn't buy anything online for a week? No second card or second account kept for this type of situation? I;m still not sure if he/she is serious?! Far far worse things are happening in the world & to others than you bleating on that you can't buy anything online! Perspective!!!