Permanent Suspension for returns!

Cookoospite

@theonlywayisup sorry you had to go through that! Thanks for the support.

Cookoospite

kaMelo said:

If you've had your account reinstated from a position of being banned indefinitely then it's the first time I've ever heard of it happening. In ebay land indefinitely is forever.

I’m glad it wasn’t 

soolin

Cookoospite said:

red_boots2 said:

I can sympathise with the OP over certain issues. I've been using Ebay (lightly) for 18yrs. I'd say within the past year there's been a noticeable downturn with the quality of Sellers on there even ones with high positive feedback. Up until a few months ago I'd never returned anything. Recently I've had so many SNAD returns It's really put me off and Ebay's Customer service has been next to useless when trying to resolve the problems.

Thanks. I’ve just got my account back and will be super careful from now on. I’m just going to look at the clearance stores for the bigger items. Like Curry’s on there or MusicMagpie where I finally ordered the iPhone I wanted. If you’re having issues take lots of pictures. This meant I could prove everything and got all my money back. This is presumably why my account got suspended in the first place. Still not sure of the exact reason.

Please one more tip from me, DON'T use ebay for electronics and/or Apple products. You mention being careful and taking photos in case of returns - but I suspect if you return as much as a ball point pen within the next year you will get banned again. You've had your warning, don't fall into the same trap again. You appear to be a scam magnet, don't push your luck.as like kaMelo says I've rarely ever heard of anyone getting reinstated after this sort of event- you were very lucky, but you will be on their watch list. Also don't cancel anything after purchase, never start questioning sellers after purchasing and for the next year I might even suggest you refrain from excessive messaging even before purchasing, if something isn't clear then ask one simple question for clarification or find another listing. I buy a fair bit on ebay and haven't had to ask a question for years.

Just use ebay for your wheelchair batteries, nothing else unless it is a really simple items that can't go wrong like a book or some stationery.Find a source for your electronics somewhere else , try CEX in a shop or something similar .

mamabuddah

theonlywayisup said:

Is there a short version? 

Yes, from memory, he posted on Hotukdeals, basically I think he got a warning previously and persisted, not changing what he was doing, then got banned....I’m sure if I’ve got that wrong, he’ll correct me.

bris

Ebay is not alone on banning serial scammers (which they believe the op is but just not saying it outright) but who can blame them.

Who needs to be buying multiple expensive items? And then they all have a problem, what are the chances of that?

Sure there are scammers on Ebay, but for it to be everyone you deal with is unlikely. The genuine sellers will have complained about this buyer, enough of them to convince Ebay there is a problem.

Like other online marketplaces with generous returns policies these policies eventually get abused by people who see just how easy it is to get away with it so greed gets the better of them.